Entrance gate to Friends' Burial Ground, Shirenewton
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Entrance gate to Friends' Burial Ground, Shirenewton
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 14 Jul 2011
View from Ditch Hill Lane. The black gate bears the inscription Friends Burial Ground 1700. It leads to a few graves in a very small burial ground. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3184741 The Society of Friends, or Quakers, were active in Shirenewton from the 17th century. Their founder George Fox stayed in the village and preached at a meeting before continuing his journey through South Wales. A Meeting House was built in 1730 in the centre of the village, and was used until closure in 1853.
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Image Location
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51.639585
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-2.754554