Shoebroad (Shewbread) Quaker Burial Ground
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Shoebroad (Shewbread) Quaker Burial Ground
Image: © Phil Champion Taken: 6 May 2007
A quiet and contemplative spot overlooking Todmorden. Photo taken from the adjacent Shoebroad Lane. The entrance shown at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/339264 is to the right. Burials commenced here in 1690. A history of the Society of Friends in Todmorden can be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/quakers.htm
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