Albert Street, Holt, Norfolk
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Albert Street, Holt, Norfolk
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 10 Aug 2018
This was previously the burial ground of the former Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Street (visible to the rear). The church is currently a function venue and the burial ground has become "The Methodist Memorial Garden" since it was revamped and re-designated in 1992. The vertical stone slab is known as the Holt Domesday Slate. It was created by a Norfolk-based stonemason, Teucer Wilson, and it is inscribed with words from Holt's entry in the Domesday Book that was compiled for William the Conqueror in 1086. It includes reference to the existence of 11 ploughs belonging to local men, woodland for 60 pigs and six acres of meadow. Members of the Holt Society and other residents funded its purchase.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.906641
Longitude
1.08756