Quaker Burial Ground, Haddenham
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Quaker Burial Ground, Haddenham
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 6 May 2019
Situated in Banks Parade HP17 8ED, this burial ground is the remains of a Friends Meeting House which was officially licensed in 1711 and stood here until the 19th century. The first burial took place in 1694 and there are a total of twenty three burials at this site. Inscribed in this burial ground is the verse from the Gospel of St John Ch 11 v 26 "Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die". Nearby is Quakers Mede which comprises of nineteen detached houses and is a reminder of the Quakers who used to meet in Haddenham a long time ago.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.773603
Longitude
-0.927014