Quaker burial ground - entrance
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Quaker burial ground - entrance
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 11 May 2021
A close up of the entrance to the old Quaker burial ground above Hardcastle Garth. This is somewhat similar to other burial grounds I have seen with a doorway in a wall, whilst I suspect there may once have been a stone lintel above the wooden door. In the early years of the Quakers, they were denied burials in consecrated ground by parish churches, so were forced to make their own. Often these would be on land owned by a Quaker or by someone sympathetic to their religious views. As the nearby houses at Hardcastle Garth date back over 300 years one wonders if the original residents were Quakers. There are no tombs or headstones visible inside the cemetery, just a carpet of wild flowers and grass.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.040794
Longitude
-1.656386