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Main Street, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 9HY

Re-roofed sandstone barn on Main Street in Scotton.

Heading north.

Simple burial ground tucked away in a quiet corner of Scotton village.

I'm no expert regarding the Quaker traditions, but several of the burial grounds I have come across have been out in the countryside and either have very few memorial stones or none at all. Many also appear to have become abandoned in the early Victorian period, which makes this one unusual in that it has a number of gravestones, most of which appear to be dated from the 19th or 20th century. Added information November 2021. I am reliably informed that the rows of gravestones seen in this photo are those belonging to local Methodists, some of which were buried here. Apparently the Quaker graves are further to the right.

Newer extensions dating from the 19th & 20th centuries have enclosed a well-preserved 16th century timber-framed and stone manor house, which was given a Grade II listing in 1952 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-331810-the-old-manor-house-scotton-north-yorksh The original building may well have survived largely intact because of its associations with the local Percy and Fawkes families, Guy Fawkes of the latter being of 'Gunpowder Plot' fame.

18thC Chest Tombs of the Watkinson family made of local sandstone in Scotton Quaker Burial Ground.

An OS cutmark on the wall of the church; originally levelled at 207' 10" above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, and shown on the 1907 maps - which suggests it actually dates from the 1st primary levellings of England & Wales in the 1850s.

There is a benchmark cut into the rear of the church, on the north east face.

The benchmark is cut into the rear of the church, on the north east face.