Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | quaker burial ground, Sunbrick | |
| locality:- | Sunbrick | |
| parish |
Aldingham parish, once in
Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| burial ground; quaker burial ground | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD28617392 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD27
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| 1Km square | SD2873 | |
| source:- |
OS County Series (Lan 16)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Old Grave Yard (Quakers) | ||
| by Sunbrick | ||
| date:- | 1847=1851 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1840s; 1850s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND TO NORTH OF HIGH SUNBRICK FARM / / / ALDINGHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75799 / SD2861973913 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Burial Ground. 1st buried 1648. Stone rubble. Walls approx. 2m high enclose area of 27m square. North wall has coping with upright stones and entrance with flat slab over, and short walls projecting each side to south side, probably a leant-to porch. Rock outcrop to north side of ground has inscription, C19 or C20, recording its history. Between 1648 and 1767, 227 Friends were buried here; the most notable of these was Margaret Fox, a pioneer of the Society of Friends. In 1669 she took as her 2nd husband George Fox, the founder of the Society, and died in 1702. | ||
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD28617391 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| hearsay |
Here lie 223 quakers, including Margaret Fell from
Swarthmoor Hall. Perhaps once Sunbreak.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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