Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| quaker burial ground, Sunbrick | ||
| locality:- | Sunbrick | |
| civil parish:- | Aldingham (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | burial ground | |
| locality type:- | quaker burial ground | |
| coordinates:- | SD28617392 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2873 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16) |
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| source data:- | Maps, 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 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND TO NORTH OF HIGH SUNBRICK FARM / / / ALDINGHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75799 / SD2861973913" |
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| source data:- | 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." |
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| hearsay:- |
Here lie 223 quakers, including Margaret Fell from Swarthmoor Hall. Perhaps once Sunbreak. |
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| personal | ||
| person:- | : Fell, Margaret |
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| place:- | burial place | |
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