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Latitude: 54.1561 / 54°9'21"N
Longitude: -3.0945 / 3°5'40"W
OS Eastings: 328619
OS Northings: 473913
OS Grid: SD286739
Mapcode National: GBR 6NTC.VX
Mapcode Global: WH72C.FSNR
Plus Code: 9C6R5W44+C5
Entry Name: Friends Burial Ground to North of High Sunbrick Farm
Listing Date: 5 March 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1086848
English Heritage Legacy ID: 75799
ID on this website: 101086848
Location: Sunbrick, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA12
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Aldingham
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Aldingham St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
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ALDINGHAM SUNBRICK
SD 27 SE
Friends' Burial Ground to
19/28 north of High Sunbrick Farm
II
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.
Listing NGR: SD2861973913
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