Quaker Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1974. Burial ground. 1 related planning application.
Quaker Burial Ground
- WRENN ID
- quartered-obsidian-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1974
- Type
- Burial ground
- Address
- Quaker Burial Ground, Darby Road, the Gorge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 665 049
- Coordinates
- 52.64155, -2.49539
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Quaker Burial Ground is a small burial site likely dating from the early 19th century. It is a rectangular area of grass located on a steep hillside above Darby Road, enclosed by brick walls. Small, plain headstones are positioned against the longer side walls, featuring weathered inscriptions that once marked the graves of many notable Quakers, including members of the Darby family. A Quaker meeting house was situated nearby, and Abraham Darby III specified in his will that funds should be allocated for the maintenance of both the meeting house and the burial ground.
Local climate
Quaker Burial Ground receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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