Friends Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Burial ground.
Friends Burial Ground
- WRENN ID
- half-parapet-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Burial ground
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PAINSWICK BEECH LANE (off south SO 8609/8709 side) 7/31 Friends' Burial Ground II Former burial ground. Datestone 1658. Walled enclosure in drystone limestone, some weathered stone coping to west and south, some large slabs to north; varied heights but from 1 m to 1.5 m high from within enclosure which is about 17 x 10 m. On the west,side is a large stone stile slab set in to the wall, the back inscribed MM-708 (presumably 1708), front, approached by 3 concrete block stops 2 m wide and carrying a cast iron plaque Friends Burial Ground 1658. The enclosure includes a series of 6 ledger slabs and 2 coffin stones, all with evidences of inscriptions, but not now eligible. A very valuable survival, well away from normal access in the area. (Hyett, F A, Glimpses of the History of Painswick, 1957.)
Listing NGR: SO8754009432
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