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Southampton Quaker Burial Ground
Brighton Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1XR
Saturday 14 Sep 2024
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
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Southampton Quaker Burial Ground
Heritage Open Day: Visit the Southampton Quaker Burial Ground originally opened in 1662. A Quaker meeting began in Southampton after a visit of George Fox, one of the founding Quakers, in 1655. Early Friends (Quakers) did not wish to be buried in churchyards nor were they welcome there as dissenters from the established Church of England. George Embree senior bought the Quaker burial ground, known then as the ‘burying ground’, in The Avenue in 1662. The first recorded burial was in 1671. The Holyrood Parish Register in 1689 uses the name ‘cabbidge garden’ in a reference to the burial of a member of the Quaker meeting. The original burial ground was about half the present size, the dimensions being 68 feet east to west and 62 feet north to south.