Quaker Burial Ground, Sowerby Bridge



Sowerby Street / Quarry Hill.

Established 1738 on land given by John Smith of Norland.

The following people, and/or members of their family, are recorded here:



 

In the 1860s, stables and the slaughterhouse for the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society Limited were built on the site.

Human remains discovered when the site was being prepared were reinterred at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery.

There are no records of the burials on the site.

The buildings were demolished in the 1960s.

The site is now grassed over.


See Friends Meeting House, Sowerby Bridge

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham



© Malcolm Bull 2024
Revised 12:32 / 1st October 2024 / 2677

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