Listed Building record MDO6728 - Weymouth Quaker Burial Ground

Boundary walls enclosing former Quaker burial ground. Established on this site in 1713, though some walls of late 18th or 19th century. A roughly rectangular area extending approximately 42m x 27m, with an entrance centrally in the walling to Barrack Road. The area has been cleared of headstones, but a few remain near the North-West boundary of the Ground.

On the north-west side of Barrack Road, to the immediate south-west of Nothe Tavern. Cleared grassed enclosure with several mature trees surrounded by stone and brick walls, entered through a gateway with a flat arch supported by an iron lintel. A small brick and stone pediment stands on top bearing the words Friends Burial Ground. Presence of former gates indicated by hinges on both jambs. The only extant memorial stones had been placed against the north-west wall, small semi circular form dated 1821 and more elaborate examples from the early 19th century. A kink in the north-west wall along with a ground level change suggests former boundary. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 336 (Monograph). SDO149.

‘(7) FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND, on E. side of Barrack Road, was purchased by the Society of Friends in 1719. It ceased to be used by them after the closure of the meeting house in St. Thomas Street about 1789, but interments of other dissenters continued until 1834. The meeting house was subsequently leased to the Methodists, sold in 1858, and has since been demolished.’

<2> Stock, G, 1994, Six Quaker Burial Grounds in Dorset: A Brief Topographical Survey (Unpublished document). SWX8616.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1486743 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2022 3:37PM