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| quaker burial ground, Newby | ||
| Friends' Burial Ground | ||
| civil parish:- | Newby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | quaker burial ground | |
| locality type:- | burial ground | |
| coordinates:- | NY58502149 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5821 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 8 15) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Sepulchre" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Lawson Memorial item:- memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MEMORIAL TO THOMAS LAWSON AND SHELTER AGAINST EAST WALL OF FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (AT NGR NY 585 215) / / / NEWBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74073 / NY5852021491" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Top of chest tomb re-set against enclosure wall in lean-to shelter; originally erected by one of Lawson's students. Inscribed stone slab; shelter formed by coursed rubble cheeks to either side supporting stone flag over top. Slab c.4 ft high and c.2 1/2 ft wide with inscription in debased Roman capitals: SUB HOC TUMULO JA-/GET CORPUS THOMAE/LAWSON DE MAGNA STORE-/LANDIA LUDIMAGISTER/ET BOTANICUS NON IMPE-/RITUS QUI OBIIT 12 DIE N0-/VEMBER.: ANNO DOMINI/1691. ANNO AETATIS/SUAE 61. Rest of inscription, recording Frances his wife and Jonah his son, is weathered. Thomas Lawson (1630-1691) appears in the Dictionary of National Biography (XXXII, 297); he was said to be the most noted herbalist in England of his time with several English plants first being described by him and one, Hieracium Lawsonii, named after him. Graded for historical interest." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND ENCLOSURE WALLS WITH MEMORIALS (AT NGR NY 585 215) / / / NEWBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74072 / NY5850621499" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Enclosure wall to burial ground with re-set memorials on south and west walls. Drystone rubble walls; 4 memorial slabs. Walls c.4 1/2 ft high with stone stile built into east wall; slabs all c.4 ft high and c.2 1/2 ft wide. Slabs as follows, numbering from left to right on south wall: 1) (Originally top to chest tomb). Inscribed in large, debased Roman capitals (with reversed '?') to Thomas & Mary Wilson; undated, but records give deaths as occurring in 1684 and 1690 (possibly carved during their lifetime as gaps for their ages were not filled in). 2) (Segmental head). Inscribed in fine Roman capitals to Sarah, wife of Thomas Laverick and dated 1729. 3) (Originally top to chest tomb). Inscribed in fine Roman capitals to Elizabeth & John Morland; dated 1672 and 1682. (West wall). (Triangular head). Inscribed in flowing script to Robert &John Robinson; date appears to read 1772, but may be earlier. (Thomas Lawson's memorial, set against east wall, is listed separately)." |
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| MN photo:- |
Memorial to Thomas Lawson, herbalist, botanist, 1630-91. Hieracium lawsonii is named
for him. |
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| person:- | botanist : |
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| place:- | burial place | |
| date:- | 1691 |
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