Park and garden, landscape of remembrance. Small green space bounded by flint walls. Now forming part of the gardens to Coppers, the area formerly comprised the Quaker Burial Ground.
Rottingdean.
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Small green space bounded by flint walls. Now forming part of the gardens to Coppers, the area formerly comprised the Quaker Burial Ground.
It was bought by Nicholas Beard in 1661. The Beard family were a local landowning family who were influential in the local Quaker movement.
102 individuals are known to have been buried at the site between 1675 and 1889. The majority of the graves appear to have been unmarked, which is in line with Quaker tradition. The Beards, however, erected a family tomb. This has been partly dismantled in the late 20th century.
The tombstones and railings have been moved and now line the north and northwest walls of the area. The stone to the perimeter is still in situ.
Source: ASE An archaeological desk-based assessment of land at the former Quaker burial ground, Rottingdean (2613), 2006.
ii. A rare example of a surviving 17th-century Quaker Burial Ground within the city and a rare example of a surviving family tomb; the location of which is legible on the ground although the headstones have been moved to the side of the Burial Ground.
ii. Associated with the locally notable Beard family.
i. A rare survival of a 17th Century Quaker Burial Ground and the family tomb of a notable local family in the city.
2015 (Beard family tomb pre-2015).
