Gildencroft Quaker Cemetery, Norwich
- Gildencroft Quaker Cemetery, Norwich
The Gildencroft Quaker Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Chatham Street, Norwich, Norfolk where many of the city's quakers were buried including the writer Amelia Opie. Many members of the Gurney family - who had a major influence on the development of Norwich - are buried here. The family founded Gurney's Bank.
Norwich City Council now let the vegetation in the cemetery grow and it is left as a mini nature reserve.
ee also
Rosary Cemetery, Norwich
External links
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/277498553/in/set-72157594312874636/ Photograph of the Cemetery]
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