Monument record MLI90650 - Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground, Wainfleet St Mary

Summary

A meeting house and burial ground of the Society of Friends, at Wainfleet St Mary.

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A meeting house and burial ground of the Society of Friends, at Wainfleet St Mary. In 1718, a John Baldock bequeathed a building for the Friends to use as a meeting house. The building was located on the south side of Haven Bank, but was closed in 1775, when a new meeting house was constructed in the centre of Wainfleet All Saints (see MLI125746). The site continued in use as a burial ground until 1949, when it was sold, although it still exists within a small hedged enclosure. The burial ground is depicted on the 1st edition 6" Ordnance Survey County Series map, but the former meeting house is not marked, suggesting it had already been demolished by the time of the survey. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560. TF 45 NE.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: David M. Butler. 1999. The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain. vol.1, p.370.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. p.227, no.269.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 47877 59152 (33m by 20m) Surveyed
Civil Parish WAINFLEET ST MARY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jun 2 2023 2:15PM

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