Cemetery Details
BR001 — NORTH BURIAL GROUND
FEATURED CEMETERY PHOTO
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
| Cemetery Number | BR001 |
| Town | BRISTOL |
| Cemetery Name | NORTH BURIAL GROUND |
| Find A Grave | Go to Find a Grave |
| Graves List | Display Graves List |
| Location | HOPE ST (RT 114) AT ASYLUM RD |
| State | RI |
| Direction | W |
| Pole Number | 134 |
| Distance | 15 |
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| Size in Feet | 1525 |
| Size in Feet | 700 |
| Inscriptions | 5600 |
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| Exist? | YES |
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| Oldest | 1696 |
| Newest | 2022 |
| Enclosure | stone wall |
| Gate | iron gate |
| Terrain | hilly moderate |
| Comment | Located west of Hope Street and north of Asylum Road. In 1822 the town purchased a tract of land on the Neck for the purpose of erecting a "House of Industry" (poor house). At the town meeting 17 April 1822 it was voted "A part of said town land be set apart for a burying ground, the same to be well enclosed. This cemetery covers 30.8 acres. 18.9 is now being used and 11.9 acres at the west end is for future expansion. A transcript of this cemetery was done in 1978 as a CETA project by two people known only as MJR & AB. It only covers about 1/3 of the cemetery in the southeast corner. It was partially recorded in 1996 by John Sterling who unearthed and recorded a number of slate gravestones on the mound around the tomb. Every gravestone was photographed by Julie Nathanson from 2008 - 2013 |
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| Cemetery Burial Map | N/A |