Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Mass.
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Title
Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Mass.
Subject
Sepulchral monuments -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works; Tombs -- Massachusetts; Old Burying Ground (Wakefield, Mass.);Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works.
Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Description
The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Church-Lafayette Streets Historic District.;Photos show various views of the Old Burying Ground on Church Street. The cemetery includes the earliest gravestones in Wakefield, from the late 17th century, although the majority of stones date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The last death date is 1926. There are approximately 600 stones in the burial ground. Photos taken at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 23, 2007.;Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pD149.
Creator
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-
Publisher
Wakefield, Mass. : The author,
Date
2007
Identifier
Coverage
Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
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Collection
Citation
Klapes, Jeffrey M., 1964-, “Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Mass.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/7141.

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