Darley grave stones
Darley Meeting House, photo 1996
Darley graves stones, photo 1996. RBW
The first burial was that of Hannah Walker on 15 vi 1803 and the last, this writers great grandfather Benjamin Walker on 28 i 1891. There are seven gravestones at Darley, far fewer than the 64 recorded burials. Originally it wasn't an accepted practice for the Society of Friends to mark graves with permanent memorials. The reasons were both for simplicity and also to avoid any distinction between rich and poor. By 1860 this practice was reviewed and a common stone shape and wording was agreed upon. In 2002 these memorial stones were moved to the Dacre Quaker Burial Ground following the sale of the site for private development.
BENJAMIN WALKER
DIED 28th 1st MONTH 1891
AGED 53 YEARS
JOHN WALKER
DIED 23rd OF
SECOND MONTH 1879
AGED 40 YEARS
ROBERT WALKER
DIED 5th MONTH 1876
AGED 11 YEARS
THOMAS WALKER
DIED 11th MONTH 1851
AGED 56 YEARS
ANN WALKER
DIED 4th MONTH 1874
AGED 69 YEARS
REBECCA WALKER
DIED 13th OF
5th MONTH 1886
AGED 89 YEARS
THOMAS WALKER
OF WINSLEY
DIED 4th OF
EIGHTH MONTH 1860
AGED 67 YEARS
EDWARD BRIGGS
DIED 3rd OF
SIXTH MONTH 1865
AGED 64 YEARS
MARIA BRIGGS
DIED 28th OF
FIFTH MONTH 1879
AGED 71 YEARS