West Parish Burying Ground
Also known as River Street Cemetery
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Newton, Massachusetts 02465 United StatesCoordinates: 42.35270, -71.22980 - 617-796-1000
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In 1882 the Second Congregationalist Society voted to deed the burial ground to the City, and this was done two years later with the provision that it be kept in order. Not many grave markers remain; of those that do a large number are the work of Daniel Hastings (1749-1803) who lived near Newton Center.
The cemetery sits on 1.5 acres and has approximately 236 gravestones (exclusive of tombs). The earliest death date in 1777, the latest 1908.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as NWT.802 West Parish Burying Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR2 River Street Cemetery, West Newton in the "Vital Records of Newton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
In 1882 the Second Congregationalist Society voted to deed the burial ground to the City, and this was done two years later with the provision that it be kept in order. Not many grave markers remain; of those that do a large number are the work of Daniel Hastings (1749-1803) who lived near Newton Center.
The cemetery sits on 1.5 acres and has approximately 236 gravestones (exclusive of tombs). The earliest death date in 1777, the latest 1908.
The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as NWT.802 West Parish Burying Ground.
This cemetery is referred to as GR2 River Street Cemetery, West Newton in the "Vital Records of Newton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849."
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- Added: 25 Sep 2006
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2190501
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