Sevenoaks Unitarian Meeting House Burial Ground in Kent

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Get directions 5 Westerham Road
Bessels Green
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 2PX
United Kingdom

Coordinates: 51.27940, 0.16240
This cemetery is marked as private and may not be accessible.
www.sevenoaksunitarians.org
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The meeting house was built as a Baptist chapel in 1716, becoming Unitarian in the early 19th century. It's also known as the Old Meeting House. This is to distinguish it from Bessels Green Baptist Church which was founded in 1769 by a splinter group from the congregation and also thrives today.

The burial ground was laid out in 1738/39, the earliest surviving stone dating from 1748. The chapel was provided with an attached "dwelling house" which served variously as the chapel-keeper's cottage or was rented out. This building was considerably extended in 1888 to serve as the manse, and is now known as the manse cottage.

The burial ground is private and is now closed to new burials, apart from the interment of ashes.

The inscriptions were recorded and photographed in 2010.

The burial ground is private and is now closed to new burials, apart from the interment of ashes.

The inscriptions were recorded and photographed in 2010.