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Cemetery NumberBR001
TownBRISTOL
Cemetery NameNORTH BURIAL GROUND
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LocationHOPE ST (RT 114) AT ASYLUM RD
StateRI
DirectionW
Pole Number134
Distance15
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Size in Feet1525
Size in Feet700
Burials10000
Inscriptions5600
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Exist?YES
Last seen date? 
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Vandalism 
Veteran750
PoleG
CommentLocated 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
Conditionexcellent
Enclosurestone wall
Gateiron gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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