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Cemetery NumberCH053
TownCHARLESTOWN
Cemetery NameSHEFFIELD LOT
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LocationOLD WEST BEACH RD
StateRI
DirectionS
Pole Number447
Distance10
Map Number2
Page Number 
Plat Number112
Deed Book 
Deed Page 
Size in Feet30
Size in Feet40
Burials15
Inscriptions3
Fieldstones11
Tombs 
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1775
Oldest1775
VandalismN
Veteran0
PoleN
CommentLocated beside Old West Beach Road and close to West Beach Road. Go down West Beach Rd to NEL pole #405/42 and turn west onto Old West Beach Rd. Go 200 ft. to NEL pole #447. The cemetery is on south side of road 50 ft. east of NEL pole #447. Across from #9 Old West Beach Rd. - 3 marked fieldstones, one with a date (1775). The 5 Pendletons listed are from Mrs. Marjorie C. Pendleton's notes, there are no engraved stones for them. Not far from old Sheldon Sheffield Farm House. Recorded by Marjorie Pendleton about 1980 Recorded by John Sterling in 1993 Recorded by Lorraine Tarket-Arruda and Gayle Waite for their 2008 book on Charlestown cemeteries.
Conditionfair
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainlevel
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A