Burial ground in Waterford City

A Quakers' Burial Ground on the NE side of John's Lane is marked on a Richard and Scale map of Waterford (1764). It was established in 1689 and was used for c. 80 years, being closed in 1764 when a new Quaker burial ground was opened just off Cross Lane/Parliament St., c. 60m to the SSW (Butler 2004, 130). The John St. burial ground contained about 200 burials (Johnson 2004, 193). Archaeological testing (04E1701) by Daniel Noonan on two service trenches in John's Lane produced burials from the Burial Ground. The area is still an open area (max. dims. c. 25m WNW-ESE; c. 10m NNE-SSW) on the NE side of the lane. (Noonan 2006) Butler, David, M. (2004) The Quaker meeting houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Friends Historical Committee. Johnson, J. (2004) Update on early Waterford Quaker burial grounds at Wyse Park and Irish Quakers 350th celebrations. Decies, No. 60, 191-5. Noonan, D. (2006) Excavation of service trenches for a development at St John's Lane, Waterford. Unpublished report. DEHLG (04E1701), Daniel Noonan Archaeological Consultancy. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 July 2011

A Quaker burial ground, established in 1689 and used until 1764; it reflects early non-conformist religious practices in Waterford.