
What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: In the gardens of this house, a former Quaker burial ground, are the graves of many Friends, including John Woolman, William Alexander, William and Esther Tuke and Lindley Murray. Friends who wish may visit them.
John Woolman was an influential Quaker minister and activist against slavery, known for his writings that promoted social justice and simplicity; William Alexander served as a Quaker minister and was a key figure in the peace movement during the American Revolutionary War; William Tuke and Esther Tuke were instrumental in founding the York Retreat, pioneering humane treatments for mental illness; Lindley Murray was a prominent grammarian whose English grammar books were widely used in schools across the English-speaking world.
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