Down to earth: Andrew Backhouse on burial grounds

‘Burial grounds are not an area we talk about much these days.’

by Andrew Backhouse 18th April 2025

‘True significance lies not in the grounds and buildings but in the people… The gravestones speak of the past, of those who also served the meeting, whose lives are woven into ours, as ours will affect those still to come’ (William Sewell, 1977, Quaker faith & practice 10.08).