The Old Yard

These grounds have not been used for generations. The newest tombstone is dated 1818. A number of the tombs bear seventeenth century inscriptions. The oldest legible stone is that of Abigail Armitage, dated 1694. The whole graveyard is surrounded by a dilapidated iron fence three and a half feet high. The graveyard is dominated by an ancient willow tree whose huge, twisting trunk has nearly engulfed an illegible slate tombstone. This portion of Boundary and Aylesbury is without street lamps. At night the graveyard lies in darkness.