Pirates Treasure: Quaker Burial Ground Traditional Cache

Starting from the Museum of Iron, this cache is a nice roadside walk, up a steep hill. Walk up towards the Darby houses going past Tea Kettle Row, until you see a white sign "Quaker Burial Ground", pointing you LEFT up the steps. Follow this public footpath up to the entrance of Quaker Burial Grounds. Whist there, follow the footpath past the entrance and enjoy the views from this vantage point. The cache is a 35mm film canister.

The first Abraham Darby was buried in Broseley in 1717. His son, Abraham Darby II, left provision for a piece of land in Coalbrookdale, “inclosed by a brick wall….for a burial place for such friends who shall choose to be buried there…..” and he was the first to be interred here in 1763. Abiah Darby his wife, and their son Abraham Darby III, builder of the Iron Bridge are buried here, as are other influential members of the society of Friends like William Reynolds. The very simple memorial stones now line the walls, but the accompanying plan shows the actual position of each interment.

The burial ground was enlarged in 1851 and the last Darby to be interred here was Rebecca Sorton Darby who died in 1908. The last burial of all took place in 1982. Today the burial ground remains as a quiet testimony to the Quaker families who for several generations remained active in the nearby Coalbrookdale works and in the life of the local community.