I don't know about the situation where the Codgreaves were buried but this is information about Quaker burials generally from the Devon County Council website:   "The first Quakers were buried in the parish churchyard or in their own gardens or orchards, but by the end of the 17th century, most meeting-houses had their own graveyard. When a Friend died, a burial note was issued to the grave-maker, and after burial the note was returned to the Monthly Meeting and entered in the register. It was then passed on to the Monthly Meeting to which the deceased belonged, if it was different. Every year, the notes were sent to the Quarterly Meeting and registered there. After 1837, this burial system ended, but burial notes were still issued and a minute recording name and date of death recorded at the Monthly Meeting.   The Friends were very law-abiding, and complied with the Burial in Woollens Act; parish burial registers may contain a note that Quakers have made an affidavit, even though the deceased person was not buried in the churchyard. The use of head-stones in Friends’ burial grounds was denounced by the Yearly Meeting in 1717, which meant that Friends' graves should be unmarked, although in practice this was often not the case. After the 1864 Act, Friends began to keep a separate burial register for each burial ground."  http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/family_history_3/nonconformist.htm#quakers     Joy  ________________________________ From: Bill Cotgreave <billcot@optonline.net> To: CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 25 August 2013, 17:37 Subject: [CHS] Quaker Burials Hi All, Anyone familiar with Quaker records? I have the following, Quaker Burials; Thomas Codgreave of Helsby buried 12 Dec 1658. Elinor Codgreave ( his widow) of Bromnell buried 11 Apr 1671 A quick search of Google failed to shed any info. ''Does anyone know if there was a separate Quaker burial ground in the area or would they have been buried in the Parish Church? I'd appreciate any further info that might help. Bill Cotgreave ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message