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St. Paul's Burial Ground, Colombo

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Location	:	Colombo, Colombo District, Sri Lanka
Description	:	"St. Paul's Burial Ground is just opposite Wolvendaal Church on the other side of the road which skirts the back of the church. It was consecrated on May 29, 1821, by Bishop Middleton. Though next to Wolvendaal, it was the churchyard of St. Paul's Church, which was opened on September 1, 1816, consecrated on September 25, 1821, re-opened on July 5, 1846, having been rebuilt after a fire, and was much in favour as a church in the forties and fifties." Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local... Read More	"St. Paul's Burial Ground is just opposite Wolvendaal Church on the other side of the road which skirts the back of the church. It was consecrated on May 29, 1821, by Bishop Middleton. Though next to Wolvendaal, it was the churchyard of St. Paul's Church, which was opened on September 1, 1816, consecrated on September 25, 1821, re-opened on July 5, 1846, having been rebuilt after a fire, and was much in favour as a church in the forties and fifties." Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913, p. 96.

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