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Unitarian Burial Ground

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Location	:	Filby, Great Yarmouth Borough, England
Coordinate	:	52.6585510, 1.6430360
Description	:	Directions: Filby lies on the main A1064 road from Acle to Caister-on-Sea. From the main road through the village, turn onto Thrigby Road (right from Norwich/Acle direction, left from Yarmouth/Caister), following signs towards Thrigby Hall wildlife park. Look out for a field gate on the left with the words 'Unitarian Heritage Site' written in gold along the top. Walk through the small meadow along the public footpath to the chapel site at the rear. Unhappy with the practices and rituals of the Church of England during the 16th and 17th centuries many people, believing that the English church founded at... Read More	Directions: Filby lies on the main A1064 road from Acle to Caister-on-Sea. From the main road through the village, turn onto Thrigby Road (right from Norwich/Acle direction, left from Yarmouth/Caister), following signs towards Thrigby Hall wildlife park. Look out for a field gate on the left with the words 'Unitarian Heritage Site' written in gold along the top. Walk through the small meadow along the public footpath to the chapel site at the rear. Unhappy with the practices and rituals of the Church of England during the 16th and 17th centuries many people, believing that the English church founded at the Reformation by the Tudor kings and queens, was not radical or Protestant enough began worshipping independently. For many years these groups’ meetings were restricted by law, and often took place in secret. With the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672, however, nonconformist meetings were no longer illegal and more groups sprang up, mainly in the towns. Once the Act of Toleration had been passed in 1689 they could build chapels. The first chapel on this site was licensed as a Meeting House for ‘Protestant Dissenters’ on 11 July 1706. It was founded in 1705 by Henry Daliel, its first minister. At the early age of 23, along with five other Dissenters, he started work on the chapel. It was completed in 1709, two years before his death. The chapel, built of brick and flint, was designed to seat about 200 people. By 1723 it was described as a ‘Congregational Church’. About a century later, it became one of only six Unitarian chapels in the county. Daliel's chapel was replaced shortly before 1900 by a smaller brick building, standing on the area now marked in gravel. This was badly damaged by a bomb in 1940, making the structure so unsafe that it had to be demolished. The site then became overgrown until 1990 when it was rediscovered and cleared of debris. The foundations and what remains of the grave slabs could now be seen. Seven 18th-century grave slabs survive, including that of the founder Henricus (Henry) Daliel. They are in their original positions, except for the one nearest the path, Thomas Deverson, which was probably moved to form a central feature within the later chapel. When the first chapel was demolished, it is said that its walls were retained at a height of five feet to form an enclosure around the burial ground for these burials adjacent to the new building.

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Longitude: 1.6430360

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