About Second Burial Ground
Second Burial Ground is a cemetery near Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It was established in 1600. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Samuel Dudley. The nearest other listed cemetery is Winter Street Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brewitt Funeral Home in Exeter, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 142 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Rockingham County. 3 of the 183 listings in Rockingham County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Exeter. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Second Burial Ground
- Samuel Dudley1608-1682English-American minister
People whose Wikidata entry gives Second Burial Ground as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
42.98270, -70.95208
What Second Burial Ground offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Winter Street CemeteryExeter, NHCemetery0.5 mi
- Exeter Cemetery49 Linden Street, Exeter, NH · est. 1843Cemetery0.6 mi
- Shaw CemeteryExeter, NHCemetery1.8 mi
- Scammon CemeteryExeter, NHCemetery1.9 mi
- Pike CemeteryExeter, NHCemetery2.5 mi
- Maple Lane Cemetery4 Emery Lane, Stratham, NHMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- Harmony Hill Cemetery4 Emery Lane, Stratham, NHMunicipal cemetery3.0 mi
- Dudley CemeteryExeter, NHCemetery3.0 mi
- Sanborn-Brown CemeteryHampton, NHCemetery3.6 mi
- Upper Yard Burial GroundKensington, NHCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Second Burial Ground
- Brewitt Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Exeter · (603) 772-3554
- Exeter Monument Works0.9 miMonument dealer · Exeter · (603) 772-3571
- Stockbridge Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Exeter · (603) 772-0400
- Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory6.1 miCremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
- Cremation Society of New Hampshire6.4 miCremation provider · Hampton · (603) 622-1800
- Direct Cremation Of The Seacoast6.5 miCremation provider · Hampton · (603) 929-0040
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