About Clifton Burying Ground
Clifton Burying Ground is a cemetery near Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Walter Clarke, Jeremy Clarke and Daniel Gould. The nearest other listed cemetery is United Congregational Churchyard, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home in Newport, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 233 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 225 of the 239 listings in Newport County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Clifton Burying Ground
- Walter Clarke1640-1714Rhode Island colonial governor
- Jeremy Clarke1605-1652Rhode Island colonial president
- Daniel Gould1626-171617th-century correspondent of Quaker Phineas Pemberton, active circa 1697-1700
People whose Wikidata entry gives Clifton Burying 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
41.48306, -71.31090
What Clifton Burying 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
- United Congregational ChurchyardNewport, RIChurch cemetery0.2 mi
- Governor Benedict Arnold GraveyardNewport, RICemetery0.2 mi
- Trinity Church Yard CemeteryNewport, RIChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Colonial Jewish CemeteryNewport, RIJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- St. Joseph's Old Catholic CemeteryNewport, RICatholic cemetery0.4 mi
- Jonathan Easton Burial GroundNewport, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Coddington CemeteryNewport, RICemetery0.7 mi
- John Clarke Burial GroundNewport, RICemetery0.7 mi
- Common Burial Ground CemeteryNewport, RICemetery0.9 mi
- Common Ground CemeteryNewport, RICemetery0.9 mi
Funeral homes near Clifton Burying Ground
- O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
- Hambly Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Memorial Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Nardolillo Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Narragansett · (401) 942-1220
- Fern Acres Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
- Patrick Quinn Funerals and Cremations (Fagan-Quinn)8.2 miFuneral home · North Kingstown · (401) 295-5603
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