About Friends Burial Ground
Friends Burial Ground is a quaker cemetery near Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Tiverton. The nearest other listed cemetery is Captain Joseph Church Lot, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Connors Funeral Home in Portsmouth, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 272 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, Tiverton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.63597, -71.20801
What Friends 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
- Captain Joseph Church LotTiverton, RIChurch cemetery0.2 mi
- Captain Thomas Osborn LotTiverton, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Honorable Thomas Durfee LotTiverton, RICemetery0.7 mi
- Town CemeteryTiverton, RIMunicipal cemetery0.7 mi
- Benjamin Hambly LotTiverton, RICemetery0.9 mi
- George Howland LotTiverton, RICemetery1.1 mi
- Colonel Thomas Gray LotTiverton, RICemetery1.1 mi
- Stephen Cook LotTiverton, RICemetery1.2 mi
- Reuben Greene LotTiverton, RICemetery1.3 mi
- Ruben Greene Lot CemeteryTiverton, RICemetery1.3 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Burial Ground
- Connors Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (401) 683-2511
- Oliveira Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Service3.4 miFuneral home · Fall River · (508) 672-4768
- Sansone Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Bristol · (401) 253-7110
- A. F. Almeida and Son Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Fall River · (508) 672-0971
- Boyko Memorial Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Fall River · (508) 678-5121
- George C Lima Funeral Home Inc4.4 miFuneral home · Bristol · (401) 253-9594
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Frequently asked questions
Is Friends Burial Ground a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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