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The Old Burying Ground is a historic
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
on Pleasant and William Streets in
Stoneham, Massachusetts Stoneham ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, north of downtown Boston. Its population was 23,244 at the 2020 census. Its proximity to major highways and public transportation offers convenient access to Boston and ...
. Established in 1726, it is the only surviving element of Stoneham's original town center, which also included a meeting house and school. It contains about 450 stones and fragments, with grave markers dating from 1728 to 1924. The stones were carved with motifs that were fairly typical of the period including urns, willows, cherubs, and winged death heads. The cemetery was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1984.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, Massachusetts This is a list of properties and historic districts in Stoneham, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, Un ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts This is a listing of places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. With more than 1,300 listings, the county has more listings than a ...


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Old Burying Ground, Town of Stoneham, MA
* {{Stoneham, Massachusetts 1726 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Stoneham, Massachusetts Cemeteries in Middlesex County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Stoneham, Massachusetts