aka: Old Crispin Cemetery; Holme-Crispin Cemetery; Holme Family Ground.
This is a small Family Burial Ground on the northwest side of Holme Ave., just south of Holme Circle in Northeast Philadelphia.
Laid out in 1694 by Thomas Holme, Surveyor General of the City of Philadelphia, this 300 + year old cemetery is approximately 150' x 140' or about 1 acre in size. It was laid out for the use as a burial ground for Holme and his descendants.
Holme died in 1695 and is buried here, along with various members of the Crispin, Walker & other local Family members as well as some relatives of William Penn.
There is over 100 burials in this ground, however, very few of them have markers.
Surrounded by an 8' iron fence, the site is the 1st Historical Site in Northeast Philadelphia.
Historical Marker that is on Holme Ave
George Henry WALKER
The last person buried in this ground, Mrs. Rachel POLK, was in 1863
Monument erected in Memory of Thomas Holme.
Close-up of monument
This type of headstone is typicla of Quakers.
View of the cemetery
Wider view of the cemetery
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May I have your permission to reproduce the blog picture of the George Henry Walker gravestone please? I am submitting an article about George Henry Walker, and his two brothers who owned the Longford estate in Stretford, England.Joseph Menkevich and Fred Moore have been of great assistance, and Joseph sent me a picture of the gravestone - but the writing is clearer on your picture. If you are agreeable, what credit should I use please?
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