A meeting for worship was first established at East Nottingham in 1709, and a preparative meeting in 1715 under what was then called Newark Monthly Meeting (later renamed to Kennett). The meeting was placed under the care of New Garden Monthly meeting in 1718 unitl 1730 when it was set off as Nottingham Monthly Meeting. …
West Nottingham was established about 1710, held at the houses of the members initially, with a preparative meeting being set up about 1730. The land on which the meetinghouse sits was donated by James King and William Harris. The current meeting house was built in 1811 and became known as “Little” Brick”. The Nottingham meetings …
Colora Meeting was initially established as an Orthodox meeting, branching from the original West Nothingham meeting and was established as a meeting in 1828. Their meeting house was built in 1841 on land given by the Waring family, and a burial ground was established several years later. Prior to the creation of their own burial …
Also referred to as the Harrisville Quaker cemetery, the West Nottingham Friends cemetery lies to the east of the old brick meeting house. Harrisville Road, south of Nesbitt Lane [Note – mapping programs have the location of West Nottingham Friends wrong. It is not located on Wyatt Lane as shown on online maps.]
Sometimes referred to as the Preston family cemetery, the old Octoraro cemetery is at the edge of a residential area. Ragan Rd., Conowingo, MD [osmapper id=”1084″]
Generally known as the Brick Meetinghouse burial ground, the East Nottingham Friends cemetery lies to the east of the venerable old building. It is sometimes confused with the Rosebank Cemetery which lies on the opposite side of the road. Brick Meetinghouse Road, Rising Sun, MD
Initially started as an Orthodox branch of the West Nottingham meeting, Colora’s burial ground was established several years after the meeting house was built. Prior to then, the meeting used the older West Nottngham grounds. Colora Road at Corncake Row, Colora, MD