Cemetery

Parson's Walk

Sandwich · Barnstable County

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The Story

Parson's Walk is a historic burial ground located at 3 Water St in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1880. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Town Hall Square Historic District Boundary Increase, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

About this site

Parson's Walk is a cemetery in Sandwich, Barnstable County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.7572, -70.4984 near Sandwich. The nearest cataloged historic site is Briggs, Capt. Bradford House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Norton, Col. House, Fessenden, Benjamin Jr. House, and Dillingham, Lemuel House.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Parson's Walk is a historic burial ground on Water Street in Sandwich, laid out about 1880 in the older village center near the town's early meetinghouse and mill pond. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district that encompasses much of Sandwich's historic core, one of the earliest settled areas on Cape Cod.

📍 41.7572, -70.4984 · Sandwich, Barnstable County
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