A new stone monument has been unveiled beside a main road near St Austell in #Cornwall.<br />The slate wayside marker, which is 7ft tall, celebrates a distinct aspect of the county's religious heritage.<br />Local historian Barry West, from St Austell, has led the standing stone project which highlights the contribution members of the #Quaker movement, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, have made over the centuries.<br />The wayside marker, beside the A390 at Tregongeeves, carries the wording, “George Fox, Loveday Hambly and Friends”.<br />George Fox was the founder of the Quaker movement in the 17th century and Loveday Hambly, who lived at Tregongeeves Farm, was one of his supporters in the county.<br />Over time, Quakers were buried at a cemetery near the farm. However, in the 1960s some of the remains from the burial ground at Tregongeeves had to be removed when the main road was widened and improved.
