Quaker Cemetery (Leicester, Massachusetts)

Infobox Cemetery
name = Quaker Cemetery


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country = USA
location = Leicester, Massachusetts
coordinates = coord|42.2628|-71.8967|display=inline,title [cite web |url=Gnis3|602240 |title=Quaker Cemetery |work=Geographic Names Information System |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2008-08-01 ]
type = Private
owner = Worcester Friends Meeting
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website = [http://worcesterfriendsmeeting.org/cem_policy.htm Worcester Friends Meeting]
findagrave = [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91488&CScnty=1186&CSsr=261& Quaker Cemetery]
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Quaker Cemetery is a private cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts. Located near Worcester Regional Airport, the cemetery is known as Spider Gates Cemetery after its wrought iron gates' spider-like motif. Local stories and paranormal websites allege that the cemetery is haunted. [cite news |title=Spider Gates stories draw curious to old graveyard |work=Worcester Telegram & Gazette |date=2001-10-28 |accessdate=2008-08-01 |id=NewsBank ID 0EF7C93A25AD0569 ]

Originally a family cemetery owned by the Southwick and Earle families, it became the property of the Worcester Friends Meeting after the families joined the local Quaker community.

Public records indicate that the current gates at Spider Gates were donated by Dr. Pliny Earle Jr., and according to official source, they were to represent the beams of the sun, though they can be interpreted as spiders with additional wavy leggings.

The cemetery is open to visitors during daylight hours.

References

External links

* [http://www.boudillion.com/SpiderGates/spider.html Spider Gates]
*http://www.neparanormal.org/spidergates/index.html