A new stone monument has been unveiled beside a main road near St Austell in #Cornwall. The slate wayside marker, which is 7ft tall, celebrates a distinct aspect of the county's religious heritage. 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. The wayside marker, beside the A390 at Tregongeeves, carries the wording, “George Fox, Loveday Hambly and Friends”. 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. 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.
