... This burial ground has many interesting associations.
Many years ago the then lord of the manor had a partiality for gypsies. He encouraged them to settle down upon a piece of land which he placed at their disposal, and the rector of the parish likewise made friends of them, and frequently conducted Divine service in their encampment. So warm a feeling of friendship was created that after the camp broke up the gypsies bore the place in fond remembrance and those who died upon their travels were, by their earnest wish, conveyed to Norton for burial.
Consequently, in this quiet resting-place for the dead are to be found tombstones erected to the memory of various members of the Stanley tribe, which claim royal rights in the race.
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Western Mail - Thursday, 13th November 1890
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