Photo of Timothy Plain (not "Plains" as sign states) Cemetery in Norton, Mass. taken in Sept. 2007.

Photo of Timothy Plain (not "Plains" as sign states) Cemetery in Norton, Mass. taken in Sept. 2007.

This is original entrance gate, now closed, this is Section C [left & right of the sign] according to new layout in green posted on this page. Note Historical Society sign on the right of the gate (in separate pict). The photos of the New Sign and Flag pole are well off Plain St and off to the back left of this picture.

Historic Site

Historic Timothy Plain Burial Ground
1742

This burial ground situated westerly of Wineconnet Pond and Canoe River (Gooseberry Brook) was first laid out for a burying place in 1742. The name is derived from Timothy Halloway one of the early proprietors of Taunton, and Taunton North Purchase (Norton) who owned a portion of the land. This area was known as Timothy's Plain or Meadow.

In 1742, Benjamin and John Williams deeded to Benjamin Copeland "a meadow lot of two acres, bounded easterly by Goosberrough Meadow River and westerly partly by an acre of land laid out to John Wetherel for a burying place." Many of Norton's veterans from colonial wars through the present are interred here. In the oldest section of the burial ground many names associated with Norton's early history can be found. Early names such as: Clapp, Pratt, Lincoln, Leonard and Woodward.

Norton Historical Commission 2010

new sign, photo taken May 23, 2015