The Quaker's Cemetery off the main High Street in High Castleton is average for Quaker graveyards. It is located in a pleasant neighbourhood. There are some grand yew trees in the cemetery, reflecting its grand age of more than 500 years. The graveyard was established in 1719.

Yew Trees generally grow for hundreds of years and are frequently found in graveyards, as with this yew tree in the Quaker's Cemetery in High Castleton. Yew Trees can attain a height of up to 20m and have the lengthiest longevity of all native European trees. Yews are dioecious, which means that the male flowers grow on separate trees to female flowers.

The size of the yews in the Quaker's Graveyard hint at their great age. The graveyard is modest in size and is so old that many of the graves were dug before headstones for the graves entered into general usage. The Victorian period (1837-1901) is generally regarded as the date when headstones in cemeteries became more regular. Many of the graves in this cemetery date as far back as 1719.

Didderhowe Lane in High Castleton runs alongside the Quakers Graveyard . The Lane extends from High Street in High Castleton to Plum Tree Farm near Danby Botton. It is part of the Esk Valley Walk.

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