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Cemetery: Grimesley Family
Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: 7518 Chancellor Way
City: Springfield
Township:
County: Fairfax County
State: VA
Nation: USA
Zip: 22153
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: On top of main road by bus stop on Chancellor Way,
as a result much vandalism, no gate.
Type: Road-public
Location: Surburban
Terrain: Level
Watersource: Yes
Features: Trees, ivy, right between two houses off of the road.
Property: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1890s burials
Gravestones: around 12, many markers have been destroyed
Oldest: Cemeteries of Fairfax County, Virginia: 1994, Virginia
Room, Fairfax County Public Library
Newest: 1895
Removed: Yes
Relocated: Yes
Repairs: Unsure
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Availability: http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library/branches/vr/cem/cem194.htm
Landscaping: No
Paths: Yes
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: Yes
Vandalized: Yes
Report: Yes
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3: Gravestones-Stolen
VA4: Graffiti
VA5: Graves-Desecrated
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover: Yes
Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted:
Surnames:Grimesley
Other_Information:
This cemetary has been constantly vandalized, it is even unknown
where the graves are at this point. Many of the headstones have
been smashed. There is no gate, half the people living in the
community are unaware of its presence. Since the early 1980's or
perhaps earlier this graveyard has been an absolutely
heartbreaking sight. There is no gate to keep folks out and no
history posted about the family.
I hope someone can do something about this.
Support:
Submitted by:
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Name: Meredith Canode
Email: s_ly_wink@hotmail.com
Date: August 8, 2003 |
