Sambo’s Grave
Sambo's Grave is the burial site of a black cabin boy or slave on unconsecrated ground in a field near the small village of Sunderland Point, Lancashire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plover Scar Lighthouse and Cockersand Abbey.
Plover Scar Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Scar Lighthouse, also known as the Abbey Lighthouse, is an active 19th century lighthouse sited at the entrance of the Lune estuary, near Cockersand Abbey in Lancashire, England. Plover Scar Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Sambo’s Grave.
Cockersand Abbey
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockersand Abbey is a former abbey and former civil parish near Cockerham in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It is situated near the mouth of the River Cocker. Cockersand Abbey is situated 1½ miles south of Sambo’s Grave.
St Helen’s Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helen's Church, Overton, is located in Church Grove, Overton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Helen’s Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sambo’s Grave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunderland and Glasson Dock.
Sunderland
Village
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.
Glasson Dock
Village
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasson Dock, also known as Glasson, is a village in Lancashire, England, south of Lancaster at the mouth of the River Lune. In 2011, it had a population of around 600.
Overton
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Overton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sambo’s Grave.
Sambo’s Grave
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Slave
- Categories: grave and historic site
- Location: Overton, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.99631° or 53° 59′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.88264° or 2° 52′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5VX4W8+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 297745879OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q7409061
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tswana—“Sambo’s Grave” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sambo’s Grave”
- Spanish: “Sambo’s Grave”
- Tswana: “Lebitla la ga Sambo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sunderland Point Mission Heritage Centre and Sunderland Reading Room.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sambo’s Grave”. Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.