Gainsborough Union Workhouse records ?

[rosie99]

I would imagine that it means they arranged the burial and paid for it

[BillyF]

I wonder if the friends means the Quakers ?

[BillyF]

Re-reading, I now see that Jane was buried in Gainsborough General Cemetery, but, there`s this

https://heritage.quaker.org.uk/files/Gainsborough%20LM.pdf

I think the burial ground is still used.

[JOOBLES]

Many thanks.

The Gainsborough Quakers website says Quakers are also known as ‘Friends’.

Result !
J.

[BillyF]

Looking on Showmystreet, the Meeting House seems to stand at a right angle to the road.

In the 1920s my aunt had her first job arranged by the "Friends" !

[Bookbox]

'Buried by friends' is a standard phrase in workhouse registers. It simply means that someone else, other than the parish or union, was responsible for the burial costs.