© 2012 Vine Lake Preservation Trust

  

As an one of the last surviving remnants of Medfield’s beginnings in 1651, the burying grounds was established in a meadow at the western edge of town.

From that elevation, a clear view of the Charles River could be had.

Since then, it has served as a burial place for the town’s early settlers,

numerous war veterans, industrialists, farmers, laborers, and ordinary citizens.

Aside from a small state-owned cemetery reserved for former patients at

Medfield State Hospital, Vine Lake Cemetery continues to be the town’s only active cemetery.

For a brief photographic history, view the gallery below.

Photographs courtesy of:

Vine Lake Preservation Trust

Medfield Historical Society