Description

CEM 151-Rev_Blackheath-United-Church-Cemetery

Other Known Names: Chalmers Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Street Address: Haldibrook Road

Location: Lot 23, Concession 9, Binbrook

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Presbyterian, United)

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials         Plot Plan: None

Size:         Small, 200 monuments

Signage: Church Signage

Fencing: Hedgerow with open sections

Monument Types: Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite

This cemetery was reputed to have been in use from as early as 1855, and probably originated as a community burying ground. In 1874, then owner, James Hoey gave a plot of land to the local Presbyterian community to be used for the site of a church. Originally known as Chalmers Presbyterian, and later as Blackheath, the church was one of the few Presbyterian churches that joined the United Church in the 1920s. The cemetery is now operated by the City of Hamilton.

The cemetery is currently maintained by the City of Hamilton and is still open for burials.

Menzies Family Plot

Street Address: South side of Kirk Road

Location: Lot 18, Concession 7, Binbrook Township

Type of Cemetery: Family, Abandoned

Date of Opening: 1854?

History:

A small church of the Covenenters erected by the Menzies family was located on site later known as the John Mitchell farm. In addition to the church there was a small burial ground, containing among others the body of Alexander Menzies who died in 1854. Alexander’s gravestone, the only surviving sign of the cemetery’s existence, would eventually find its way to Blackheath Church. The burials themselves are believed to lie at the church as well, having been reinterred there.