Description

CEM 162-Rev_carmel_methodist_church_cemetery

 

Other Known Names: Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery, Freelton United Church Cemetery

Street Address:        East Side, Highway #6 North

Location: Lot 13, Concession 10 East Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Methodist, United) Responsible Agency: Carmel Cemetery Board

Status for Burials: Open for burials          Plot Plan: Exists

Size:         Small, 115 monuments

Fencing: Iron Railings with open section Monument Types:        Flat, upright and columns Monuments of: Marble and granite

Date of Opening: 1865

History:

There is no record in the East Flamborough Township Abstract Index Book indicating who donated this property to the Freelton Methodist congregation. In 1860, a Methodist church was erected 1.5 kilometers south of Freelton, known as Carmel, to serve two former sects within the church, Primitive Methodists and New Connexion Methodists. John Cummings ( ? -1872) purchased an adjacent property in 1867 and was a member of the Methodist faith, so he may have been the donor.

The cemetery was in use as early as 1865. After 1874 the church, originally part of the old Nelson Township Circuit, was transferred to become part of the Carlisle Circuit.

The church building was used until 1898 when it was then sold, removed from the site, and turned into a private residence, reputedly in Freelton. The congregation moved to Freelton, having built a new church on the site of the former Upper Hotel.

The cemetery remains in use for local United Church members

Registered to Carmel United Church Cemetery Board. Carmel cemetery was established on the farm of John Loder Cummins which he had inherited from his father John A. Cummins when the latter died in 1861. The cemetery is adjacent to the site of the original Carmel Methodist church. John Loder Cummins transferred the property to the Wesleyan Methodist Church on 8 May 1863.