Description

CEM 211-Rev_North Glanford Cemetery

Other Known Names: “Mud” Church Cemetery, Dickenson Cemetery

Street Address: Dickenson Road

Location: Lot 5, Concession 2, Glanford Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Congregational)

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for Burials          Plot Plan: None

Size: Medium, 300 monuments

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

 

Date of Opening: 1845

 

History:

 

The Glanford Congregational Church was established in 1843, and in the following year it purchased half an acre of property from Samuel Hess. The earliest known burial occurred in 1845 for Mary Ann Terryberry. A mud building was erected, which then gave the church its common name, “Mud Church”. This building served the congregation for 20 years, until 1865, when it was was closed.

In 1873, the land was sold to Edward Dickenson for $57. The Dickenson family maintained the cemetery from their date of purchase to 1953, when the responsibility was transferred to the Glanford Cemetery Board.

 

Notable Burials:

Gordon Allison (1918-1998) researcher, archivist, teacher

John Dickenson (1847-1932) Curling magnate, contractor, politician