Description

CEM 147-Rev_auld_kirk_cememtery

Street Address:Kirk Road, South end of Hendershot Road

Location: Lot 26, Concession 7, Binbrook

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Presbyterian)

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials         Plot Plan: None

Size: Small, 90 monuments

Signage: Signage Fencing: Hedgerow

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

Church / Denomination: Auld Kirk Church, used until 1875, then moved in March 1912.

Registered to City of Hamilton. Directions – From Binbrook: South on Hwy 56 towards Library Line. Turn left at Binbrook Road East. Turn right at Hendershot Road. Hendershot Road ends at a T-Intersection at Kirk Road E. The cemetery is on the other side of the intersection on Kirk Road East. Established Jan 12 1853, Peter Dickens gifted the land.

Date of Opening: 1853

History:

 In 1853, Peter Dickson gave part of Lot 26, Concession 7 to the Presbyterian Church, built in the same year and named Auld Kirk. The cemetery was used that year for the burials of William Miller and Angus McLeod. In 1912 the building was sold to Ebby Lester but the cemetery remained in church hands until 1930, when it was transferred to the Township of Binbrook. In 1953 Hugh Laidman gave more land to enlarge the cemetery. Located on the cemetery property is an angel-stone base with a bronze name plate which reads:

Fletcher Cemetery – Location: Lot 22, Concession 7, Binbrook Township

Type of Cemetery: Family(Fletcher), Abandoned

Date of Opening:

Approximately 1840

History:

The Fletcher cemetery, started by James and George Fletcher on their farm, was in use from 1853 to 1901. In 1901 William George Fletcher sold the farm and all of the bodies were reinterred in other cemeteries, notably Hamilton, Woodburn and Auld Kirk.