Description

CEM 370-Rev_christ_church_anglican_cemetery

Street Address:        Highway #8 at Bullock’s Corners

Location:                  Lots 9-10, Concession 2, West Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Anglican)

Responsible Agency: Christ Church Anglican Cemetery Board

Status for Burials: Open for Burials         Plot Plan: Exists Size:               Small, 160 monuments

Fencing: Chain link and hedgerow fencing Monument Types:     Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite

Date of Opening: 1864

History: 

The history of Christ Church Anglican Cemetery is so closely linked with the adjacent West Flamborough Municipal Cemetery that it is difficult to identify its true origins. The oldest document in the possession of Christ Church records that on 10 January, 1817, John Green Sr. and his wife gave property to the community for the erection of a schoolhouse and church and establishment of a graveyard.

Various denominations used the erected Meeting House, but by 1857 it was entirely in the hands of the Anglican community. The appointment of Rev. Canon Featherstone Lake Osler to serve the parish resulted in the need for a larger church. James M. Kerby and his wife Susan Nelles gave a small piece of property to the parish in 1864, where the present stone church was built the following year.

Burials around the church begin in 1864. In 1881 a portion of land was purchased from John and Harriet Clark to expand the congregation’s cemetery.

In 1999, the Christ Church Cemetery Board approached the Town of Flamborough with a request to assume responsibility for the adjacent West Flamborough Municipal Cemetery. This was based upon an urgent need of additional burial land which appeared to be available in the Municipal Cemetery.

Mayer Heritage Consultants Inc. of London, Ontario undertook an archaeological assessment of the Municipal Cemetery before the transaction was completed in 2000. Today the Christ Church Anglican Cemetery Board is responsible for both the Anglican and Municipal cemeteries at Bullock’s Corners.