Description

CEM 154-Rev_knox_presbyterian_cemetery

Street Address:        Binbrook Road

Location: Lot 2, Blk 3, Concession 4, Binbrook

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Presbyterian)

Responsible Agency: Knox Presbyterian Cemetery Board

Status for Burials: Open for burials          Plot Plan: None Size:                Small, 130 monuments

Fencing: Chain link and wire

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

Small house lot size cemetery, still active. Approximately 13 rows parrallel to the road, with aporox. 8 plots across. The associated church is approx 1 km west in the village of Binbrook.

Date of opening 1846

In 1843, James Flood severed this property from his farm and gave it to the Presbyterian Church of Canada for use as a church and cemetery. The first known interment in the cemetery was George Kirkland in 1846, but the cemetery plaque suggests it was probably in use many years earlier. In 1879, it was the site for the burial of Reverend George Cheyne, the church’s first minister. The original church was closed in 1962, with the congregation moving to a new building, though its Cemetery Board continues to administer the burial ground.

Other Known Names:

 

Street Address:        Binbrook Road

 

Location: Lot 2, Blk 3, Concession 4, Binbrook

 

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Presbyterian) Responsible Agency: Knox Presbyterian Cemetery Board Status for Burials: Open for burials                  Plot Plan: None Size:                Small, 130 monuments

Additional Information:

 

Signage: Signage

 

Fencing: Chain link and wire

 

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

 

 

There is a plaque at the cemetery site which reads: Knox Cemetery

Founded in 1834

By the Presbyterian Church

It is unclear where the 1834 date comes from.

 

Notable Burials:

George Cheyne (1802-1879) minister, educator