Description

CEM 133-Rev_english_church_lamb_cemetery

Street Address: South Side of Highway #8, 1.5 km east of Sheffield

Location: Lot 16, Concession 10, Beverly Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Anglican), Municipal

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Closed for burials       Plot Plan: None

Size:         Small, 12 monuments

Fencing: Open sections

Monument Types:      Flat and upright Monuments of: Marble

Date of Opening: 1855 (possibly 1845)

Stones have been placed in a semi-circle on this very small plot of land.

Henry Lamb came to Beverly Township from Pennsylvania in 1810, having acquired 2000 acres, with plans to operate a mill, a tavern and a livestock producing farm. In 1830 he began the construction of an Anglican church in the little community. Named the English, it was planned as the centre piece of Lamb’s proposed city which was to be called Romulus. Lamb died in 1840, so his city never materialized and slowly the buildings disappeared. By 1900, so had the church. The cemetery was initiated by the terms of Henry Lamb’s will, but it was not until a decade after his death, that the executors were able to transfer the land to the Anglican Bishop of Toronto. The burial ground may have been in use as early as 1845, although the earliest stone dates from 1855. The cemetery closed about 1889, and was subsequently abandoned for many years .

The markers are no longer on their original location. In or around 1977 Flamborough Township cleared the site, laying most of the stones in a cement pad and leaving one upright. An accumulation of pine needles on the pad has resulted in the growth of vegetation and damage to some stones.