All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 Municipal Heritage Site
Conception Bay South, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A1X, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/08/06
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/02/07
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 is one of the oldest in Conception Bay South. It is situated on a small hill overlooking Conception Bay, and accessed via Church Road. The designation encompasses the entire cemetery grounds.
Valeur patrimoniale
The All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 was designated a municipal heritage site because it has spiritual, environmental and historic values.
The All Saints Cemetery has spiritual value because it represents the belief system of the earliest settlers. The original, marked gravestones date back to the 1850s, but there are a vast number of slate stones with no markings on them that probably date in the 19th century. This suggests that many poor people used the cemetery, but were unable to afford commercially produced headstones. Instead, they would have used local slate, often picked up off the beach, or other outcroppings, and would have searched for stones that approximated commercially produced markers. This demonstrated how the early community respected their dead and how, even when formal markers could not be obtained, they took the time to mark the graves with slate stones. The cemetery is also a reminder that the earliest settlers were likely Christian and that a Christian system of belief was in place.
The All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 has environmental value because it is located on a small hill overlooking the ocean and can be seen from the water. It follows a typical early pattern of graveyards for the area. As well, the headstones all face east, representing an ancient practice of placing the deceased feet towards the rising sun.
The All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 has historic value because it is one of the oldest cemeteries in Conception Bay South. With the earliest known grave listed at 1850, the slate markers may indicate graves as early as 1800.
Source: Town of Conception Bay South Regular Council Meeting Motion #02-399 August 6, 2002.
Éléments caractéristiques
All those elements which represent the age, natural environment and sacred function of the cemetery, including:
-original memorial stones and slate markers, with their surviving inscriptions;
-location on a hill and overlooking the beach;
-orientation of graves facing east; and
-well-aged and weathered patina of the grave markers.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Municipalités de TNL
Loi habilitante
Municipalities Act
Type de reconnaissance
Terre, structure ou édifice patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2002/08/06
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
2002/01/01 à 2002/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
1 Springdale Street
St. John's, NL A1C 5V5
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-2045
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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