Autre nom(s)
Quaker Street Burying Ground
Quaker Street Pioneers Burying Ground Company
8 Quaker Street
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2009/03/24
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Quaker Street Burying Ground is located at Lot 8 on Concession 3, on the north side of Quaker Street, west of the intersection of Quaker Street and County Road 59, in the Township of Norwich. The small 19th century cemetery was established in 1813.
The property was designated, by the Township of Norwich, in 2006, for its cultural heritage value or interest, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, By-law 64-2006.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Quaker Street Burying Ground is the site of the first cemetery and Quaker meeting house, in Norwich Township. The land was set aside as a site for a meeting house and burial ground, in 1813, shortly after settlers led by Peter Lossing and Peter De Long, many of whom were Quakers, arrived in what is now Norwich Township, from Duchess County, in New York. The 1810 Quaker Migration into the Township led to the development of one of the most populous Quaker settlements in Upper Canada. The first documented burial occurred at the Quaker Street Burying Ground in 1817, the same year that the meeting house, now demolished, was erected.
The Quaker Street Burying Ground contains the graves of many of Norwich Township's earliest settlers and their ancestors. Of note are Peter Lossing; his son Solomon Lossing, who was a major figure in the local rebellion of 1837and later an early warden of Oxford County; Henry and Anne Wasley, who were great-grandparents of United States President Herbert Hoover; and Daniel Bedford, who was a hanged rebel of the 1837 rebellion. Many of the early settlers are commemorated by a Norwich Pioneer Society plaque ,located in the cemetery, that lists family name and place of origin of the pioneer settlers of Norwich Township.
Many of the grave markers are plain marble tablets that are consistent with the Quaker concern for simplicity. The Quaker custom of numbering days and months is evident on many of the markers. Quakers did not believe in using the names of the months and preferred instead to use the number to which each month was associated. January would be “First Month”; February is “Second Month” and so on.
Source: Township of Norwich By-law 64-2006.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Quaker Street Burying Ground include its:
- location, orientation and dimensions of the burying ground
- original placement of the gravesites, markers and monuments, with their surviving inscriptions
- variety of markers and monuments, representing a range of styles, materials and symbolism
- Norwich Pioneer Society plaque that commemorates the pioneer settlers of the Township
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Ontario
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Ont.)
Loi habilitante
Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)
Date de reconnaissance
2006/08/30
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1813/01/01 à 1813/01/01
2006/01/01 à 2006/01/01
1817/01/01 à 1817/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- La philosophie et la spiritualité
- 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
Township of Norwich
210 Main Street East
Norwich, Ontario
N0J1P0
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
HPON07-0316
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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