Saturday, December 17, 2016

inSPIREd Sunday






August 2013 - Wolfville Nova Scotia

A random-rubble stone wall encloses the entire front side of the cemetery and includes a large wrought iron gate at its entrance. The cemetery grounds, which include some of the oldest trees in Wolfville, consist of several grass-covered interment areas, and separate family burial plots enclosed with stone pillars and iron links.

The earliest cemetery in Wolfville and the only burial ground available to citizens until 1818, the Old Cemetery interred people from all denominations. The earliest tombstone dates to 1774, and among the people interred in the cemetery are: Nathan DeWolf (1729-89), the founder of Wolfville; Peter Bishop (1736-1825), the first minister of the Wolfville Baptist Church; Professor Isaac Chipman, the builder of Acadia University; and Rev. Edmund Albern Crawley (1799-1888), the founder-in-chief of Acadia University, one of its first two professors, and the designer of the first college building.

The cemetery is also valued for the primitive folk art designs found on many gravestones, some of which showcase the work of the Horton Carver (fl. 1783-1793), who is said to have been Scottish stone carver James Hay. Many of his sandstone grave markers are unique to the Horton-Wolfville area.








13 comments:

  1. Very interesting history here...thanks for sharing!

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  2. Hi Jackie, I enjoyed your post on some of the history of this old cemetery. The wrought iron gate is nice. I love old cemeteries and the beautiful tombstones in them. I live in New Brunswick so it's nice to meet another Canadian blogger. Have a great weekend. Blessings, Pamela

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  3. That is a beautiful gate...and it does look heavy!

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  4. They used to put some interesting sayings on all tombstones. Nice gate.

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  5. Beautiful cemetery gate. My grandfather's family came from Nova Scotia. I've always wanted to visit. xo

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  6. What a lovely old cemetery.

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  7. I sure do love an old cemetery!

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  8. That is a very historic church & churchyard.

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  9. Very historic

    Have a very Merry Christmas

    Thank you for linking up and supporting My Sunday Photo this year.

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  10. There is something beautiful about old burial grounds.
    #MySundayPhoto

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  11. What a great place. I love to old headstones and the church is awesome.

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  12. Cemeteries hold a wealth of history, I love the first photo through the gates.

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  13. Beautiful shots!

    I know a DeWolf family. I wonder if there's some distant relation.

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