Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Old Kirk Burying Ground
Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- cemetery
- Year built
- 1784
- Decade built
- 1780-1789
- Cultural association
- Loyalist
- Notice of registration date
- 13 March 1990
- Civic address
- 36 John Street
- Community
- Shelburne
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.76286, -65.32048
- File number
- Prov_file_122
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is a visual record of the development of the Presbyterian Church in Shelburne from the first days of Loyalist settlement to the present day.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Old Kirk Burying Ground include:
- location on a prominent lot in the centre of Shelburne;
- historic headstones carved by local masons;
- absence of roads or automobile thoroughfare;
- historic fences surrounding some plots;
- granite slabs supporting part of a knoll.
Nearby in the register
- Etherington-Robertson Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- George Gracie House (aka The Coopers Inn)innunder 1 mi
- Joseph McGill Company Officecommercialunder 1 mi
- Ross Thomson Housemuseumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.