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An Early History of Windsor – The Old Parish Burying Ground
$15.00 Add to cartThe following historical notes written in 1887 to secure an act to vest the title of the “Old parish Churchyard and Burying Ground” in Windsor, in the town, and to give the town council the control and management thereof. Something of the kind was absolutely necessary in order to prevent further interments in already overcharged ground, and to provide legalized authority in which would rest the power to prevent unseemly desecration, and protect from ruthless disregard the resting place of more than three thousand dead.
This is not only a great historical book about the Old Parish Burying Ground in Windsor and a history of Windsor, it’s people and the area.
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A Brief History of Scotch Village
$10.00 Add to cartScotch Village, beautifully situated on the River Kennetcook, is part of the old township of Newport which was settled largely by immigrants from Rhode Island. These arriving in 1761, were among the first English settlers to come to Nova Scotia, after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. It was also in the year 1761, that Colonel Alexander MacNutt, in command of a vessel the “Hopewell”, arrived in Halifax from Northern Ireland with a transport of Scotch Irish immigrants of which a few went to Newport Township. The origin of the name “Scotch Village”, has not been recorded, it is evident however that it was so called because its early settlers were, chiefly Scotch.
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Old Parish Burying Ground
$10.00 Add to cartIt is believed that there have been slightly more than 4,000 burials at Windsor’s Old Parish Burying Ground, though only a fraction are still identifiable. The Majority of these burials range from 1771 to the late 1800’s.
