From the Book..
Written in 1887 for the Old Parish Burying Ground and its Protection, Ornamentation, and Preservation
HENRY YOULE HIND, M. A.
INTRODUCTION.
The following historical notes the off-shoot of efforts successfully made 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.
The cause of the want of this authority will appear in the following notes, well as the reason why the “Old parish Burying Ground” still remains in an unprotected condition, with a ruined retaining wall on the highway, and rotting fences, affording but little protection to upwards of FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY MEMORIAL STONES AND TABLETS, which bear the names of many who were closely associated with the early British history of the settlement of Nova Scotia
