Site of the First Anglican Church of Farnham - Farnham, ON
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jiggs11
N 43° 31.704 W 080° 10.849
17T E 566195 N 4819821
Commemorative marker located in Farnham Cemetery designating the site of the first Anglican Church in Farnham.
Waymark Code: WMWTGY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/11/2017
Views: 2
The Anglican Church in Canada has been active in Farnham since the 1840's. The original church was built on this site in 1845.
It was eventually moved to nearby Arkell in 1902, and renamed Church of St Michael and All Angels. It remained in service until 1942 and was demolished in 1945.
The bronze marker is attached to an interior brick and mortar corner area resting on flagstones, symbolic of the church's foundation and walls.
Marker text reads:
This site
Commemorates the location
Of the first Anglican
Church in Farnham.
Church construction started in
1839 and was completed in 1845.
In 1902 the Church was moved
And reconstructed in Arkell
With a new name, The Church of
St. Michael and All Angels.
This Church was closed in 1942
And demolished in 1945.
Subject: Town
Commemoration: 1945
Date of Founding: 1839
Date of Commemoration: 1995
Address:
570 Arkell Road
Puslinch Township, ON
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: Not listed
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