The Resting Place of Pioneers

There are two plaques about these pioneers.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2008

This plaque, in the western end of the Toronto Necropolis, tells of the transfer of bodies from the original Potter's Field. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.667747 -79.362917

In this area of the cemetery lie buried many of the inhabitants of the early town of "Muddy York".

They were originally buried in "The Potter's Field", a plot of 2.4 ha in Yorkville at what is now the northwest corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets, during the period of 1826 to 1850. As a cemetery it was obliged to close because of steady municipal growth. The remains of 984 persons were removed to this location and some 364 others were removed to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery between the years 1851 and 1881. The individual monuments were also moved, but being made of soft stone, most of them became illegible from erosion and have been laid flat on the plots.

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The Resting Place of Pioneers (Mount Pleasant)

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2008

This plaque, in the northern end of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Section O, Plot K, also tells of the transfer of bodies from the original Potter's Field. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.69598 -79.39073

In this area of the cemetery lie buried many of the inhabitants of the early town of "Muddy York".

They were originally buried in "The Potter's Field", a plot of 2.4 ha in Yorkville at what is now the northwest corner of Bloor and Yonge Streets, during the period of 1826-1850. As a cemetery it was obliged to close because of steady municipal growth. The remains of 364 persons were removed to this location and some 984 others were removed to the Toronto Necropolis between the years 1851 and 1881. The individual monuments were also moved, but being made of soft stone, most of them became illegible from erosion and have been laid flat on the plots.

"The original purchase price in 1825 of "The Potter's Field" was seventy-five pounds currency, or $300.00, the whole amount being raised by subscriptions, in sums in no case exceeding one dollar."

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Related Toronto plaques
Potter's Field of Muddy York
Yorkville

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