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Cassidy
Lake Cemetery ~ this cemetery, on
the land settled by James and Jane Cassidy, is up the old driveway to
the site of the old house, then in behind the old house further up the
hill on your left. This cemetery is kept up and fenced, but access to
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| Sederquist Cemetery ~ this cemetery is found on the eastern side of the Sederquist Road leading from the Poodiac Road to highway 865, the road to Norton, about halfway up the hill. A recent pathway has been made into it, but it still may be hard to find for the unitiated. | No picture presently available |
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Hillsdale School ~ The Hillsdale School has been renovated and made into a home. It stands just west of the intersection of Route 111 and the road to Back Settlement on the northern side of Route 111. The school existed as early as 1878 but burned down at least twice in its early history. It closed in 1974 when schools were amalgamated and many of the small rural schools were closed. |
| Hillsdale Baptist Church ~ The Hillsdale Baptist Church still stands today. However regular services ceased here many years ago. Each year there is a service which many former residents and/or their descendants attend. |
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Hillsdale Cemetery ~ This cemetery existed as early as 1853, when Benjamin A. Smith, infant son of Humphrey and Sarah Smith, died and was buried. This cemetery can be found by going in the road beside the Hillsdale Baptist Church and proceeding south for a short distance, where the road divides with a part of it going left (or east). By following this road, you will come to a gate at the entrance of the cemetery. |
| Saddleback School ~ A school existed at Saddleback, or Mackville (as the community was known for many years). It sat at the junction of the main road through Saddleback, leading to Saint Martins, and a second road leading up from Route 111 at Hammondvale. It existed prior to 1880 and remained until the late 1920's, when the few students still in the community travelled to Haillsdale to go to school. |
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Saddleback Roman Catholic Church ~ This church no longer exists, however one can find an outline of where the church did stand at one time in the cemetery which was attached to this church. The cemetery, and the location of the old church, can be found by travelling south on the Saddleback Road from route 111 at Hillsdale to where the road forks, with the right fork going to Saint Martins. The cemetery is on the western side of this fork. |
| Saddleback Roman Catholic Cemetery ~ This cemetery is found on the western side of the Saddleback Road leading from Hillsdale to St. Martins at the fork, about 2 kilometers from Hillsdale. Although the earliest date is 1842, for Mary Houlahan, the next earliest dates are in the 1860's. |
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Hammondvale School ~ Although some believe the Hammondvale School started in 1908, records reveal that as early as 1876 there was a school in Hammondvale with about 50 students. There was indeed a school which may have been built in 1908 on land given by George Fowler. The school was closed in 1974, after which the students were bussed to Sussex. |
| Hammondvale Cemetery ~ This cemetery sits on the southern side of the fork in the road coming from either Londonderry or Markhamville at Hammondvale. It sits west of the "Fowler" Hall, on land possibly granted to Ammon Fowler. The cemetery may have been used, first, as a burial ground for the Fowler family, and then expanded to include other residents. The first burial here may be Elizabeth (Fowler) Gillies, the wife of Lieut. Weeden Fowler and mother of Ammon Fowler, 1814 grantee. |
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"Fowler" Hall ~ This Hall, often referred to tday simply as Hammond Hall, was given, according to tradition, to the community as a place of gathering by Weeden Fowler. The Anglican church met for many years in the lower part of the Hall. The upper storey was used as a meeting place prior to 1988 when the new Fire Hall was built along Route 111. Since then, the Fire Hall has been used for many functions and the Fowler Hall used sporadically. |
| Fowler Hotel ~ Next to the Hall was a building often used as a hotel. It may have been the home of Ammon Fowler. |
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St. Paul's Anglican
Church,
Londonderry ~ This church was built
between 1854 and 1857 and was consecrated in 1857 by Bishop Medley.
It had seating for 80 to 100 people and was often filled in its early days. Rev. E.C. Budd came to the Upham parish, of which Londonderry was a part, in 1925, and, shortly thereafter, services ceased to be held in the church as many of the people had moved away. In the 1930's Rev. Craig Nichols, rector of Waterford, began the custom of having a yearly memorial service, which is still largely attended today. A committee looks after the church and grounds today, as can be evidenced by the scoffolding in the picture. |
| Londonderry Cemetery (Anglican Part) ~ The cemetery attached to St. Paul's Anglican Church surrounds the church edifice on three sides. The burial ground was consecrated at the same time that the church was consecrated by Bishop Medley. Only three and a half months later, the cemetery was to receive its first occupant, Margaret Myles, wife of Thomas Myles, who died November 9, 1857. |
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Londonderry Cemetery (Presbyterian Part) ~ It is apparent that the Presbyterians in the area had originally planned on building a church, possibly on land next to the Anglican church. However, such an edifice was never built, but the land behind where the church might have been intended to be built was used as a cemetery. The first burial here appears to be in 1842, Matthew Ferguson. His son, John Archimedes Ferguson, the force behind getting St. Paul's built, is also buried there. |
| Londonderry School ~ The Londonderry School sat, roughly, across from the combined properties of the Anglican and Presbyterian congregations. At first, the school seems to have held its classes in homes before the school house was built. By 1877, the number of students had dropped to 18, and by 1920 there were too few students for a school. By the early 1930's, there was no one living within five miles of the school. |
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Old Shepody Road Presbyterian Cemetery ~ There is an old Presbyterian cemetery found on the southern side of the Shepody Road, approximately 5 kilometres from the Schoales Dam and just under 4 kilometres from St. Paul's Anglican Church at Londonderry. |
| Old Shepody Road Meeting House (Presbyterian) ~ There are some allusions to there being a Presbyterian meeting house, near the Old Shepody Road Presbyterian Cemetery. It was supposedly built in the mid-1840's. |
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| Crowe Cemetery ~ this cemetery is found on the north side of the Shepody Road approximately 3.3 km W of Schoales Dam and the forest ranger depot there. Watch for a small sign. Leaving your car on the side of the road, you will travel through the woods on a well-worn path up the hill to the site of the cemetery among the trees. | No picture presently available |
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Shepody Road School ~ There existed a school a short distance above Schoales Dam as early as 1862. There may have been a second school further up the road in later years, replacing this first one. However, few records exist after 1890, suggesting that the school may have closed by this time due to lack of students as people moved away from the area. |
| Schoales Dam ~ On the southern side of the Shepody Road just west of the intersection of that road with the road from Waterford, you will find the old remains (some old logs in the stream) of a dam known as Schoales Dam |
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Poodiac Cemetery ~ This cemetery is located on the north side of the Poodiac Road behind the home of Eldon and Mary Brown. The earliest known grave in this cemetery is that of Benjamin G. Sherwood, who died 15 February 1847. This cemetery is still used today. |
| Poodiac Baptist Church ~ The Poodiac Baptist Church sat on the western corner of the Poodiac and Lakefield Roads. I cannot never remember it being open, but I use to go and look in its windows as a child. It was moved down the Lakefied Road and became a barn. |
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Poodiac School ~ Poodiac School served families from both the Hammond and Sussex parishes. It was closed in 1967, when the students were bussed to the Hillsdale School until 1974, when the latter school was also closed. |
| Londonderry Heroes LOL # 91 Orange Hall ~ Although this Hall stands in Markhamville, and thus in Sussex Parish, it originally stood in Londonderry. Prior to 1886, it was hauled down over the hills and set up at its present site in Markhamville. In 1886, the second storey was added to the structure and is still used as the meeting place of Londonderry Heroes LOL # 91, an Orange Lodge organized on October 20, 1848, from members of LOL # 31, which met in the Hillsdale area. This latter Orange Lodge disappeared, but LOL # 91 has had a continuous history which spans more than 150 years. LOL # 91 is known as "the father of Orangeism in Kings County." The Hall stands across the road from Knox United Church. In later years, the "cook house" was built beside the Hall to serve as a place for people to come and eat, especially on the annual celebration of "Guy Fawkes Day," held on the Saturday closest to November 5th each year. |
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