Sharon United Church Cemetery in Etobicoke, Ontario

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Get directions North Side of Rexdale Boulevard, west of Highway 27
Etobicoke, Toronto Municipality, Ontario Canada

Coordinates: 43.72054, -79.60809
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Sharon Cemetery is historically associated with the Primitive Methodist congregation that was established in the Etobicoke community of Highfield in 1842. During the latter year, a church known as Hainstock's Chapel and adjoining burial ground opened near the intersection of present-day Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27 where a rural settlement had developed. A second church completed on the site in 1856 was renamed Sharon Chapel and later known as Sharon Methodist Church (1884) and Sharon United Church (1925). The latter building was demolished in 1967, leaving the cemetery as the remaining physical reminder of the historical use of the property. The cemetery contains the graves of many of Etobicoke's founding families and their descendants. The cemetery's design value is drawn from the collection of monuments that date from 1845 to 1948, and range from modest grave markers to more elaborate monuments with intricate shapes and decorative carvings. The oldest extant marker (dated October 17, 1845) recognizes the grave of Mary Etherington. A more recent cairn with a plaque identifies the historical background of Sharon Cemetery, and a monument lists the names of families whose ancestors were interned there. Contextually, Sharon Cemetery is an important visual feature on Rexdale Boulevard, west of Highway 27, where it occupies a park like setting adjoining the Humber Arboretum.