Swannanoa Cemetery

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Contents 1 Location 2 Description 3 History 4 Burials 5 Acknowledgements 6 Return to Canterbury Cemeteries

[edit] Location

Tram Road, Swannanoa.

NZSG: Q07.06

[edit] Description

Burial plots are still available.

[edit] History

The Swannanoa Methodist Church was opened in 1874. John Evans Brown, an American, who named his property ‘Swannanoa’, and Mrs Peacock Snr, were the chief benefactors of the church.

The cemetery is behind the church. Pioneers of the district and their descendants are buried here.

[edit] Burials

[edit] Acknowledgements

Waimakariri District Council publication "Cemeteries Within The Waimakariri District"

[edit] Return to Canterbury Cemeteries