Bishops Corner Cemetery

Also known as Leeston Methodist Cemetery , Leeston Wesleyan Cemetery

Southbridge, Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Get directions Corner of Willis Road and Cowans Road
Southbridge, Selwyn District, Canterbury 7683 New Zealand

Coordinates: -43.78241, 172.24229
www.selwyn.govt.nz/facilities-and-parks/cemeteries
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This site was first used for burials in 1872. A Methodist church had been built here, but was shifted to Southbridge in 1875. From the 1880's, when the Methodist section of the Ellesmere Cemetery was developed, the cemetery had little use. The Ellesmere County Council took over its administration in 1981, and since then, the only burials permitted are for families with pre-purchased plots.

Despite the large number of burials in the cemetery, only around 20 headstones remain as at January 2019. The remainder have unmarked graves.

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