Cemeteries

Location: 1330 Haines Street, Bowmanville

• View map of Bowmanville Cemetery blocks (PDF)

The Bowmanville Cemetery was established in 1857 on approximately 20 acres of land purchased from James Grant. Five other cemeteries were closed throughout Bowmanville in the following 22 years, and gravesites were moved to this present location.

Location: Northeast corner of Queen Victoria Street and Park Lane in Newcastle Village

• View map of Bond Head Cemetery blocks (PDF)

The Bond Head Cemetery was originally established by St. George's Anglican Church in Newcastle in 1857 on approximately three acres of land. St. George's had initially planned to build a church on the grounds but changed the location. It was built on Mill Street in Newcastle Village instead. The Municipality took over the cemetery in 1972.

Location: South of Concession 6 on Old Scugog Road, Hampton

• View map of Hampton Union Cemetery blocks (PDF)

In 1925, the Hampton Union Cemetery Board received $425 to manage both the Bible Christian Cemetery and the Hampton Union Cemetery.

Location: 4449 Hill Street, Newtonville

• View map of Lakeview Cemetery blocks (PDF)
• View diagram of Lakeview Cemetery Columbarium (PDF)

Lakeview Cemetery was first established in 1830 and was originally donated by the Laing family who had a farm on and surrounding the cemetery property. This cemetery overlooks Lake Ontario and has a walk-up secured columbarium. The Municipality acquired the cemetery on January 1, 2024.

Location: 2 Browview Road, Newcastle

• View map of St. George's Cemetery blocks (PDF)

St. George's Cemetery was originally established in 1873 on approximately two acres of land. St. George's is likely the earliest established cemetery in Clarke Township outside of private plots. St. George's is the final resting place of Samuel Wilmot, who, as an early settler, was the first surveyor to survey Clarke Township.

Location: Lot 28, Concession 5.  Drive north from Highway 401 on Highway 115. Exit at Main Street, Orono. Drive north through Orono on Main Street. When you come to a fork in the road, take the right fork (Mill Street). Drive northeast on Mill Street. The cemetery is on the north side of the road.

• View map of Orono Cemetery blocks (PDF)

Only the person whose name is on the deed has the right to be buried or to allow any burials in that grave.

Transferring ownership of a deed is unique for every transaction. Please call the Clerk's Division for assistance and forms at 905-623-3379 ext. 2107.

Arrange a meeting at the cemetery to view the areas available by calling the Groundskeeper at 905-260-0743.

Ground burials

At Bowmanville Cemetery, Bond Head Cemetery, St. George's and Orono Cemetery, you can purchase single graves that can accommodate either:

• one casket and three cremated remains or 
• only four cremated remains.

Cremation

At Bowmanville Cemetery, Bond Head Cemetery and St. George's Cemetery, you can purchase cremation burial plots. Currently, the Bowmanville, Bond Head, Hampton and Orono Cemeteries have a columbarium, which is an above-ground structure specially designed to hold containers of cremated remains. A niche is an individual compartment in a columbarium.

The cemeteries are open daily, seven days a week, from 8 a.m. until sundown.

Decoration Day is the third Sunday in July of each year.

Monuments are to be made of bronze, granite, marble or other durable stone with no vertical joint and no ornament of stone, metal or other material attached.

For details, please call the Grounds Keeper at 905-260-0743.

Place unbreakable flower pots and plant flowers at the front of a grave not more than 30.5 centimetres from the marker or monument. Floral stands must have a single leg support and may not exceed 122 centimetres in height, with no more than two stands per monument. These stands must not exceed more than 30.5 centimetres from the marker or monument.

Shrubs and ornamental trees must also be placed directly at the front of the grave. The flowering plant must be placed within 30.5 centimetres from the marker or monument and must not exceed 122 centimetres in height.

It is your responsibility to water and weed flowering plants. Watering cans are available near the water tap. Please return after use.