Cemeteries

• 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.

• View map of Bondhead Cemetery blocks (PDF)

The Bondhead 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.

• View map of Hampton Cemetery blocks (PDF)

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

• 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)

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.

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.