( memorial legend from the plaque )
potter's field of muddy york
the trustees of the toronto general burying grounds established the potters field on this site in1826 as the areas first non-sectarian cemetery. this group of concerned citizens raised the necessary three hundred dollars to purchase the land, by public subscription, accepting no donations over one dollar.
as the city grew rapidly northwards what had been the south-eastern corner of the woods well outside the town, became yorkville. potters field was closed in 1855. individual monuments and the remains of 6,685 people were moved between 1851 and 1881, many to the resting place of pioneers at the toronto necropolis and mount pleasant cemetery .
erected by toronto trust cemeteries and hammerson canada inc. may 20th 1988.
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