the resting place of pioneers
in this area of the cemetery lie buried many of the inhabitants of the early town of "muddy york":
they were originally buried in the potters field. a plot of six acres in yorkville at what is now the north-west corner of bloor and yonge streets. during the period 1826 to 1850 as a cemetery it was obliged to close because of steady municipal growth. the remains of 364 persons were removed to this location and some 934 others were removed to the toronto necropolis between the years 1851 and 1881. the individual monuments were also moved, but being made of soft stone, most of them became illegible from erosion and have been laid flat on the plots.
"the original purchase price in 1825 of the potters field was seventy-five pound currency, or $300.00. the whole being raised by subscriptions, in sums in no case exceeding one dollar."
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