Wellington Square United Church Memorial Gardens
Location:
2121 Caroline Street, Burlington, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.
Concession 3 SDS (South of Dundas Street), lot 19, Nelson Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.331°N
Longitude: –79.79727°W
History:
Some years ago, some of the congregation from Trinity United Church, which was located on Elizabeth Street in Burlington, started a new church known as St Paul’s United Church which was located on Prospect Street. Eventually both Churches were closed and the present Church which opened in 1985 was built on Caroline Street.
The congregation was divided over the naming of the new Church. Half of the congregation wanted it to be known as Trinity United Church after the former Church, while the other half of the congregation wanted it to be known as St Paul’s United Church after that former Church. It was finally agreed, after some discussion, to name it Wellington Square United Church. This was an appropriate choice since Wellington Square was the original founding name for Burlington.
In 1982, it was agreed to establish a burial site located in a rose garden on the west side of the sanctuary next to the building where the cremated ashes of the deceased could be interred. A small bronze plaque denotes its location. A memorial wall was created in the Trinity Chapel of the Church where the names of the deceased are recorded. The first burial took place in 1982.
A plaque on the wall states:
“Wellington Square Memorial Garden.
My peace I give to you” [John 14:27]
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