Information Oxford
Princeton Cemetery (Cultural Heritage Resource) - Twp. Blandford-Blenheim
- Address:
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686853 Oxford 2 RD
Princeton, Ontario
Canada
N0J 1V0 - Phone:
- 519-463-5347
- Toll Free Phone:
- 1-800-410-6882
- Email:
- generalmail@blandfordblenheim.ca
- Website:
- http://beta.blandfordblenheim.ca
- Products/Services:
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The cemetery was started in the early 1800s; fenced in 1930; a mausoleum was erected in 1967; and a portion of ground was blessed for use as a Roman Catholic Cemetery in 1954. Owned by municipality and is considered to be an active cemetery according to By-law 971-93. Colonel Thomas Horner, 1767-1834. Honours the pioneer settler of Blenheim Township (1795) who built the first saw and gristmills in what became Oxford County. Frederick Benwell, 1865-1890. Commemorates the young victim of Oxford's most infamous murderer, Reginald Birchall. Located 686853 Governor's Road or Old Highway # 2 (Oxford County Road # 2) on Lot 14 Concession 1 of Blenheim Township in Princeton.