It’s expected there will be great interest in a public information session planned this coming week on a proposal by the Anglican Cathedral in St. John’s to build an annex on top of a graveyard next to the church building.
The land in question is among some of the oldest consecrated ground in the province, and most of the burials there pre-date any official record-keeping.
Robert Sweeney, an Honourary Research Professor in Memorial’s Department of History estimates anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 people are buried there, mostly young men involved in the early days of the migratory fishery, but also early settlers.
The public information session is scheduled for Thursday evening at 7:00 at the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.