Conservation Plan Addington Cemetery - Christchurch City Libraries
Conservation Plan Addington Cemetery - Christchurch City Libraries
Conservation Plan Addington Cemetery - Christchurch City Libraries
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2.1.7 The Public Nature of the <strong>Cemetery</strong><br />
<strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> for <strong>Addington</strong> <strong>Cemetery</strong><br />
The most important issue to the Presbyterian<br />
Church when it established <strong>Addington</strong><br />
<strong>Cemetery</strong> was that it was “…open to all persons of any religious community and to the<br />
performances of any religious service at the burial….”<br />
The grave of Thomas Milner is testament to this. Milner was a Salvation Army Bandsman<br />
who died aged 33 in 1888.<br />
Thomas Milner’s headstone<br />
Modern plaques record the graves of Sir George Booth, founder of the Methodist Free<br />
Pioneering, who died in 1888 and the Rev. Thomas Hodgson. This plaque contains a<br />
photograph of the rev Hodgson who died in 1895. The plaque notes that this<br />
was<br />
“…recorded<br />
of Faith.” 30<br />
Shield<br />
by the Rev. James Caughey as the 41st defender on the constitution to the<br />
Booth and Hodgson plaques<br />
30 Both plaques contain the symbol of an anchor and further research is required to establish the history.<br />
30
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