Wolford Chapel
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Established | 1958 |
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Location | Honiton, Devon, England |
Type | Historic house museum Ontario Heritage Trust |
Website | OHT page |
Wolford Chapel in Devon, England, is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. It is the territory of the Canadian province of Ontario,[1] and flies the Flag of Canada despite being in the English countryside.
The chapel was part of the Simcoe Estate at Dunkeswell, near Honiton, Devon, in South West England and was built on John Graves Simcoe's commission in 1802. The Simcoes had purchased an estate at Wolford and built Wolford Lodge. Following Simcoe's death on 26 October 1806 the estate remained with the family until 1923 but was eventually sold and some parts broken up.
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The Chapel, alongside most of the estate, was acquired by British
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The chapel is a
Simcoe's wife, Elizabeth Simcoe and some of their children are also buried at the site, which is maintained by local people on behalf of the John Graves Simcoe Memorial Foundation.
References
- ^ Wolford Chapel site
- ^ "Wolford Chapel (Devonshire, England) <sic>". Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Wolford Chapel (1146636)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
External links
Media related to Wolford Chapel at Wikimedia Commons
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- "Wolford Chapel Historical Plaque". ontarioplaques.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "thestar.com | Toronto Star | Canada's largest daily". thestar.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014.