Holy Cross Cemetery

Small Cemetery near the Gardens

We stumbled onto the cemetery leaving the Gardens. Interesting headstones from the 1800’s to modern times. Worth a quick stop if you are walking in this direction.

Probably not worth the detour

We added this cemetery to our list of places to visit when wandering around Halifax. We wanted to see the church which was erected in a day. It was a bit of a disappointment as it was all shut up an...

history in Halifax

I love the little church that was "built in a day" and the history behind this. This is such an old cemetery the history is at every step. I made a connection with the cemetery when I was married an...

for grave lovers

Being a rather big lover of cemetery and tombstones, I could not pass this one which is full of history and magnificent stones. I could have spent hours in there.

Biserica built on 1 day

Original Text

The Holy Cross cemetery is very close to the Spring Garden Road shopping street, so very central. It is the oldest Catholic cemetery of Halifax. It was founded in 1843 and before ...