Saint Andrew's Cemetery in Nelson, Nelson

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Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson New Zealand

Coordinates: -41.20669, 173.35997
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The opening of St Andrew's Church on 29 April, 1865 was the result of community fundraising and the gifting of land by Mr J M Pierson of Thackwood.

The site had been used as a burial ground for several years - two people, Anne Mckay in 1860 and Isaac Webster in 1864, were buried there, and the churchyard was cared for by the local community in the form of the cemetery committee.

Gradual social changes in the district led to a decline in the use of the Church and, in 1960, it was sold for use as a farm building and taken to Seabourne Farm. Cyclone Alison, in 1975, finally destroyed the building.
The font had been given to Bishopdale Chapel; the cemetery remains here on the hillside. The only remnant of the building in situ is the front step.

The Waimea County Council agreed to designate St Andrews Churchyard Cemetery an Historic Site within the Waimea County in 1975.
Local community groups cared for the place for many years.

The Nelson Diocese gifted the site to the Nelson City Council in 2004.

More info at http://www.theprow.org.nz/index.php/places/st-andrews-church-and-early-wakapuaka/#.VKjQaiuUd8E

Original church was wooden, built in 1865. It was sold in 1960, and the building was removed from the site.

The cemetery was designated a "Historic Site" in 1975, and in 2004 was gifted by Nelson Diocese to Nelson City Council.