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Bourda Cemetery, Guyana

Cemetery in Georgetown, Guyana

Cemetery in Georgetown, Guyana

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Bourda Cemetery is an eighteenth-century cemetery situated on Bourda Street in Georgetown, Guyana. Formerly known as "Bourda's Walk", Bourda cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Georgetown, and the only surviving plantation cemetery in the city. It is considered a national landmark and has been listed as a monument by the National Trust of Guyana.

History

Boarda cemetery was originally constructed as a part of Plantation Vlissengen, which was owned by Joseph Bourda (d. 1798) – a Dutch colonist who was twice governor of Demerara (then a Dutch colony). When Bourda's son (and principal heir) disappeared at sea, the government of British Guiana entered into an agreement with his remaining heirs to take over the plantation, which included the wards of Bourda, New Town, Queenstown, and Robbstown. The agreement – called the Vlissengen Ordinance of 1876 – entrusted the government with custodial duties to maintain Bourda cemetery.

Bourda Cemetery has repeatedly come under threat of demolition or relocation from Mayors and City Councils of Georgetown. In 1960 H. R. Persaud and the Historical Society organised a campaign to save the cemetery after the local government when it first came under threat. In 1992, the local government proposed the relocation of the cemetery in order to make way for a road to run through its present site. Shortly before works were about to start, however, the Guyana Heritage Society obtained a legal injunction preventing the Mayor and the City Council from constructing a road through the cemetery grounds. Proposals for demolition or re-location have been made by different administrations in 1960, 1982, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2011.

Burials

Many prominent people from the Guyana's colonial era are buried in Bourda cemetery, including William Booker, John Croal (the first mayor of Georgetown), John Patoir and Peter Rose.

References

References

  1. Stabroek Staff. (16 January 2011). "Bourda". Stabroek News.
  2. Munro, Arlene. (2 February 2006). "Historic Sites of Georgetown". Stabroek News.
  3. National Trust of Guyana. (December 2002). "Bourda Cemetery". National Trust of Guyana Newsletter.
  4. Persaud, Anand. (12 November 1996). "Editorial: Bourda Cemetery". Stabroek News.
  5. Munro, Arlene. (25 May 2006). "The origin of the names of the wards of Georgetown". Stabroek News.
  6. Knews. (8 August 2011). "The historical St Barnabas Church is almost gone". Kaieteur News.
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