I hadn't seen the cemetary either despite pretty much driving past it every day for 13years
I knew there had been a church there due to looking online for another tag and finding the details of it and was going to tag a photo of the old church site when I saw the cemetery
Flaxton – St Paul’s Anglican – Corner of Flaxton and Hicklands Roads.
In 1866 the Torlesse Family donated land for a church to serve the people of
the Rangiora and Mandeville Swamp areas, at the junction of the then named
Rangiora and Eyre Roads. St Paul’s was consecrated on 25 March 1867 by
Bishop Harper. It served nearby settlers as well as people from Eyreton until
1875, but with poor roads and frequent floods communication was often
difficult and the outcome was a decision to build at Eyreton where there was
comparatively dry land and an increasing population.
St Paul’s was still in use at Flaxton in 1920, but was demolished in 1934. The
cemetery is still at the site.
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