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  Trinity Church
Trinity Church is a historic Anglican (now Episcopal) parish in New York City, with a church at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway.
The first is Trinity Churchyard, at Wall Street and Broadway, in which are interred Alexander Hamilton, William Bradford, Robert Fulton, and Albert Gallatin[?].
The second is Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum on upper Riverside Drive, in which are interred John James Audubon, Alfred Tennyson Dickens[?], John Jacob Astor, and Clement Clarke Moore[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tr/Trinity_Church.html   (464 words)

  
 Holy Trinity Church. Henley-on-Thames. Trinity Churchyard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The churchyard is first and foremost a place of remembrance (and we are delighted when people come to tend the graves of family and friends), but the churchyard is also managed with wildlife in mind.
Trinity churchyard has also been described as "an exceptionally rich habitat for fungi" The latter range from Giant puffballs to tiny coral-like growths.
The churchyard congregation manage this churchyard - some two acres - on behalf of the townspeople and offers to help or contributions to the upkeep are always most welcome.
www.holytrinityhenley.org.uk /Churchyard.html   (695 words)

  
 Trinity Church Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trinity Church Cemetery consists of three separate burial grounds associated with Trinity Church in Manhattan, New York, USA.
The first was established in the Churchyard located at 74 Trinity Place at Wall Street and Broadway.
In 1842, the church, running out of space in its churchyard, established Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum in Upper Manhattan between Broadway and Riverside Drive, at the Chapel of the Intercession (now The Church of the Intercession), formerly the location of John James Audubon's estate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinity_Church_Cemetery   (515 words)

  
 Trinity Church Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Trinity Churchyard is the final resting place of nearly 16,000 people buried here since 1860 in the 5 1/2 acre site around the church building.
The churchyard is now closed to any new graves being dug as it is full, however, burials will continue to take place in existing graves with space.
Families of those buried in the churchyard are responsible for the upkeep of both the memorial (headstone) and the grave space, according to the churchyard regulations.
www.trinityossett.org.uk /churchyard.htm   (183 words)

  
 Trinity Church, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1709, William Huddleston founded Trinity School as the Charity School of the church, and classes were originally held in the steeple of the church.
Samuel Provoost, is appointed Rector of Trinity (1784-1800) and the New York State Legislature ratifies the charter of Trinity Church, deleting the provision that asserted its loyalty to the King of England.
Trinity Churchyard Cemetery is the only active cemetery remaining in the borough of Manhattan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinity_Church,_New_York   (1281 words)

  
 Magic Statistics - “I accept no responsibility for statistics, which are a form of magic beyond my ...
Trinity Church is located the west end of Wall Street at the corner of Broadway in the heart of New York's financial district.
The first Trinity Church, opened in 1698, was built with the aid of tackle loaned by the pirate Captain William Kidd, a Trinity parishioner.
On the north and south sides of the church building lies the colonial-era Trinity Churchyard, in which many famous parishioners are buried.
magicstatistics.com /2006/09/12/trinity-church-lower-manhattan   (960 words)

  
 :: McCarthy Communications :: Trinity Church, Wall Street
Trinity Church was founded in 1698 in what was the heart of Manhattan, and it still sits at the head of Wall Street.
Trinity's leadership wanted to document the events of its tercentennial year, and in doing so to show a historic and ongoing whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
The video recorded the beginning of the parish's reconnection process, going behind the scenes to meet the people who conceived and produced the celebration, and whose experience working together would resonate long after the events themselves were over.
www.mccarthycommunication.com /trinity.htm   (306 words)

  
 Downtown Walking Tour -- The heart of Downtown beats strongly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Trinity Cathedral, the Episcopal church (Point 4), originally stood on what is now the site of the Wood Street Galleries and subway station.
Trinity was the home church of composer Stephen Collins Foster, a son of Pittsburgh who gained fame for his songs of the South.
The Trinity churchyard, however, does host some highly regarded bones, not the least of them belonging to Red Pole, chief of the Shawnee nation.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06121/689574-37.stm   (1942 words)

  
 howtofindustop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Trinity Church is situated on a peninsula near the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
Trinity churchyard is beautifully kept and includes the parish cemetery and columbarium which are used by both members and non-members.
Trinity Church is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland, just off Maryland Route 5 and is adjacent to both Historic St. Mary's City and St. Mary's College of Maryland.
www.olg.com /trinitysmcmd/howtofindustop.html   (444 words)

  
 Trinity Church New York City.com : Arts & Attractions : Editorial Review
In 1697, Trinity received its charter and land grant from the English King William III; the annual rent set by the Crown was "one peppercorne." Through the ensuing 300 years, Trinity decreased its landholdings, donating or selling nearly 96%.
When the present Trinity Church was consecrated on Ascension Day in 1846, its soaring Neo-Gothic spire, surmounted by a gilded cross, dominated the lower Manhattan skyline, serving for many decades as a welcoming beacon for ships sailing into New York Harbor.
The relationship between Trinity Church and New York Real Estate dates to the early 18th century, when Queen Anne of England ceded a large tract of land in lower Manhattan to the parish.
www.nyc.com /arts__attractions/Trinity_Church.1336/editorial.aspx   (734 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
TRINITY CHURCH In 1696, the provincial assembly passed a law that each parish in the province should induct a good Protestant minister and pay his salary out of the rates.
TRINITY CHURCHYARD The ground upon which the church and graveyard stand was the plot set aside as a garden for the Dutch Company.
LAND OF JAN JANSEN DAMEN North of Trinity churchyard is the land formerly belonging to Jan Jansen Damen, two large portions of which came into the possession of Olaff Stevenson Van Cortlandt and Tunis Dey about the time that the English took the colony from the Dutch.
www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Manhattan/Broadway/Wall.Commons.html   (4101 words)

  
 San Francisco Genealogy - Lone Mountain Cemetery, Introduction
Trinity churchyard in New York did not have the magnificent expanse of Central Park, but small as it is it excited the greed of the Grabbers.
It was to erect a large and imposing monument in Trinity churchyard, exactly in the center of the street which Pine Street would make if extended.
Trinity was then in the heart of the city.
www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/gnl/loneintr.htm   (1809 words)

  
 Car Rentals In New York City and Trinity Church
Founded in 1697, Trinity Church is one of the most vibrant Episcopal parishes in the world.
Trinity has also stood by its pledge to minister the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
Trinity church is located at Broadway and Wall Street in downtown Manhattan.
www.nycexoticcarrentals.com /trinity-church.php   (679 words)

  
 Trinity Church - Boston
Trinity Church is an Episcopal church located in the center of Boston's Back Bay on Copley Square.
Trinity Church is similar to the Old South Meeting House, which is also associated with Boston's early heritage.
The main focus of Trinity Church is the central crossing tower, which is visible from all angles.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2387.html   (496 words)

  
 The founding of Holy Trinity Church, Fareham
The Founding of Holy Trinity was formed because of the growth in the population of Fareham town.
It was decided that a third of the seats at Holy Trinity should be free, the remaining being let at about 5 shillings (25 pence) a year, with the income going to the Incumbent.
A major reordering of the interior of Holy Trinity was carried out early in 1985 and a new Parish Centre was built on the graveyard adjoining the south side of the church.
www.holytrinitystcolumba.org.uk /founding_of_ht_parish.html   (1955 words)

  
 Columbia and Trinity Church Celebrate the 1754 Founding of Kings College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Faculty, alumni, students and staff joined with leaders and congregants of Trinity Church Wall Street in marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of King's College by royal charter of King George II in 1754.
Soon to be installed in the wall surrounding Trinity's churchyard, it replaces a plaque created for Columbia 's bicentennial in 1954, which disappeared during student protests in the early 1970s.
It was a day of welcome opportunities in a historic setting, a chance for both Columbia and Trinity to celebrate a common heritage older than the nation, and for Columbians to deepen their collective self-understanding in the midst of the 250th anniversary year.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/04/01/trinity_columbia250.html   (553 words)

  
 45. DAMON AND THE ESSEQUIBO REBELLION
In the meantime, a Richmond labourer, Damon, who by now was one of the leaders of the workers, ran up a "flag" on a pole as a sign of their freedom and independence from the planters.
When the minister of the church appealed to the crowd to disperse, they argued that since they were free they did not wish to return to the plantations to be forced to work.
The soldiers also did not act because they recognised that this was no mob, but just a crowd of peaceful workers gathered under their make-shift flag in order to show they were free people.
www.guyana.org /features/guyanastory/chapter45.html   (674 words)

  
 Lower Manhattan : About Lower Manhattan | History | Did You Know | Trinity Churchyard
The burial ground, located at 74 Trinity Place, has been the resting spot for many historic figures since 1697, when the church was established.
During a duel with political rival Aaron Burr on July 12, 1804, Hamilton was mortally wounded and later buried in the Trinity Churchyard.
A monument of Robert Fulton is located on the south side of the churchyard in Division 7, however his remains are contained in a vault halfway down the back path.
www.lowermanhattan.info /about/history/did_you_know/trinity_churchyard_39789.aspx   (244 words)

  
 Trinity Episcopal Church, Swedesboro, NJ
Finally in 1701 Hans Stahl, a lay member of Holy Trinity, Wilmington, DE, was appointed as schoolmaster and lay preacher for the Swedes and Finns of New Jersey.
He began the first regular services, but the pastors in Christina and Wicaco opposed the establishment of a Jersey parish until the debts for the new church buildings on the western side of the Delaware were satisfied.
Auren died of a contagious disease after seven years and is buried somewhere in the Trinity churchyard.
www.colonialswedes.org /Churches/TriEpi.html   (885 words)

  
 1891to1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A Memorial in Holy Trinity's churchyard indicated that she was killed on a gate at Cox Pond.
Ford as being a Bank Holiday, possibly the first of it's kind.  However, as the schoolmaster also gave attendance figures for both the morning and afternoon (which were admittedly  low), it was presumably not yet considered to be a National holiday for all.
Punctually at half past three o'clock the funeral cortege reached the entrance of the Churchyard.  The coffin having been borne from the Vicarage upon a hand bier, under the superintendence of Mr.
www.homestead.com /bacchronicle/1891to1900.html   (3575 words)

  
 Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Brookfield, Waukesha County Genealogy (GenWeb)
This cemetery is in the churchyard of Trinity United Church of Christ located at 4435 North Calhoun Road, on the west side of Calhoun Road, north of Capital Drive, Brookfield, Section 4, Brookfield Township.
Trinity is now known as Trinity United Church of Christ.
Trinity also maintains the German Lutheran Church of Brookfield Cemetery on the corner of Calhoun Road and Capital Drive (under the watertower).
linkstothepast.com /waukesha/9.html   (376 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Cemeteries by Name: T
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; 1841 (6)
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; 1937 (1)
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.; 1964 (1)
politicalgraveyard.com /kmnmt.html   (326 words)

  
 Columbia comes back Downtown for ceremony
In 1752, the vestry of Trinity Parish agreed to donate land for a new college to be administered by ten trustees appointed by the General Assembly of the Province of New York.
Daniel Paul Matthews, rector of Trinity Church, and Bollinger presented a commemorative plaque to the city, designating the birthplace of Columbia at Trinity Church.
The plaque was installed permanently in the wall surrounding Trinity’s churchyard on the north side of Rector St.
www.downtownexpress.com /de_30/columbiacomesback.html   (669 words)

  
 Trinity Church - Directions & Hours
Trinity Church: Broadway at Wall Street - directions
Weather permitting, the churchyard is open from 7 am to 4 pm on weekdays.
Weather permitting, the churchyard is open from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday.
www.trinitywallstreet.org /welcome/?directions   (227 words)

  
 Episcopal News Service
Hamilton, who is buried in the Trinity churchyard, died in New York City on July 12, 1804, after suffering wounds in a duel fought with Aaron Burr.
His eldest son Philip, also killed in a duel in New Jersey, in 1801 at the age of 20, was buried in Trinity's churchyard.
Hamilton's grandson, also named Alexander Hamilton, was a Trinity vestryman from 1885 to his death in 1889.
www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_42269_ENG_HTM.htm   (1224 words)

  
 Pictures of New York
Looking up Broadway to Trinity Building (1907) (green dome) & Woolworth Building (spire) in New York.
Trinity Spire & Bank of New York (1930) with octagonal top.
Trinity Building & Equitable Building (120 Broadway) in New York.
www.planetware.com /pictures/new-york-usny.htm?pg=3   (135 words)

  
 HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The tales of a ghost in the cemetery near Holy Trinity Church, plagued the little town of Goodhue during the years of the 1920's.
young ladies in town were told to not be unescorted near the churchyard after dark.
The tale of the Holy Trinity Churchyard ghost is an often repeated legend of the area.
www.prairieghosts.com /holy.html   (575 words)

  
 Metroblogging NYC: Trinity Roots
Paul’s Chapel, which once stood in the shadow of the World Trade Center, was sheltered from the falling debris on 9/11 by the trunk of a giant sycamore tree that had grown in its churchyard among the worn tombstones for seventy years.
In July 2004, artist Steve Tobin took the stump and its tangled underground mass of roots and made a bronze cast of it in his Philadelphia studio.
Late last year, the sculpture, which is 20 feet long, 15 feet wide and 12.5 feet tall, was installed in the churchyard of Trinity Church, just south of Broadway from St. Paul’s, where the preserved stump and roots were returned to the churchyard.
nyc.metblogs.com /archives/2006/01/trinity_roots.phtml   (351 words)

  
 Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disaster 1906
Photograph(s) of the memorial for this disaster are shown in the Memorials section
Mason, George, aged 60, Shifter, explosion of coal dust, the result of shot-firing, died 24th November, death attributed to the explosion
Pearce, James, aged 45, explosion of coal dust, the result of shot-firing, died 14 Feb 1907 from injuries received in explosion, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard/Cemetery, Wingate
www.dmm.org.uk /names/n1906-01.htm   (866 words)

  
 Churchyard Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Welcome to a brand new addition to the official website of Holy Trinity Church, Barrow upon Soar - Churchyard Search.
In 1981, the Women's Insitute carried out a survey of Holy Trinity Churchyard and compiled a detailed register of the inscriptions on each gravestone.
Churchyard Search allows you to search through the register online, simply enter a surname, firstname, year or part of an inscription to discover more about the churchyard and the many memorials which reside there.
www.earlycinema.com /churchyard   (104 words)

  
 William Boone
Tombstone inscription in Trinity Reformed Churchyard, Boonsboro, MD. 6 Trinity Reformed Churchyard.
He died in 1798 and was buried in the Salem, afterwards Trinity, Reformed Church graveyard.
He and his wife are both buried in the Reformed Churchyard in the village.
home.comcast.net /~adhopkins/wboone.htm   (1294 words)

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