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Bristol Free Will Baptist Church

Bristol Old Cemetery (aka Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery), Florenceville-Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

Notes: The Bristol Free Will Baptist Church is located at 20 Tapley Road, Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick. The parking and entrance stairs to the cemetery are located across the road.

Bristol is located in Kent Parish on E side of the St. John River, 4.26 km ENE of Florenceville: Kent Parish, Carleton County: first known as Shikatehawk after the name of a nearby stream: William Francis Ganong identified the name Shikatehawk as a derivitive of the Maliseet word Shigateehawg': PO 1866-1878: in 1866 Shikatehawk was a farming settlement with about 20 families: in 1871 it had a population of 150: renamed Bristol for the city of Bristol in England: PO Bristol from 1878: in 1898 Bristol was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a community with 1 post office, 6 stores, 2 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 carding mill, 1 woodworking factory, 1 church and a population of 300: included Kent Station: Bristol was incorporated as a village in 1966. It amalgamated with the adjacent village of Florenceville in 2008 to form Florenceville-Bristol.

Photo courtesy David Thompson (c)2024

Cemetery Photos

	Thumb	Description
1		Bristol Free Will Baptist Church
2		Church sign cnr of NB Route 105 and Tapley Rd
3		Stairs to cemetery from parking lot

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