Le Bons Bay Cemetery, Le Bons Bay, Canterbury
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Location: Le Bons Bay, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
A free-space page for capturing and recording interments at Le Bons Bay Cemetery in Le Bons Bay, Canterbury.
About this Free-Space Page
This free space page for Le Bons Bay Cemetery was created to document the life and times of our ancestors that are interred there. The New Zealand Cemeteries Team is part of the Global Cemeteries Project.
Le Bons Cemetery opened in 1862. It is generally flat with a moist treed section near the western end. The rural location of the cemetery is significant, from all sides of the cemetery there are rural vistas which helps provide a feeling of openness. A large area of the cemetery is fenced off and either grazed or open for public access to the lagoon. The cemetery has a formal layout with distinctive family areas. The cemetery has a variety of graves/ headstones from older Victorian style to more recent upright memorial headstones. The cemetery has strong community associations and is maintained by the local community.
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