by Graham Tuck.
More Inglis era churches, previous page top and bottom: St. Edward’s, Clementsport, 1795; All Saints’, Granville Centre, 1791–1826; Top left: Holy Trinity, Middleton, 1789–91; Bottom left: St. John’s, Cornwallis, 1804–12. Above: St. George’s, Sydney, 1785
One might think that the concentration of these Colonial-era Anglican churches in the Annapolis Valley indicates a large and flourishing Anglican population in that part of Nova Scotia at the end of the eighteenth century. In actual fact, they were built, with the assistance in many cases of government money, to try to stem the tide of enthusiasm that had swept in from New England before the American rebellion and that many Loyalists — particularly Charles Inglis — perceived as being subversive not only of decency and order, but also of attachment to the Crown.
Chapter Four
Barrington, Grand Pré and North West:
Meet for the Sabbath
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