The HPT is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization consisting of people interested in the preservation and restoration of local historic and cultural resources, single/multi-family housing and commercial buildings primarily within the City of Holyoke and to provide education for responsible economic development through preservation classes, lectures and historic trades apprenticeships.
FREE Tour: West Springfield's Historic Ashleyville Cemetery
Sat, Aug 09
|Ashley Cemetery, West Springfield
Learn about a cemetery that served as a local burial ground for area families, many of whom were descendants of early settlers.
Time & Location
Aug 09, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Ashley Cemetery, West Springfield, Ashley Cemetery, Riverdale St, West Springfield, MA 01089, USA
About the event
Holyoke Preservation Trust is pleased to present Bob Comeau’s FREE 1-hour tour of West Springfield’s Ashleyville Cemetery. Join Bob Comeau on August 9th as he takes you on a tour of this historic cemetery located in an area settled within the bounds of what was established as the North/Ireland Parish. Ashleyville Cemetery offers a portal into the lives of the families who built early West Springfield. Their descendants shaped the parishes, towns, and even the land divisions we still see today.
The cemetery Includes hand-carved slate and marble gravestones with symbolic imagery and reflects the interwoven family histories of early West Springfield and surrounding areas such as Holyoke, Springfield, and Northampton. Those who lie in rest not only include early 17th and 18th families, and American Revolutionary Soldiers, but also relatives of Mary Bliss Parsons, who was charged with witchcraft by the residents of Northampton and Springfield.
