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Contains information and resources compiled by the WEGWHIST (West Gwillimbury History) Group relating to the local history of Bradford and the West Gwillimbury area.
WEGWHIST Collection
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Contains information and resources compiled by the WEGWHIST (West Gwillimbury History) Group relating to the local history of Bradford and the West Gwillimbury area.
WEGWHIST Collection
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Contains items based on the churches in the Bradford West Gwillimbury area. Headings include:
Auld Kirk
Bond Head Churches
Bradford Presbyterian Church
The Convent
Church Photographs
Dunkerron United
Holy Martyrs of Japan
Methodist Churches in BWG
Springdale Christian Reform
St. Luke's Anglican
St. Paul's Anglican
Trinity Anglican
*Churches - Other
WEGWHIST Collection
Springdale Christian Reformed Church
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
The interior of Springdale Christian Reformed Church in 1952, before Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Article on the construction and history of Bradford's Trinity Anglican church. The opening ceremony was held on December 2, 1900.
Bradford Witness
Trinity Methodist Church - Bond Head
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
"Canada Methodist Church, built 1887"
This became the Trinity United Church
Peter Wilson
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Peter Wilson
Bond Head Methodist Church Stained glass window
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Bond Head Methodist Church - stain glass window in memory of John Wilcox and Edward Jeffs.
John Wilcox was a pioneer of Tecumseth Township, arriving in 1855 from Cuba (where he worked in mine structure support). He was born in Chyandour, Cornwall, England on April 22, 1827, and apprenticed as an architect and carpenter. He was sent to Cuba in 1848 to work. In Canada, he married Ann Proctor with whom he had 5 children. John helped the town build roads and bridges, and promoted the Wesleyan Methodist Church in its early days.
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Bond Head Methodist Church 1873-1942 which was destroyed by fire.
Southern Part of Simcoe's Oldest Township Reviewed
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
A newspaper article from the Bradford Witness, written by Mrs. J. A. S. Mills of Dunkerron in November 1965. The article provides the history of the Bradford West Gwillimbury area at-a-glance and includes information on Governor John Graves Simcoe.
Bradford Witness
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Contains information relating to mailing and the post office of Bradford. Headings include:
Mail Carriers
Newspaper articles and Miscellaneous
*Post Office/Post Master
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