Contains items relating to the hamlets and small communities of Bradford West Gwillimbury, such as:
Amsterdam
Ansnorveldt
Bond Head
Coulson's Hill
Deerhurst
Dunkerron
Fennel's Corners
Fisher's Corners
Gilford
The Hollows
Mount Pleasant / Botchtown
Middleton / Middletown
Newton Robinson / Latimer's Corners
Pinkerton
Springdale
Steele's Corners
Mount Pleasant, aka Botchtown; Mount Pleasant was the name Gilbert Robinson chose for his stately home on the north half of lot 15 con. 8 in West Gwillimbury. The name spilled over to the adjacent hamlet that grew up at the corner of the 9th line and the Penetang Road (Yonge Street), comprised of a blacksmith shop, hotel, general store, gas station and a school. Nearby a Wesleyan Methodist church, a brickyard, and grist mill and saw mills owned by Mark Scanlon and John Thorpe. South of the hamlet, a hillside spring provided refreshment for weary travellers, man and beast.
S.S. # 9 Teacher Miss Edith Belfry Back Row (l-r): Tommy Brown, Carl Bowles, Ross Stewart, Leona Cooper, Joyce Brown, Jean Lee, Charlotte Lee. Front Row (l-r): Sam Lee, Eileen Blizzard, Lloyd Blizzard, John Lee, Edith Lee, Shirley Bowles.