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- 1989-1992
Part of Local History Collection
View of the Bradford Town sign on Yonge Street north of Line 8, looking south into Bradford.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Part of Local History Collection
View of the Bradford Town sign on Yonge Street north of Line 8, looking south into Bradford.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Coulson's Hill
The hamlet of Coulson's Hill was named after the Coulson family who settled here in 1822. They donated the land for the two church properties and cemeteries. The Anglican church was built in 1854, the Presbyterian church in1857. The hamlet was the home for a hotel, stagecoach shop, a blacksmith shop and an Orange Hall.
circa 1822
Amanda Gallagher
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Deerhurst - from 1830, mail was received for the early settlers at John Gill's beer shanty at Deerhurst on the Penetang Road, midway between line 12 and line 13. On April 1st, 1863 and official post office opened near this same location and served this community until December 1912. In 1830 James Tindall, who lived across the road from Gill's, donated land from his lot 16, con. 12 farm for the first Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church and cemetery. New churches were built about 1850 and again in 1880. This church was closed in 1966. A small hamlet grew at this location which still remains today.
Circa 1830
Amanda Gallagher
Gray Coach Lines Ad with Schedule
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An ad for Gray Coach Lines with schedule, offering travel between Bradford and Toronto, c. 1933.
Luanne Campbell Edwards
Store and Coffee House 12th Line
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Store and gas station, located at the 12th Line and Highway 11, accommodated the hamlets of Coulsons Hill and Deerhurst. Operated by Wilda Cronan.