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The excelsior bible class (young gentleman's class) of the Newton Robinson Methodist church in 1916.
Back row: D.K. Harvey, John Wood, Herman Harvey, Elgar Houghton, Watson Rowe, Lyman Chantler.
Middle row: Bert Stewart, Earl Rowe, Henry Chiconey, Leonard Jackson, Herman Lennox, Thomas Harvey, Henry Harvey, Mel Holt.
Front Row: Russell Rowe, Herb Long, Norman Chantler, Rob Houghton, Walter McClean, Charles Houghton. Inset: Charles Brown and Stanley Parker.

Postcard of the Auld Kirk at the centenary 1822-1922.

Padre Ormand Hopkins being inducted into the parish of Trinity Bradford and Coulson's Hill. Also in the picture are Jim McClockin, June Brown and Jack Hambly.

The interior of Springdale Christian Reformed Church in 1952, before Hurricane Hazel in 1954.

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.

Bond Head Methodist Church 1873-1942 which was destroyed by fire.

Back of photo reads: "Ebenezer Church and cemetery where Grandma and Grandpa Tindall are buried. [James]Tindall gave the land for the church and cemetery. Signed Murray Jelly."
Ebenezer United Church was Wesleyan Methodist before Church Union occurred. This building was demolished in the early 1960s and the congregation spread out to other local churches. The cemetery still stands today, and the space of the old church remains vacant.

The Bannerman family are one of the many of the Scotch Settlement buried here (the Hunters, Magees, Faris' and Macbeths are others who have family plots within the cemetery).

The Bond Head Anglican Church Rectory.

The historical plaque in front of the Auld Kirk commemorating the Selkirk Settlers who moved to West Gwillimbury and helped build this church.