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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.

Congregation of Ebenezer United Church in 1935.

Christ Church on the Bond Head Road in Middleton, the first Anglican church in West Gwillimbury. Before demolition after WWII.

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

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.

An early picture of Ebenezer Methodist Church, which later became United after Church Union in 1925.
This church started as a log building in the mid 1830s, built before the land was officially deeded to the church. It was replaced by a frame building in 1845-50, and in 1880 this brick church was built.

The Bradford Presbyterian Church was opened in January, 1894. This picture was taken when the first trees planted had reached this height, around 1911-1915.

The third Bond Head Methodist Church after it was destroyed by fire. The fire began in a nearby garage owned by William Jardine. Residents formed a bucket brigade to put out the blaze.

Interior of the Bond Head Anglican Church.

Harvest Home Celebration at the Bond Head Methodist Church in 1911.