Township of Burford and Oakland 1869-1870 Brant County, Ontario

By Mike Wingrove

Gazetteer and Directory for Burford and Oakland Township - 1869 ~ 1870 of Brant County, Ontario, Canada
Includes list of residents and business with some census details.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CBPub
• Release date: Feb 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781988128306

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Township of Burford and Oakland

1869-1870 Brant County, Ontario

by Mike Wingrove

3 Gazetteer & Directory Series

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten;

either write things worthy of reading, or do things worthy of writing."

-- Benjamin Franklin

Township of Burford and Oakland

1869-1870 Brant County, Ontario

Gazetteer & Directory

© Copyright 2016, Mike Wingrove, Canada

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Township of Burford and Oakland

1869-1870 Brant County, Ontario`Gazetteer & Directory

Contents

Cover

Copyright

Township of Burford Overview

Burford Names Start

H

M

S

Cathcart

Gobel's Corners

HARLEY

KELVIN

NEW DURHAM

Oakland Township

Oakland Residents' Listings

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Township of Burford

The township of Burford is situated in the North West part of the County. The first conveyance of land in this township which was registered, was a mortgage from one Rolph Church to George Forsythe and John Symington, dated November 8, 1798, and recorded November 19, 1800, on lot number three, in the first concession, and lots seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty in the third concession. The first patent of lands was granted January 9 1798, being on lot 21, in the twelfth concession and lot sixteen, in the fourteenth concession, and various other lots.

Burford was originally surveyed in the early part of 1798, part by the late Deputy Surveyor, Stegman, and part by the late Deputy Surveyor, A Jones. The settlement of Burford began at an early day, under the superintendence of the late Thomas Hornor, Esq., along the south side of Dundas street, in the first concession, and in the sixth and seventh concessions in the east part of the township

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Burford is the most westerly township in the County of Brant, and is bounded on the north by Dundas Street., (commonly known as Governors Road), on the west by the township of Oxford, on the south by the township of Windham;  on the east by the townships of Brantford and Oakland. The principal roads are the old London Road, leading to the township direct from Brantford to Oxford, a little north of the center of the township; one branch of which leads south-westerly to Norwich from a point a little east of the centre of the township; the other branch leads from about number nineteen northerly to Woodstock. Honor's Creek enters Burford from the north, near the west quarter of the township, runs southerly through the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth concessions; it then turns easterly and leaves Burford near the line between the fifth and sixth concessions, but in the fifth concession, and enters the township of Brantford. There are numerous mill privileges along the