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      Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library

      Item is a fire insurance plan of Embrun, Ontario. Sheets are numbered 1-2. Sheet 1 includes a Key Plan [scale 1:6 000].

      Black and white photograph of a scrapbook photograph. This picture has a man, identified as Mr. Christian one of the first librarians in South River, sitting behind a table with books on it. Behind the man are four book shelves filled with books.

 Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (Stoney Creek, ON: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario), [1906] - [1908]     Handbook for the Women's Institutes of Ontario Rules & Regulations The Organization & Work of a Branch Institute Patriotic Songs

      The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. The architects were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toronto. The extension at the north end was added in 1866. The building served as a courthouse from 1854-1964. In …

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Ontario County House of Refuge was built between 1901-1903. It was located on the west side of High Street opposite John Street. It served as a house of refuge from 1903-1951 when it was replaced by Fairview Lodge. The building was used as apartments from 1951 until a fire …

      The Whitby junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 it was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery. In 2004 the Station Gallery was …

      Postcard to Rev. R.B. Layton, 13 Derby Terrace, Sauciehall St., Glasgow, Scotland, mailed from Liverpool, England.

      Bowdon is mentioned in William the Conquerer's Domesday Book (1086), citing the existence of a church and a mill. Bowdon is in Cheshire, England, now part of Greater Manchester.

      Town of Bronte with Mill on the left and fishing boats,looking towards the harbour.

      St. Giles, founded in 1120s as a Catholic church, is basically a 15th century Gothic structure with many alterations. The leader of the Scottish Reformation, John Knox (1505-1572), served as minister from 1559-1572. St. Giles is the Mother Church of Presbyterianism.

      Three miles east of Dunblane, at Sheriffmuir is the "Gathering Stone." It was here in 1715 that the powerful Duke of Argyll is said to have watched the opposing Jacobite army gather.

      Cambuskenneth Abbey was an Augustinian monastery, near Stirling, Scotland, that lies in ruins. Nearby is the tomb of King James III, who was buried in 1488.

      Stirling Castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.

      The Stirling beheading stone is thought to have been used for capital punishments in the 15th Century and was probably used in the executions of various important figures.

      The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

      The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Founded as a monastery by David I, King of Scots in 1128, it has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 15th century. The Palace stands …

      By the use of galleries, and a dividing wall, two separate congregations could, at the same hour, be accommodated, with seating sufficient for 2,000 worshippers. Church of the Holy Rude (Holy Cross).

      Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. He became one of Scotland’s greatest kings and warriors, leading Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England.