Caister's Tavern - click to enlarge
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Caister's Tavern ca. 1845-1854 43°18'01.1"N 80°50'47.4"W
Caleb Caister Sr. came from England to Oxford County in 1833. In 1836 he settled on this site, cleared farmland and built a one-storey log building. The building was his family home but it also served as an inn and tavern. Until 1848, when what is now Tavistock was established, Caister's home was the only public accommodation in north-central Oxford for pioneers moving along the Huron Road and thence southerly into the Zorra settlement. By the 1840's Caister held an official inn licence and a survey map of the time shows that his log dwelling was known in the locality as Caister's Tavern. Oxford Road #59, south-west of Tavistock, Ontario Google Maps location: 43.300303, -80.846495 |
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Ballantyne Settlement 1839 43°22'48.1"N 81°03'52.9"W Erected 1929 to commemorate and mark the settlement of the Ballantyne family. 1_ Downie 1839 Concession 3, Lot 16 Downie Township, Perth County 1879 Perth County Atlas shows Mrs. R.J. Ballantyne as being the owner of this land. Other Ballantynes owned adjacent lots: R.J. Ballantyne, Robert Ballantyne, William Ballantyne, and James Ballantyne Perth County Road #130, south-west of Sebringville, Ontario Google Maps location: 43.380039, -81.064687 |
Ballantyne Settlement - click to enlarge
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