Bewdley, Ontario
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Bewdley is a compact rural community in the township municipality of Hamilton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada,[1][2][3] with a population of about 650 people.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The community was founded by William Bancks, whose ancestral home was Bewdley in England. It is located on the western end of Rice Lake about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Port Hope.[2][3]
History
The area was inhabited by native settlers before the town's foundation. The first land grant was in 1794 to Nellie Grant, the daughter of a colonial administrator. The early local name for Bewdley was Black's Landing, named for local tavern owner William Black.[4] Early on, there were sawmills which drove settlement in the area.
William Bancks came to the area in 1833 and tried to organize the creation of a gentlemen's colony and a sawmill. The town is known for its monument to Joseph M. Scriven, writer of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". He preached upon the village streets around the 1860s, and is buried nearby.[5]
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