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Township of Aldborough fonds

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Elgin County Archives
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Township of Aldborough fonds
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1850-1997
Accession Number
2003-12
2003-20
2003-32
2006-20
Storage Location
R8 S2 Sh1 B2 F3-9
R8 S3-4
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Museum / Archive
Elgin County Archives
Part Of
Township of Aldborough fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2003-12
2003-20
2003-32
2006-20
Storage Room
Archives Storage Rm. 110
Storage Location
R8 S2 Sh1 B2 F3-9
R8 S3-4
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1850-1997
Physical Description
19.4 m of textual records
History / Biographical
Aldborough Township was named for a town in the County of Suffolk, England. It was part of a tract of land granted to Colonel Thomas Talbot by the British crown, with the objective of acquiring settlers for this crown colony.
Aldborough Township was the westermost township in Elgin County. It was bounded on the west by Kent County, on the north by Middlesex County, on the east by the Township of Dunwich and on the south by Lake Erie.
In 1994, Aldborough and Rodney amalgamated to form an expanded Township of Aldborough.
On January 1st, 1998, the Township of Aldborough and the Village of West Lorne amalgamated to form the Municipality of West Elgin.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
-Council series, 1850-1997
-Treasurer's series, 1858-1997
-Clerk's series, 1866-1994
Name Access
Aldborough (Ont. : Township)
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