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Leadley Farm
Leadley Farm

Leadley Farm

Date1964-03
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Lot 11, Con. 4 East. York Mills Rd. - 1340. Leadley Farm, York Mills Road west of Victoria Park Avenue, north side. Settled by Allison Leadley in 1840, the land originally passed from the Crown to Kings College in 1828. The farm (originally named Cloughton Grange) passed to John Leadley in 1881. Later James White, who married Elizabeth Jane Duncan, took over the farm. The house in the photo was built by the O'Connor family who owned a large amount of property east of Yonge in the 1920s.
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Dimensions63 x 62 mm
ProvenanceToronto Public Library. North York Central Library. Canadiana Department. Gift of North York Historical Society.
CollectionLocal History Collection, North York Central Library branch
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Copyright HolderNorth York Historical Society
Call Number / Accession NumberNYHS00821
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Don Mills
Province or state:Ontario
Illustration of farm building in centre of cover, text above and below image, varied font-type
Catalogue of farm building supplies and metal farm equipment
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Yoke of a wagon, Dalziel farm, northwest corner Steeles Avenue and Jane Street
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1918
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c. 1895
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7/29/1985
Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
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2/1/1983
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1939