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Lost Villages Sheridan was named after British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1857. The village was home to a general store, post office, a Methodist (later United) Church, school, a Temperance Hall, a tannery, blacksmith, and a chair factory. Sheridan Nurseries was founded in and named after the village of Sheridan, as was Sheridan College, Sheridan Homelands, Sheridan Mall Shopping Plaza and Sheridan Park Research Centre. Snider’s Corners Located around the intersection of Ninth Line and Burnhamthorpe Road, Snider’s Corners was named after an early settling family. The crossroads community was once home to a Wesleyan Methodist Church and a one-room schoolhouse. Little remains of Snider’s Corners today. Summerville Summerville developed around the crossing of Dundas Street and the Etobicoke Creek. Originally known as Silverthorn’s Mill or Mill Place, settlers Old Barber House, Barberton, built c1862 Heritage Mississauga began to arrive in this vicinity prior to the War of 1812. The community grew to include a mill, two blacksmiths, hotel, tavern, general store, post office, two schools, church, and carriage works. Summerville began to disappear with the widening of Dundas Street and lowering of water levels in the Etobicoke Creek. There are few visible remains today. Whaley’s Corners Whaley’s Corner, a small crossroads hamlet, developed around the intersection of the Town Line (now Winston Churchill Boulevard) and Steeles Avenue. The community was named for the Whaley family, a prominent settling family. Whaley’s Corners was home to a general store, toll gate, schoolhouse, the Mount Zion Methodist Church, a blacksmith and ashery. The community also had an early football team known as the Victorias. A cairn within the historic Mount Zion Cemetery remembers the former church and the historic hamlet of Whaley’s Corners. 44 Heritage Guide of Mississauga
A City Emerges Layers in Time Modern suburban and urban development in Mississauga, beginning largely post World War Two, has reshaped the social and geographical landscape. The old social order was founded upon smaller, relatively isolated settlements and close-knit family groups, and was based largely upon an older system of transportation, economic activity, and communication. The emerging city saw the disappearance of the rural fabric under urban developments. However, the character and geographic make-up of the modern City of Mississauga is firmly rooted in the historic structure of the hamlets and villages that came before. Mississauga truly is a city with many layers. Forster House, Heritage House Dental, built c1848 Heritage Mississauga Riverwood Heritage Mississauga www.heritagemississauga.com 45
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