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Grey Township named for Second Earl of Grey
weigh scales, a grain elevator and 18
lots surveyed to the west, north and
south of Clark Street.
John Siemmon had laid out the
hamlet prior to the arrival of
the railroad in 1873. The station
was named Ethel.
The Station Hotel was built on the
north corner of Mill and Clark
Streets in 1872 and a store was
added across Clark Street in 1877.
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Named for Charles, the second
Earl of Grey, who eventually became
prime minister of England, Grey
Twp. was part of Crown Land called
Queen's Bush. Lots were officially
put up for sale in 1854.
Jamestown
The first structure to mark the
location of Jamestown was a frame
inn at the juncture of the Maitland
River and Seaforth-Wroxeter trail,
County Rd. 12 (Brussels Line).
The inn, built by Thomas J.
Moorehouse burned in 1864.
The name of the community
apparently was derived for a news
correspondent of The Huron
Expositor between 1835 and 1860,
James Aitcheson. There were also
numerous Jameses who lived in the
area.
The post office was established in
1893 with James Lynn, then J.J.
Vincent as postmasters.
Prior to the turn of the century,
Jamestown had three hotels, a shoe
shop, general store, wagon shop,
blacksmith and harness maker.
No church was built as Jamestown
was considered too small.
Businessmen began to sellout by
the 1880s as improved roads made
travel to other communities easier.
The general store realized a
successful period when Duncan and
Will McDonald purchased it in
1905.
The hamlet finally got a meeting
hall in 1901 when an old church was
moved from Salem in Turnberry
Twp. It was renamed Victoria Hall. It
JAMESTOWN
was destroyed by fire in 1910. A new
red brick building was completed in
October, 1911.
When the stagecoach stopped
running between Brussels and
Wroxeter in 1913, the post office
closed and rural mail delivery took
over.
Though used throughout the world
wars for the packaging of goods for
the soldiers, Victoria Hall fell into
disrepair through the 1950s and
1960s. It was sold for taxes in 1968
and eventually torn down.
The old general store was removed
in November, 1998, after many years
of neglect.
Several families still live in the
Jamestown area.
Tindell
Tindell was the community
located at the Wellington Grey and
Bruce rail station on County
Rd. 19 (Ethel Line) just south of
Ethel.
At one time there were stockyards,
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