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Settlers name hamlet after Scotland's Moncrieff
Continued from page 12
The general store, which had
housed a boot and shoe business,
tailor and dressmakers, burned in
1939.
There was also a blacksmith shop,
pail factory and the only hennery in
Huron County.
The brick and tile yard was moved
from north of the Maitland on South
Half Part Lot 34, Conc. 8, to the lot
line between Conc. 8 and 9, south of
the river in 1952. Production stopped
in the early 1980s. Though the last
remnants are now gone, it stood well
into the latter part of the last century.
Henfryn survives today as a
residential community. •
Moncrieff
Located on Lots 30 and 31, Conc.
16 (Moncrieff Rd.), the hamlet was
named for Moncrieff, Scotland when
the first settlers arrived in the 1860s.
It was not until 1899 that mail was
brought directly to the community
when the post office was moved to
the general store.
The store was built in 1897 by
Mrs. Lucas, a widow with two small
girls. The upstairs provided a hall for
dances. A new store was built in the
1920s after a fire. It closed for the
final time in 1975.
Bethel Methodist Church opened
in 1893. The Presbyterians
purchased the church in 1902 and it
became known as Bethel
Presbyterian. The name was
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changed to Knox in 1910 and the
current building constructed in 1912.
With church union it became a
United Church in 1925, but was
closed in 1976.
The school was built for a third
time in 1925 on Lot 31. It closed in
1965 and students were transported
to Grey Central Public School near
Ethel.
At that time the community
purchased • the schoolhouse and
began using it as a community hall.
The old 1926 frame hall was torn
down.
The community had a blacksmith,
chopping mill. Now a residential
community, an old mill building still
stands as does the general store and
church. The community hall is still
in use.
Carmunnock
Situated on Lot 35, Conc. 18
(Blyth Rd.) Carmunnock was settled
in 1866 and boasted a store and post
office, hotel, boarding houses. and
sawmill.
The post office, first called Stowe,
was at Lot 32, but was moved in
1874. The store and post office
buildings were dismantled in 1899.
The hotel was destroyed by fire.
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