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St. Margaret's in the Pines![]() Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 2007. St. Margaret's in the Pines Anglican Church on Lawrence Avenue East west of Kingston Road. ST. MARGARET'S CHURCHSCARBOROUGH'S FIRST ANGLICAN CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1833 ON
A TWO ACRE LOT GIVEN FOR A CHURCH YARD AND BURYING GROUND
BY SIMON E. WASHBURN, CLERK OF THE HOME DISTRICT AND A
CHURCH WARDEN OF ST. JAMES' YORK. THE CHURCH WAS NAMED
AFTER HIS WIFE, MARGARET FITZGIBBON, AND THE SAINTLY
ELEVENTH CENTURY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND. EARLY SERVICES
IN THE PARISH WERE CONDUCTED BY DR. JOHN STRACHAN'S
DIVINITY STUDENTS AND MASTERS OF UPPER CANADA COLLEGE
UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST RESIDENT CLERGYMAN,
REV. WM. H. NORRIS, IN 1840. A BRICK PARSONAGE WAS BUILT ON
SIX ACRES ADJOINING THE CHURCHYARD IN 1857, PROVIDED
A COMFORTABLE HOME FOR SUCCESSIVE CLERGY FOR 100 YEARS.
THE ORIGINAL WOODEN CHURCH, DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1904,
WAS REPLACED IN 1905 BY THE SMALL BRICK BUILDING STILL
STANDING IN THE CEMETERY
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