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Malvern was also home to the Scarborough Independent Telephone Company’s switchboard. In 1856 a post office was established at Brown’s Corners, Finch Avenue and Markham Road, but was relocated in 1865 to Smith Thomson’s Temperance Hotel and General Store in the village where it remained until the building was destroyed by fire in 1929.
Malvern is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a population of 44,315. [2] It is located in the northeast corner of the city. There are over 60 different cultures represented in Malvern, with the most dominant ethnic groups being Caribbean Canadians (mostly Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Guyanese) and South Asian Canadians (mostly Sri Lankan Tamil, Indian, and Pakistani).
Reesor trumpeted Malvern as the future “Capital of Scarborough,” anticipating that the Grand Trunk Railway would extend a branch line through here. Unfortunately, when the Grand Trunk Railway began service to this area in 1871, it bypassed Malvern in favour of the neighbouring village of Agincourt.
Reesor trumpeted Malvern as the future "Capital of Scarborough," anticipating that the Grand Trunk Railway would extend a branch line through here. However, when the Grand Trunk Railway began service to this area in 1871, it bypassed Malvern in favour of the neighbouring village of Agincourt.
Old trails became new roads. Villages with saw and grist mills, inns, blacksmith shops and stores flourished at major crossroads. By 1867 there were post offices at: Scarborough Village, Woburn, Highland Creek, Ellesmere, Malvern, Agincourt and Wexford. St.
Communities. Scarborough Community Names. (All information excerpted from “Scarborough Then and Now: 1796-1996”. published by the Scarborough Historical Society) In 1793 Elizabeth Simcoe noted the resemblance of the bold highlands east of Toronto to the chalk cliffs of Scarborough in Yorkshire, England. Accordingly, her husband Lieutenant ...
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Reesor trumpeted Malvern as the future “Capital of Scarborough,” anticipating that the Grand Trunk Railway would extend a branch line through here. Unfortunately, when the Grand Trunk Railway began service to this area in 1871, it bypassed Malvern in favour of the neighbouring village of Agincourt.
