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Leadley Farm
Leadley Farm

Leadley Farm

Date1964-03
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Lot 11, Con. 4 East. York Mills Rd. - 1340. Leadley Farm, York Mills Road west of Victoria Park Avenue, north side. Settled by Allison Leadley in 1840, the land originally passed from the Crown to Kings College in 1828. The farm (originally named Cloughton Grange) passed to John Leadley in 1881. Later James White, who married Elizabeth Jane Duncan, took over the farm. The house in the photo was built by the O'Connor family who owned a large amount of property east of Yonge in the 1920s.
Subject
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Don Mills
Province or state:Ontario
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Dimensions63 x 62 mm
Extent
  • 63 x 62 mm
ProvenanceToronto Public Library. North York Central Library. Canadiana Department. Gift of North York Historical Society.
CollectionLocal History Collection, North York Central Library branch
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderNorth York Historical Society
Call Number / Accession NumberNYHS00821
Illustration of farm building in centre of cover, text above and below image, varied font-type
Catalogue of farm building supplies and metal farm equipment
Approximately 1918
Yoke of a wagon, Dalziel farm, northwest corner Steeles Avenue and Jane Street
Yoke of a wagon, Dalziel farm, northwest corner Steeles Avenue and Jane Street
9/17/1955
Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
Farm for rent: Sale and rent signs on farms are as high as an elephant's eye in rural areas around Metro, where cornfields and dairy farms are disappearing under an advancing wave of houses
11/3/1987
Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow
Farms for sale: Joe Gray still plows the Brampton area farm his family carved out in 1823, but more and more neighbors are giving up on the struggle to produce food in the urban shadow
10/31/1985
Farm vacations are growing in popularity in North American as city dwellers try to give their children a taste of country living. A list of 400 farms (...)
Farm vacations are growing in popularity in North American as city dwellers try to give their children a taste of country living. A list of 400 farms (...)
8/7/1971
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
5/8/1973
A photograph of nine people working on a farm with hoes and shovels. They are wearing hats and ...
Arts & Letters Club Farm, York Mills, Ont., 1918
1918
At 67, after farming near Mount Forest for 27 years, Bill Hodges wants to turn his farm over to his son and retire
At 67, after farming near Mount Forest for 27 years, Bill Hodges wants to turn his farm over to his son and retire
2/16/1978
Crushing debts have left hog farmer Giselle Ireland not at all sure she can hold on to her farm for Debbie (left), Doug (right), and her two other children
Crushing debts have left hog farmer Giselle Ireland not at all sure she can hold on to her farm for Debbie (left), Doug (right), and her two other children
11/7/1985
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
6/3/1992
Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
1/25/1984
'Farms are good for children,' says Mark Godfrey, whose son Jeremiah helps with the chores
'Farms are good for children,' says Mark Godfrey, whose son Jeremiah helps with the chores
12/14/1981