HISTORY Ledbury was a small farming community up until the early 1900's when the first houses in this neighbourhood were built along Bedford Park and Woburn Avenues, on the site of the old Lawrence farm.
The Ledbury area
north of Woburn Avenue had been the former hobby farm of Alfred St.Germain, the
successful publisher of the old Toronto Evening Journal.
The St. Germain property was subdivided
in 1922 by the Melrose Realty Company
under the name Melrose Park.
Melrose Realty
president H.A. Clark selected the street names for the Melrose Park subdivision.
St. Germain was chosen for obvious reasons, while Old Orchard Grove recalls the
St. Germain apple orchard. Deloraine, Melrose, Marmion, and Falkirk are street
names adopted from the works of Sir Walter Scott, of whom Clark was an avid fan.
Ledbury's residential
development was not fully complete until the 1950's when
Ledbury school and Ledbury Park were added to this neighbourhood.
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