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HISTORY
Regal Heights was settled in 1818, by an Irishman from Tipperary County, by the
name of Bartholomew Bull. Bull was responsible for building Davenport Road, which
was originally known as "Bull's Road".
Bulls'
second house, built in 1830, was called "Springmount". This
was the first brick building in York Township, and as such was
considered quite a novelty in its early years. Springmount was
descriptively named after a water course that once meandered
down the Davenport escarpment in front of the Bulls' homestead.
Springmount remained
in the possession of the Bull family until the estate was sold to developers in
1910. The Springmount name has been perpetuated in Springmount Avenue, which is
one of the signature streets in the Regal Heights neighbourhood.
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