The Church of the Holy Trinity 1847
Alan L Brown
Text from the plaque
This church was made possible by a gift from Mary Lambert Swale of Yorkshire, England, who stipulated that "the seats be free and unappropriated forever". At that time most other Anglican churches charged pew rentals. John Simcoe Macaulay donated the land, then on the outskirts of Toronto. Bishop John Strachan consecrated the church and Henry Scadding was first rector. Henry Bower Lane, architect, designed the modified Gothic church in the ancient cruciform plan. Bricks were hauled from the Don Valley and timbers from the surrounding forests. The roof slates came as ballast in British sailing vessels. In the twentieth century the church developed a tradition of ministry to the needs of people in the inner city.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The City of Toronto On the south wall of the church, in Trinity Square, on the east side of Bay Street, across from Hagerman Street, south of Dundas Street
Also recorded for this place: The City of Toronto
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