Rockwood Village - Mississauga

Rockwood Village is a subdivision in east Mississauga. It is part of the old Village of Burnhamthorpe, which was part of Toronto Township, Ontario. Toronto Township became the City of Mississauga in 1967. Mississauga is a city in the Regional Municipality of Peel. The Municipal Ward is Ward 3, the Provincial Riding is Mississauga—Brampton South (provincial electoral district) and the Federal Riding is Mississauga—Brampton South.

Toronto Township was formed in 1805 when officials from York purchased land from the Mississaugas. The area of land extended from Burlington Bay to Etobicoke Creek. This area of land, the “First Purchase”, became known as the Old Survey. Samuel Wilmot completed the survey of the Southern Toronto Township area in 1806.

The British Government acquired the Northern Toronto Township area (New Survey) in 1818. This “Second Purchase” was surveyed in 1819.

When Samuel Wilmot laid out the roadways in the 1805 Purchase survey, roads ran east and west and lines ran north and south. The First, Second and Third Lines became Manor Road (and then Cawthra Road), Tomken and Dixie Road respectively. pg xvii Dundas Street (Governor’s Road) was opened in the early nineteenth century. Hurontario Street divided the township into east and west parts. Eglinton Avenue was known as Base Line because it was the boundary between the old and new surveys. Burnhamthorpe Road was Back Line Road. In the Second Purchase survey in 1819; Fourth Line, 5th Line and Sixth Line are documented and eventually are renamed Bramalea Road (4th line), Torbram Road (5th Line) and Airport Road (6th Line) respectively. pg 83, pg 284, pg 289

The small “Four Corners” hamlet of Sandy Hill was founded around 1820 at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road (Back Line Road) and Dixie Road (Third Line). The area took in part of Lots 5 and 6, Concessions 1 and 2, NDS (North of Dundas Street). When a post office opened in 1862, a post office conflict with Sandhill in Chinguacousy Township, Ontario occurred, so it was renamed Burnhamthorpe Village at the suggestion of John Abelson who hailed from Burnham Thorpe, England. pg 242

The 1877 Peel Atlas shows Samuel Moore Lot 6, Concession 2 (100 acres) on the Northwest Corner of modern day Dixie Road and Burnhamthorpe Road. George Chadwick has Lot 5, Concession 2 on the Northeast corner, William Shaver has Lot 6, Concession 1 on the Southwest corner and William Clarkson has Lot 5, Concession 1 on the Southeast corner. 1877 Peel Atlas: Today, there is a Gas Station on the Northwest Corner, a Gas Station and Shopping Rockwood Mall on the Northeast corner, the Cemetery and Mississauga Library on the Southwest corner and Aurora Meats on the Southeast corner.

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