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Neighbourhoods » Wellington Place, Toronto

Wellington Place was laid out in the 1830s as a grand residential street with a square, on the English model, at each end. This fashionable westward extension of the City was, however, thwarted by mid-century by the coming of the railways and the subsequent incursions of industrial activity. While the generous street layout and the two squares survive to this day, they have been badly neglected and are in need of refurbishing.

The most significant historical survivor is Victoria Memorial Square which contains the City's first European cemetery, opened in 1794 as the garrison cemetery for Fort York. Its first occupant was Katherine, infant daughter of Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe. The last burial was in 1863 and it is now operated as a park. Clarence Square, at Wellington and Spadina, was named in honour of King William IV, the former Duke of Clarence. It was originally intended to be the site of the Lt. Governor's residence.

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