David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

St. George's Anglican Church, Newcastle, Ontario

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	49.5.1
Rating:	1 star
Address:	250 Mill Street South
Location:	Newcastle, Ontario L1B 1C5, Canada
Lat/Lng:	43.91405, -78.58749
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1857 [HIST1957, HIST1982]
Architect:
Comment:	The church was vacated in 2021 [PD2026]

Site Items

49.5.1.1:	Wilmot Memorial Window: Faith (1904) (Extant)
49.5.1.2:	Sanford Memorial Window: Mary Magdalene in Garden with Jesus (1904) (Extant)

Item 49.5.1.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Wilmot Memorial Window
Theme:	Faith [ARCH1904, DEDUCED]
	Moses, or Samuel and the children of Israel [HIST1982]
Signature:
Documentation:	[ARCH1904, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Memorial details:	Samuel Wilmot (22 Aug 1822 - 17 May 1899) [TSG1904, HIST1957, HIST1982, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	bequest of his daughter, Olive Wilmot Sanford [TSG1904, HIST1957, HIST1982]
Date:	Dedicated 17 Jun 1904 [TSG1904]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	On plaque: In memory of Samuel Wilmot, this church was repaired, decorated and the north window and reredos given by Olive Wilmot Sanford, his daughter, by direction of her will [HIST1957, HIST1982]
Category:	Faith
Location:	north wall [PHOTO, HIST1957, HIST1982]

Item 49.5.1.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Memorial name:	Sanford Memorial Window
Theme:	Mary Magdalene in Garden with Jesus [HIST1982]
Signature:
Documentation:	[PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Memorial details:	Olive Wilmot Sanford [TSG1904, HIST1957, HIST1982, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her son and grandchildren [HIST1957, HIST1982]
Date:	Dedicated 17 Jun 1904 [TSG1904]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	On plaque: In memory of Olive Wilmot Sanford, the chancel window, the porch doors, boundary walls and sidewalk were given by the son and grandchildren of Henry Sanford, her husband [HIST1957, HIST1982]
Location:	chancel [PHOTO, HIST1957, HIST1982]

References

ARCH1904:	Catalogue of the Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1905, Entry 106, p. 26)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1957:	St. George's Church Newcastle, Ontario 100th Anniversary of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Present Church July 2nd 1857 (courtesy of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto) (1957)
HIST1982:	St. George's Anglican Church, Newcastle, Ontario (courtesy of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto) (1982)
PD2026:	Paddy Duncan (Newcastle Village and District Historical Society), personal communication (19 Feb 2026)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
TSG1904:	Toronto Saturday Globe (18 Jun 1904, p. 9)