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Compiled Plan #1148 
Wellesley Village 1964
​The Province created this “compiled plan,” for which they had a surveyor compile all of the old plans into one consolidated survey for the Village of Wellesley. 
 
All the lots in the village are numbered and there is a list of owners in 1964, corresponding to each lot number. You will notice a few anomalies:
  • Queen Street was formerly William Street
  • William Street was formerly Davidson Street
  • Molesworth Street was formerly Church Street
  • Charles Street was formerly Henry Street
  • Brown Street is now Maple Leaf Street
Click here to access the map. 

Wellesley Tax Assessment Rolls
​1854-1889

Wellesley Township Tax Assessment Rolls in the Waterloo Region Archives have been scanned with their assistance and permission. Only available here in digital form. 

Waterloo County was incorporated in 1853, so 1854 was the first tax year. The rolls represent very early information about life in the township. 

The forms change over time, but they list - name, age, occupation, Freehold (land owner) Householder (tenant), number of acres, value of real property and personal property, income, statute labour, number of people in the family, religion, livestock and more​. They are a gold mine of information!

Click here to access the rolls. 

 WTHHS Meetings and Minutes

We are having a Zoom meeting tomorrow June 15 at 2 pm. please let me know if you would like to join us. 

Click here to read minutes of our past meetings. 

Join us - it's free! membership  form is here.

Online Donations - We do not charge for our research time, but if the information we provide is useful to you, please consider making a donation to our historical society through the Township of Wellesley's website. 

Township Council History 

We are working on a full list of the members of the Wellesley Township  Council.  We have also created a list of all the Wellesley councillors who served on the Waterloo County Council.

Waterloo County council has been well documented by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster in their book "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. The list of councillors and biographies posted here have been published with the kind permission of Dr. Bloomfield. ​

To access the list of Wellesley councillors who served on the Waterloo County Council, please click here. 

Wellesley Women's Institute

The Wellesley Women's Institute was active from 1903-2008. We have created a new page for information about it. The earliest minutes are lost to us, but we do have the minute books from 1919-2008. 

These records give a detailed account of issues facing the village in the post-World War I era, the Depression, World War II and beyond. They have been scanned and are available here.
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