The legislature had enacted in 1798 that "as soon as there are one thousand souls within the said counties, and that six of the townships therein do hold town meetings according to law," the government shall constitute them as a separate district;[1] which was done in 1802.[2]
with all the tract of land ... which lies to the southward of the small lakes above the Rice Lake, and the communication between them and the communication between the eastern boundary of the township of Hope, and the western boundary of the township of Darlington, produced north fifteen degrees west, until they intersect either of the said lakes, or the communication between them...
The district town was originally Newcastle, located near the current town of Brighton, and then Amherst, later renamed Cobourg.
In 1841, the northern part of the District was detached to form the Colborne District, consisting of Peterborough County.[4] It consisted of the following territory:
^An Act to authorize the Erection of certain Townships, and other territory heretofore forming part of the Newcastle District, into a new District, by the name of the District of Colborne, with Peterborough for the District Town, S.U.C. 1837, c. 115 , implemented by the Proclamation of October 14, 1841
^An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require, S.C. 12 Vic., c. 78, Sch. C
newcastle, district, historic, district, upper, canada, which, existed, until, 1849, formed, 1802, from, home, district, consisting, counties, durham, northumberland, 1818, ontario, showing, history, editthe, legislature, enacted, 1798, that, soon, there, thou. The Newcastle District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849 It was formed in 1802 from the Home District consisting of the counties of Durham and Northumberland 1818 map of Ontario showing Newcastle DistrictHistory editThe legislature had enacted in 1798 that as soon as there are one thousand souls within the said counties and that six of the townships therein do hold town meetings according to law the government shall constitute them as a separate district 1 which was done in 1802 2 Organization of the Newcastle District 1802 3 Northumberland County Durham CountyThe townships of Murray Cramahe Haldimand Hamilton Elmwick Percy Seymour together with the peninsula of Newcastle The townships of Hope Clarke Darlington with all the tract of land which lies to the southward of the small lakes above the Rice Lake and the communication between them and the communication between the eastern boundary of the township of Hope and the western boundary of the township of Darlington produced north fifteen degrees west until they intersect either of the said lakes or the communication between them The district town was originally Newcastle located near the current town of Brighton and then Amherst later renamed Cobourg In 1841 the northern part of the District was detached to form the Colborne District consisting of Peterborough County 4 It consisted of the following territory Organization of the Colborne District 1841 5 Peterborough CountyThe townships of Belmont Methurn Burleigh Dummer Asphodel Otonabee Douro Smith Ennismore Harvey Verulam Emily Ops Fenelon Mariposa Eldon Bexley Somerville and the seven rear concessions of Monaghan the unsurveyed lands in rear thereof and the Islands lying wholly or in greater part opposite thereto In 1850 the district was dissolved and replaced with the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham that was established for municipal purposes 6 Further reading editArmstrong Frederick H Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology Toronto Dundurn Press 1985 ISBN 0 919670 92 XReferences edit An act for the better division of this province S U C 1798 c 5 s 25 An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in the District of Newcastle S U C 1802 c 2 1798 Act ss 19 20 An Act to authorize the Erection of certain Townships and other territory heretofore forming part of the Newcastle District into a new District by the name of the District of Colborne with Peterborough for the District Town S U C 1837 c 115 implemented by the Proclamation of October 14 1841 1837 Act s 1 An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper Canada into Districts and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes and for the future dissolutions of such Unions as the increase of wealth and population may require S C 12 Vic c 78 Sch C 44 00 N 78 15 W 44 N 78 25 W 44 78 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Newcastle District amp oldid 1122609861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
