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The Salford Community Centre is located on the former S.S. No.2 Dereham School Area (1958). There is a stone cairn with three plaques on the north side and a school bell on top. To commemerate Salford School S.S.#2 Dereham 1877 - 1958. Erected by Salford Women's Institute Centennial Project. Pioneer School Teacher Lydia Chase Ranney 1801-1901, Wife of Hiram Ranney, journeyed form Massachusetts, U.S.A. to Oxford County 1834. The first school teacher in Oxford County to receive a legislative grant. Building was located one block west. The first maker of chedder cheese in Canada. Interred in the Harris Street Cemetery, West Oxford Township. Evangelist Aimee Kennedy Semple McPherson, Founder of Angelus Temple Los Angeles, California, U.S.A Born Salford, Ontario / 1890. Interred Glendale, California / 1944. Daughter of James Morgan Kennedy. Interred Harris Street Cemetery, West Oxford Township.
Address:
383908 Salford RD
City:
Salford
Province:
Ontario