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    Both the Dent and Bradley families ran general stores on the northwest corner of Trafalgar and Dundas. Leslie Bradley took over the store from the Carpenter family in 1925 and was postmaster. The Den

    This intersection was called Post's Corners, later Postville.

    Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery us

    In 1857, the village name was changed from Hammondville to Sheridan in honour of the Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Information is taken from "Thy Humble Dwelling: a History of Sheridan

    The interior of the jug is glazed and clean. Around the mouth there is rough, hardened, greyish matter that perhaps originally sealed the cork and could not be cleaned off. Or, possibly the jug was u

    J.A. Wheeler was the proprietor of Wheeler's General Store. Physical details: glossy finish, modern print.

    The Lindsay family and their Saxon motor car beside the gas pumps at the Hornby General Store. William J. Lindsay, Mrs. Alice Lindsay, Marie (b. 1900), and Laura.

    The Dent and Bradley stores, looking west from the corner of Dundas (Hwy 5) and Trafalgar (7th Line), spring 1952.

    Historical information in this record has been provided by Town of Oakville Heritage Planner, Carolyn Van. Sligtenhorst and Trafalgar Township Historical Society founder, Michelle Knoll, in May 2016.

    Bird's Eye View of Glen Williams taken on rise behind mill race, behind Town Hall. Hall is centre, front. To the right is the blacksmith shop and to the left is Wheeler's General Store.

    Mrs. G.S. Wood was wife of Stanley Wood who had owned and run the Palermo general store. (After Stanley's death, Mac and Myrtle McGill took it over.)