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St_Peters_Panel_v3 St. Peter's Anglican Church COBOURG'S CHURCHES 1837 & 2012 HERE THEN, HERE TODAY… Macauley arranged for a small white clapboard church to be built on King St. East. The �rst service was held on Christmas Day, 1820. The tower and spire shown in this part of a painting from Cobourg Harbour were added in 1844. Rapid growth in Cobourg's population and the congregation led to the need for a much larger church. In 1851 Kivas Tully (the architect who designed Victoria Hall) was asked to draw up the plans. The new church was literally built over the old building which was then removed. For a short time services were held in the malt room of James Calcutt's brewery. Could they have been held in what is now our Heritage Centre's Exhibition Hall, commonly known as "the Barracks"? In 1818, at the age of 24, the Rev. William Macauley, son of United Empire Loyalists, was sent to establish the Church of England among the 100 persons in this tiny settlement. It was apparently he who suggested the name "Coburg" in honour of the marriage of Princess Charlotte (daughter of King George IV) to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg - 1816. Or was it the marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, to Princess Victoire of Saxe-Coburg - 1818? There seems to be some uncertainty here, but historians believe the extra "o" in Cobourg came through a mistake by a clerk. Photo courtesy of Macaulay Heritage Park, Picton Content provided by Jim Weller, author of "Cobourg's Churches Over the Life of the Town" (2012). Design provided by Steve Smiley, RGD, Quench Design & Communications, Port Hope. St. Peter's today.