Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Thamesford keeps its older homes: 40% from before 1961
Thamesford’s share is 2.3 times the typical 18%. The nearest heritage to Thamesford is Old Woodstock Town Hall, 17 km off, one of 30 places within 50 km. Woodstock, 17 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. 9 people on record were born in Thamesford before 1914, Prescott F. Cogswell the earliest.
The places within 50 km of Thamesford lean to the decades after Confederation
No place near Thamesford is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Within 50 km, building dates exist for 29 places. Before Confederation: 10. The earliest is Old St. Thomas Church in St. Thomas, begun in 1824.
The highest designation, 11 times, within 50 km of Thamesford
Their towns number 14: Central London, Stratford and St. Thomas first. The first one out is Old Woodstock Town Hall, 17 km away in Woodstock. 30 places lie within 50 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Old Woodstock Town HallNational Historic Site · 1853–1854 · 17 km away, in Woodstock |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Woodstock, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1885–1886 · 17 km away, in Woodstock |
| St. MarysDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 20 km away, in St. Marys |
| St. Marys Junction Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1858–1859 · 20 km away, in St. Marys |
| Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail) Station, Stratford, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 25 km away, in Stratford |
| Stratford City HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1900 · 26 km away, in Stratford |
| Gallery StratfordDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 27 km away, in Stratford |
| Wolseley BarracksNational Historic Site · 1886–1889 · 27 km away, in Carling |
| Aeolian HallDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1884 · 27 km away, in East London |
| Banting HouseNational Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 27 km away, in East London |
| St. Peter's SeminaryDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1912 · 27 km away, in North London |
| Victoria ParkDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1874 · 29 km away, in Central London |
A growing town: 7.3% of Thamesford’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Thamesford were already standing by 1981. Thamesford built little from 1981 to 2000: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 28% of Thamesford’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born in Thamesford before the First World War: 9 lives
The oldest birth on the record is Prescott F. Cogswell’s, in 1859. Mel Brock is the most written about, in 7 languages. Tommy Filmore closes the list, born in 1906. At 101, Prescott F. Cogswell outlived the rest, dying in 1960.
Everyone born in Thamesford → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Thamesford and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tavistock | 8,710 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 2 | 1 | 1853 |
Thamesford in brief
In Thamesford, 40% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Among the lives from its past: Mel Brock (1888), Donald Sutherland (1863) and Marilla Adams (1864). For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Thamesford’s history
How many historic places does Thamesford have on the registers?
Nothing inside Thamesford; Old Woodstock Town Hall in Woodstock, 17 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Thamesford?
40% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).