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Local Landmarks & Heritage

  • Knox United Church (1872)
  • Knox Presbyterian Church (Agincourt)
  • Agincourt Collegiate Institute
  • Agincourt GO Station

Neighborhood History

Agincourt is a Scarborough neighbourhood that grew from a postal village in the north of the former township. On June 1, 1858, storekeeper John Hill opened a post office in his general store, and the name Agincourt, after a town in northern France and the site of Henry V's 1415 victory, was chosen to satisfy a French-Canadian supporter without offending the area's English and Scottish settlers. The Knox Presbyterian congregation formed in 1848, the first railway station opened in 1871, and by 1884 two railway lines served the village, which became the police village of Agincourt around 1912.

The congregation's 1872 brick church at Midland Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East became Knox United Church in 1925, when members voted 136 to 106 to join the new United Church of Canada; those who disagreed formed the continuing Knox Presbyterian Church on Sheppard Avenue East. Agincourt Collegiate Institute was established in 1915, and Agincourt GO Station on the Stouffville line keeps the village's railway connection. Scarborough became part of the amalgamated City of Toronto in 1998.

The Agincourt tee is for the neighbours of the old postal village at Sheppard and Midland.

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Agincourt - Scarborough - Unisex Cotton Tee

Agincourt - Scarborough - Unisex Cotton Tee

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Agincourt is a Scarborough neighbourhood centred on Sheppard Avenue East and Midland Avenue. Its name was chosen in 1858 for a new post office in John Hill's general store, and it grew into a busy railway village served by two lines.

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