In Franktown, the Rectory of Beckwith Plaque stands in front the St. James Anglican Church on the north side of Church Street about halfway between Maitland Street and Powell Street.
THE RECTORY OF BECKWITH
Beckwith Township, surveyed in 1817, had among its first settlers discharged military personnel and emigrants from the United Kingdom. The Rev. Michael Harris of Perth administered to the Anglicans until a resident clergyman, the Rev. Richard Harte, arrived from Ireland in 1829. St. James', one of the oldest remaining Anglican churches in the eastern part of Ontario, was largely completed in 1828. In August, 1830, the Rt. Rev. C. J. Stewart, Bishop of Quebec, confirmed 106 candidates here. The rectory of Beckwith was created and endowed with public lands by order-in-council on January 15, 1836. Later called the rectory of Franktown, it served a parish which once included Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Pakenham and Fitzroy.
Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario
