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13 STRATFORD RD
Stratford, Prince Edward Island
C1B 1T0

Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : Charlottetown

Description From Owner:

The village of Bunbury, Prince Edward Island, was incorporated in 1969. Said to have been given by John Bovyer, settler there c1798, for his ancestral home in Cheshire, England. In use for area c1850. Meacham 1880 has Bunberry and Clifton.
In 1882 it became a school district. In 1993 the communities of Bunbury, Southport, Cross Roads, Keppoch- Kinloch, and Battery Point amalgamated and in 1994 the amalgamated area was divided into three wards:
...the western half of bunbury becoming part of Kelly's Cove Ward and the eastern half within Tea Hill Ward.
The name was given by John Bovyer, grandson of Rev. Stephen Bovyer, a Loyalist from Providence, RI, who came here after the American Revolution. He named it for his home in Cheshire, England.
In 1995 Bunbury became part of Stratford during an amalgamation of a number of communities SE of Charlottetown.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011

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Nearby:	Stratford, 0km Cross Roads, 0km Tea Hill, 1km Kinlock, 2km Tea Hill Provincial Park, 2km Southport, 2km Keppoch Beach, 3km Rosebank (Point), 3km Keppoch, 3km Langley Beach, 3km Alexandra Point Range, 4km Mount Herbert, 3km Hillsborough Park, 5km Province House National Historic Site of Canada, 4km Parkdale, 5km Judson Island, 5km Alexandra, 4km	Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada, 4km Charlottetown, 5km Ardgowan National Historic Site of Canada, 5km Mermaid (Cove), 6km Rocky Point 3, 5km East Royalty, 7km MacEacherns Lake (Pond), 6km MacLeods Island, 7km St. Dunstan's, 6km Spring Park, 6km Sherwood, 7km Brighton, 6km Rocky Point, 6km Lake Aberdeen, 6km Johnstons River, 8km Hazelbrook, 6km Lot 50, 9km	Governors Island, 9km Marshfield, 9km Lot 48, 7km York Point, 7km Lewis Point, 7km Cumberland, 8km West Royalty / COWS Creamery, 8km York, 11km Royalty Junction, 10km Little York, 11km Union, 11km Poplar Island, 9km Pownal (Bay), 8km Brackley, 11km Bethel, 9km Christie Island, 9km

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