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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
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Ayr is located south of Kitchener and west of Cambridge, and south of Highway 401. The history of the village of Ayr is steeped in the traditions and lifestyles of its founders. Ayr remains a well preserved example of a rural agrarian community. In 1824, Abel Mudge built a saw mill and flour mill at the junction of Cedar Creek and the Nith River. This was the first of three settlements, Jedburgh in the east (Main Street), Nithvale in the west (Piper Street) and Mudge's Mill in the centre (Stanley/Northumberland Streets) in what is today the Village of Ayr. Jedburgh began in 1832 when John Hall, a young immigrant from Jedburgh, Scotland, purchased a 75-acre parcel of land that included the ar...
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