Name was selected to honour Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany

York Street West was originally part of Huron Street, and was also known in early Stratford as the Avon Line because of its proximity to the river. Stratford’s pioneer aristocrat and leading landowner, William Frederick McCulloch, owned all of the land between Ontario Street and the Avon River from Huron Street to Erie Street. In 1852, he laid out survey plan No. 66, and divided his land into building lots fronting on Ontario Street. Named for Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), York Street first appeared on the 1857 map of the village.

Frederick Augustus was the second son of King George III of Great Britain, younger brother of George IV for whom George Street is named. King George IV gave royal assent to the bill that granted the Canada........

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