Garbutt’s Wesleyan Methodist Church – Dunwich Township, Elgin County

Garbutt’s Wesleyan Methodist (also known as Coyne’s)
Location: in the schoolhouse, lot 5, concession 8
Date of Formation: ca 1823
Date of Closing: 1878

Circuit: a mission from London (included Tyrconnell) (1823-1836),a mission, part of St. Thomas circuit (1836-1854), Fingal Circuit (Tyrconnell, Watson’s & Sharon) (1854-1868), Tyrconnell Circuit (Wallacetown & West Lorne) (1868-1878)

History:

Henry Coyne and his family settled in Dunwich in 1817 at what has since been known as Coyne’s Corners on the Talbot Road (Highway #3). He ran a hotel on his property for many years and here Rev. John Baxter, Rev. Asahel Hurlburt, and later Ryersons and Rev. Ephraim Evans found accommodation while preaching in the schoolhouse one mile west of Coynes and located on the Garbutt farm. The congregation was Wesleyan Methodist. It was too close to both Tyrconnell and later Wallacetown to warrant another church building.

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