… An Orange Lodge was built in 1856, and the next year the members decided to name the village as Alliston. The precise origin of the name remains in some doubt, but the most common story is that it was named for James Banting's birthplace in Yorkshire. A post office was set up the next year,...
The precise origin of the name remains in some doubt, but the most common story is that it was named for James Banting's birthplace in Yorkshire.