Near Rutherford in Lambton County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Rutherford United Church Bell

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 11, 2025

1. Rutherford United Church Bell Marker

Inscription. This bell chimed for 73 years at the Rutherford United Church, 4640 Lambton Line from 1937 to 2010. Members of the Prescott family and their descendants worshipped at the Rutherford United Church. The bell was purchased and installed in accordance with the terms of the will of Elizabeth Prescott (1862-1933), as a donation to the church in memory of James Prescott and family, all early settlers of Rutherford.

Cast in London England by Mears & Stainbank in 1937, this 535 pound bell hung in the church's interior bell tower until its weight began to threaten the wooden timber supports. The bell was then relocated to an exterior wooden tower north of the church, where it hung until 1980, when the family of Isaac Harold Skinner, Prescott descendants, commissioned a brick and cement tower to be erected on the church's east lawn. The bell hung in the brick tower for 30 years, until the Rutherford United Church closed May 30, 2010.

Dedicated by the Families and in Loving Memory
Audrey llene Skinner Stinson 1923-2013
Isaac Harold Skinner 1895-1962
James Prescott 1819 - 1905

Topics and series. This historical marker

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is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.

Location. 42° 39.321′ N, 82° 7.559′ W. Marker is near Rutherford, Ontario, in Lambton County. It is at the intersection of Lambton Line and Dawn Mills Road, on the right when traveling east on Lambton Line. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4579 Lambton Line, Rutherford ON N0P 1M0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Donald Allerton Johnston 1874-1957 (a few steps from this marker); The Founding of Dresden (approx. 8.5 kilometers away); Henson House

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 11, 2025

2. Rutherford United Church Bell Marker

(approx. 9.6 kilometers away); Spirituality and Community (approx. 9.7 kilometers away); Sawmill (approx. 9.7 kilometers away); Josiah Henson (approx. 9.7 kilometers away); Harris House (approx. 9.7 kilometers away); The Dawn Settlement / La Colonie de Dawn (approx. 9.7 kilometers away).

Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.