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The Historic Village of LIMEHOUSE The Industrial Hub of Limehouse, Ontario. The Grand Trunk Railway, c. 1900 showing lime kilns and the station. In Halton Hills, formerly Esquesing Township, midway between Acton and Georgetown, where Black Creek, a branch of the Credit River cuts through the Niagara escarpment and where 22 Side road and 5th Line Esquesing meet, lies Limehouse. The land upon which Limehouse is located was last used by the Mississauga tribe of Native Peoples. The large number of settlers emigrating from the British Isles and the United States required the government of Upper Canada to purchase land from the natives, known as the Mississauga Tract, beginning in 1805. Esquesing township was surveyed in 1818. The first settler in the Limehouse area was Adam Stull. He obtained the Crown deed for Lot 22, Concession 6 (200 acres) in 1820. John Meredith (Maradith) secured the patent for Lot 23, Concession 6 in 1822. The northern part of Limehouse is built on the west part of John Meredith's 200 acres. On July 5, 1832, for the sum of £2/10 shillings, Meredith sold two acres to the Trustees of the Presbyterian congregation for the purpose of a burying ground and a church. Before this date, one grave was located on the land. The church was not built until 1861. The building was a joint effort of the Presbyterians, Episcopalians and the Methodists and was first known as Limehouse Union Church. The first minister, Rev. Ewing and his family are buried in Limehouse cemetery. In 1876, Mr. Gowdy Sr. donated land to the local Methodists. A fine stone church was built. The