In 1799, the Township of Norwich was laid out by surveyor William Hambly into lines and concessions and 200-acre lots.
In
1809, Peter Lossing, a member of the Society of Friends from Dutchess County
New York, visited Norwich Township. In June 1910, with his brother-in-law Peter
de Long, purchased 15,000 acres of land in this area. That fall Lossing brought
his family to Upper Canada. The de Long family and nine others soon joined
them. By 1820 an additional group of about fifty had settled here. These
resourceful pioneers founded one of the most successful Quaker communities in
Upper Canada.
The township was divided into North and South
Norwich Townships in 1855.
In 1975, Oxford County underwent countywide
municipal restructuring. The Village of Norwich and the Townships of East
Oxford, North Norwich and South Norwich were amalgamated to create the Township
of Norwich.
Stover Street – Italianate, hipped roof, two-story bay window, balcony above enclosed front entrance, corner quoins70 Stover Street – Gothic Revival, verge board trim on gables, bay window55 Stover Street – wraparound veranda, paired cornice brackets, decorative cornice, bay windows8 Main Street East – designated – Moore, Chambers House – Gothic, verge board trim on gables, crenelated brick arched veranda with voussoirs and keystones, bay window on side, transom above door16 Main Street East – Gothic – bay window18 Main Street East – Italianate, paired cornice brackets, decorative cornice, corner quoins, pediment with decorated tympanum above Doric pillars, sidelights and transom surround door, bay window on front and side25 Main Street East – Trillium Christian Retirement Home – two-story semi-circular veranda, bay windows, iron cresting, paired cornice brackets, corner quoins69 Main Street West – Italianate, dormer, paired cornice brackets, corner quoins, pediment78 Main Street West – Norwich United Church Manse – two-story white-brick manse was constructed in 1875 – a blocky, Italianate residence with symmetry of paired cornice brackets and twin round-headed windows and doors of second-story90 Main Street West – Gothic
