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The congregation of Royal York United began as a Plymouth Brethern congregation in a little white wooden church built in 1889 on Prince Edward Dr S, about where Kirk Braden Rd is toady. It was known as the Tomlinson church after the pioneer family on whose land it was built. In 1891 Tomlinson Church joined a Methodist group. In 1943 it was decided that the building should be moved to property purchased by the United Church\'s Home Mission Council on the northeast corner of Royal York Road and Glenroy Avenue. The original church was moved to this new location with great difficulty by cutting the structure into three sections. The inaugural service in its new location was held October 24, 1943, at which time the Tomlinson congregation joined with new members to form Royal York United Church, with a total membership of 175. In 1954, construction began on the new, larger sanctuary it has today.
