5. ST. PETER'S 
     
    
   
   
    
     The present St. Peter’s Church in Foxley River, Lot 11 was completed in 1914 by Henry 
     
     W. Williams. It replaced an older church which had been constructed immediately behind it 
     
     sometime prior to 1851. Most of the work on this older church was done by 1853, with the 
     
     interior plastering of the little chapel being completed in 1855. This first church, which was 
     
     consecrated by the Bishop of the Diocese in 1857, was situated on land donated by Hon. James 
     
     Warburton. The following paragraphs, describing the original St. Peter’s Church, are reprinted 
     
     here with the kind permission of J. Clinton Morrison Jr., from his book Along the North Shore: 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Social Histog of Township 11. P.E.I., 1765 - 1982 (1984): 
     
    
   
   
    
     The architecture of the original St. Peter’s Church at Lot 11 was very simple and 
     
     reflected the economic condition of its congregation. It was an almost square 
     
     structure with wide, coarse planks on the floor, plain glass windows and a small 
     
     vestry attached. It was not until 1866 that a steeple was added. The original 
     
     Communion Set was procured in 1853 - a gift from Lieutenant-Govemor, Sir 
     
     Alexander Bannerman, a close personal friend of Hon. James Warburton. Much 
     
     of the initiative and leadership required to make the little church a reality was 
     
     supplied by Warburton, a devout member of the Church of England. One of the 
     
     first bell-ringers was John Key, and since there was no organ in the church for 
     
     many years a strong and beautiful voice was required to lead the choir and 
     
     congregation in singing the psalms and other hymns which formed an integral part 
     
     of each Sabbath worship. Amelia, wife of Arthur Bryan, rendered this service 
     
     as a precentor for many years after their arrival in Foxley River about 1870. She 
     
     was a daughter of an officer in the famous Royal Irish Constabulary, Dublin, and 
     
     before her emigration to America had won acclaim from Irish nobility for her fine 
     
     singing ability. She had even sung in St.Patrick’s, Dublin and had been said to 
     
     have "the sweetest voice in all Ireland." Another dedicated member of the 
     
     congregation who added considerably to the early success of St. Peter’s Church 
     
     was Annie, daughter of Hon. James Warburton. She proved to be an excellent 
     
     Sunday school teacher and instilled in youthful minds and hearts a reverence for 
     
     the Holy Scripture which would remain with them throughout life. When she left 
     
     for Charlottetown with her family in 1873, her work was greatly missed.