ALDBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO

Aldborough Township, Ontario is a geographic township and former municipality located in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. It is currently part of the Municipality of West Elgin.
Aldborough was named in 1792 after Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, England. The villages of Rodney and West Lorne were incorporated as a municipalities in 1907 and 1908 respectively and separated from the township.
Subsequently, Aldborough remained a mainly rural municipality. In 1994, Aldborough and Rodney amalgamated to form an expanded Township of Aldborough. In 1998, Aldborough amalgamated with West Lorne to form West Elgin.