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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMU_scott-street_Edgewater-MD.html
The ravine in front of you was once Scott Street. Rumney's Tavern, the Brown Carpenter Shop and the Brown House are on this side of the street. On the other side were a number of structures, some of which were commercial enterprises such as Pierpo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMT_historic-london-town-and-gardens_Edgewater-MD.html
[map of colonial Maryland] Detail from The State of Maryland, Samuel Lewis, 1795. Showing London Town, Annapolis and Baltimore.
WelcomeHistoric London Town and Gardens is a 23-acre park where discover and learning are daily experiences. Here, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMR_dr-hills-medicinal-plants_Edgewater-MD.html
[photo of plants and tools] Early medicinal plants and tools
Colonial Medicine ChestWhere did the colonial doctor or housewife turn when they needed to treat the sick? The plants of the field, hedgerow and marsh were their pharmacy.
Traditio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMQ_william-brown-house_Edgewater-MD.html
[picture of William Brown House] William Brown House: Historic American Buildings Survey photograph, circa 1935.
Location, Location, LocationOne of the mysteries that still surrounds the lost town of London is the William Brown House. Built bet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEM4_establishing-a-colonial-town_Edgewater-MD.html
Scattered SettlementsEarly Chesapeake Bay colonists did not settle in the concentrated villages typical of their home in England. Instead, they lived on large plots of waterfront land that isolated them from their neighbors.
Cheap and abundant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELZ_archaeology-at-london-town_Edgewater-MD.html
[photo of archaeological dig] Archaeological Dig: excavation of Rumney's Tavern.
Finding the Lost Town of London
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9_tobacco-barn_Edgewater-MD.html
Tobacco barn built c.1720 at Hockley-in-the-Hole Plantation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O8_london-town-publik-house_Edgewater-MD.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6_london-town-ferry_Edgewater-MD.html
From London Town, and original port of entry, a ferry crossed South River. It linked a north-south system of roads from about 1695 until the 19th century.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BO_all-hallows-church_Edgewater-MD.html
All Hallows Parish, South River, one of the orginal thirty parishes created by law in 1692 when the Anglican Church was established in Maryland. The present Georgian church was built c. 1730. Several prominent London Town merchants are buried in t…