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Catalog Number |
2015.26.4 |
Object Name |
Record, Town |
Scope & Content |
Perambulation of Bounds between Peabody and neighboring towns. Includes statements and agreements with Salem; Middleton; Lynn and Lynnfield in terms of the boundaries with Peabody. Also included are some maps of the the boundaries with each City and Town. Papers found in Volume that were removed. Include Perambulation of bounds as well as several undated plans. The word perambulation is a very old custom - "there are hints of it in the Bible, talking about not moving your neighbor's boundary marker. But really it became a legal instrument in England, perhaps around the Wessex king Alfred. It appears in a number of medieval texts as a legal instrument by which people would walk the boundaries of property and towns to make sure they were clearly marked and that people would know exactly where the lines were." (from a NHPR story http://www.nhpr.org/post/why-new-hampshire-towns-are-supposed-walk-their-boundaries-even-gps-age#stream/0) |
Access Conditions |
Restricted to use in Sutton Room or Research Room. |
Physical characteristics |
Handwritten bound volume |
Creator |
City of Peabody |
Title |
Perambulation of Bounds Between Peabody and Neighboring Towns |
Level of description |
Folder |
Copyrights |
All copyrights belong to the Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA |
Collection |
Local History Resource Center |
Subjects |
Peabody (Mass)--Boundaries Salem (Mass)--Boundaries Middleton (Mass)--Boundaries Lynn (Mass)--Boundaries Lynnfield (Mass)--Boundaries |
Parent ObjectID |
2015.26.1 |
Outside Links |
Direct link to digitized: Perambulation of Peabody from 1945-1965 |