Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Hatfield Township-Lansdale Borough 1886 Annexation: Tract shape petition (recorded) a stone set for a corner of the Borough of Lansdale on the middle of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, the North corner of said Borough

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 Through land belonging to the North Penna Rail Road, and land of Henry Clifton, and land of N.H. Edgarton N 38.3333333333333° E 1423.62 ft. Stake in the middle of a road leading South Easterly from the Forty foot Road, to the Township Line Road between the Townships of Hatfield and Montgomery
2 Along the middle of said Road, crossing the Doylestown Branch of the North Pennsylvania Rail Road S 35.6666666666667° E 1204.5 ft. Stake in the South Easterly boundary thereof
3 Still along the middle of the aforesaid Road S 42.8° E 400.62 ft. Stake in the middle of a public Road Known as Walnut Street
4 Along the middle thereof N 38.1333333333333° E 16.5 ft. Stake
5 Again along the middle of the aforesaid Road leading South Easterly from the Forty foot Road S 50.75° E 1369.5 ft. Stake
6 Again by the middle of said Road S 58.5833333333333° E 762.96 ft. Stone set at the intersection of the said Road with the aforesaid Township Line Road
7 Along the middle of the aforesaid Township Line Road S 37.8333333333333° W 1142.46 ft. Stone set for a corner of the aforesaid Borough of Lansdale
8 Along the boundary of said Borough, the three following courses and distances N 50.7833333333333° W 1848 ft. Corner stone
9 2 N 51.9166666666667° W 693 ft. Corner stone on the South Easterly boundary of the Doylestown Branch of the North Pennsylvania Rail Road
10 3 N 52.2° W 1151.7 ft. Place of beginning

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Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Hatfield Township-Lansdale Borough 1886 Annexation yes Jan 14, 1886