1876-11-24 Perambulation WENHAM and BEVERLY
We the subscribers, Selectmen of Wenham and Beverly, have this day met together and
perambulated the line and viewed the boundary mark between said towns. Beginning at a Stone set
in the gronnd in "Paul Porter's Orchard" marked W.B.D. thence South 80° 30' East to a Stone set
in the ground called "Alford's Stone" in land of Charles Brown marked W.B., thence to a stone set
in the ground in the Westerly side of the county road opposite the wall between the lands formerly
of Charles & John Dodge marked W.B., thence to a stone set in the ground marked W.B. in the land
of William Dodge, thence to a Stone set on the Southerly side of the highway by the wall of Richard
Dodge, a few rods Easterly said Dodge's dwelling house, marked W.B., thence to a Stone set in the
ground marked W.B. near "Larcom's Comer" so called, thence to a stone set in the ground, on the
West Side of Essex Street; thence to a stone set in the ground on the East side of "Longham
Meadow" marked W.B. thence to a stone set in the ground at the Southerly side of the highway
against land of Peter Corning marked W.B. thence to a stone set in the ground on the Easterly side
of "Racoon Swamp" so called marked W.B. thence to a stone set in the ground by the wall of George
StandIey, marked W.B. thence running Northerly to a stone set in the ground on "Gravelly Ridge"
so called, marked W.B., thence to a stone set in the ground in the highway between the houses
formerly belonging to Henry Wyatt and Nehemiah Preston, thence more Easterly to a Stone set in
the ground at the comer of Preston's field marked W.B. thence on a straight line from "Preston's
Comer" to a stone set in the ground marked W.B.M. which is the bounds between Beverly, Wenham
and Manchester.
Witness our hands this 24tn day of November A. D. 1876
N. P. Perkins Selectmen Joseph Wilson Selectmen
W. F. Trowt of J.H. Young of
Wenham Freebom Cressy Beverly
A true record. Attest
James Hill, Town Clerk