1886-10-27 Perambulation Perambulation of Town line. Beverly and Wenham.
Oct. 27,1886.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of Beverly and Wenham have met the twenty-seventh day
of Oct. A. D. 1886 to perambulate the lines and renew the bound marks between them the two towns
as follows:-
Beginning at a stone post marked B.W.M. being the corner bounds between Beverly,
Manchester and Wenham, to a stone in the corner of Preston's field marked B.W. thence to a stone
in the highway marked B. W. thence to a stone on Gravelly Ridge so-called marked B.W. thence
turning southerly to a stone by the wall in the land formally owned by George Standley marked B.
W. thence to a stone on the east side of Raccoon Swamp, so-called, marked B.W.thence to a stone
on a southerly side of the highway marked B.W. thence to a stone on the east side of Longham
Meadow marked B.W. thence to a stone on the west side of Essex Street marked B.W. thence to a
stone near Larcom's corner marked B.W. thence to a stone on the south side of the highway near the
house of Richard Dodge, marked B.W. thence to a stone on Wm. Dodge's land marked B.W. thence
to a stone on the west side of the highway marked B.W. thence on the same course across the lake
to a stone in the field formally owned by Charles Brown, called "Alfred's Stone" marked B.W.
thence to a stone in the highway marked B.W. thence North 80° west to a stone near the house of
the late William Moulton marked B.D.W. this being the corner bounds between Beverly, Danvers
and Wenham.
Freeborn W. Cressy
John H. Woodberry
Augustus Williams
Selectmen John Gentlee Selectmen
of John I Durgin of
Beverly James T. Brown Danvers
A true copy.
Attest: Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk