The Doncaster Town Site is an archeological site near Easton, Talbot County, Maryland. The site is located on one of the earliest land grants in Talbot County, surveyed on October 18, 1658. It is the location of the first Roman Catholic Church erected on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The town was erected in 1684 and was one of the first planned towns in Maryland. At its peak Doncaster would have contained inns, a chapel, warehouses, a ferry, stores, stocks and a whipping post, a public square, and a number of residences. Archeological deposits were recorded in 1961. [3]
Doncaster Town Site | |
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| Location | Bruffs Island Rd., on the shores of Shaw Bay, Easton, Maryland[2] |
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| Coordinates | 38°51′30″N 76°11′27″W / 38.85833°N 76.19083°W |
| Area | 65 acres (26 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000920[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 05, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Location derived from its GNIS feature record; the NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
- ^ "Doncaster Town Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
External links
edit- Doncaster Town Site, Talbot County, including photo in 1974, at Maryland Historical Trust website