🧿 Doncaster Town Site

United States · Americas · 38.86°N, 76.19°W

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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.

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CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)38.86°N, 76.19°W · view on map

Doncaster Town Site is located in United States, in Americas.

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