History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . grees south,* six miles onRoyalshire line. The northern boundary was Royalston, (then calledRoyalshire.) This singular fact is accounted for in the following the township was located, when the line was run between Massa-chusetts and New Hampshire, it was found that a strip of land abouta mile in width, the whole length of the town, which was formerlysupposed to belong to the latter colony, was in fact, south of the some unknown cause, this strip was
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . grees south,* six miles onRoyalshire line. The northern boundary was Royalston, (then calledRoyalshire.) This singular fact is accounted for in the following the township was located, when the line was run between Massa-chusetts and New Hampshire, it was found that a strip of land abouta mile in width, the whole length of the town, which was formerlysupposed to belong to the latter colony, was in fact, south of the some unknown cause, this strip was assigned to Royalston, whenthat town was incorporated, and was called Royalston leg. Bydegrees it was settled, and in 1780, by request of the inhabitants, it * The original reads south seventy-eight deg. west; an obvious mistake. 20 HISTORY OF WTNCHENDON. •was set off to Winchendon. It contained three thousand eight hun-dred and forty acres. The following diagram shows the original andthe present boundaries. The dark lines bound the town as it is now;the dotted lines indicate the original shape and size. NEW 4t NOW IN GARDNER. Westr. section 3.—present boundaries and the addition of Royalston Leg, in 1780, six square miles, orthree thousand eight hundred and forty acres, were added to thetown ; and the eastern and western boundary lines were lengthenedone mile; but in 1785, it was nearly reduced to its original dimensions, HISTORY OF WINCHENDON. 21 by the annexation of three thousand six hundred and eighty acres toGardner, which was incorporated in that year. Since then the south-east boundary has undergone several changes, for the accommodationof land-owners on the border. The present boundaries will be foundon the preceding page, and on the map of the town which accompa-nies this work. The northern boundary, which is the line between Massachusettsand New Hampshire, is six miles in length: the eastern line, onAshburnham, is five miles, two hundred rod
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