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Rekindling an old tradition: Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury undertake perambulation of town boundaries

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Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury select boards meet to check stone markers. The custom of perambulation, as it is called, started in England and Wales in the Middle Ages and came to New England in the 17th century. Massachusetts General Law still requires that select boards of contiguous towns check the locations of the markers.

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The Sun (Lowell)

Rekindling an old tradition: Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury undertake perambulation of town boundaries

TEWKSBURY — At the bottom of Merrimack Drive, just a few feet from the river of the same name, is a stone monument documenting the town boundaries of Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury. Select Board members from the three towns met at the monument on Saturday to comply with a law, which is still on the books although it hearkens back to colonial and medieval practices. As a result of that March 16 meeting, residents of the three towns can be assured …

2 months ago·Lowell, United States

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