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'''Leyden Street''' (also known as '''Leiden Street''' or '''The Street'''), created in 1620 by the [[Pilgrims]], claims to be the oldest continuously used street in the thirteen colonies of British North America. |
'''Leyden Street''' (also known as '''Leiden Street''' or '''The Street'''), created in 1620 by the [[Pilgrims]], claims to be the oldest continuously used street in the thirteen colonies of British North America. |
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Revision as of 21:08, 11 December 2009
Leyden Street (also known as Leiden Street or The Street), created in 1620 by the Pilgrims, claims to be the oldest continuously used street in the thirteen colonies of British North America.
The Pilgrims first began laying out the street before Christmas in 1620 after disembarking from the Mayflower, allegedly on nearby Plymouth Rock. The original settlers built their houses along the street from the coast to the Burial Hill where the original fort and meeting house was located and now is the site of a cemetery and First Church of Plymouth. William Bradford, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and other settlers owned lots along the road. Although other streets such as those in Jamestown, Viringia were used intermittently, Leyden Street has been used continuously since the original settlers built houses along the lane.[1]
Referencs
- ^ James Baker, A Guide to Historic Plymouth (The History Press, 2008)[ http://books.google.com/books?id=68KgiZHfKIcC&source=gbs_navlinks_s] ISBN 1596292288, 9781596292284