Limerick Township
This collection represents all materials pertaining to Limerick Township. this includes township information and photographs of local places.
Limerick
Royersford’s founding document
In 1879, a small corner of Limerick township broke away to form its own borough. Here is the original map and petition presented to the county proposing the new borough of Royersford.
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In 1799, John McClellan Hood came to Philadelphia from Northern Ireland. He became a successful tea and coffee importer, married Elizabeth Forebaugh, and began a family. Every summer to escape the regular epidemics that swept through the city, the Hood family would retire to the country. Hood bought a large farm in Limerick, eventually building a… Read More »Bessybell