By Richard L. Gaw
Staff Writer

After receiving a charter given to him from the King of England to establish a colony in the New World in 1681, William Penn named that colony Pennsylvania, and in 1725, London Britain Township was organized from a tract of land belonging to the London Company of Great Britain – a generous and vital wedge of land that is bordered by Maryland on the south and Delaware on the East.

On Sept. 27, before a steady stream of several hundred residents, the township paid homage to the township’s 300th anniversary with a celebration at Nichols Park that featured 50 vendors, live performances, food and beverage vendors, demonstrations and citations delivered by State Rep. John Lawrence and Chester County Commissioner Eric Roe. 

“When our organizing committee first put out the call for vendors and sponsors, it was amazing how many people responded,” said event organizer Heather Sachs, the wife of supervisor Brian Sachs. “There are so many creative people in London Britain Township, and I am thrilled by just how many of them wanted to be here. We’re just this little chunk of land by the tri-state marker, but 300 years is a big deal.”

“My family moved here in 1989 into an historic property, and we lived in the carriage house, and immediately, I was so taken by having a little piece of history here,” said board chairperson Ailleen Parrish. “We’re the connector between the Fair Hill Natural Resources and the White Clay Creek Preserve. We are blessed by the history of this township. 

“It gets in your blood, almost as if it’s your child.”

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