![]() ![]() The township also contained The Woodlands the former estate of William Hamilton, grandson of Andrew Hamilton, which was converted in 1840 to the Woodlands Cemetery. In Philadelphia, "Blockley" was synonymous with the Blockley Almshouse that opened here in 1832. The name is derived from Blockley, a parish in England in Worcestershire from which the township's founder, William Warner, hailed. It was traversed by the Darby Road (today's Woodland Avenue) and Chadd’s Ford or Baltimore Pike, the road to West Chester, to Haverford and to Lancaster. Within its boundaries were the villages of Hamilton, Mantua, West Philadelphia, Hestonville and Haddington. History Historical populationĪn irregularly shaped area of 7,580 acres (31 km²), Blockley Township was located on the west side of the Schuylkill River, north of Kingsessing Township bounded on the east by the Schuylkill extending south from the county line, opposite to, but a little below, the mouth of the Wissahickon, down to the Nanganesy or Mill Creek, below the Woodlands then by the same creek up to Chadd’s Ford Turnpike, known in later years as the Baltimore Pike along the same to Cobb’s Creek then by the courses of the same to the county line adjoining Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, and along the same to the Schuylkill River. Incorporated in 1704, the township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia under the 1854 Act of Consolidation. Location of Pennsylvania in the United Statesīlockley Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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