“Olney”
Surveyed as “Prospect ye 29th August 1705 for Thomas Preston.” Named changed to “Olney” in 1810 by Mrs. John Norris, an admirer of Cowper, the poet, and his friend the Reverend John Newton, who lived at Olney, England.
Marker is on Old Joppa Road ½ mile east of Maryland Route 152, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
