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The route curves northwest and comes to the community of Hickory Hill, where it turns north onto Hickory Hill Road. PA 472 continues northwest into East Nottingham Township and passes through rural land with mixed residential subdivisions. The road curves west and enters the borough of Oxford, where it becomes Market Street and is lined with homes.
On U.S. Route 1 at its junction with Hickory Hill Road, near Chadds Ford 39°52′29″N 75°38′13″W / 39.874722°N 75.636944°W / 39.874722; -75.636944 ( Pennsbury Pennsbury Township
The business district on Third Street was entirely re-built at this time, including the Oxford Hotel (1858) and Oxford Hall (1862). Oxford became known for its confectionery and candy businesses and was the location of many manufacturing facilities. A second railroad, the Peach Bottom Railway, was built in the 1870s from Oxford to Peach Bottom ...
Media Rd, Hickory Hill 39°44′55″N 75°55′49″W / 39.7485°N 75.9304°W / 39.7485; -75.9304 ( Little London Grove Friends Meeting House
PA 453 in Water Street: PA 642 in Mooresburg: 1928: current Section from Water Street to Belsano decommissioned 1961; this section now US 22 and PA 271; section east of Mooresburg decommissioned in 1966 and replaced by PA 642 (overlap removed), an extended PA 54, US 209 (overlap removed), and new PA 248. [22] PA 46: 43.0 [15] 69.2
An 1883 map of East Nottingham Township from Breou's Farm Atlas. The township is named after Nottinghamshire, England. [3] The township was originally disputed territory between Pennsylvania and Maryland, which was resolved with the development of the Mason–Dixon line.
Notable non-residential buildings include the Oxford Hall, Octoraro Hotel, Oxford Station (Borough Hall), Dickey Building, Masonic Building, Fulton Bank Building (1925), Gibson's Store (c. 1832), Orthodox Friends Meeting House, Methodist Church (1885), United Presbyterian Church (1893), and the Oxford Grain & Hay Company granary (1880).
In 1927, this road became a portion of PA 42, which continued north from Reading to northern Pennsylvania. The PA 42 designation was replaced with US 122 in 1935; US 122 ran between Oxford and Reading and continued north to Northumberland. In the 1950s, PA 10 replaced the US 122 designation between US 1/PA 472 in Oxford and PA 23 in