Thoroughbreds at Hampton

Historical marker location:

535 Hampton Ln, Towson, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Hampton Lane, 0.1 miles west of Gypsy Lane, on the left when traveling west.)

Hampton National Historic Site.

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.