Brookland

Historical marker location:

Perryville, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of St. Mark's Church Road and Beacon Point Drive, on the right when traveling west on St. Mark's Church Road.)

Land Grant by Lord Baltimore, 1732.

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.