The Photo Above: This picture was taken in about 1915 when todays Macdade Blvd. was still Third Street. You are looking
west toward Chester from todays Ridley Avenue. Third Street was widened and became Macdade Blvd. in 1931.
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Ridley Township was first settled in 1643 by the Swedes in what is now Tinicum Township. The name Ridley was first used in 1687 named by John Simcock a large landowner for his village in Cheshire, England. Tinicum township left Ridley in 1790 and for the next 80 years it was mostly farm land with some mills and quarry operations. The population in 1870 was just over 1100 people. A new railroad line the Darby improvement came through in 1872 establishing the towns of Eddystone, Ridley Park, Prospect Park, Norwood, Glenolden and Rutledge. All of these towns left Ridley Township between 1887 and 1894. Make sure to Sign or View our Guest Book!
OTHER LINKS:
Leiper Canal History & Photos
Ridley Township Early School History
Ridley Township's Other School Photos
Ridley Township Early Mill History
Map of Ridley Township in 1875
PDF: Map of Ridley Township in 1893 
1798 Window Tax
CENSUS RECORDS:
Ridley Township Census 1790
Ridley Township Census 1800
Ridley Township Census 1810
Ridley Township Census 1820
Ridley Township Census 1830
Ridley Township Census 1840
Ridley Township Census 1850
Ridley Township Manufacturers Census 1850
Ridley Township Manufacturers Census 1860
Ridley Township Census 1870
Ridley Township Census 1880
DIRECTORY RECORDS:
Coming Soon
REAL ESTATE RECORDS:
Coming Soon
TAX RECORDS:
1715 Ridley Township Tax Records
1718 Ridley Township Tax Records
1719 Ridley Township Tax Records
1721 Ridley Township Tax Records
1722 Ridley Township Tax Records
1724 Ridley Township Tax Records
1725 Ridley Township Tax Records
1727 Ridley Township Tax Records
1730 Ridley Township Tax Records
1734 Ridley Township Tax Records
1735 Ridley Township Tax Records
1736 Ridley Township Tax Records
1738 Ridley Township Tax Records
1740 Ridley Township Tax Records
1747 Ridley Township Tax Records
1749 Ridley Township Tax Records
1750 Ridley Township Tax Records
1751 Ridley Township Tax Records
1753 Ridley Township Tax Records
1754 Ridley Township Tax Records
1756 Ridley Township Tax Records
1765 Ridley Township Tax Records
1766 Ridley Township Tax Records
1767 Ridley Township Tax Records
1768 Ridley Township Tax Records
1769 Ridley Township Tax Records
1770 Ridley Township Tax Records
1771 Ridley Township Tax Records
1772 Ridley Township Tax Records
1773 Ridley Township Tax Records
1774 Ridley Township Tax Records
1775 Ridley Township Tax Records
1776 Ridley Township Tax Records
1778 Ridley Township Tax Records
1779 Ridley Township Tax Records
1780 Ridley Township Tax Records
1781 Ridley Township Tax Records
1782 Ridley Township Tax Records
1785 Ridley Township Tax Records
1786 Ridley Township Tax Records
1788 Ridley Township Tax Records
1790 Ridley Township Tax Records
1793 Ridley Township Tax Records
1795 Ridley Township Tax Records
1802 Ridley Township Tax Records
1805 Ridley Township Tax Records
1810 Ridley Township Tax Records
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