The lane was laid out in the medieval period following old fields and property boundaries.

The ordinary high water mark may have legal significance, often being used to demarcate property boundaries.

One is usually found just outside the property boundary and can be used to isolate the building from the water supply.

The property boundaries are indicated by bearing and distance.

This would seem to explain the numerous stone walls, apparently former property boundaries, running through the woods along the mountain.

A common use of a survey is to determine a legal property boundary.

The border between the overhead electrification systems is at the property boundary.

Homes usually have a setback from the property boundary, so that they cannot be placed close together.

Many of the streets and some property boundaries can be readily compared with modern maps.

Over the subsequent years it was moved several times as neighboring property boundaries were altered.