Another Historic Minute, Monthly Tales Of Our Town

To celebrate West Newbury’s Bicentennial, the Historical Commission is highlighting the Town’s history, often with one historical marker each month. This month’s marker, which is located at 27 Meetinghouse Road, shows the site of Second Parish Meetinghouse.

The story behind the marker is one of westward expansion, and, for the benefit of us all then and now, creation of the 1729 map showing who lived where on the roads and lanes extant at that time in West Newbury almost three centuries ago.

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