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Edition of October, 2007© Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH 03466
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A complete copy of the 1856 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools.
To find your town, click on the name in the list below(See also the detailed Table of Contents inside)
ACTONASHBYASHLANDBEDFORDBILLERICABOXBOROUGHBRIGHTONBURLINGTONCAMBRIDGECARLISLECHARLESTOWNCHELMSFORDCONCORD
DRACUTDUNSTABLEFRAMINGHAMGROTONHOLLISTONHOPKINTONLEXINGTONLINCOLNLITTLETONLOWELLMALDENMARLBOROUGHMEDFORD
MELROSENATICKNEWTONNORTH READINGPEPPERELLREADINGSHERBORNSHIRLEYSOMERVILLESOUTH READINGSTONEHAMSTOWSUDBURY
TEWKSBURYTOWNSENDTYNGSBOROUGHWALTHAMWATERTOWNWAYLANDWEST CAMBRIDGEWESTFORDWESTONWILMINGTONWINCHESTERWOBURN
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Modern Town Outline Map
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Map of Middlesex County, 1856
The original map is a large wall map measuring about 5’x 5’, which has been “taken apart” for this edition by scanning it as separate images. In addition to the many detailed village maps, we have included the historical data and pictures that can be found in the margins of the 1856 map. This edition is made possible through the generosity of the Harvard College Map Library, which granted permission to use a copy of their original map.
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An Historical Sketch of The Map
The 1856 Map of Middlesex County is an important historical document. It was the result of the most comprehensive survey made to date of the 51 towns in Middlesex County. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school.
This map is one of several Massachusetts county maps created in the 1850s- a period of extraordinary map-making in America. The author of this map, Henry F. Walling, was one of the leaders of the county map-making business. Walling produced ten other Massachusetts county wall maps, as well as a number in neighboring states.
Few details of this map’s origins are known, but we do know the general methods used for these projects. Roads were measured with a wheel odometer, similar to the wheelbarrow-like device pictured here, or one drawn by horse and buggy. The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were made to the best standards of the time. This map served as the basis for later mapping for decades afterwards.
The surveyor would ask the names of farmstead owners as he passed by, and would surely add a brief sales pitch for the new map... after all, the map would carry the name of the resident engraved upon it.
Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance orders for the new map could be taken. A typical mid-1850s price was five dollars per copy. Prominent citizens allowed their names to be used in the map’s advertisements, testifying to the merits of the map, and no doubt assuring it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of prominent citizens were added for a fee. The map was printed on four separate sheets which were assembled and glued together onto a cloth backing. Each copy was then hand-colored in several different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden rollers.
Note on Map SizeThis publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as a 12” x 17” booklet. This size allows the reader to print out the maps at home. The formatting and sizes of maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if possible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales. All town maps are at 125% unless specified. All village inset maps are at 200% unless specified. In these cases a % number indicates the change (e.g. 125% means the printed map will be 25% larger than the original).
Note on Missing DataThe original map used for this reproduction has some defects, so a few names are missing in some towns.
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Table of Contents
1 Title Page2 Modern Town Outline Map3 Map of Middlesex County, 18564 Introduction5 Table of Contents6 ACTON7 Acton Center7 South Acton7 West Acton8 ASHBY9 Ashby Center10 ASHLAND11 Ashland Center12 BEDFORD13 Bedford14 BILLERICA15 Billerica Village15 North Billerica16 BOXBOROUGH17 BRIGHTON18 Brighton18 North Brighton19 BURLINGTON20 CAMBRIDGE22 Cambridge & Business Directory24 CARLISLE25 CHARLESTOWN26 Charlestown Business Directory27 Charlestown28 CHELMSFORD29 Chelmsford Center29 Middlesex Village29 North Chelmsford30 CONCORD31 Concord32 DRACUT33 The Parish 34 DUNSTABLE35 Dunstable Center36 FRAMINGHAM37 Framingham Center38 Saxonville38 South Framingham40 GROTON42 Groton Center42 Groton Junction43 HOLLISTON44 East Holliston
44 Holliston Center45 HOPKINTON46 Hayden Row 46 Hopkinton Center46 Woodville47 LEXINGTON48 East Lexington48 Lexington Village 49 LINCOLN50 LITTLETON51 Littleton 52 LOWELL53 Lowell54 Lowell Business Directory55 MALDEN56 Malden Center57 MARLBOROUGH58 Marlborough East & West Village58 Feltonville59 MEDFORD60 Medford61 West Medford61 MELROSE62 Melrose63 NATICK64 Natick65 NEWTON66 Newton Corner67 Newton Center67 Auburndale68 Newtonville 68 Newton Lower Falls68 Newton Upper Falls68 West Newton69 NORTH READING70 North Reading71 PEPPERELL72 East Pepperell & Babbatasset Village72 Pepperell Center73 READING74 Reading75 SHERBORN76 SHIRLEY77 Shirley Center77 Shirley Village78 SOMERVILLE80 Somerville & Business Directory82 SOUTH READING
83 South Reading84 STONEHAM85 Stoneham86 STOW87 Rock Bottom87 Stow Center88 SUDBURY89 Assabet89 Mill Village89 Sudbury Center90 TEWKSBURY91 Tewksbury Village92 TOWNSEND93 Townsend Centre93 Townsend Harbor93 West Townsend94 TYNGSBOROUGH95 Tyngsborough Center96 WALTHAM97 Waltham98 WATERTOWN99 Watertown100 WAYLAND101 Wayland102 WEST CAMBRIDGE103 West Cambridge104 WESTFORD105 Westford106 WESTON107 WILMINGTON108 WINCHESTER109 Winchester110 WOBURN111 Woburn Centre
Data112 Geological Map113 Table of Distances114 Table of Statistics Pictorial Engravings115 State Normal School Building, Framingham115 Dr. Howe’s Retreat, Pepperell116 Court House & Town Hall, Concord116 Monument at Concord116 Monument at Lexington117 Washington Elm, Cambridge117 Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown
118 Map of Middlesex County, 1856
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ACTON
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Acton Center
South Acton
West Acton
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ASHBY
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Ashby Center
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ASHLAND
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Ashland Center
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BEDFORD
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Bedford
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BILLERICA
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Billerica Village
North Billerica
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BOXBOROUGH
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BRIGHTON 175%
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North Brighton
Brighton
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BURLINGTON 175%
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CAMBRIDGE
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This map encompasses the cities of Charlestown, Somerville & Cambridge. The following two pages contain an enlarged view of the city of Cambridge.
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Cambridge & Business Directory
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See previous page to view entire map
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CARLISLE
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CHARLESTOWN
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This map encompasses the cities of Charlestown, Somerville & Cambridge. The following page contains an enlarged view of the city of Charlestown.
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Charlestown Business Directory
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Charlestown 125%
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CHELMSFORD
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North Chelmsford
Middlesex Village
Chelmsford Center
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CONCORD
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Concord
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DRACUT
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The Parish
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DUNSTABLE
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Dunstable Center
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FRAMINGHAM
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Framingham Center
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South Framingham
Saxonville
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GROTON
GROTON
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Groton Junction
Groton Center
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HOLLISTON
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Holliston Center
East Holliston
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HOPKINTON
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Woodville
Hopkinton Center
Hayden Row
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LEXINGTON
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Lexington Village
East Lexington
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LINCOLN
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LITTLETON
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Littleton
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LOWELL
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Lowell
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Lowell Business Directory
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MALDEN 175%
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MARLBOROUGH
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Feltonville
Marlborough East & West Village
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MEDFORD 175%
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Medford
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West Medford
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Melrose
MELROSE
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NATICK
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Natick
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NEWTON
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Auburndale
Newton Center
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West Newton
Newton Upper Falls
Newton Lower FallsNewtonville
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NORTH READING
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North Reading
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PEPPERELL
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Pepperell Center
East Pepperell & Babbatasset Village
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READING 175%
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Reading
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SHERBORN
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SHIRLEY
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Shirley Village
Shirley Center
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SOMERVILLE
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This map encompasses the cities of Charlestown, Somerville & Cambridge. The following two pages contain an enlarged view of the city of Somerville.
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