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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 16 0 Browse Search
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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
, from one of which probably the name was taken. Perhaps the best claim can be made for Waltham-Abbey, called also Waltham Holy Cross, a market town and parish of the County of Essex, twelve miles Nf dinner, and we hear of them at Epping and Harlow, and then among the marshes of the Lea at Waltham Abbey, the monks of which were, at one time, large proprietors and lords of manors in the districtrt. Most historians state that Harold was killed at the battle of Hastings, and interred in Waltham Abbey, where for a long period a tomb said to be his was pointed out. There was, however, a tradits reign. To avoid the expenses of a court Henry III. frequently took up his residence at Waltham Abbey, and to reward the hospitality of his entertainers, he granted them the right to hold a faire, now and for many years used as a school-room, may have formed a part. The buildings of Waltham Abbey once covered many acres. The engravings from which our views are taken were made in 1834. O
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., Index. (search)
Factory school-house on Elm St., 131; at lower village, 132. Factory with orderly surroundings, 129. Fairs appointed at Watertown, 68 n. 2. Fairs at Waltham Abbey, 68. Fales, Rev. T. F., rector, 119. Fall of fresh waters, 21, 70. Falls: of Charles River, 21, 70; a disadvantage attending most of the great rivers lestown, 14 n. 1. Wall-paper, quaint old, 139. Waltham: area of, 137; assessment upon, 100; description of, 128 n. 1; in war of 1812, 109; named from Waltham-Abbey, 66; originally part of Watertown, 9; population of, 138-9; pronunciation of name, 69; the place three leagues up Charles River, 15 n. 2; valuation of, 139; 108. Waltham-Abbey, 66-69. Waltham Agricultural Library Association, 140. Waltham Cotton and Wool Factory Co. incorporated, 92; description of, 128. Waltham Improvement Co., 136. Waltham plain, 26, 27, 38. Waltham roads model roads, 51-52. Wand, the constable's, 75. War of 1812, Waltham in, 109. Ward, Caleb, hous