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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., Changes along
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nd meetinghouse and first schoolhouse. Here the valley shows little change in three-quarters of a century. Passing over the brook and going up the hill, the great rock on Oborne rode is much in evidence; for old High street was the Oborne or Woburn road in the old time when Medford began to be a town. Indeed, the road had to find its way between two great rocks or ledges, one of which crowds it closely. On the lesser one stood the first meeting-house, and farther on the newer road to Mistick Weare turned to the left, at Brooks' corner, and keeps the name of High for its entire course. At this corner (which now has a marker, Jerome C. Judkins Square,) stands, beneath three tall sycamores, the house of Jonathan Brooks, an acconnt of which, written by its occupant, Mrs. Alfred Brooks, may be found in the Register, Vol. XV, p. 67. Across the street, at the corner of Hastings lane, is the much older but well preserved house of John Bradshaw, where the first church of Medford was gath