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36-725: Wenham can refer to: Locality [ edit ] Wenham, Massachusetts , town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States Wenham Historic District , historic district in Wenham, Massachusetts Hamilton/Wenham (MBTA station) , Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company passenger station Wenham Lake , lake near Wenham, Massachusetts Wenham Lake Ice Company Wenham, village in Carver, Massachusetts , now East Carver Wenham Magna , Wenham Parva , Little Wenham , villages in

72-676: A camp meeting at Asbury Grove in 1859. In the 1880s, the Myopia Hunt Club , which had been named in jest for its nearsighted founders, moved from Winchester, Massachusetts , to the Gibney Farm in Hamilton. Beginning as a lawn tennis and baseball club, it turned to polo , the hunt , and golf as members built large summer estates in the area. Myopia donated the site for the General George S. Patton Memorial Park to

108-614: A representative collection is in the possession of the Wenham Museum. Wenham was originally a part of Salem . Salem's minister Hugh Peters preached to a group on a hill by the Great Pond around 1638, probably to encourage settlement. The earliest land grants in the Wenham area roughly coincide with Peters' sermon. The hill was leveled in later years to make room for the ice industry at the Great Pond. In September 1643,

144-405: A rich equestrian heritage, which remains strong due to the influence of the many horse farms and of Myopia Hunt Club , which holds frequent equestrian events, including polo most Sunday afternoons. (Myopia also hosts a Thanksgiving Day fox hunt each year that the public may attend. ) Thus, people visiting Hamilton may well share the secondary roads with horse and pony riders. Patton Park, one of

180-683: Is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts , United States. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 7,561. Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially zoned land. Though Hamilton is a landlocked town in the North Shore region of Massachusetts, its proximity to it provides easy access to the Atlantic seashore with its reservations, beaches and boating. The town includes many historic houses, pastoral landscapes, and old stone walls that accompany winding tree-lined roads. It also has

216-406: Is closely tied to its neighboring town of Hamilton , sharing a school system, library, recreation department, commuter rail station , and newspaper. In 2010, the community of Hamilton-Wenham was listed among the "Best Places to Live" by Boston magazine . Wenham was settled in 1635 and officially incorporated in 1643. English settlers came to Wenham in the 1630s, but the area had been home to

252-666: Is commonly but erroneously regarded as the last witch trial in England Leslie Peter Wenham (1911-1990), British archaeologist, historian and professor Jane Wenham (actress) (1927–2018), English actress John Wenham (1913–1996), Anglican bible scholar, father of the theologian David Wenham Stuart Wenham , (1957–2017), Australian scientist Zoë Wenham , (1994-), British racing driver Other [ edit ] " The Witch of Wenham ", 1877 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) All pages with titles containing Wenham Topics referred to by

288-685: Is crossed by Massachusetts Route 128 , with one exit within town. Route 1A crosses through the center of town, with Route 22 crossing through the east and Route 97 crossing the southwest corner of town. Route 35 ends at Route 97 just over the Topsfield town line. Wenham lies along the Newburyport section of the Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail . The Hamilton/Wenham station straddles

324-509: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wenham, Massachusetts The town of Wenham was settled in 1635 and incorporated in 1643. It has retained much of its historic character and rural scenery. It is a town of many open views of farm lands, lakes, woodlands, historic homes, and old stone walls that accompany its winding tree-lined roads. It features nearly 300 acres (120 ha) of parks, playgrounds, and recreational lands. Wenham

360-627: Is land and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km ), or 5.91%, is water. It is one of the inland communities within the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's North Shore Task Force, but it is not part of the North Shore in the strictest sense, as it is not on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean (it lies 4 miles (6 km) north of Massachusetts Bay ). Wenham Lake lies within the town and in neighboring Beverly, and several other smaller ponds lie within town. A stretch of

396-595: Is land and 0.73 square miles (1.9 km ), or 4.89%, is water. Hamilton lies 5 miles (8 km) inland from Massachusetts Bay , and both the eastern and western portion of town are bordered by water, with the Ipswich River to the west and Chebacco Lake and several other small ponds to the east. The highest point in town is found on Blueberry Hill in Bradley Palmer State Park , with an elevation of at least 215 feet (66 m), according to

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432-400: Is located 12 miles (19 km) south of Newburyport , 8 miles (13 km) north of Salem and 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Boston . As of the census of 2000, there were 8,315 people, 2,668 households, and 2,142 families residing in the town. (Update: The population was 8251 in 2009, down less than 100 from the 8,315 of the 2000 census. Based on the total area, both land and water,

468-585: Is located in Wenham. It is an independent, all-girls college preparatory secondary school. Girls in grades 9–12 attend the school. Wenham is part of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District. The town has one public elementary school, the Buker school. Middle school students attend Miles River Middle School, and high school students attend Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School . Hamilton, Massachusetts Hamilton

504-463: The Agawam people , an Eastern Algonquian tribe whose numbers were greatly reduced by a massive epidemic around 1617, possibly smallpox . Three grandchildren of Agawam Chief Masconomet pressed a claim to the lands of Wenham, Beverly, and Manchester in 1700, and Wenham selectmen paid them three pounds and ten shillings for the quitclaim. Indian artifacts were found frequently throughout Wenham, and

540-706: The General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from Salem. Wenham provided volunteers in King Philip's War in the 1670s, and the French and Indian War in the mid 1700s. In 1774, the town voted to select 15 men as minutemen , and from that time on Loyalists were not welcome in Wenham. In 1909, steel magnate Henry Clay Frick bought

576-647: The Salem Beverly Waterway Canal passes through town as well, and the southernmost portion of the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary lies in the western part of town. Wenham is bordered on the south by Beverly , on the east by Manchester-by-the-Sea , on the north by Hamilton , on the northwest by Topsfield , and on the west by Danvers . Wenham lies 6 miles (10 km) north of Salem and 21 miles (34 km) north-northeast of Boston . The eastern end of Wenham

612-493: The census of 2000, there were 4,440 people, 1,285 households, and 957 families residing in the town. The population density was 575.2 inhabitants per square mile (222.1/km ). There were 1,320 housing units at an average density of 171.0 per square mile (66.0/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 97.84% White , 0.43% African American , 0.02% Native American , 1.35% Asian , 0.07% from other races , and 0.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of

648-710: The Babergh district of Suffolk, England People [ edit ] Alison Wenham OBE , founder of the Association of Independent Music , later CEO of World Independent Networks Brian Wenham , controller of BBC Two from 1978 until 1982 David Wenham (1965–), Australian actor David Wenham (theologian) (1945–), British theologian, son of John Wenham Francis Herbert Wenham (1824–1908), British engineer and inventor Gordon Wenham (1943–), English theologian Kelly Wenham (1983–), English actress Jane Wenham (alleged witch) (?–1730), subject of what

684-576: The English farms and estates they had left behind. The town was incorporated on June 21, 1793, and named for Alexander Hamilton , whose portrait became the town seal in 1903. With the arrival of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1839, the population center moved gradually southward toward the depot. The farm village proved to be an attractive location for Boston groups seeking land for recreation and renewal. A Methodist ministers' association first held

720-749: The Iron Rail property so that his daughter Helen could create a vacation home for the mill girls throughout New England . Helen Frick transferred the Iron Rail Vacation Home to the Girls' Clubs of America in 1954, and the town of Wenham bought the property in the 1970s. In 1921, the Historical Committee of the Wenham Village Improvement Society bought the 17th-century Claflin-Richards house at

756-404: The average family size was 3.19. In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 23.6% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males. The median income for a household in the town

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792-407: The average family size was 3.22. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. The median income for a household in the town

828-622: The center of town. They eventually added the museum and "the Barn", which became Burnham Hall. The Wenham Historical Association and Museum became independent from the Village Improvement Society and underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1997. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21.1 km ), of which 7.6 square miles (19.8 km )

864-422: The density is therefore 553.8 persons per square mile.) As of the 2000 census, there were 2,825 housing units at an average density of 193.5 per square mile (74.7/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 94.19% White , 0.47% African American , 0.17% Native American , 4.26% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.34% from other races , and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of

900-495: The most recent (2011-2012) USGS 7.5-minute topographical map. Several areas of town are protected, including Myopia Hunt Club and parts of Bradley Palmer State Park, Appleton Farm Grass Rides, and the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Hamilton is bordered by Ipswich to the north, Essex to the east, Manchester-by-the-Sea to the southeast, Wenham to the south, and Topsfield to the west. It

936-578: The parks in downtown Hamilton, was named after General George S. Patton . The park is a center of activity for the town. Hamilton is closely tied to neighboring Wenham , sharing a school system, library, recreation department, commuter rail station and newspaper. Hamilton includes South Hamilton , a part of Hamilton that the Postal Service has assigned the ZIP Code 01982. "Hamilton" and "South Hamilton" differ only in ZIP Code and are otherwise

972-408: The population. There were 1,285 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. Of all households 22.5% were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and

1008-409: The population. There were 2,668 households, out of which 66.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. Of all households, 15.7% were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and

1044-531: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wenham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wenham&oldid=1162208183 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists English-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description

1080-613: The same town. In June 1638, John Winthrop the Younger , son of the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , bought most of present-day Essex County from Masconomet , chief of the Agawam Indians , for the sum of twenty English pounds . A memorial stone on Sagamore Hill in southeastern Hamilton marks where Masconomet was buried with his gun and tomahawk around 1658. Hamilton was first settled in 1638 and

1116-552: The town line between Hamilton and Wenham with the parking lot roughly half on one side and half on the other and the loading platform about 56 feet north east of the town line, and the North Beverly station lies south of town in Beverly. The tip of the north runway of Beverly Municipal Airport lies just within town; the nearest national and international air service is located at Boston's Logan International Airport . As of

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1152-595: The town of Hamilton. The park continues to be a recreation center for the town. In 1921, the Mandell family built the Community House in memory of the eight men in Hamilton and Wenham who died in military service during World War I , including their son, Sam. They commissioned Guy Lowell , a respected architect of Boston and New York, to design the building, and gave the Community House in trust for

1188-524: The use of the residents of both towns. Although in its early days the Community House offered activities such as bowling and a men's smoking room, it now features a wide range of classes and activities for all ages. In 2021, Hamilton became the first town in Massachusetts to mandate composting. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 14.9 square miles (38.6 km ), of which 14.2 square miles (36.7 km )

1224-595: Was $ 116,900. The per capita income for the town was $ 50,599. About 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line . Hamilton is esteemed for the regional school district it shares with neighboring Wenham , and Hamilton is where the majority of the schools in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District are located. The town serves two elementary schools; the Winthrop, and Cutler schools. The town only has one middle school;

1260-486: Was $ 90,524, and the median income for a family was $ 98,004. Males had a median income of $ 76,639 versus $ 43,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 36,812. About 1.2% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. Wenham is home to Gordon College , a private four-year Christian college. The Academy at Penguin Hall

1296-567: Was originally a section of Ipswich known as "The Hamlet". The first recorded land grant in the Hamlet was Matthew Whipple's farm, dated 1638. Three years later the new stagecoach road from Boston to Newburyport (Bay Road) was laid out through the Whipple land. Other early settlers of the Hamlet, including the Appletons, Winthrops, Lamsons, and Dodges, were attracted by countryside similar to

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