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Much of the area contained second homes, so the beach was an active place. As the area became more year-round the commercial business slowly shut down. The Montasco Inn, owned/operated for many years by the Poirot's was torn down in the 1960's. The landmark Waverly Inn burned to the ground in the early 1970s truly marking the end of an era.
Cheshire, Connecticut was first settled in 1694 as part of Wallingford. It was then known as New Cheshire Parish. [5] After many attempts in securing their independence from Wallingford, New Cheshire Parish was granted secession and was later incorporated as a town in May 1780 as Cheshire. [6] The name is a transfer from Cheshire, in England. [7]
The ceremonial county of Cheshire is administered by four unitary authorities (click on the map for details): 1 – Cheshire West and Chester. 2 – Cheshire East. 3 – Warrington. 4 – Halton. In the local government reorganisation of 1974, Cheshire gained an area formerly in Lancashire including Widnes and Warrington.
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The road then clips the town of Prospect for about 0.4 miles (as Mountain Road) before entering the town of Cheshire. In Cheshire, the road name becomes Bethany Mountain Road as it traverses the ridge separating Prospect/Bethany and Cheshire (part of the Metacomet Ridge). At the end of Bethany Mountain Road, Route 42 turns north onto North ...
The Cheshire Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Cheshire, Connecticut. Centered on the junction of Main Street and Academy Road, the district's architecture is reflective of the town's development over two centuries, and includes many of its civic buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Route 70 is a 10.92-mile-long (17.57 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, connecting the towns of Cheshire and Meriden.The western half of the route is an important link between the Greater New Haven and the Greater Waterbury areas and is part of the state primary highway system.
Westville is located in the western part of the city west of the West River.The official neighborhood planning area for Westville is defined to be the area bordered by the neighboring town of Woodbridge, Connecticut on the west (the border runs roughly along the Wilbur Cross Parkway), by the Amity neighborhood on the north (along Fountain Street), by the West Rock neighborhood on the northeast ...