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Woodstock was settled in 1686 by English colonists from Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was known as New Roxbury until 1690, when it was incorporated as Woodstock. The early settlers occupied the ridge along which Plain Ridge Road now runs, and the area now occupied by the green, Congregational church, and adjacent cemetery were ...
Roughly along Pomfret St. and CT 169, from Bradley Rd. to Woodstock Rd. 41°53′19″N 71°57′51″W / 41.888611°N 71.964167°W / 41.888611; -71.964167 ( Pomfret Street Historic Pomfret
Woodstock Academy, established in 1802, is one of the oldest private schools in Connecticut. Repairs to its first building were supported by Henry Chandler Bowen, whose summer residence, the Roseland Cottage, also faces the Woodstock Green. In 1867 he kicked off a fundraising campaign to build a new classroom building, pledging $5000 to the ...
Woodstock Middle School, acquired in 1996, has an enrollment of more than 400 in Grades 5–8. [9] The town has an "Independent New England Academy" (a special public / private school governed by a 30-member Board of Trustees) [10] called Woodstock Academy. From 1941 to 1980, Woodstock was home to Annhurst College, a private, Catholic institution.
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Sep. 3—A few Chandler Traditional Academy parents are unhappy with a change in math curriculum at Chandler Unified School District. For two consecutive governing board meetings, parents have ...
The Norwich and Woodstock Turnpike was a private toll road incorporated in 1801 connecting the city of Norwich to the town center of Woodstock. The corporation was dissolved in 1846. The turnpike left Norwich using Canterbury Turnpike, crossing the Shetucket River at Occum and continuing northeast on Kinsman Hill Road to Route 169.
The portion of modern Route 171 between South Woodstock and Woodstock Valley was part of an early toll road known as Woodstock and Somers Turnpike. This section of the turnpike became part of a state highway in 1922 with the designation Highway 183. Old Highway 183 continued south of Woodstock Valley to Eastford along modern Route 198.