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Byfield is a village (also referred to as a "parish") in the town of Newbury, in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It borders West Newbury , Georgetown , and Rowley . It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Boston , along Interstate 95 , about 10 miles (16 km) south of the border between New Hampshire and ...
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Gristmills and sawmills were built, and in 1794, the first textile mill in Massachusetts. At Byfield in 1763 was founded the nation's first boarding preparatory school, Dum'r (Dummer) Charity School, known subsequently as Dummer Academy, Governor Dummer Academy, and now The Governor's Academy. It was also site of the first female seminary ...
In 1763, the Dummer Charity School was founded in memory of William Dummer (d. 1761), who served as the acting governor of Massachusetts from 1723 to 1728. [3] A widower with no children, [3] [4] Dummer bequeathed his family farm in Byfield, Massachusetts to Charles Chauncy, Thomas Foxcroft, and Nathaniel Dummer with instructions to establish a "Free Grammar School."
SouthField is a form-based code planned community located on the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station in South Weymouth, Massachusetts.It is a 1,400-acre (6 km 2) site 12 miles (19 km) south of Boston that overlaps three towns: Weymouth, Abington, and Rockland.
BOSTON – Two people were arrested Saturday night in Boston for what police describe as a "hazardous drone operation.". Robert Duffy, 42, of Charlestown, and 32-year-old Jeremy Folcik of ...
Triton Regional High School is a public high school in the village of Byfield within the town of Newbury, Massachusetts. Triton High also serves the nearby towns of Rowley and Salisbury . Sports and extracurriculars
Northbound access to I-495 south is possible via exit 58 for Route 110 westbound, which leads to I-495's exit 119 (old exit 55) (I-495's last northbound exit before I-95). The northernmost exit in Massachusetts is exit 90 (old exit 60), providing access to Main Street toward Amesbury and Route 286 toward Salisbury Beach and Hampton Beach (the ...