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Newbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,716 at the 2020 census. [1] Newbury includes the villages of Old Town (Newbury Center), Plum Island and Byfield. Each village is a precinct with its own voting district, various town offices, and business center.
The town of Newbury was incorporated in 1635, with the original town center located around the Lower Green, about 2-1/2 miles to the south, on the banks of the Parker River. The present upper green was laid out in 1642 as a militia training ground, and became the new center of the town (which then included both Newburyport and West Newbury ...
Between 1820 and the early 1900s, an active Quaker community existed in West Newbury. The Quaker Meetinghouse stood at what is now 114 Turkey Hill Street [10] and the Quaker Burial Ground, which was established in the 1850s, is located along the Artichoke Reservoir [11] During the 19th century, West Newbury was home to a vibrant industrial ...
The Swett–Ilsley House (c. 1670) is a much extended Colonial house located at 4 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, United States. It is now owned by Historic New England , formerly the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA), and operated as a study museum .
Coffin House circa 1907. Coffin House, July 2007. The Coffin House is a historic Colonial American house, currently estimated to have been constructed circa 1678. It is located at 14 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts, and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.
Wildwood Hall stands in southeastern Newbury, on a hillside overlooking the Connecticut River valley to the east and south. It is set on the north side of Moore's Hill Road, on an 11-acre (4.5 ha) parcel that is formally landscaped in the immediate vicinity of the house.
The village of South Newbury consists of a small collection of residences and some associated outbuildings. It is located at the junction of Doe Lane and Doe Hill Road, the latter being a former alignment of United States Route 5, which now runs just to the east of the village. Four of the five houses are clustered at the junction, while the ...
Front view Side view from High Road. The Dole–Little House is a historic house at 289 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts.It is now a non-profit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public, for a fee, at rare intervals.