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62: 79: 894: 104: 906: 438: 883: 111: 86: 252:). The first meetinghouse was built in 1646 on a site at the green's northwest corner, where subsequent churches stood until the present 1869 First Parish Church was built across High Road. The First Parish Cemetery was also laid out in 1646, and is where many of Newbury's early settlers are buried. The green was used as an encampment side during the 267:
The historic district is bounded on the south by the upper green, and the buildings that face it on High Road, Green Street, and Hanover Street. It then extends northward along High Road to the present town line with Newburyport (separated from Newbury in 1764). Most of the buildings in the
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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
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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district are residential wood frame structures. Notable among these are the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Newbury Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Newbury Historic District is located in the United States
Newbury, Massachusetts
42°47′51″N 70°51′44″W / 42.79750°N 70.86222°W / 42.79750; -70.86222
76000275
Newbury, Massachusetts
Newburyport
National Register of Historic Places
Parker River
West Newbury
American Revolutionary War
Benedict Arnold
en route to Quebec
Swett-Ilsley House
Coffin House
Historic New England
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Newbury Historic District"
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