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Salisbury

Salisbury is a Massachusetts historical marker in Salisbury, Essex County, dedicated 1930.

Route 1 at Salisbury-Seabrook line, Salisbury · location approximate

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Early name Colechester settled 1638. Name changed to Salisbury 1640 in compliment to its Puritan clergyman William Worcester of Salisbury, England.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of Salisbury, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.
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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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