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Wenham

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Route 1A at Wenham-Beverly line, Wenham · location approximate

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Settled about 1636, called Enon, "because there was much water there" (St. John iii, 23). Set off from Salem and name changed to Wenham 1643.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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