Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, MA 1852

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1 Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, MA 1852 To find your town, click on the name in the list below (See also detailed Table of Contents inside) BEDFORD * BILLERICA ** BOSTON BRAINTREE * BRIGHTON BROOKLINE BURLINGTON * CAMBRIDGE CANTON ** CHARLESTOWN CHELSEA CONCORD ** DANVERS * DEDHAM * DORCHESTER DOVER * HINGHAM * LEXINGTON LINCOLN * LYNN LYNNFIELD * MALDEN MARBLE HEAD ** MEDFIELD ** MEDFORD MELROSE MILTON * NEEDHAM * NEWTON NORTH CHELSEA QUINCY * READING * ROXBURY SALEM * SAUGUS SOMERVILLE SOUTH READING * Large portions, but not all of these 16 towns shown. ** Only small portions of these 6 towns shown. STONEHAM SWAMPSCOTT WALTHAM WATER TOWN WEST CAMBRIDGE WEST ROXBURY WESTON * WEYMOUTH * WILMINGTON ** WINCHESTER WINTHROP WOBURN A complete copy of the 1852 county wall map showing the names and locations of 1000s of houses, businesses, churches and schools. Edition of October, 2007 Old Maps PO Box 54 West Chesterfield, NH Map of Middlesex County, MA 1856

2 Modern Town Outline Map 2 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

3 Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts 1852 The original map is a large wall map measuring about 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, which has been taken apart for this edition by scanning it as separate images. This edition is made possible through the generosity of the Harvard College Map Library, which granted permission to use a copy of their original map. Map of Middlesex County, MA 1856

4 An Historical Sketch of The Map The 1852 Map of the City and vicinity of Boston is an important historical document. The map pinpoints the names and locations of every residence, workplace, church and school of more than 40 surrounding towns of Boston. This map is one of the earliest of this type of map made of Massachusetts towns and counties created in the 1850s- a period of extraordinary mapmaking in America. The author of this map, J. L. Sidney of Philadelphia, was one of the pioneers of the map-making business. Few details of this map s origins are known, but we do know the general methods used for these projects. Roads were measured with a wheel odometer, similar to the wheelbarrow-like device pictured here, or one drawn by horse and buggy. The original road surveys for this privately-produced map were made to the best standards of the time. This map served as the basis for later mapping for decades afterwards. The surveyor would ask the names of farmstead owners as he passed by, and would surely add a brief sales pitch for the new map... after all, the map would carry the name of the resident engraved upon it. Publication was announced in local newspapers, and local offices were set up where advance orders for the new map could be taken. A typical mid-1850s price was five dollars per copy. Prominent citizens allowed their names to be used in the map s advertisements, testifying to the merits of the map, and no doubt assuring it of financial success. Pictures of the homes of prominent citizens were added for a fee. The map was printed on four separate sheets which were assembled and glued together onto a cloth backing. Each copy was then hand-colored in several different hues, varnished, and mounted on wooden rollers. The final size is 42 x 41. Note on Map Size This publication was prepared for use as a computer-based PDF file, formatted as a 12 x 17 booklet. This size allows the reader to print out the maps at home. The formatting and sizes of maps have been adjusted to make the town and village maps easily readable, and on one page if possible. For this reason some maps are presented at different scales. All town maps are at 100% unless specified. In these cases a % number indicates the change (e.g. 125% means the printed map will be 25% larger than the original). Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

5 Table of Contents 1 Title Page with Town Names 2 Modern Outline Map and List of Towns 3 Map of the City & Vicinity of Boston, Introduction 5 Table of Contents 6 BEDFORD*, BILLERICA**, & CONCORD** 7 BOSTON 8 BRIGHTON 9 BROOKLINE 10 BURLINGTON* 11 CAMBRIDGE 12 CHARLESTOWN 13 CHELSEA 14 DANVERS* 15 DEDHAM* & CANTON* 16 DORCHESTER 17 DOVER* & MEDFIELD** 18 HINGHAM* 19 LEXINGTON 20 LINCOLN* 21 LYNN 22 LYNNFIELD* 23 MALDEN 24 MEDFORD 25 MELROSE 26 MILTON 27 NEEDHAM* 28 NEWTON 29 NORTH CHELSEA 30 QUINCY* & BRAINTREE* 31 READING* 32 ROXBURY 33 SALEM & MARBLEHEAD** 34 SAUGUS 35 SOMERVILLE 36 SOUTH READING 37 STONEHAM 38 SWAMPSCOTT 39 WALTHAM 40 WATER TOWN 41 WEST CAMBRIDGE 42 WEST ROXBURY 43 WESTON* 44 WEYMOUTH* 45 WINCHESTER 46 WINTHROP 47 WOBURN & WILMINGTON** Pictorial Engravings 48 Faneuil Hall 48 State House in Boston 50 Map of the City & Vicinity of Boston, 1852 * Large portions, but not all of these 16 towns shown. ** Only small portions of these 6 towns shown. Map of Middlesex County, MA

6 BEDFORD* BILLERICA** - CONCORD** Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

7 BOSTON Map of Middlesex County, MA 1856

8 BRIGHTON 250% 8 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

9 BROOKLINE 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA 1856

10 BURLINGTON* 150% 10 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

11 CAMBRIDGE 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

12 CHARLESTOWN 250% 12 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

13 CHELSEA 250% Map of Middlesex County, MA

14 DANVERS* 14 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

15 DEDHAM* & CANTON** Map of Middlesex County, MA

16 DORCHESTER 16 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

17 DOVER* & MEDFIELD** 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

18 HINGHAM* 150% 18 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

19 LEXINGTON Map of Middlesex County, MA

20 LINCOLN* 150% 20 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

21 LYNN Map of Middlesex County, MA

22 LYNNFIELD* 150% 22 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

23 MALDEN 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

24 MEDFORD 150% 24 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

25 MELROSE 250% Map of Middlesex County, MA

26 MILTON* 26 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

27 NEEDHAM* Map of Middlesex County, MA

28 NEWTON 28 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

29 NORTH CHELSEA 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

30 QUINCY* & BRAINTREE* 90% 30 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

31 READING* 250% Map of Middlesex County, MA

32 ROXBURY 32 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH %

33 SALEM* & MARBLE HEAD** Map of Middlesex County, MA

34 SAUGUS 34 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

35 SOMERVILLE 250% Map of Middlesex County, MA

36 SOUTH READING 150% 36 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

37 STONEHAM 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

38 SWAMPSCOTT 250% 38 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

39 WALTHAM Map of Middlesex County, MA

40 WATER TOWN 250% 40 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

41 WEST CAMBRIDGE 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

42 WEST ROXBURY 150% 42 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

43 WESTON* 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

44 WEYMOUTH* 150% 44 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

45 WINCHESTER 150% Map of Middlesex County, MA

46 WINTHROP 250% 46 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

47 WOBURN & WILMINGTON** Map of Middlesex County, MA

48 PICTORIAL ENGRAVINGS 250% Faneuil Hall The State House 48 Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH

49 Map of Middlesex County, MA

50 Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, Map of the City & Vicinty of Boston, MA Old Maps West Chesterfield, NH