Newest Condominiums and
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| $1,695,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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4 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 349,900 |
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Condominium
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2 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 725,000 |
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Condominium
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 624,900 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 659,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 1 Half Baths
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| $ 599,900 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 619,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 545,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $2,075,000 |
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Single Family Home
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5 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 3 Half Baths
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| $ 785,000 |
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Single Family Home
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5 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 619,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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3 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 949,000 |
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Single Family Home
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3 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 549,000 |
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Single Family Home
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4 Bedrooms
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2 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| $ 229,000 |
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Condominium
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1 Bedrooms
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1 Full Baths - 0 Half Baths
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| Manchester, Massachusetts |
| Population |
5,286 |
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| Tax Rate |
7.53 (2008) |
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| Town Web Site |
Town Web Site |
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| School Research |
Department of Education
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Independent Research
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Manchester, Massachusetts is located
Northeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Beverly and Wenham on the west, Hamilton
and Essex on the north, Gloucester on the east, and the Atlantic Ocean on the
south. Manchester-by-the-Sea is located 25 miles north of Boston and 245 miles
from New York City. Principal highways are State Routes 127 and 128. Commuter rail service to Beverly Farms Station and North Station, Boston,
is available from Manchester Station. Travel time from Manchester Station:
47-54 min.; 71 MBTA parking spaces.
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| The Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea was included in a grant of land to the
Massachusetts Bay Colony made in 1629 by Charles I who signed their charter
in that year. By June of the same year the first ship, the Talbot, dropped
anchor in Manchester Harbor carrying settlers for the new town. Formally
incorporated in 1645, the young community displayed its moral foundations
by adopting a set of laws and regulations that prohibited the slave trade,
made cruelty to animals a civil offence and forbade imprisonment for debt.
Historians point out that these goodly beginnings may have led the
colonists to go overboard as they continued to try to legislate all
behavior with laws about how to conduct a courtship, laws against "excess
in apparel" or "immodest laying out of theire haire". In 1644 a tide-mill
was established, in 1668 a sawmill was built and in 1684 Aaron Bennett set
up a grist mill. Foreshadowing its maritime future, John Norton began
building ships on land granted him near the shore in 1684. By 1700 the
prosperous burghers of Manchester were able to pay Masconomet, the sagamore
of the Agawam Indians, 3 pounds and 19 shillings in silver money for all
rights to the lands on which the town stood.
The town's economy was based on some farming and a lot of fishing for cod
and mackerel, and Manchester men were known as good mariners. In 1810, 50
masters of vessels were Manchester residents. Manchester men were patriotic
as well and they served in the successful assault on Louisburg in Canada,
while the town meeting raised money to support the Minute Men. The life of
the town was largely maritime with a fishing fleet, fish yards and fish
storage warehouses until the decay of the fishing industry freed workers
for the newly expanded woodworking and cabinet making jobs.
In 1845 a new phase opened in the town when the first summer resident, poet
Richard Dana, built his vacation home. Manchester quickly became a very
fashionable watering place for wealthy people from the city and the town
gained an increasingly important summer population. In 1868 the original
Town Hall was built, while the public library was given to the town by the
Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, a summer resident in 1886.
In modern times, Manchester has retained its reputation as a fashionable
summer address, while developing a new suburban population as a handsome
residential community. |
Map of Manchester
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Some information gathered on Manchester, MA is courtesy of Commonwealth Communities at Mass.gov
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