File:History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893) (14750340286).jpg

Identifier: historyoftownofh01hing (find matches)
Title: History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Hingham (Mass.) Bouvé, Thomas T. (Thomas Tracy), 1815-1896 Bouvé, Edward Tracy Long, John Davis, 1838-1915 Bouvé, Walter Lincoln Lincoln, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1846-1911 Lincoln, George, 1822-1909 Hersey, Edmund Burr, Fearing Seymour, Charles W. S. (Charles Winfield Scott), 1839-1895
Subjects: Geology -- Massachusetts Hingham Botany -- Massachusetts Hingham Registers of births, etc. -- Massachusetts Hingham Hingham (Mass.) -- History Hingham (Mass.) -- Genealogy
Publisher: (Hingham) : Pub. by the town
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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e natural consequence. Great Hill is rather a barren height, as are most of the smalleminences about it: but interspersed among these are variouslittle green and fertile meadows. Some of them arc under culti-vation, others growing up to woods, which it is to be hoped willadvance up the slopes of the hills, thus increasing their valueand enhancing their beauty. The neighborhood is of great in-terest to the geologist, exhibiting as it does, remarkable tracesof the occupancy of this region by the great glacier. PigeonPlain is a sandy tract of land between the Great Hill districtand High Street. It was in early days a haunt of the wildpigeons. South of Hobart Street, and between it and High Street, liesHemlock Swamp. At the corner of French and High streets isNutty (or Nutters) Hill, so called because the early settlersfound walnuts there in great abundance. Beyond High Street is Ward Street. The portion of this road.Old Ward Street, which used to be a highway running nearly ■/. •j. y
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Ancient Landmarks. 183 due south to Queen Anns Turnpike, is discontinued, althougheven now it is a delightful bridle path through the thick woods.Where it crosses a small branch of Plymouth River is a pecu-liarly shaped field always known as Ox-13ow Meadow. Thepresent part of Ward Street between its junction with Old WardStreet and Gushing Street, used to be called Fox Lane. RootsBridge and Roots Hill are near the junction referred to. Riding through the pleasant old deserted Ward Street, we reachWhiting Street, formerly Queen Anns Turnpike (or Quean Anns Turnpike). This name, sad to say, was not bestowed inhonor of good Queen Anne, but was derived from the sobriquetof a far less reputable individual, who kept a tavern of unsavoryreputation upon it in former days. This street enters Hingham from Weymouth, and makes itsexit at Queen Anns Corner, just east of Accord Pond, at thepoint where it meets Main Street. On Whiting Street, near theWeymouth line, is a rocky ridge across the street

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