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  Hatfield
The town is the site of the original campus of Hatfield Polytechnic[?], which has since become the University of Hertfordshire[?].
Hatfield House in the vicinity is a famous film location that appears in a number of films that include Batman and Eyes Wide Shut.
Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa - an affluent suburb on the east side of the city, containing a number of consulates, embassies and the University of Pretoria[?].
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 Hatfield, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hatfield was also the birthplace and hometown of Sophia Smith, the founder of both Smith Academy (the Hatfield Public High School), and Smith College, the famous women's college.
Hatfield is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River at the mouth of the Mill River, 25 miles north of Springfield and about 100 miles west of Boston.
It is bordered to the west by Horse Mountain (a typical New England granite glacial remnant), to the north by the Town of Whately, Massachusetts and to the south by a bend in the Connecticut River, and Northampton, Massachusetts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hatfield,_Massachusetts   (607 words)

  
 Hatfield, Western Massachusetts, Heritage Surveys, Land Surveyors, surveyor, engineer, engineering, civil ...
Hatfield is bordered by Whately and South Deerfield to the north, Hadley to the east and south, and Northampton and Williamsburg to the west.
The Town of Hatfield is an historic agricultural river town on the west bank of the Connecticut River.Main Street in Hatfield retains a remarkable historic character, with a dense concentration of well-preserved 18th and 19th century family homes.
Hatfield was commonly called "The West Side" while it was still legally considered part of Hadley, which stood on the East Bank of the Connecticut.
www.heritagesurveys.com /hatfield.htm   (1105 words)

  
 Hatfield Massachusetts, 1890
The Connecticut River Railroad passes through the midst of the town north and south, having stations at the north, south and centre.
The soil is fertile, and remunerative crops of maize, wheat, rye, hay and tobacco are produced, Hatfield, for more than a century and a half, enjoyed a reputation for fat cattle; but the tobacco crop, according to the census, is now far the most valuable item; being, in 1S85, 929,993 pounds, worth $99,938.
Jacob Walker, who, respected by the brave, beloved by his country's friends, dear to his relations, while manfully defending the laws and liberties of the Commonwealth, nobly fell by the impious hand of treason and rebellion on the 17th of February, 1787, in the 32nd year of his age.
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 Hatfield, MA - Pioneer Valley Viewpoint - Building Community in the Pioneer Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was about the Hatfield school committee's recent decision to trim $162,000 from its budget for next year, in part by eliminating the town's band program.
Town politics in Western MA — they're particularly heated this year, as our newly-elected governor has been turning town governments upside down with rampant cuts to schools and social services.
Throughout the 1700s, residents of this "prosperous town on a strong agricultural base" (as it was described) raised sheep and cattle.
www.valleyviewpoint.com /spotlights/hatfield.htm   (1088 words)

  
 Hadley Hatfield Huntington Five College Area Pioneer Valley Western Massachusetts
Scholars claim the town common to be the longest in all of New England.
Hatfield is home to the founder of Smith College, one of the largest and most respected women's colleges in the world.
Sophia Smith, the Hatfield native and educational visionary who founded Smith College with money she inherited at the age of 65, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in October 2000.
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 Smith Academy High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
An agreement between the trustees and the town fathers split jurisdiction over the school, with the former group maintaining responsibility for the building while an elected school committee oversaw educational supplies and curriculum.
Because Hatfield did not have the required enrollment to qualify for state building assistance funds, a decision was made to request a special act of the Massachusetts Legislature giving the town an exemption from this requirement.
A decision favorable to the town was enacted on December 21, 1977, and state funds were made available.
www.hatfieldpublicschools.net /smith/history.asp   (671 words)

  
 Hatfield (town), Massachusetts - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hatfield is a town located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,249.
The racial makeup of the town is 98.03% White, 0.22% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.58% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races.
www.mvlife.com.cob-web.org:8888 /mv/mvlife_wiki/ha/Hatfield_(town),_Massachusetts.html   (349 words)

  
 Independent Candidate, Billy Szych, is Officially on the Ballot for First Congressional District Seat in Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hatfield, MA (PRWEB) August 2, 2006 -- William H. “Billy” Szych has successfully reached the first major milestone in his candidacy to represent the 1st Congressional District in the United States Congress.
When Szych became Hatfield's Town Administrator, he acquired first-hand experience in the challenges facing all towns and cities throughout the Commonwealth, especially in the development of balanced budgets during severe cuts in State aid.
Szych was working as Town Administrator on September 11, 2001, and, as a result of the terrorist attacks, he volunteered to return to active duty.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/8/prweb419766.htm   (846 words)

  
 Hayride tour of Historic Sunderland
Aside from reading the date written on the sign near the door, clues to its early date are found in the overhang on the gable end, the narrow clapboards, and the placement of the second story windows close to the cornice under the roof on the second floor.
The town voted to pay for an additional four days' training, but admonished the fledgling Minutemen to "appl[y] themselves to the business." Just in case there was any confusion about expectations, the town voted that if a Minuteman subsequently refused to serve in the war, he would get no wages at all.
By the end of Depression, Irish and Polish families were major landowners in town, and Roman A. Skibiski, who bought this house and caused all the stir, was one of the largest farm equipment dealers in the state.
www.townofsunderland.us /HAYRIDE.html   (6563 words)

  
 Williamsburg, Massachusetts - Town Profile & History
Perhaps the fabric of character of the town, today, is owing to the events of its past: an unusual history that has gone largely untold for generations.
The Town of Williamsburg is located in Western Massachusetts, bordered by Conway on the north, Whately and Hatfield on the east, Northampton and Westhampton on the south, and Chesterfield and Goshen on the west.
The town is comprised of a total area of 25.72 square miles (25.63 square miles of which is land area.) The population totals 2,515, for a density of 98 persons per square mile.
www.burgy.org /profile.htm   (439 words)

  
 Juliana Hatfield News and Information
Hatfield, a successful solo artist and former member of the Blake Babies, ended her contract with Atlantic and Mammoth Records about two years ago, leaving behind a body of unreleased material tentatively titled God's Foot.
Hatfield, under the assumed name of Kelly Philips, doing a cover of a song by spfdgh (the band spfdgh is pronounced spud-a-fud-a-guh).
I was in my own town and couldn't wait to go on tour because I have none of these things to keep me rooted.
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 Todd Bolen Amcestors - pafg12 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daniel Doane was born 1636 in Plymouth,, Massachusetts.
He died 20 Dec 1712 in Eastham,, Massachusetts and was buried Jan 1728 in Town Cove Cem., Grounds, Massachusetts.
Constance Snow was born 1646 in Eastham,, Massachusetts.
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 Welcome to the Town of Hatfield, Massachusetts, founded in 1760
The Town of Hatfield was founded in 1670, and is a community that is rich in agricultural history.
Located on the banks of the Connecticut River, Hatfield is a small rural town that prides itself on its' close-knit community.
The town is part of Hampshire County in Western Massachusetts, and consists of approximately 3,500 citizens.
www.townofhatfield.org   (140 words)

  
 Massachusetts EOEA - Community Preservation Initiative: Community Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hatfield is an historic agricultural river town in west central Massachusetts, located 24 miles north of Springfield and 98 miles west of Boston.
The town was settled in 1660 and soon a gristmill and a sawmill were operating.
Residents raised sheep and cattle and became one of the primary suppliers of beef for soldiers in the Continental Army.
commpres.env.state.ma.us /community/cmty_main.asp?communityID=127   (277 words)

  
 Hatfield Massachusetts Drug rehab, drug rehab center for drugs and alcohol addiction in Hatfield Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hatfield Massachusetts Drug rehab, drug rehab center for drugs and alcohol addiction in Hatfield Massachusetts
Drug rehab is a process with different parts in order to bring a person to a drug and alcohol free life.
In the town the population is spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
www.drug-rehab-center.org /Massachusetts/Hatfield.htm   (941 words)

  
 Lost Towns of Finney County
Those interested in preserving the history of southwestern Kansas are indebted to John H. Whitson of Rowley, Massachusetts, for the story of Whitson and Hatfield.
The Hatfield News was published from 1887 to 1889, the issues ceasing with the death of the editor.
The fall of Hatfield was due in part, no doubt, to the uprising of Terry on the northeast.
www.gardencity.net /info/history/lost/hatfield.html   (608 words)

  
 Hawley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The land was originally sold at auction by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony in June of 1762 to a group headed by Moses Parsons of Middletown, Conn., but he backed out of his agreemnt to organize settlement of the township.
The southern quarter of the land that became Hawley was called the Hatfield Equivalent and was owned by people who originally lived in Hatfield.
The town experienced early controversy because the inhabitants of Hatfield Equivalent wanted to be transferred to the District of Plainfield.
www.co.franklin.ma.us /hawley.htm   (364 words)

  
 FLATWORLDonline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1381, the town played a key part in the Peasants' Revolt when 500 rebels were killed by the King's soldiers in Norsey Woods.
Chelmsford, county town of Essex, has good links with East Anglia and London, and is convenient for Stansted Airport, the seaports of Harwich and Felixstowe, and the capital itself.
Chelmsford is the birthplace of radio broadcasting and the town continues its association with GEC Marconi and has attracted major names in the business world.
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 Hatfield, Hertfordshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hatfield Town Centre Redevelopment has now been granted planning permission subject to a section 106 legal agreement.
Hatfield's aerospace and military production history remains today mainly in the form of name only - streets such as Comet Way; pubs such as the Airfield; the previously mentioned university buildings along with the massive A1 motorway junction (named Olding's Corner), the land being gradually turned over to retail, offices, and housing.
Hatfield is most famous for being the location of Hatfield House or Royal Palace of Hatfield, it is also regarded as being the birthplace of the Jet Airliner (the ill-fated De Havilland Comet).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire   (787 words)

  
 Belchertown Guide -
This grant was bounded on the east by the Narragansett River and on the north by the line of Massachusetts Plantation and on the south by the sea and in longitude as the line of the Massachusetts Colony.
The towns of Enfield, Somers, Woodstock and Suffield were on the line between the two governments.
Governor Belcher was the Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay from 1730 to 1741.
www.belchertownguide.com /history.shtml   (981 words)

  
 CHS: Library : CHS Loan Collection: Massachusetts Towns
The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Stoughton from 1717-1800, Town of Canton from 1797-1845, Preceded by the Record of the South Precinct of Dorchester from 1715-1727.
Blake, J. Annals of the Town of Dorchester, 1750.
History of the Town of Northfield, Mass., for 150 Years, with an Account of the Prior Occupation of the Territory by the Squakheags, and with Family Genealogies.
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 Town Of Hatfield, Massachusetts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
"The Town of Hatfield is an historic agricultural river town on the west bank of the Connecticut River.
Residents raised sheep and cattle and the town was described as a "prosperous town on a strong agricultural base." Hatfield became one of the primary suppliers of beef and of soldiers to the Continental Army.
In 1786 the town was the site of a 50-community meeting of the rebels involved in Shay's rebellion, who were angered by the hardships and When they weren't fighting or rebelling, residents of Hatfield grew corn and made brooms, which became a major industry in the town.
hatfield.pointsw.com.cob-web.org:8888   (324 words)

  
 Montague, Massachusetts
Montague, Massachusetts, in Franklin county, is 27 miles N of Chicopee, Massachusetts and 76 miles W of Boston, Massachusetts.
The town benefits from easy access to the nearby cities and towns with which it shares the Springfield metropolitan area.
Housing stock in the town might be described as older since the age of the average home is on the high side.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/massachusetts/Montague   (330 words)

  
 William Cooley Bliss
Born in Hatfield, September 16, 1855, William Cooley Bliss studied preliminarily in the common schools of his native town, and completed his education at the academy in Hadley.
Prior to his majority he entered mercantile pursuits as clerk in a general store in Northampton, and going to Amherst, Massachusetts, about the year 1878, he was engaged in the hat business there for the succeeding ten years.
Bliss was united in marriage with Alice F. Pierce, daughter of John A. Pierce, of Amherst, Massachusetts.
www.usgennet.org /family/bliss/bios/ma/cooley.htm   (310 words)

  
 Massachusetts
Massachusetts, abbreviated "MA", is in the New England region of the U.S. Its capital is Boston.
There were 6,349,097 people in Massachusetts as of the 2000 census.
PlaceMatch compares thousands of cities and towns to find the list of places most similar to each one.
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 Hampshire County -- Hatfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sophia Smith Homestead Located at 22 Main Street in Hatfield, Mass., the homestead was the birthplace and home of Sophia Smith until a few years before her death.
The property was purchasd in 1915 by the Alumnae Association of Smith College and restored and furnished by the class of 1896 through loans, purchases and gifts, with much of the original furniture.
Map of Towns in Hampshire and Hampden Counties
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 Hatfield, Massachusetts MA, town profile (Hampshire County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, in the Springfield metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Hatfield was $24,813, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Hatfield, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $535.
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 "Beyond Takings and Givings" by Rick Pruetz, FAICP (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Town of Hatfield, population 3,500, is located on the Connecticut River, five miles west of Amherst in Western Massachusetts.
The Hatfield TDR ordinance is designed to preserve farmland, open space, historic resources and rural character while protecting private property values and encouraging compact development in neighborhoods with public services.
Under a Hatfield formula, the average per acre value of a Development Right is the difference between the average per acre assessed value of residentially improved land and the average assessed value of unimproved land according to the most recent Town-wide comprehensive property value assessment.
www.beyondtakingsandgivings.com.cob-web.org:8888 /hatfield.htm   (583 words)

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