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  Hingham, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Church, Hingham, MA Hingham was first settled as "Bare Cove" in 1633, and it was officially incorporated as a town in 1635 under the name "Hingham".
Hingham is home to the United States' oldest continually-used wooden house of worship, the Old Ship Church, built in 1681, which currently serves members of the Unitarian Universalist faith.
Hingham High is a co-educational, public high school serving the residents of the entire town for grades 9 to 12 and is located on Union Street near Hingham Center.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts   (1587 words)

  
 Hingham - Brief History
The new sign was unveiled in a simple ceremony by the oldest daughter of Hingham, Norfolk and a lady representative of the Selectmen (town council) of Hingham, Mass.
This proud connection for Hingham, which brings many a visitor from across the Atlantic, explains why the village hall is named the Lincoln Hall, and why the bust of Abraham Lincoln takes pride of place in the north aisle of the church.
The Hingham Society is a large and active amenity society, which has recently inaugurated a Museum, and has for some years provided regular historical displays on various aspects of life in the village in a window kindly loaned by the Vintage Pharmacy in Bond Street.
apling.freeservers.com /Villages/HinghamWIarticle.htm   (1354 words)

  
 USGenWeb Hingham, MA
From 1793 to 1803 Hingham was in Norfolk County:
Hingham became a port of entry and a fishing port, with industries which included coopering, cordage, shoemaking, cabinetmaking, leather working and flsmithing.
The Second Precinct of Hingham was established as the town of Cohasset on April 26, 1770.
www.rootsweb.com /~mahingha   (2228 words)

  
 Hingham Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hingham Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading professional orchestras in New England.
Prior to the board of directors' decision in 1997 to adopt a new direction for the orchestra, HSO had a long and distinguished history as one of the oldest community orchestras in the Boston area.
As a result, Hingham Civic Orchestra was reborn as Hingham Symphony Orchestra, with a vision of becoming an orchestra with high performance standards and a renewed sense of community service.
www.hinghamsymphony.org /html/history.html   (510 words)

  
 PENCELAND.com - Hingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hingham, Massachusetts, where I live, is a coastal community 15 miles southeast of Boston.
Hingham is mostly residential, with many of the houses built in the 1800s and some even dating back to the 1600s.
Hingham was incorporated in 1635 as the 12th town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
www.penceland.com /hingham.html   (1112 words)

  
 Hingham, Massachusetts Real Estate
Hingham is an historic area founded in 1635 with a good mix of lovely antiques, newer construction and condos.
The Town of Hingham covers an area of 22.5 square miles and is approximately 15 miles south of Boston.
Hingham is proud of its location on the water, and construction of a new harbor park further expands the public use of Hingham Harbor.
www.relocate-america.com /states/MA/cities/hingham.htm   (313 words)

  
 Hingham Travel Baseball - (Boston, MA) - powered by LeagueLineup.com
Hingham opened the tourney winning all three games of a tough triple header, 6-3 over the host Foxboro, 12-1 over Norwood American and 9-1 over the favored Norwood National.
Hingham won the final four on Sunday with a rematch against Norwood National in which Hingham, down 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, came back with two runs to take a 4-3 win by shutting down Norwood in the sixth.
The Hingham Suburban 10 year olds won the league Championship for the second time in as many years by defeating the Norwood American 10's in the finals.
www.leaguelineup.com /welcome.asp?url=hinghamtravelbaseball   (624 words)

  
 HINGHAM - LoveToKnow Article on HINGHAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The township is traversed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway, and contains the villages of Flingham, West Hingham, Hingham Center, and South Hingham.
The Old Meeting House, erected in 1681, ~s one of the oldest church buildings in the country used continuously.
There were settlers here as early as 1633, some of themnotably Edmund Hobart, ancestor of Bishop John Henry Hobart, being natives of Hingham, Norfolk, England, whence the name; and in 1635 common land called Barecove became the township of Hingham.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HI/HINGHAM.htm   (180 words)

  
 Hingham on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hingham Institution for Savings Announces 8% Increase in Net Income.
Hingham Institution for Savings Announces a 9% Increase In Earnings.
Hingham Institution for Savings Reports 20% Increase in Earnings.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hingham.asp   (231 words)

  
 hingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This regulation was adopted by vote of the Board of Health of the Town of Hingham at their regularly scheduled meeting held on April 5, 2001, and shall be in full force and effect from and after June 1, 2001.
This Regulation was adopted by vote of the Board of Health of the Town of Hingham at their regularly scheduled meeting held on August 21, 2001 and shall be in full force and effect from and after October 10, 2001.
The covenant and restriction shall run in favor of and be enforceable by the Town of Hingham and shall be superior in title to any liens (including mortgages, labor and mechanics liens and the like) on or interests in the premises, except for the lien for real estate taxes.
mhoa.home.comcast.net /hingham.htm   (16724 words)

  
 Norfolk Mills - Hingham watermill
The planners of Hingham Mill were aware of this local tendency to produce spring water.
No water is seen at the back of the mill; the eye beholds only the old grass-grown bed of the stream, not seeing the piped waterway beneath it, laid by some enterprising miller long ago.
Hingham Mill, now Grade II listed and with 2.23 acres was advertised for sale during October 1998 in the Eastern Daily Press with a guide price of £400,000.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk /Watermills/hingham.html   (1457 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Benjamin was constable in Hingham in 1691 and 1692; selectman 1698.
In 1679 his name appears upon 'a list of foot-soldiers belonging in Hingham, who were willing to serve the country in the capacity of troopers.' At home he held various military offices.
Joshua was a constable, selectman in 1725 and 1729, deacon of the Church of the First Parish, resided in the ancestral home, South Street, Hingham.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr16/rr16_230.html   (862 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / High school / Football / Bishop Feehan (10-1) vs. Hingham (11-1)
Hingham's biggest lineman: Scott Dresser, OL/DL, 6-1, 260; and Greg Vaughan, OL/DL, 6-3, 260.
Hingham's stat man: The Harbormen take the "team" concept to the extreme with no player owning impressive individual stats.
The first and last task for Hingham is to contain Feehan's 40-minute star Ron Conway.
www.boston.com /sports/schools/football/articles/2004/12/03/bishop_feehan_10_1_vs_hingham_11_1?mode=PF   (212 words)

  
 Hingham - Kelly's 1883
By a new scheme, approved May, 1883, by the Privy Council, the school is called Hingham Endowed School, and the present head master is still to hold the appointment.
The governing body consists of ten persons, of whom three are co-optative; three scholarships of not less than £8 or more than £10 are available for boys from the elementary schools of Hingham, Woodrising and South Burgh.
A sum of £60 will be applied to establishing and maintaining exhibitions tenable at a school of a higher grade for boys who have been at this school for not less than three years.
apling.freeservers.com /Villages/Hingham.htm   (560 words)

  
 TownOnline.com - Hingham Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hingham teammates celebrate a goal scored late in Monday's game in which Hingham beat the Lakers 1-0.
Something "has to be done soon" to improve the town's department of public works facilities and also the conditions under which its employees work, says DPW supt. Joseph Stigliani.
It is not often during the fall campaign that a team has a lengthy period of time off during the regular season.
www.townonline.com /hingham   (300 words)

  
 Books and Pamplets
A prize-winning community cookbook with recipes not only from our town but from Hingham, England and villages in Montana and Wisconsin bearing this name.
Shepherd in the Wilderness: Peter Hobart 1604-1679: A Founder of Hingham Plantation in Massachusetts.
Hingham Historical Commission, Hingham, 2003 Describes fifty buildings and historic sites in the Lincoln Historic District.
www.hinghamhistorical.org /html/books_and_pamplets.html   (255 words)

  
 Hingham Accepts Cola Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One major issue, on which we criticized the Hingham plan, was that it failed to make COLA increases a permanent part of a retiree's pension as is the case under Chapter 17.
On September 28, a Hingham home-rule petition became state law (Chapter 286) and brought an end to the controversy.
This means that eligible Hingham retirees, including non-contributory retirees, can receive retroactive 3% COLAs, which will become a permanent part of their pensions, if the retirement board votes these increases.
www.massretirees.com /cola/hingham1100.html   (368 words)

  
 John Gardner, Gardner, Garnet Genealogy - Hingham, Mass.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For more info on Hingham, visit her Hingham, Plymouth, MA page.
MARY April 10, 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, MA They were in Hingham, Plymouth, MA in 1656 (Src: Code 1, Savage).
John came to Hingham about 1650, and in 1656 had land granted to him in the south part of the town.
members.aol.com /Gardner476/Hingham.html   (1324 words)

  
 GENUKI: Norfolk: Genealogy: Towns and Parishes: Hingham
The ancestor of Abraham Lincoln is thought to have been born in Hingham, Norfolk and, in the 1630s, people sailed from here and settled in Hingham Massachusetts.
Hingham, the American connection, from the earliest settlers to the present day.
An act for dividing, and inclosing commons and waste lands within the parish of Hingham, in the county of Norfolk.
www.origins.org.uk /genuki/NFK/places/h/hingham   (312 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hingham, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
19,821), Plymouth co., E Mass., S of Boston, on the south shore of Hingham Bay; inc. 1635.
Hingham is primarily residential with some diverse light industry.
The Old Ship Church (1681), a fine example of American Gothic architecture, is one of the oldest houses of worship in the United States and has been in continuous use since it was built.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hingham.html   (156 words)

  
 World's End (Hingham) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
World's End is a (Click link for more info and facts about conservation area) conservation area and an adjacent neighborhood located on a (A large mass of land projecting into a body of water) peninsula in (Click link for more info and facts about Hingham, Massachusetts) Hingham, Massachusetts.
The peninsula is bordered by the Weir River to the North and East and Hingham Harbor (part of Hingham Bay, and (The seaport at Boston) Boston Harbor) to the West.
Originally part of the John Brewer estate, World's End, the 251 acre (1 km²) park and conservation area is today maintained by the Trustees of Reservation.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/worlds_end_(hingham)1.htm   (459 words)

  
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Hingham nestles in the heart of rural Norfolk.
It is a small town ideally placed for exploring the Countys many sights and attractions.
Hingham is a small, rural town which has a lively and active community.
www.a2znorfolk.com /towns/160.html   (240 words)

  
 HINGHAM - Online Information article about HINGHAM
Hartford railway, and contains the villages of Hingham, See also:
Hingham has a public library (1868), with 12,000 volumes in 1908.
land called Barecove became the township of Hingham.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HINGHAM.html   (339 words)

  
 Old Ordinary
As welcoming today as it was when it was a destination for hungry travelers and townspeople of Hingham, the Old Ordinary is a stirring reminder of the way life used to be when this place was a village and most of the land was farmed.
Now surrounded by graceful old homes on a street hard by the town's vital business center, this 17th-century building that began as a home and eventually became a tavern serving ordinary fare and warming drink to its customers currently is a house museum owned and operated by the Hingham Historical Society.
A charming colonial structure sided with weathered clapboards and enhanced by a colorful period garden, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., the museum is filled with furniture and samplers, dishes and toys that once belonged to the town's oldest families.
www.hinghamhistorical.org /html/old_ordinary.html   (318 words)

  
 Home Page
Hingham Cemetery receives prestigious award from the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Genealogical and Family information is often hard to research, and Hingham Cemetery does not have an on-line capability at this time.
Hingham Cemetery is set on a hill between Main Street, Water Street, and South Street in Historic Downtown Hingham, Massachusetts.
www.hinghamcemetery.org   (214 words)

  
 Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant
The Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant (HMLP) has entered its 110th year of service to the community of Hingham.
HMLP continues to provide low cost, safe, reliable electricity to the residents of Hingham with a high level of service and customer satisfaction.
Hingham’s early voters were right about the advantages of a town-owned electric utility.
www.hmlp.com   (148 words)

  
 Hingham Federal Credit Union Main...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Enjoy the ease and convenience of on line mortgage applications, up to date interest rates, 7 different financial calculators and a special rate tracker feature with automatic e-mail notice when the rate meets your request.
Hingham Federal Credit Union has been providing Town Employees of Hingham, Scituate, Cohasset and their families with outstanding service for many years.
Keep track of your Hingham Federal Credit Union VISA account balance, view recent transactions and other account information on-line.
www.hinghamfcu.com   (256 words)

  
 Town & Country Real Estate - Hingham Real Estate, South Shore Real Estate, Hingham Homes for Sale
Town and Country Real Estate, located in Historic Hingham, is a premiere full service residential real estate firm specializing in luxury homes sales in Hingham, Cohasset, Duxbury, Scituate and the South Shore.
Hingham, Cohasset, Duxbury, Scituate and the South Shore.
Magnificent, one of a kind waterfront estate on Historic Cushing Pond with almost an acre of mature and magical professional landscaped gardens that can be viewed from every room of this home.
www.townandcountryhingham.com   (257 words)

  
 Financials.com - Annual Reports, Stock Quotes and more
HINGHAM, Mass.--Hingham Institution for Savings (NASDAQ: HIFS), Hingham, Massachusetts, announced that its Board of Directors declared its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share.
Hingham Institution for Savings is a Massachusetts-chartered savings bank located in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Incorporated in 1834, it is the oldest financial institution headquartered in Hingham and one of the oldest in Massachusetts.
www.financials.com /info/story.cfm?StoryNum=1331030   (212 words)

  
 Hingham Barker Basketball League - (Hingham, MA) - powered by LeagueLineup.com
The Hingham High Boys Basketball Program is sponsoring Harborman Fall Hoops Clinics to all boys grades 3-8.
This letter describes the intent of the program and the philosophy of coaching in the John Barker League.
Please contact your son's grade commissioner in the event of questions or concerns.
www.leaguelineup.com /welcome.asp?url=hinghambarkerbasketball   (383 words)

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