A House, A Home, A Home-Away-From-Home – The History of the Hitchcock-Phillips House

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A House, A Home, A Home-Away-From-Home The History of the Hitchcock-Phillips House By Mitzi Romano The assignment was simple: Go to Town Hall and do a title search for the Hitchcock-Phillips House. How difficult could that be? We already knew the basics: Rufus Hitchcock built the house in 1785. The west wing was added around […]

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Cheshire Timeline – Cheshire History

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CHESHIRE TIMELINE Here is a timeline of Cheshire’s history.  There are gaps in the chronology, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.  Please feel free to email Cheshirepedia ([email protected]) to offer suggestions of additional entries or comments on the timeline itself.  Or you can make comments at the bottom of the article. Seventeenth Century 1638  New […]

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West Cheshire by Jeanné R. Chesanow

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West Cheshire The Town Center of Cheshire, with its Town Hall and Church Green, sits upon a drumlin-like hill. At the base of the western side of that hill is the area called West Cheshire, a bustling place where canal boats took on cargo at a lively port called Beachport, from 1828-1848. Beachport Drawing Bo […]

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