. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . and, in 1918, waspresented by the IMayor with a stone from the old church there. Our Melrose was formerly called Maiden North End and North Maidenand still before that Pond Feilde. Originally it belonged to Charlestown, whichthen included what is now Somerville, Maiden, Everett, Woburn, Melrose, Stone-ham, Cambridge, West Cambridge and Reading, and a large part of townships were la- ter formed from these ori-ginal lands, which reducedthis territory to its presentlimits. Melrose was set-tled in the early days, al-though
. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . and, in 1918, waspresented by the IMayor with a stone from the old church there. Our Melrose was formerly called Maiden North End and North Maidenand still before that Pond Feilde. Originally it belonged to Charlestown, whichthen included what is now Somerville, Maiden, Everett, Woburn, Melrose, Stone-ham, Cambridge, West Cambridge and Reading, and a large part of townships were la- ter formed from these ori-ginal lands, which reducedthis territory to its presentlimits. Melrose was set-tled in the early days, al-though the town was notincorporated until is certain that it wascalled after its Scotchnamesake, but there hasseemed to be a contro-versy as to whether thename was given by Will-iam Bogle of Glasgow,Scotland, who moved toour Melrose, or by McLeish, pastor ofthe Methodist ProtestantChurch at that is apparent that therewas a meeting at house at whichthe question of the namewas discussed, one ofthose present making theremark:— r1^. Photograph taken Jor the State Street Trust Company By George B. Brayion TRINITY CHURCH, MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS In this church is a stone from Melrose Abbey, Scotland.
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