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Hancock, New Hampshire
Hancock was settled in 1764 when John Grimes built a cabin on Half Moon Pond.
The town was granted a charter in 1779. At that time it was owned largely by
absentees and the settlers, hoping for some financial support (which was never
forthcoming), named the town after one of the better-known landowners. John
Hancock himself is not known ever to have visited the town.
Hancock is generally agreed to be one of the most picturesque quintessential
New England villages. The town has several unique and unusual features. The
Meeting House was one of the last in New Hampshire to be used both as town
offices and for church meetings. Its bell was cast in 1820 by Paul Revere and
Sons and is #236 of the total of 398 bells cast by Revere. Behind the Meeting
House is an unusual semicircular carriage barn where the Hancock Farmers' Market
is currently held. The small green has a bandstand and a war memorial which was
one of the inspirations for Saving Private Ryan, the screenwriter for
which is a seasonal resident.
At one end of Main Street is Norway Pond and the Hancock Grange, now the Post
Office, and at the other is the Village Farm or Reed Paige House. Between are
numerous New England cottages, houses, and the odd mansion (all on the National
Register of Historical Places) as well as the Hancock Inn (the oldest in the
state), Hancock Market (one of the oldest around), Fiddleheads (a well-regarded
cafe), the library, a video store in the old Post Office, and the
Hysterical^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Historical Society.
| A little Town
Info |
from the Keene Sentinel,
the local daily paper. |
| The Village |
The Johnston's brief page, part of the nice Hancock
Inn site. |
| Hancock Event Calendar |
from NEWWW.(typically not much here) |
| Old postcards of
Hancock |
from the Briggs, who scanned their postcard collection. |
| The Hancock Inn |
A commercial site, but packed with information about the town. It's a
very nice inn. |
| The Mollers |
If you're interested in Hancock real estate, this is the place to
look. |
| The Big
Ear |
Hancock is one of 10 sites on the National
Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very
Long Baseline Array. |
| A painting by
American impressionist Roger Dennis |
which I wish I could afford. This is roughly the view from my front
yard. |
| Moses
Eaton |
stenciled several rooms in my house (or someone imitated him well). |
| Harris Center for
Conservation Education |
Right here in Hancock. |
| Some very dry town demographics |
from SOICC. Did I mention this is not exciting reading? |
| An old sermon
involving Hancock |
found on the back of an old insurance policy. The "Mr.
Paige" referred to built my house in 1790. |
| An intriguing site auf
Deutsch |
Admittedly, not much here, but I'm impressed they've even heard of us.
Ausgezeichnet! |
A Hancock Bibliography:
| Title |
Author |
Year |
Publisher |
| The History of Hancock, New Hampshire
1764-1889 (II vols.) |
William Willis Hayward |
1889 |
- Vox Populi Press
- Lowell, MA
|
- The Second Hundred Years of Hancock, New Hampshire
- ISBN 0-914016-61-X
|
Hancock History Committee |
1979 |
- Phoenix Publishing
- Canaan, NH
|
| Six New England Villages |
Samuel Chamberlain |
1948 |
Hastings House, New York |
| Historic Bells of New Hampshire |
Eva A. Speare |
1944 |
- Courier Printing
- Littleton, NH
|
| Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Old
Cemetery at Hancock, New Hampshire 1911 |
unknown |
1911 |
unknown |
MS-Romanesque
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