Charlotte Lindgren – Historic Ipswich

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Lakemans Lane and Fellows Road

By Gordon Harris on May 24, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

by Charlotte Lindgren One hundred years ago, Lakemans Lane was a narrow dirt road lined by stone walls. About a mile beyond Parting Paths, then called Whittier’s Corner (for the now demolished homestead of the large Whittier family), the lane connected County and Essex Roads. It was bisected […]

Ipswich woman survived two train crashes in one morning, 1956!

By Gordon Harris on October 6, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with Charlotte Lindgren, an Ipswich native, and who also loves Ipswich history. Her great grandparents Marianna and Maynard Whittier owned a “commodious house” at the junction of Essex Road and County Road (also known as “Parting Paths“). The old house […]