Wenham

Established in 1643, the picturesque town of Wenham is located in

the heart of Essex County on Massachusetts’s North Shore. The

town boasts of a great pond with ice so clear that Queen Victoria

would have no other, 11 First Period Colonial homes, the Wenham

Museum, an immense and wild swamp, a unique teahouse, and a

doll that traveled the world as a goodwill ambassador. Historically,

Wenham was a farming community, but the advent of the railroad in

1839 and electric cars in 1895 brought opportunity for businesses, such

as a leather and a shoe factory, and the ice trade. By 1940, only small

shops remained. Wenham proudly retains its historic and pastoral

charm today.