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Title: Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland ... connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic;
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) Forbes, Allan, 1874-1955
Subjects: Cities and towns Cities and towns Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Publisher: Boston, Mass.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ct of interest in the town. Near this site there was once a castlewhich was built in 700 by Ina, King of Wessex, who dwelt there. The presentcastle held out very gallantly against the royal forces in 1625 and the followinglines indicate the joy of the town on being saved:— The eleventh of May was a joyful day.When Taunton got relief;Which turned our sorrows into joy,And eased us of our grief. The full history of this castle is one long record of romance and to the New Eng-lander who has read of the witchcraft and superstition of his country, it may beinteresting to mention one of the objects that is religiously kept in this old building.It was believed that if a pig died, a witch had overlooked it, to use an Enghshexpression. After the pigs death its heart was filled with pins, stuck into it as in apin-cushion, and it was then put in the chimney. As long as the heart remainedthere, it was supposed that no witch could have power over any other pig belonging TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS 191
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PhotOfir..plied by Munt.gue C per Jr m an old pnnt TAUNTON CASTLE, TAUNTON, ENGLAND The castle dates back to the eighth century, although it has been much renovated. to that house. A very old example was found in an ancient house and removed tothis castle, where it is still exhibited as a relic of the old days. It may be interesting to mention that Thomas Chaucer, the son of GeoffreyChaucer, the father of Enghsh poetry, was at one time constable of this castle,which gives us an idea of its antiquity. There is a village near our Taunton called Britarmiaville, so named because ofthe fact that britannia ware was first manufactured in the United States in an oldbuilding now belonging to the Reed and Barton Corporation. The village arosearound this little shop. The ware was so named because it originated in Britainnear Sheffield. A number of Englishmen came over from England to work in thistrade and their countrymen have continued to come up to the present time. 192 TOPSFIELD, MASSACHUSETT

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