History
Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society
A great little museum of a local historical site with an abundance of old books, town records, diaries, scrapbooks, old photos and artifacts.
Historical Society
Library
History, Historical Society, Library
Historic House
Stratham can trace it's roots back to London through a business venture of Edward Hilton, and the Fisherman's Guild of London. When the men first landed with their families and all of their belongings, they began to settle. They then petitioned the Plymouth Council for a grant of land only after setting up a fishery at Hilton Point. It was on March 12, 1629 that the Plymouth Council granted the Hilton Patent which included Wecanacohunt and Squamscott (this is the land that Stratham is now on), to Edward Hilton. Read more at our website ...