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Boylston Chess Club , a village in Derbyshire county, England
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Boylston may refer to the following: Places Canada * Boylston, Nova Scotia United States * Boylston, Massachusetts * Boylston, New York * Boylston, Wisconsin * Boylston Junction, Wisconsin * Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts * Boylston (MBTA station), a subway station in Boston Other uses * Helen Dore Boylston, author of the popular "Sue Barton" nurse series * Zabdiel Boylston, American physician See also * Boylestone Boylestone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 318. The village is eight miles east of Uttoxeter. The parish includes Boylestonfield. The village churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Nova Scotia
Boylston is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County. There is a provincial park campground in Boylston. Geography Boylston is at the intersection of Trunk 16 and Route 344, and lies on the eastern side of the Milford Haven River. History Boylston was likely first visited by the indigenous Mi'kmaq. In October 1765, Boylston was part of the 20,000 acres granted to Benjamin Hallowell of Boston for settlement. No significant progress on surveying or settling these lands were made until it passed to his two sons, Benjamin Hallowell Jr., and Ward Nicholas Boylston Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828; born Ward Hallowell), a descendant of the physician Zabdiel Boylston, was an American merchant, a philanthropist, and benefactor of Harvard University. Biography Boylston was born in Boston, Province of .... The area was surveyed in 1786, and a plan for a town named Boylston was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Massachusetts
Boylston is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,849 at the 2020 census. History Boylston was first settled by Europeans around 1706 in the northern part of the present-day town, most notably by the Sawyer family after Nashaway sachems Sholan and George Tahanto deeded the land. In 1697, the residents petitioned to form a local town and government, but the British colonial Governor of Massachusetts denied their request since he wanted to keep the number of towns to a minimum and to restrict popular representation.Rice, Franklin P., (compiler)''Vital records of the town of Boylston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850'' Worcester : Franklin P. Rice, 1900. A meeting house was built in 1743, and the Reverend Ebenezer Morse, ordained in October 1743, was the first minister in charge of the church. The town was made up of a large part of land from Shrewsbury and the remainder from Lancaster and was known as the North Parish of Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, New York
Boylston is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 498 at the 2020 census, down from 549 at the 2010 census. The name is that of the first landowner of the tract that became the town. The Town of Boylston is located on the northern boundary of the county. History The region was first called "Campania" and was first settled ''circa'' 1812. Boylston was created from part of the Town of Orwell in 1828. The population of the town was always small. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.03% is water. The northern town line, as well as part of the western town boundary, is the border of Jefferson County. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 505 people, 193 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 333 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.02% White, 1.19% from other ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston, Wisconsin
Boylston is an unincorporated community located in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. It is along County Road C near Wisconsin Highway 35. Boylston is south of the city of Superior Superior may refer to: *Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind Places * Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state *Lak ....Beth A. Hamilton, ''The Pennsylvania Zarleys, Zearleys, Zerleys and their descendants, 1755-1999'', p. 54, Anunsden Publishing, 2000 Wolves are known to frequent the area.''Defenders'', vol. 71, p. 21, Defenders of Wildlife, 1996 . Notes Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{DouglasCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston Street
Boylston Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and its western suburbs. The street begins in Boston's Chinatown, Boston, Chinatown neighborhood, forms the southern border of the Public Garden (Boston), Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, runs through Back Bay, Boston, Back Bay and Boston's Fenway-Kenmore, Fenway neighborhood, merges into Brookline Ave and then Washington Street, emerging again contiguous with Massachusetts Route 9, Route 9 out to where it crosses Massachusetts Route 128, Route 128, after which it becomes Worcester Street. Name As early as 1722, Boylston Street, then a short road on the outskirts of the town of Boston, was known as Frogg Lane or Frog Lane. It was later renamed for Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828),Bentinck-Smith, William"Nicholas Boylston and His Harvard Chair" ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', Third Series, Vol. 93, (1981), pp. 17-39 a philanthropist and benefactor of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boylston (MBTA Station)
Boylston station (also signed as Boylston Street) is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located on the southeast corner of Boston Common at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street. A southbound street-level stop for the route of the bus rapid transit Silver Line is outside fare control. The station has two island platforms; each has one disused track, making them effectively side platforms. Boylston is not accessible for Green Line trains. Boylston station was opened in 1897 as part of the original segment of the Tremont Street subway. Originally used by streetcars, from 1901 to 1908 it also served Main Line Elevated trains. Unlike other Green Line stations, Boylston has been little modified, and retains much of its original appearance. Two of the original four headhouses have been removed, however, and a sub-passage connecting the platforms has been sealed. Construction of a proposed underground Silver Line stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Dore Boylston
Helen Dore Boylston (April 4, 1895 – September 30, 1984) was the American writer of the popular "Sue Barton (juvenile series), ''Sue Barton''" nurse series and "''Carol Page''" actor series. Biography Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Boylston spent her childhood there, and was nicknamed "Troub", short for Troubles. She attended Simmons College (Massachusetts), Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston for a year. She thought of studying medicine like her father, but chose nursing since the training was shorter. She graduated as a nurse from Massachusetts General Hospital in 1915 and sailed for France to serve in the World War I, First World War with the Harvard University, Harvard Medical Unit, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force. She nursed the wounded at a front-line field hospital, specializing as a nurse anesthetist and reaching the rank of captain. Boylston wrote about her experiences i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabdiel Boylston
Zabdiel Boylston, FRS (March 9, 1679 – March 1, 1766) was a physician in the Boston area. As the first medical school in North America was not founded until 1765, Boylston apprenticed with his father, an English-born surgeon named Thomas Boylston, and studied under the Boston physician Dr. Cutler. Boylston is known for holding several "firsts" for an American-born physician: he performed the first surgical operation by an American physician, the first removal of gall bladder stones in 1710, and the first removal of a breast tumor in 1718. He was also the first physician to perform smallpox inoculations in North America. He was a great uncle of President John Adams, as well as philanthropist Ward Nicholas Boylston. Early life and education Zabdiel Boylston was born on March 9, 1679, in Muddy River, Massachusetts (now part of Brookline), the son of Thomas (1644 - 1695) and Mary (Gardner) Boylston (1648 - 1722). He married Jerusha Minot (1679 - 1764) in 1706. His son, John, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
