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habitants, and two villages which are three miles apart, 

 neither bcinj? larije settlements, but the lar^fest of the 

 two being at the Centre, which has two meeting houses 

 and the town hall. The latter institution is, in fact, con- 

 tained in the old church, which, in Parson Motey's day, 

 began to harbor a larger share of the "liberal" theology 

 than has been common in country towns ; Mr. Motey 

 himself, in his closing years, being a Unitarian. The 

 result was the building of a new church devoted to the 

 more exclusive propagation of the "Orthodox" creed. 

 The second story of the old church is still retained as a 

 place of worship, and Mr. Eben Parsons, a lay minister, 

 of the Unitarian denomination, regularly officiates there. 

 The other church is at the present time without a pastor. 

 In South Lynnfield, near the hotel, there is a small meet- 

 ing house, where regular preaching is supplied l)y Mr. J. 

 F. Wilson, a student from Andover. For a number of 

 years, the ministerial duties were performed bj' Mr. Jacob 

 Hood, who formerly resided in Salem, but is now a resi- 

 dent of Lynnfield Centre. 



The Lynnfield hotel, which is an institution that dates 

 with the building of the Newburyport turnpike, is not 

 now used for public purposes, but in its day it has served 

 as a landmark which will be long remembered as the 

 resort of sleighing parties from Salem. 



Humphrey's Pond, near the hotel, is a beautiful sheet 

 of very pure water. During the war times, the pond, 

 with the level land adjoining, attbrded sufficient advan- 

 tages for the location of an encampment, and the twenty- 

 second and twenty-third regiments were stationed there. 

 The pond has for many ^ears afforded a desirable loca- 

 tion for summer residents, and the estate of Mr. Henry 

 Saltonstall (on the Pcabody side of the line) has long 

 been noted for the attractiveness of its situation. Mr. 



