Ashcroft
Ashcroft is a hamlet in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Ashcroft is situated nearby to the hamlet Readville Manor, as well as near Endicott.Places of Interest
Highlights include Endicott station and Fairbanks House.
Endicott station
Railway station
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Endicott station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Dedham, Massachusetts, served by the Franklin/Foxboro Line. It is located off Grant Avenue at Elmwood Avenue. The station is not accessible, though the addition of accessible platforms is planned.
Fairbanks House
Museum
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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing.
Readville station
Railway station
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Readville station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail station located in the Readville section of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Readville and Hyde Park.
Readville
Neighborhood
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Readville is part of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Readville's ZIP Code is 02136. It was called Dedham Low Plains from 1655 until it was renamed after James Read, the owner of the Dedham Manufacturing Company along Mother Brook, in 1847.
Hyde Park
Suburb
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Hyde Park is the southernmost neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated 7.9 miles south of downtown Boston, it is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups. Hyde Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Ashcroft.
West Roxbury
Suburb
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West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the village of Chestnut Hill and the town of Brookline to the north, the city of Newton to the northwest, the towns of Dedham and Needham to the southwest, and Hyde Park to the southeast. West Roxbury is situated 3 miles north of Ashcroft.
Ashcroft
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.23343° or 42° 14′ 0″ northLongitude
-71.1495° or 71° 8′ 58″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
87JC6VM2+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 158876293OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4929273
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