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Soley Street was originally known as Henley’s Lane. It was set out in the 1790s, and originally had a much more crooked path than it has today- evidently its path was straightened out in the 1850s.

Warren Street, originally known as Back Street, is a very old Charlestown thoroughfare – possibly the oldest street in Charlestown – dating as early as 1638.

Lower Chestnut Street, between Adams Street and Lowney Way, existed as a street as early as 1818, when it was called Shippey Street.