Newbury was originally granted to Jacob Bayley who named the town Newbury, after his erstwhile home in Newbury, Massachusetts. The Village presents a magnificent display of flowering crab apple trees in the Spring.

On the right look for a small brick building bearing the legend Horace W. Bailey Club. Built in 1839 as a schoolhouse, it later became a millinery shop until, in 1904, it was bought by Horace Bailey to house his private library. After Mr. Bailey's death the building had a number of uses before being acquired by the town in 1969. In 1973, a tornado blew in the front wall causing much damage. Now restored, the building is used for meetings by many town groups.


Continue north on US Route 5 until, on the left, you will arrive at the town common. One of the largest commons in Vermont, this is the center of Newbury village and site of the elementary school, town hall and the old Methodist Church. Halfway along the common, just back from the road and partially concealed by trees, is a large granite marker. Just beyond that, at the next intersection is a green historic marker. Both markers tell of Jacob Bayley, founder of Newbury.





This church was built in 1829 and, in 1833, a seminary was added. Six years later a group of Boston Methodist circuit ministers chose the site for the Biblical Institute that later became Boston University.















Just North of the common, on the right, stands the Congregational Church. The church was organized in 1764 with a congregation from Newbury, Vermont and Haverhill, New Hampshire, across the river, making this the second oldest church in Vermont. The present building was erected in 1856.

Across the road from the church stands the library , which was built in 1897. Of special historic interest is that preceding the current building on the same site was the Spring Hotel. It was here that people came by train to spend the summer to enjoy the ‘waters'. The sulphur-laden water was bottled in Wells River and shipped worldwide.

Continue north on Rte 5 for approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) and take the first left turn over the bridge on to Oxbow Road. Approximately .4 mile (.6 kilometers), at the bottom of the hill on this dirt road, look on the right for the house of the local DAR Chapter.. The house stands on the site where the first meeting of the Vermont State Legislature took place. The present building was originally the District #3 rural school. Look for the millstone and bronze plaque in front of the building. Bear right and continue on Oxbow Road to return to Rte 5.