PORADA, J.
The sole issue in this case is whether Bates Lane, laid out by the selectmen of the town of Scituate in 1725 as a "highway," is a public way under the Subdivision Control Law. If so, then a plan of land depicting a lot with the required frontage under the Scituate zoning law submitted by the plaintiff to the planning board (board) was entitled to be endorsed "approval under the subdivision control law not required." The
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