STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     FOR NON-INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS PURSUANT TO

            THE SANDWICH CO-OPERATIVE BANK
                1986 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 
     STOCK OPTION for a total of _____ shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, of Sandwich Bancorp, Inc. (the
"Company"), is hereby granted to __________ (the "Optionee") at
the price set forth herein, and in all respects subject to the
terms, definitions and provisions of The Sandwich Co-operative
Bank 1986 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") which was adopted by
The Sandwich Co-operative Bank and which is incorporated by
reference herein, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.  Such
Stock Option do not comply with Options granted under Section
422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").

     1.   Option Price.  The option price is $_____ for each
share, being 100% of the fair market value, as determined by the
Committee, of the Common Stock on the date of grant of this
Option.

     2.   Exercises of Option.  This Option shall be exercisable
in accordance with provisions of the Plan as follows:

     (i) Schedule of rights to exercise.

     Years of Continuous           Percentage of Total Shares
       Employment After              Subject to Option Which
    Date of Grant of Option             May Be Exercised
    -----------------------        --------------------------

     Upon Grant                                    %
     1 year but less than 2 years                  %
     2 years but less than 3 years                 %
     3 years but less than 4 years                 %
     4 years but less than 5 years                 %
     5 years or more                               %

     (ii) Method of Exercise.  This Option shall be exercisable
by a written notice which shall:

     (a)  state the election to exercise the Option, the number
     of shares with respect to which it is being exercised, the
     person in whose name the stock certificate or certificates
     for such shares of Common Stock is to be registered, his
     address and Social Security Number (or if more than one, 
     the names, addresses and Social Security Numbers of such
     persons);

     (b)  contain such representations and agreements as to the
     holders' investment intent with respect to such shares of
     Common Stock as may be satisfactory to the Company's
     counsel;

     (c)  be signed by the person or persons entitled to
     exercise the Option and, if the Option is being exercised
     by any person or persons other than the Optionee, be
     accompanied by




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     proof, satisfactory to counsel for the Company, of the
     right of such person or persons to exercise the Option; and

     (d)  be in writing and delivered in person or by certified
     mail to the Treasurer of the Bank.

     Payment of the purchase price of any shares with respect to
which the Option is being exercised shall be by cash, Common
Stock, or such combination of cash and Common Stock as the
Optionee elects.  The certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock as to which the Option shall be exercised shall be
registered in the name of the person or persons exercising the
Option.

     (iii)  Restrictions on exercise.  This Option may not be
exercised if the issuance of the shares upon such exercise would 
constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state
securities or other law or valid regulation.  As a condition to
the Optionee's exercise of this Option, the Company may require
the person exercising this Option to make any representation and
warranty to the Company as may be required by any applicable law
or regulation.

     3.   Non-transferability of Option.  This Option may not be
transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or the laws of
descent or distribution, or pursuant to a "qualified domestic
relations order" (within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the
Code and the regulations and rulings thereunder).  The terms of
this Option shall be binding upon the executors, administrators,
heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.

     4.   Term of Option.  This Option may not be exercisable
for more than ten years from the date of grant of this Option,
as stated below, and may be exercised during such term only in
accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option.


                           THE SANDWICH CO-OPERATIVE BANK
                           1986 STOCK OPTION PLAN COMMITTEE



                           By______________________________
                                  

__________________                                      
  Date of Grant            Attest:___________________ (Seal)




             NON-INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION EXERCISE FORM

                          PURSUANT TO

                  THE SANDWICH CO-OPERATIVE BANK
                      1986 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                                                 
                       
                                                _____________
                                                     Date

Treasurer
Sandwich Bancorp, Inc.
100 Old Kings Highway
Sandwich, Massachusetts  02563

     Re:  The Sandwich Co-operative Bank 1986 Stock Option Plan
          -----------------------------------------------------

Dear Sir:

     The undersigned elects to exercise his Non-Incentive Stock
Option to purchase _____ shares, par value $1.00, of Common
Stock of Sandwich Bancorp, Inc. under and pursuant to a Stock
Option Agreement dated __________ ___, 199__.

     Delivered herewith is a certified or bank cashier's or
teller's check and/or shares of Common Stock, valued at the fair
market value of the stock on the date of exercise, as set forth
below.

               $_____ of cash or check
                _____ _____ shares of Common Stock, valued
                      at $_____ per share
               $_____ Total

     The name or names to be on the stock certificate or
certificates and the address and Social Security Number of such
person(s) is as follows:

Name____________________________________________________________
                                                                
Address_________________________________________________________
                                                                
Social Security Number__________________________________________
                                                         

                                     Very truly yours,


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