Village, originated in the 15th century on the west bank of the Zaan at an already existing ferry connection with Wormer.
In 1504 a first chapel was built. A predominantly single-sided building formed along the Zaanoever, with the exception of the Dubbele Buurt. In the 17th century, Wormerveer became an industrial village with outer dike businesses along the Zaan. Perpendicular to the dyke, inland there were some paths with (now disappeared) industrial mills. The commercial buildings along the Noordeinde are now also largely demolished. However, the late-19th-century complex of Wessanen's Royal Factories remains (silos from around 1930). This company was founded in 1765 by Adriaan Wessanen and Dirk Remmertsz Laan as a flour and oil factory and was continued by the Laan family after 1789. Around 1870 the Marktstraat was created at right angles to the river embankment. The buildings in that area then condensed and between the Zaan and the railway Zaandam-Alkmaar (1867, station renovated in 1978) and the Wandelweg (1889). From 1900 Wormerveer grew on the south side between rail and Zaan. After the Second World War the village on the west side was extended towards Nauernasche Vaart.
