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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2004</B>
  
  
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>CENTURY BANCORP, INC.</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I></DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B><BR>
  <I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or<BR>
  Organization)</I></TD>
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  <B>04-2498617</B><BR>
  <I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</I></TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>400 Mystic Avenue, Medford, MA 02155</B><BR>
  <I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CENTURY BANCORP, INC. 2004 STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
  <I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Marshall M. Sloane</B><BR>
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  Century Bancorp, Inc.<BR>
  400 Mystic Avenue<BR>
  Medford, Massachusetts 02155<BR>
  <I>(Name and address of Agent for Service)</I>
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(781)&nbsp;391-4000<BR>
  <I>Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service</I>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Neal J. Curtin, Esq</B>.<BR>
  Bingham McCutchen LLP<BR>
  150 Federal Street<BR>
  Boston, MA 02110-1726<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;951-8000
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount Of</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of Each Class Of</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock,
  $1.00 par value</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right">150,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right">30.50</TD>
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      <TD align="right">$</TD>
      <TD align="right">4,575,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right">579.66</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares as may be
  required to cover possible adjustments under the Plan by reason of any stock
  dividend, stock split, share combination, exchange of shares, merger
  consolidation, separation, reorganization recapitalization, liquidation, or the
  like, of or by the Registrant. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
  employee benefit plan described herein.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Calculated in accordance with the provisions of Rule 457(h) based on
  the average of the bid and listed prices reported on August&nbsp;11, 2004. It is
  not known how many shares, if any, will be purchased upon exercise of the
  election granted under the Plan or at what price such shares will be purchased.
  
  
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b51504cbexv4w3.txt">EX-4.3 2004 STOCK PLAN</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b51504cbexv5.txt">EX-5 OPINION OF BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
  (plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to
  employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents
  need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;)
  either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents, which
  include the statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8, and the
  documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
  Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus
  that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Century Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
  with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement:
  
  
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      <TD>The Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for
  the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003; and</TD>
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      <TD>The description of the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock contained in the
  Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the
  SEC under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment
  or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
  to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
  documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion
  of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
  Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
  subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>Description of Securities.</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be offered is not
  provided in this Registration Statement because such class of the Registrant&#146;s
  securities is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><B><I>Interests of Named Experts or Counsel</I></B>.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Registrant&#146;s independent auditors, KPMG LLP, nor the
  Registrant&#146;s counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP, nor any individual employed by or
  associated with such firm or individual in a professional capacity, was
  employed by the Registrant in connection with matters described in this
  registration statement on a contingent basis or has, or is to receive in
  connection with this offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in
  the Registrant or was connected with the Registrant as a promoter, managing
  underwriter (or any principal underwriter, if there are no managing
  underwriters), voting trustee, director, officer or employee.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision E of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides a
  statutory framework covering indemnification of directors and officers against
  liabilities and expenses arising out of legal proceedings brought against them
  by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. In addition,
  the Registrant&#146;s Articles of
  Organization provide for indemnification of officers and directors, subject to
  certain limitations. The Registrant also maintains director and officer
  insurance.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><B><I>Exhibits.</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
  
  
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      <TD>2004 Stock Plan.</TD>
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      <TD>Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
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      <TD>Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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      <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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      <TD>Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration Statement).</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>Undertakings</I></B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i)&nbsp;to
  include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended (&#147;Securities Act&#148;); (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
  the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
  was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
  prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
  aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
  percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
  statement; (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement; <I>provided, however</I>, that (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
  registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
  is contained in periodic reports filed by the Corporation pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement.;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof;
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
  offering thereof; and
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
  payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
  officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
  or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
  been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
  the final adjudication of such issue.
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
  meets all of the requirements for filing Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Medford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this
  13&nbsp;day of July, 2004.
  
  
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  <TR>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3"><B>CENTURY BANCORP, INC.</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">           /s/  Marshall M. Sloane
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2">Marshall M. Sloane, <I>Chairman, President and</I></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2"><I>Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned Officers and Directors of Century Bancorp, Inc.,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Marshall M. Sloane, Jonathan G. Sloane,
  Barry R. Sloane and Paul V. Cusick, Jr. and each of them singly, our true and
  lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
  us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and
  post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do
  all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as Officers
  and Directors to enable Century Bancorp, Inc. to comply with the provisions of
  the Securities Act, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys or any of them, to said Registration Statement and
  any and all amendments thereto.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  
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      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ George R. Baldwin</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>George R. Baldwin</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Roger S. Berkowitz</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Roger S. Berkowitz</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Karl E. Case, Ph.D.</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" colspan="3" valign="top" nowrap>_____ __, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Henry L. Foster</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Henry L. Foster, D.V.M.</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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  </TR>
  
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Marshall I. Goldman</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Marshall I. Goldman</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Russell B. Higley</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Russell B. Higley, Esq.</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Jonathan B. Kay</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Jonathan B. Kay</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Fraser Lemley</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Fraser Lemley</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Joseph P. Mercurio</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" colspan="3" nowrap valign="top">_______, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Joseph J. Senna</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Joseph J. Senna, Esq.</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Barry R. Sloane</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director and Executive Vice President</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Barry R. Sloane</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Jonathan G. Sloane</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director and Executive Vice President</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Jonathan G. Sloane</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Marshall M. Sloane</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Chairman, President and Chief</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Executive Officer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Marshall M. Sloane</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Stephanie Sonnabend</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>Stephanie Sonnabend</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ George F. Swansburg</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade>
  <B>George F. Swansburg</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Jon Westling</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade><B>Jon Westling</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Paul V. Cusick, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Vice President and Treasurer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Paul V. Cusick, Jr.</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Kenneth A. Samuelian</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">Vice President and Controller</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center">July 13, 2004</TD>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Kenneth A. Samuelian</B></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities
  being registered.</TD>
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text: CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2004
  File No. 333-________
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Massachusetts
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
  Organization)
  04-2498617
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  400 Mystic Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  CENTURY BANCORP, INC. 2004 STOCK PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Marshall M. Sloane
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  Century Bancorp, Inc.
  400 Mystic Avenue
  Medford, Massachusetts 02155
  (Name and address of Agent for Service)
  (781) 391-4000
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
  Copy to:
  Neal J. Curtin, Esq
  .
  Bingham McCutchen LLP
  150 Federal Street
  Boston, MA 02110-1726
  (617) 951-8000
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Amount
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Amount Of
  Title Of Each Class Of
  To Be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Registration
  Securities To Be
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Per Share(2)
  Offering Price(2)
  Fee
  Class A Common Stock,
  $1.00 par value
  150,000
  $
  30.50
  $
  4,575,000
  $
  579.66
  (1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares as may be
  required to cover possible adjustments under the Plan by reason of any stock
  dividend, stock split, share combination, exchange of shares, merger
  consolidation, separation, reorganization recapitalization, liquidation, or the
  like, of or by the Registrant. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
  indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
  employee benefit plan described herein.
  (2) Calculated in accordance with the provisions of Rule 457(h) based on
  the average of the bid and listed prices reported on August 11, 2004. It is
  not known how many shares, if any, will be purchased upon exercise of the
  election granted under the Plan or at what price such shares will be purchased.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts or Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  EX-4.3 2004 STOCK PLAN
  EX-5 OPINION OF BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
  EX-23.2 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
  (plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to
  employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents
  need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
  either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents, which
  include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8, and the
  documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
  Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus
  that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed by Century Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant")
  with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement:
  (a)
  The Registrant's latest Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for
  the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003; and
  (b)
  The description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the
  SEC under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment
  or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
  documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion
  of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
  Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
  subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  A description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered is not
  provided in this Registration Statement because such class of the Registrant's
  securities is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts or Counsel
  .
  Neither the Registrant's independent auditors, KPMG LLP, nor the
  Registrant's counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP, nor any individual employed by or
  associated with such firm or individual in a professional capacity, was
  employed by the Registrant in connection with matters described in this
  registration statement on a contingent basis or has, or is to receive in
  connection with this offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in
  the Registrant or was connected with the Registrant as a promoter, managing
  underwriter (or any principal underwriter, if there are no managing
  underwriters), voting trustee, director, officer or employee.
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  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Subdivision E of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides a
  statutory framework covering indemnification of directors and officers against
  liabilities and expenses arising out of legal proceedings brought against them
  by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. In addition,
  the Registrant's Articles of
  Organization provide for indemnification of officers and directors, subject to
  certain limitations. The Registrant also maintains director and officer
  insurance.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
  4.3
  2004 Stock Plan.
  5
  Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
  23.1
  Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP.
  24
  Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration Statement).
  Item 9.
  Undertakings
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i) to
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
  of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"); (ii) to reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration
  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
  the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
  was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
  prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
  aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
  percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
  statement; (iii) to include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement;
  provided, however
  , that (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
  registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
  is contained in periodic reports filed by the Corporation pursuant to
  Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
  reference in the registration statement.;
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof;
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  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering;
  (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof; and
  (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
  claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
  payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
  officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
  or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
  been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
  the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
  meets all of the requirements for filing Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Medford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this
  13 day of July, 2004.
  CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
  By:
  /s/  Marshall M. Sloane
  Marshall M. Sloane,
  Chairman, President and
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  We, the undersigned Officers and Directors of Century Bancorp, Inc.,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Marshall M. Sloane, Jonathan G. Sloane,
  Barry R. Sloane and Paul V. Cusick, Jr. and each of them singly, our true and
  lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
  us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and
  post-effective amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do
  all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as Officers
  and Directors to enable Century Bancorp, Inc. to comply with the provisions of
  the Securities Act, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys or any of them, to said Registration Statement and
  any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ George R. Baldwin
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  George R. Baldwin
  /s/ Roger S. Berkowitz
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Roger S. Berkowitz
  Karl E. Case, Ph.D.
  Director
  _____ __, 2004
  /s/ Henry L. Foster
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Henry L. Foster, D.V.M.
  /s/ Marshall I. Goldman
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Marshall I. Goldman
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Russell B. Higley
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Russell B. Higley, Esq.
  /s/ Jonathan B. Kay
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Jonathan B. Kay
  /s/ Fraser Lemley
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Fraser Lemley
  Joseph P. Mercurio
  Director
  _______, 2004
  /s/ Joseph J. Senna
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Joseph J. Senna, Esq.
  /s/ Barry R. Sloane
  Director and Executive Vice President
  July 13, 2004
  Barry R. Sloane
  /s/ Jonathan G. Sloane
  Director and Executive Vice President
  July 13, 2004
  Jonathan G. Sloane
  /s/ Marshall M. Sloane
  Chairman, President and Chief
  July 13, 2004
  Executive Officer
  Marshall M. Sloane
  /s/ Stephanie Sonnabend
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Stephanie Sonnabend
  /s/ George F. Swansburg
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  George F. Swansburg
  /s/ Jon Westling
  Director
  July 13, 2004
  Jon Westling
  /s/ Paul V. Cusick, Jr.
  Vice President and Treasurer
  July 13, 2004
  Principal Financial Officer
  Paul V. Cusick, Jr.
  /s/ Kenneth A. Samuelian
  Vice President and Controller
  July 13, 2004
  Century Bank and Trust
  Kenneth A. Samuelian
  Principal Accounting Officer
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  4.3
  2004 Stock Plan
  5
  Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities
  being registered.
  23.1
  Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP.
  24
  Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration
  Statement).