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��JLocalities in Ancient Dover.

��two miles below the city hall. It is a tributary of Back River, on the east- ern side, and the tide flows up the brook under the bridge in the high- way. Joseph Austin had a mill on it in 1658. Whitehouse's map of 1834 calls it Varney's creek.

LiTTLEAVORTii. Tbe district on the road leading to Barbadoes pond was so called as early as 1724, and is re- tained till this day. Whitehouse, on his map in 1834, changed the name to Trueworth to suit himself. It is needless to say that no other individ- ual ever called it by that name, nor ever will do so.

Log Hill. The steep bank where the Dover & Portsmouth Railroad crosses the old bed of the Cochecho river. It was the terminus of the path leading from the " Logging swamp" of Major Richard Waldron, where the logs were tumbled down the bank into the mill-pond.

Long Creek, It flows into Great Bay on the north side, and between Durham Point and the mouth of Lam- prey river.

Long Hill lies about a mile and a half north-west of Cochecho pond.

Little Bay. The contraction of Great Bay at the eastern end, from whence issues the Pascataqua river.

Long Point. So called as early as 16.")6. It projects into Great Bay on the south side.

LuBHEKLANi). A locality in Dur- ham bordering on Great Bay, and so called as early as 1674. The attempt to show that this is bad spelling for Loverland is a failure. The old grants use the name again and again, and always Lubberland.

Madbury. a locality so named as early as 1694, and now incorporated

��as the town of Madbury. The origin of the name is unknown.

Mahorimet. An Indian sagamore who lived in the limits of the old town of Dover. Samuel Symonds had a grant of 640 acres of land from the general court of Massachusetts, lying on both sides of the " Upper or Island falls" of Lampereel river, now Wad- leigh's falls. This land was taken possession of by Symonds on June 3, 1657, "in the presence and by con- sent of Mahorimet, the sagamore of those parts." The hill in now Mad- bury was called after him, "Mahor- imet's hill," till about 1725, when Jo- seph Hicks bought land there, and the title subsequently became "Hicks hill."

Mahorimet's Hill. This Indian name was perpetuated by the set- tlers ; we find it in constant use from 1660 to 1725. It lies in Madbury, and is now called Hicks's hill, from Joseph Hicks who bought laud and resided there from 1720.

Mahorimet's Marsh. So called as earl}' as 1661, and for many years after. It was adjacent to Mahori- met's hill, and was probably the low ground immediately to the south and west of the same.

Mallego. The north branch of Bellamy Bank river, and was thus named as early as 1659. It arises from Cate's pond in Barrington, and joins Bellamy Bank river in the town of Madbury.

Mast Path (The Great). There were mast paths in various parts of the town, but the one named above was what is now the road to Little- worth.

Meserve's Garrison. Clement Meserve's garrison, now on land

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