Place:Chichester, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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NameChichester
TypeTown
Coordinates43.233°N 71.4°W
Located inMerrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Edmunds-Stanyan Cemetery
Knowlton-Edgerly Cemetery
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Chichester is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,665 at the 2020 census.[1]

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Chichester was granted in 1727 to Nathaniel Gookin and others, and was named for Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Earl of Chichester and England's Secretary of State for the Southern Department. The first settlement was commenced by Paul Morrill in 1758.[2]

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