Place:Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Name
Nottingham
Type
Town
Coordinates
43.1°N 71.1°W
Located in
Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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Nottingham is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 3,701 at the 2000 census. It is location to part of Pawtuckaway State Park.

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Incorporated in 1722 by Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth, Nottingham was named for Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham. The earl was a close friend of Samuel Shute and Joseph Dudley, colonial governors of Massachusetts when New Hampshire was under that province's jurisdiction. Among the grantees was Peregrine White, descendant of Peregrine White of the Mayflower, the first child of English parentage born in New England. At one time, the town had 17 watermills in operation.

The town was site of a massacre in 1747, when Elizabeth Simpson, Robert Beard and Nathaniel Folson were slain by Indians of the Winnipesaukee tribe.

Nottingham once included Deerfield, incorporated in 1766, and Northwood, in 1773.

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