Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, 
Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, 
Concord, N.H. 

LANDMARKS:	Broth Hill

NAMES: WILSON, Vice President, Henry; COE, Rev. Curtis; DOWNING, Colbroath; 

	Broth Hill.  This is a well known height at the south end of Durham 
village, commanding a beautiful view of the Oyster river valley and the 
hilly, winding village beyond, in its most picturesque aspect.  The hamlet 
on this hill is quite distinct from the village proper, and is the centre 
of one of the old school-districts, generally called the "Broth-Hill dis-
trict."  There is a story that this name was given in derision of the favor-
ite dish of the workmen once employed in the Durham ship-yards, for whom 
several cottages had been built on this height.  But it was no doubt derived
from the coolbroth or Colbath family that once lived here -- a name since 
happily illustrated by vice-President Henry Wilson, whose name originally 
was Colbath.                    
	The Rev. Curtis Coe of Durham gives another variation of this name in 
his record of the burial of "Downing Colbroath," Dec. 14, 1785.	
											

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