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

LANDMARKS: Bumford Plains

NAMES: BUMFORD, Robert; JAFFREY, George, Esq;  BUMFORD, Hatevil; 	

	Bumford's Plains.  So called from Robert Bumford of Barrington, who, 
Feb 23, 1760, conveyed to his son Robert 50 acres "in the two Mile Streak, 
so called, being all that lot of land where I now dwell, which I bought of 
George Jaffrey, Esq., deceased."  In the time of Hatevil Bumford, the first 
half of this century, Bumford's plains were used as a training field for 
the county militia.  "Barrington Training" day drew an immense crowd to 
these plains every year, or to the other training-ground near the old meet-
ing-house in Barrington.						

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