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


LANDMARKS: Faggoty Bridge

NAMES: HANSON, Tobias; POMFRETT, William; WENTWORTH, Ephraim; DOWNS, 
	Thomas; VARNEY, Stephen; HEARD, Tristram; HEARD, John; HEARD, Jos.;

	Faggoty Bridge.  This is  small bridge across Faggoty brook, on the 
road from Dover to Rochester, at the foot of Faggoty hill, now Gage's hill.
It was so named because the road at this point lay across a bog that had 
to be filled in with faggots and small trees, to give it stability.  It is 
mentioned Dec. 22, 1720, when 60 acres of land, granted Tobias Hanson in 
1702, were laid out to him "between fagote bridge and the old bold spit," on 
the east side of Wm. Pomfrett's grant, then in possession of Ephraim 
Wentworth, Thomas Downs, and Stephen Varney.  Tristram Heard, in his will 
of Ap. 18, 1734, gives his son John 30 acres of land "above Faggoty 
bridge."  And June 23, 1736, eleven acres were laid out to Thomas Varney on
the N.E. side of Faggoty bridge, beginning at the S. corner of Jos. 
Heard's land, north of said bridge, and thence running S.E. by ye road 47 
rods.											

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