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The third falls are now generally called Pike's falls, from Wm. H. Pike, who, in company with Thomas J. Dearborn, once had a saw and planing mill here. Clarissa Kimball conveyed to them, April 4, 1867, five acres of land on the northerly side of the Cochecho river, with the saw mill, mill privilege, and water power on, and pertaining to, said land, but sub- ject to an indenture of Nov. 4, 1861, between Ezra and Clarissa Kimball on one side, and the Cocheco Manu- facturing Co. on the other, allowing only a certain height to the dam. Pike's mill was afterwards sold to that Company, but was burned down soon after. The privilege remains unused.
The fourth falls, once known as Kimball's falls, are now generally called the Upper Factory falls, from the cotton factory, now gone, built here in 1815 by the Dover Cotton Factory Co. This Company was incorporated Dec. 15, 1812, and bought 5 acres, 8 sq. rods of land at Kimball's falls on the east side, from Ezra, Jonathan, and other Kimballs,
Ap. 25, 1814. On this land the upper factory was built. Other Kim- ball land was acquired in 1818, when Wm. Kimball, Ap. 23, conveyed to Williams and Wendell 93 acres of land on the southerly side of the " Scatawit road," formerly the home- stead of John Kimball. This was at the westerly side of Nathaniel Ham's Horn homestead farm, and extended up to Joseph Waldron's land. It included an island near the bank of the river.
The " Horne dam," now gone, is mentioned in 1820, as a little above the Upper Factory falls, at the lower end of the Kimball farm. This is apparently the fall mentioned Dec. 14, 1820, when John Young con- veyed to John Williams and Isaac Wendell (for the Dover Cotton Fac- tory) one acre of land " westerly of the next falls or cataract " above said Cotton Factory, including the privilege on said falls. This fall dis- appeared when the Upper Factory dam was raised.
The fifth falls, properly Waldron's falls, but now generally called Wat- son's Falls, are the first falls below the mouth of Reyner's brook. Here once stood a " day " sawmill of which the Watsons were the chief owners. The privilege, on the east side, how- ever, belonged to Joseph Waldron, who had a grist-mill here. These mills are mentioned Feb. 1, 1819, when Winthrop Watson and Winthrop Watson, Jr., conveyed to Moses Whittier, clothier, one acre of land, and the mill privilege attached there- to, beginning by the Cochecho river, on the southerly side, at a place called Waldron's and Watson's mills, a little westerly of a point of rocks westerly of the bridge, and running
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south 35 deg. E. 24 rods, including all the land between said line and said river, with all their right in the dam halfway over the river, and a right to pass and re-pass across their land and Aaron Watson's land from Tolend road, with carts, teams, and all things necessary for improving said privilege, building mills, etc.
The Dover Cotton Factory Co. ac- quired, Dec. 15, 1821, one acre of land at a place called Waldron's and Wat- son's falls, with the privilege in the dam half way across the river, being the land and mill privilege Winthrop Watson and Winthrop Watson, Jr., conveyed to Moses Whittier Feb. 1, 1819 ; excepting, however, and re- serving to said Whittier the privilege of drawing such a quantity of water from the pond as he might have occasion for in fulling cloth or skins. This fulling-mill on the westerly side of the river is mentioned on White- house's map of 1834. Whittier moved this mill down the river about 1842. John Trickey afterwards acquired the mills on the east side of these falls, which he demolished about 1853. There is no mill here now, and the whole water power is owned by the Cocheco Manufacturing Co.
The sixth falls, called Hussey's falls and the Upper Eel- Weir falls, are below the mouth of Blackwater brook. They are mentioned July 31, 1721, when 60 acres were laid out to Stephen Field, on the N. W. side of Long hill, granted to his father Zach- ariah in 1694, on the west side of the Cochecho river, " above ye Ealeware," beginning at a red oak tree, one of the bounds of the land of John Winget, deceased. (See Sandy Log Hill.) also p. 251
The name of Hussey's falls was derived from Timothy Hussey and his nephew Elijah, who once owned this water privilege and the adjoin- ing land. No mention is made of any mill here. Timothy Hussey and Elizabeth, Dec. 11, 1821, conveyed to Isaac Wendell, for the Dover Cot- ton Factory, one acre of land " at a place called Eelware falls," together with the falls. This was on the east- erly side of the river. Elijah Hussey and Jane, that same day, conveyed to said Wendell one acre on the west side of the falls, including all the water privilege @adjoining said lot. A reservoir dam was built here by the Cotton Factory soon after this purchase.
Above the Dover line there are two falls in the Cochecho, below Gonie. The lower one, of eight feet, is not used. At the upper one, a fall of 15 ft., is a saw-mill. At Gonic is a fall of 192 ft., 120 horse power, used by the Gonic Manufact- uring Co. The next falls are in the city proper of Rochester, where there are three privileges. At the lowest is a saw- and grist mill. The next one supplies the mills of the Norway Plains Manufacturing Co., which has another mill at the dam still further up. This Company controls the res- ervoirs in New Durham and Middle- ton.
COCHECHO BRIDGE. Mentioned July 10, 1758. when Joseph Hanson con- veyed to the deacons of the Congre- gational church a lot for their meet- ing-house, a quarter of an acre in extent, on the northwesterly side of ye main road from Dover Neck to Cochecha bridge, and on ye northeast- erly side of ye road that leads from
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ye aforesd road to Littleworth. The town of Dover voted Jan. 22, 1770, that a new bridge be built "over the upper ware, so called, next below Capt. Thos Wk. Waldron's mills at Cochecho, below ye lower falls." (N. H. Town Pap. XI : 534.) "The two new bridges lately built over Quoche- chaw River," are mentioned Jan. 11, 1771. (Ibid., 541.)
COCHECHO LANDING. The landing- place on the Cochecho river, below the lowest falls, are so called Jan. 11, 1771, in a plan of the two bridges across the river, above it. It is now called Dover Landing. The adjacent school-district was called the " Land- ing-District," by a vote of the school meeting, Ap. 7, 1806.
COCHECHO LOG SWAMP. This swamp was between the Cochecho river and Bellamy Bank freshet, and comprised Waldron's Log Swamp, and perhaps Nock's Marsh, Ash Swamp, etc. Fifty aeres were laid out to Wm. Thomp- son March 17, 1658-9, " beyond Co- checho log swamp," bounded S. E. by land then " in possession of Thomas Nocke, and South by Bellamies Banke freshett." When this tract was con- veyed by John Thompson, son of Win., to John Tuttle, Feb. 11, 1715- 16, it was said to be " at Cochecho log swamp." When this land was sold to Moses Wingate by Solomon and Ebenezer Hanson, it was stated to be " in Ash Swamp." And Moses Win- gate, Sept. 12, 1752, bought of Na- thaniel Hanson 20 acres " in Coche- cho or Ash swamp." (See Ash Swamp.)
Cochecho Swamp seemed to extend to Barbadoes Pond, if not to Mallego river. (See Broad Turn and the Saplings.) An "ancient cartway
leading from the second [Tolend] falls into the swamp till it meets the other way that leads from broad turn," is mentioned March 4, 1703-4. (Do- ver Records.)
COCHECHO MARSH. This marsh, now for the most part drained, lay at the upper side of Garrison Hill, and extended into the present town of Rollinsford. It is otherwise called the Great Cochecho Marsh and the Great Fresh Marsh. It is mentioned as early as May 2, 1642, when lots of six acres therein were granted to Anthony Emery and Stephen Tedder. Twenty lots of the same size were granted to other Dover settlers June 16, 1648. A path led to this marsh as early as 1648, called the " cartway," which is the present Garrison Hill road. This marsh is mentioned June 17, 1677, when Wm. Wentworth con- veyed to George Rieker " a piece of marsh and swamp-land near Cochecho, near ye lower part of ve marsh com- monly called Cochecho Marsh, the lower end butting upon ye northern side of ye brook which doth run out of ye sd marsh upon a little pond by ve sd brook." The only brook that an- swers to this description is the Styx, which flows through the marsh in the vicinity of No-Bottom pond. Fag- goty brook also once drained the neighboring marshes, now for the most part dried up.
Peter Coffin conveyed to Maturin Ricker, Dec. 26, 1682, 12 acres at the lower end of the marsh commonly called Cochecha marsh in Dover, bounded S. by a brook of water which issues out of said marsh, and N. E. by a small stream of water which doth empty itself into said brook. A final division of Cochecho marsh was
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made by a vote of the town Apr. 16, 1722.
COCHECHO POINT. This point is at the junction of the Cochecho and Newichawannock rivers. It was granted to Wm. Pomfrett the 30th, 6 mo., 1643. His grant is described as "a neck of land between the mouth of Cochecha river and Nechewanick river, with the marsh to the first nar- row." (N. H. Prov. Pap., 9 : 153-4.) The name of Cochecho Point seems also to have comprised the lands above Pomfrett's grant. John Rob- erts conveyed to Joseph Austin, July 7, 1658, all his upland " commonly called and known by the name of Cochecho poynt in Piscataq river." Thomas Canney, Oct. 6, 1670, con- veyed to his son Joseph one undivided eighth of Cochecho Point, bounded by the Cochecho and Newichawan- nock rivers, and the Newichawan- nock path from Fresh creek to St. Alban's cove. Richard Waldron of Portsmouth, July 24, 1729, conveyed to Benj" Mason of Dover, one half of a neck of land in Dover, granted ye 10 mo., 5th day, 1652, to his father Capt. Richard Waldron, Wm. ffurber, Wm. Wentworth, Henry Langstar, and Thomas Kenny, being the whole neck of land from St. Alban's cove to ye head of Fresh creek, and so to Cochecho point, except a former grant to Wm. Pomfrett, one half of which grant, and of all privileges, belonged to Capt. Waldron.
After the township of Rollinsford was incorporated, this point was often called Rollinsford Point, but it has resumed its ancient name since its re-conveyance to the township of Do- ver.
COCHECHO POND. This pond is on
the borders of Dover and Somers- worth. It was originally called " the Great pond," but is now known as Willand's pond. (See Great Pond.) It is mentioned Ap. 4, 1757, when Nathaniel Austin conveyed to John Mackelroy 30 acres of land in Som- ersworth, part of a tract in the plains above Cochecho pond, which formerly belonged to his grandfather Thomas Austin. It is called Cochecho Pond on Whitehouse's map of 1834. (See Willand's Pond.)
COCHECHO POND BROOK. Men- tioned June 10, 1736, when 20 acres of land were laid out to Thomas Pinkham " up at a place called Co- checha Pond Brook, about 12 rods westerly of ye brook," on the N. side of a lot formerly Joseph Astin's (Austin's) . (See Peter's Marsh Brook.)
COFFIN'S BROOK. Dr. Quint gives this name to a brook which once ran through the old Coffin field, now traversed by Washington St. in Dover city. It crossed the lot where the Masonic Hall now stands, and emp- tied into the Cochecho river near the Washington St. bridge. It now runs wholly through sewers, but was once of sufficient size to run a grist-mill, which stood near the above mentioned bridge as late as 1833, when it was owned by Arlo Flagg.
COFFIN'S MILL. Mentioned June 23, 1701, when 30 acres were granted to Daniel Messerve " between Coffin's mill at oyster Riner and moses davis his land." Henry Marsh had a grant of 40 acres, March 23, 1701-2, " above Coffin's mill, over against Moses Davis his land." The Meserve land was on the mill road in Durham, above Chesley's mill. Henry Marsh's
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land was between Chesley's mill and the Mast road, adjoining the north side of Oyster river. His son Heze- kiah Marsh conveyed his right thereto to Jonathan Thompson Feb. 7, 1737 ; and his daughter Dinah Marsh quit- claimed to said Thompson March 6, 1737-8. Her deed describes this land as a tract of 40 acres granted her father, Henry Marsh, deceased, laid out on the north side of Oyster river, over against ye land which was Moses Davis's, beginning at an elm tree at the river side. Where Coffin's mill stood does not appear. The only mills at that time on Oyster river, below the above lands, were Chesley's mill and those at the lowest falls. Peter Coffin, however, appears to have owned mill privileges on Lam- prey river and the Pascassick within the limits of the Oyster River dis- trict.
COLE'S POND. This pond, so called in Merrill's Gazeteer of N. H. in 1817, is in the northeastern part of Somersworth. It is 150 rods long, and half as wide. It is called Hurd's Pond on Holland's map of 1784. And it is sometimes called Lily pond, from the profusion of lilies that grow therein. Ebenezer Cole, who married Mary, daughter of Benjn Wentworth, lived at Rocky Hills, near this pond, in the middle of the last century.
COLEMAN'S CREEK. This name is now given to a small brook that emp- ties into Trickey's cove, Newington. It is the " little gully " mentioned in a deed from John Downing to Sam1 and Jnº Shackford, March 5, 1713. (See Trickey's Cove.) The present name is derived from Nathaniel P. Coleman, to whom Ruel J. Bean con- veyed, May 11, 1846, a tract of land
adjoining Pascataqua river, formerly owned by Capt. Sam1 Shackford, be- ginning at the creek on the easterly side of Bean's land, and running southerly by the river round by Zack- ey's Point, so called, to the centre of the creek against Nancy Drew's land, etc. This land now belongs to Val- entine M. Coleman, Esq., son of the above Nathaniel.
" Coleman's cove, so called, in New- ington," is mentioned in the N. H. Gazette (Portsmouth) of Oct. 20, 1801 ; apparently the small cove be- low Dumpling cove, where James Coleman owned land at the close of the last century.
COMMON. All the land between Fresh Creek and the Cochecho, below Wm. Wentworth's and John Heard's. excepting the tract laid out to Wm. Pomfrett, was ordered the 19th, 11 mo., 1664, to be set apart as a com- mon forever to the inhabitants of Cochecho. And it was voted at a public town-meeting May 31, 1675, " that all ye land ungranted above Little John's creek, on ye west side of ye way yt goes to Belamyes bank shall lye common forever."
CORSEY BROOK. This brook emp- ties into Lamprey river, between Packer's and Sullivan's falls, on the north side.
COTTERILL'S DELIGHT. This place is mentioned in May, 1653, when the inhabitants of Strawberry Bank peti- tioned the General Conrt at Boston to grant them "the necke of land beginninge in the Great Bay, at the place called Cotterill's Delight, soe running to the sea." This petition was "respited because of Mr. Ma- son's claim." (N. H. Prov. Pap., 1 : 208.) In the division of the Swam-
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scott Patent (otherwise called the Hilton or Squamscot Patent), May 22, 1656, the territory assigned to Dover included " all the marsh from Hogstye Cove round about the bay up to Cotterill's Delight, with 400 acres of upland, as granted by the Court, bounded and laid out and pos- sessed by the inhabitants of Dover," etc. (N. H. Prov. Pap., 1 : 222-223.) This is called the first division of that Patent. As this division extended up the Great Bay shore to Cotterill's Delight, and the second division be- gan 40 poles below Sandy Point, and extended towards Exeter, there can be no doubt as to the situation of Cotterill's Delight. It is at the upper end of the beautiful shore of Great Bay known as Bay Side, beginning 40 rods below Sandy Point, whence ran the old line from the Great Bay, extending down between Portsmouth and Hampton. Henry and John Sherburne and Samuel Haynes were authorized by the town of Portsmouth, Ap. 6, 1666, " to meet the neighbors of Hampton, to run the lyne between the towns of Portsmouth and Hamp- ton, provided it be run from Cotterill's Delight, and from thence unto a little river about half a mile beyond Little Boar's head." (Ports. Records.)
The grants made by the town of Dover on the shore of Great Bay to Thomas Canney, Wm. Furber, Rich- ard Hussey, Thomas Willey, George Webb, and perhaps others, were all above the mouth of Winnicot river, and of course below Cotterill's De- light. These grants are now owned for the most part by the Weeks fam- ily. Beyond lay the large tract which Richard Waldron and Thomas Lake reserved for themselves, which no
doubt included Cotterill's Delight. That the Greenland line began 40 rods below Sandy Point Sept. 1, 1719, is shown by a deed of that date from Simon, Andrew, and Jonathan Wiggin, and John Sinkler, guardian of the children of Bradstreet Wiggin of Quamscott, deceased, conveying to Joshua Bracket of Greenland in the township of Portsmouth, 71 acres in Portsmouth, part of a tract of land their grandfather Capt. Thomas Wig- gin bought of Mr. Richard Waldron and Thomas Lake, "bounded att a clump of trees standing on a piece of old planting land near forty rods be- low Sandy Point, as by deed of the year 1658,-which tract said Bracket is now in possession of, bounded as follows, beginning at a stake stand- ing in a piece of Old Indian Ground, 15 rods from highwater mark, about 40 rods below Sandy point, and from said stake S. E. 287 rods to an ash tree, then S. W. 40 rods to a black ash, then N. W. to two stones 3} rods N. W. of brandy rock, thence N. E. to the first bound." Here no doubt was Cotterill's Delight.
The name of Cotterill's Delight can- not with certainty be traced. There was a Robert Cotterill in Providence, R. I., in 1645, and a Francis Cotterill or Cottrell at Wells, Maine, in 1668. The name may have been given by Francis Champernowne, who was con- nected with the Cotterells of England, through the Gorges. Sir Ferdinando Gorges' nephew, Samuel Gorges (born in 1604), married Jane, daughter of John Cotterell, Esq., of Somerset- shire, Eng.
The Cotterells were also connected with the Pendletons, who had large grants from the town of Portsmouth
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in early times, but afterwards left the province. Capt. James Pendleton had, at least, a small grant of 15 acres " at Greenland" in Jan. 1667, "one side joining to Dover," and adjacent to the land of Wm. Furber. (Ports. Records.) His daughter, Dor- othy Cotterell, widow, of " Westerly, in King's Co., colony of Rhoad Is- land and Providence plantations," Aug. 1, 1734, conveyed to Edmund Pendleton of said Westerly, all right and title to any lands, tenements, etc., that had or might come to her from her honored grandfather, Brian Pen- dleton, late of Saco, gent., deceased, and all claim to lands, etc., that be- longed to her father James Pendleton, late of Westerly, deceased.
CROCKETT'S CROSSING. This is a crossing on the Boston & Maine railway, mentioned July 3, 1849, as one of the bounds between Somers- worth and Rollinsford, south of the dwelling-house of Andrew Crockett. (See Rollinsford.) The woods near this crossing are said to be a favorite camping-place for gypsies.
CROMWELL'S CREEK. Mentioned Feb. 18, 1739-40, when Thomas and Eliza Waits conveyed to John Pearl, bricklayer, four acres of upland on the westerly side of Dover Neck, and on the southeasterly side of a small creek commonly called Mast creek or Crumwell's creek ; also the thatch- bed between said land and creek, beginning at the month of the creek, by ye Back river, and running north- erly, up the middle of said creek as it runs. The name of Cromwell's creek was derived from Joshua Crom- well, to whom the above four acres were conveyed July 4, 1727, by Thomas Roberts, to whose father
(Thomas) they had been granted in 1658. This land is described as " but- ting on ye back river on ye west side, on a small creek on ye norwest side," and lying between Thomas Whitehouse's land and that of Abra- ham Nute. Joshua and "Ledea " Cromwell conveyed it to Thomas Waitt Ap. 10, 1730.
This creek is again mentioned Ap. 2, 1754, when Mary, widow of John Pearl, conveyed to Moses Varney four acres of upland on the west side of Dover Neck, on the southeasterly side of a small creek, commonly called Mast creek or Cromwell's creek, which runs into the Back river. Neither of these names has been retained. The creek is no doubt the same as Varney's creek, otherwise called Little John's creek. (See Var- ney's Creek.)
CROXFORD'S SWAMP. This was part of Moharimet's marsh, in the Pack- er's Falls district, Durham, so named from Daniel Croxford who was in General Sullivan's employ at the fulling-mill which stood at Sullivan's falls as early as 1774. It is now owned by Mr. Ezra Parsons. Daniel Croxford is mentioned Feb. 19, 1788, when he bought 20 acres of land of Isaac Medar, which he sold Eleazar Bennet Dec. 3, 1792.
CRUMMIT'S CREEK, otherwise CROM- MET'S. This name has been given for a hundred years, or more, to the inlet from Great Bay which divides the Durham Point district from Lub- berland. In early times it was vari- ously called Great creek, Branson's Creek, Long creek, and finally Ma- thews' or Mathes's creek, which name it chiefly bore from 1653 till the lat- ter part of the eighteenth century. It
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is called " Sturgeon creek " on Sand- ford & Everts' county atlas of 1871, but for this name there is no warrant whatever. It is otherwise called in the Durham records of March 21, 1746-7, when a petition was made for a new road by John Edgerly's " to the creek called the Mill creek." This name was derived from Mathes's mill, afterwards Crummit's mill, which stood at the head of tide water. " Crummit's mill Cove" is mentioned in 1825. (See Mathew's Neck.) And Crummit's mill-creek bridge is men- tioned in the Durham records of 1835. The name of Crummit's creek was derived from Jacob Crommet, to whom Peter Levius conveyed, Feb. 14, 1772, a farm of 140 aeres adja- cent to this creek, " beginning at the southerly end of the mill dam thereon, thence running down the creek 9 rods, thence north 26 deg. E. 13 rods, across said creek to a stone, which is an old Monument," etc. John Peirce of Portsmouth, Jan. 10, 1778, con- veyed to Jacob Crommet 35 acres, "set off by execution as the estate of Peter Levius, Esq., beginning at a rock at the N. W. corner of the mill, thence running down the creek S. 55 deg. E. 8 rods," etc., being part of the farm then occupied by said Jacob Crommet.1
The Crummit lands and mill were acquired by the Kent family, by inter- marriage. The mill is no longer in operation, but the water privilege is now owned by Mr. James Kent.
The name of Crummit is said to be a corruption of Cromwell, and the family claim relationship with the great Protector. Philip Cromwell
was taxed in Dover as early as 1657, and Daniel in 1662. One share in the ox pasture on Dover Neck was conveyed to Timothy Carel Dec. 16, 1709, by " Samuel Cromwell " who calls himself in the deed " the heir and successor of Phillip Cromwell of Dover," to whom it had been granted. The confusion occasioned by the va- rions ways of writing this name is shown by a letter from the army com- missary in 1780 concerning a soldier from Durham, called James Crum- mett, Cromel, or Cromwell. (N. H. State Pap., 17 : 367.)
CRUMMIT'S HILL. This hill is in Durham, on the lower side of Crum- mit's creek, near the site of the old mill.
There is another Crummit's hill in Lee, at the upper end of the Step- ping-Stones road, so named from Joshua Crummit, who had 25 acres laid out to him on the south side of the Newtown road, May 19, 1749. The name of Crummit's hill is also sometimes given to Otis' hill in Som- ersworth, otherwise called Ricker's Hill. (See Otis' Hill.)
CURRIELL POINT. Mentioned Jan. 23, 1720, when Deacon John Hall's hundred-acre grant of 1656, between St. Alban's cove and Quamphegan, was re-surveyed for his grandson John Hall, "beginning at a poynt commonly called Curriel Poynt." This land, when first laid out in 1659, was bounded on the S. E. by the Newichawannock river; S. W. by John Roberts' lot, and N. E. by the highway from the river between Hall's land and Henry Magoon's.
The name of Curriel Pt., which has
1 An old newspaper of June 14, 1800, states that Jacob Crummet, returning from a walk in his field, fell down at his door and expired instantly.
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not been perpetuated, seems to have been derived from Edward Cowel, who acquired the Magoon land, after- wards conveyed by his grandson Jethro Furber to Benj" Waymouth, and now forms part of the Garvin lands.
CUSHING'S CROSSING. Mentioned in the Wentworth Genealogy, Vol. II, p. 545. This is a railway station on Dover Neck, above Little John's creek, where the Portsmouth & Dover R. R. crosses the land of Mr. Jonathan Cushing.
CUSHING'S HILL. See Madam's Cove.
CUTT'S BROOK. This brook is so called in the division of Robert Burn- ham's estate, Ap. 28, 1762. It rises in the Long Marsh, Durham, crosses the highway at the foot of Cutt's Hill, and empties into Burnham's Creek on the lower side of Oyster river. It is sometimes called Sandy Brook.
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