Nottingham Historical Society
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Thursday, May 12 @ 6:30 pm – at the Blaisdell Memorial Library Meeting Room
Help celebrate Nottingham’s Tricentennial with a very special author talk featuring Terry Nelson. Terry, author of Hidden History of the New Hampshire Seacoast, will focus on General Henry Dearborn. General Dearborn was a Nottingham resident, local physician and one of Nottingham’s famous “Four Revolutionary Generals.”
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Looking Back in Time
The Nottingham Historical Society and the Nottingham 300th Committee are looking forward to the Town's Tri-Centennial (2022)
a series of zoom talks were held this winter that looked back in time at Nottingham's history, both natural and social.
The first talk, “Perspectives on the Geology of Nottingham, NH “ was given by NHDES Hydrologist Joe Schmidl, on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 PM. via Zoom.
The second talk was given on Tuesday March 23, 2021. A speaker from the Loon Preservation Committee (www.loon.org) discussed Loons on Pawtuckaway Lake.
The third Zoom talk will be presented on April 20, 2021 at 7pm. A speaker from the American Independence Museum in Exeter (www.independencemuseum.org) discussed Nottingham's two Revolutionary War Generals, Joseph Cilley and Henry Dearborn.
The videos of each are available through the Nottingham Town YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn-ZADTbOlzRbH2ihyH4tww
History in the Making
The Nottingham Historical Society wants to document the COVID-19 pandemic and is collecting stories, drawings and photos of how it has affected people in Nottingham. What has changed for you, what are you doing differently, what do you miss? We would love to hear from townspeople of all ages. Please send your submissions to the Historical Society at
nottinghamhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or mail to the Nottingham Historical Society
PO Box 241 Nottingham NH 03290
The Nottingham Historical Society is available for research and answering questions concerning town history and genealogy when possible.
The Van Dame Museum and Research Center is open most Thursdays from 9 am to 11 am, or by special arrangement. It is located on Stage Road/Rte 152 in Nottingham NH is next to the Town Office building and Police Department at 139 Stage Road.
The Nottingham Historical Society now has a Facebook page where we will post upcoming events, pictures, and documents.