Londonderry Town Pound
N 42° 52.706 W 071° 22.853
19T E 305551 N 4750065
Londonderry Town Pound - Londonderry
Waymark Code: WMA7R
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2006
Views: 35
The text on the marker reads "Stray farm animals were confined here by elected pounders or reeves until ransomed by their owners. In 1730, David Dickey kept the first pound in the West Parish. When the current boundaries of Londonderry were established in 1836, David Gilcreast contracted to build a free-laid pound of stones to the Selectmen's specifications. For $30.00 Gilcreast supplied both land and materials and constructed this pound in a "workmanlike manner," tapering from base to top. This pound faces the Mammoth Road, built in 1831, and has its back to the intersection of the Old Stage Road."
Marker Name: Londonderry Town Pound
Official Marker Number: 166
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Londonderry
Date Marker Established: 1991
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