Town Farm Cemetery
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Town Farm Cemetery

Also known as Pickering Cemetery

Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

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  • Get directions 76 Old Town Farm Road
    Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 United States
    Coordinates: 43.02286, -71.00053
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The cemetery was a Pickering family burying ground until the surrounding land was bought by the Town of Exeter, NH in 1817 to be used as a poor farm. From 1817 until about 1867 the poor who died at the farm were buried in the same location in graves marked with field stones or left unmarked.
This burying ground is located in the back of a field behind the residence at 76 Old Town Farm Road and about a quarter of a mile back from the road. It cannot be seen from the highway. The field is overgrown with tall thorns and weeds and is difficult to cross. A small marshy stream runs across the field and there is a lot of debris from tree clearing hidden under the weeds. The burial grounds are about 100 feet square and enclosed by a wall of field stone.
There are three remaining identifiable slate Pickering family stones, only one of which is still standing and intact. Two others can be identified from broken pieces. Numerous field stones can be found under the pine needles, dead wood and other detritus. The cemetery is now in generally poor condition and overgrown.



New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association database cemetery code E11-018

The cemetery was a Pickering family burying ground until the surrounding land was bought by the Town of Exeter, NH in 1817 to be used as a poor farm. From 1817 until about 1867 the poor who died at the farm were buried in the same location in graves marked with field stones or left unmarked.
This burying ground is located in the back of a field behind the residence at 76 Old Town Farm Road and about a quarter of a mile back from the road. It cannot be seen from the highway. The field is overgrown with tall thorns and weeds and is difficult to cross. A small marshy stream runs across the field and there is a lot of debris from tree clearing hidden under the weeds. The burial grounds are about 100 feet square and enclosed by a wall of field stone.
There are three remaining identifiable slate Pickering family stones, only one of which is still standing and intact. Two others can be identified from broken pieces. Numerous field stones can be found under the pine needles, dead wood and other detritus. The cemetery is now in generally poor condition and overgrown.



New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association database cemetery code E11-018

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