WHEN MEMBERS of the Leavitt family gathered in Exeter for their annual reunion, they didn’t just pass around potato salad and tell stories about that one eccentric aunt or uncle.

The map was discovered in the attic of an old lady who had died and was sold at auction to Dr Gray. It will be displayed at St Nicholas Priory, off Fore Street, on June 15. Daily Headlines Newsletter ...

These “authoritative names” appear on the first accurate map of Exeter drawn in 1802 by Phineas Merrill. Looking at this map today is a confusing mishmash of names that are not used today.

At the Exeter Historical Society Tuesday morning, Curator Barbara Rimkunas pulled out maps dating back to the early 1800s that show the history of the land and the building.

The proposal calls for the demolition of the two-century-old home and barn at 112 Front Street, previously owned by Nancy Carnegie Merrill, a prominent community leader and former curator of the ...