ccccyyyyyddddd t1_ja5jrgx wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:18 AM

Bristol used to be called Pocock. Anybody know why?

Strict_Ad_846 t1_ja825yq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Here you go.

http://www.vvoice.org/?module=displaystory&story_id=1407&format=print&edition_id=118

ccccyyyyyddddd t1_ja85fok wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:43 PM

Thanks!

Strict_Ad_846 t1_ja829z6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Basically, it was named after a British military officer, so the State changed it to Bristol.

BudsKind802 t1_ja4wh0i wrote on February 26, 2023 at 9:34 PM

Hmm, I think Sterling wasn't incorporated until after 1800

Legitimate_Proof t1_ja4wx59 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 9:37 PM

The West River was the Waustastigut River!

AvianQuill t1_ja5c1cj wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:22 PM

Thanks for sharing - so cool!

Norse-Gael-Heathen t1_ja62ehq wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:44 AM

Love the old names...Plymouth is "Saltash" and Grafton is "Thomlinson." Brookline, Dover, Peru, Mt Holly, Winhall and Stratton don't even exist yet...

lipsticktracer t1_ja65rby wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:11 AM

I’m from the now-nonexistent Kellysburgh.

SilverKelpie t1_jaa71le wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:38 PM

I like Random up there in the NEK.

An early map of Vermont, surveyed and engraved in ~1795 by Amos Doolittle

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