Bellamy River

The Bellamy River, in Strafford County, southeastern New Hampshire, is a tributary of the Piscataqua River about 15 miles long. It rises in Swains Lake in Barrington, 9 miles west of Dover.

Type: Stream
Description: river in New Hampshire, United States
Also known as: “Back River” and “Bellamy Bank River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Langdon Library and William Fogg Library.

Langdon Library

Library

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Langdon Library is situated 2 miles south of Bellamy River.

The William Fogg Library is the public library of Eliot, Maine. It is located at the junction of Old and State Roads, in an architecturally distinguished building constructed in 1907 via a bequest from Dr. William Fogg Library is situated 2½ miles east of Bellamy River.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School

School

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St. Thomas Aquinas High School is a coeducational Catholic high school in Dover, New Hampshire, United States, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. It has a student population of approximately 355 and a faculty of 30. St. Thomas Aquinas High School is situated 1½ miles north of Bellamy River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newington and Newington Center Historic District.

Newington

Village

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Newington is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 811 at the 2020 census. It is bounded to the west by Great Bay, to the northwest by Little Bay and to the northeast by the Piscataqua River. Newington is situated 2 miles south of Bellamy River.

Newington Center Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Newington Center Historic District encompasses the historic civic heart of Newington, New Hampshire. It consists of a section of Nimble Hill Road between its junction with Little Bay Road, and a gate at the southern end marking the start of territory formerly associated with Pease Air Force Base. Newington Center Historic District is situated 2 miles south of Bellamy River.

Eliot

Town

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Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across from Portsmouth and Newington, New Hampshire. Eliot is situated 3½ miles east of Bellamy River.

Bellamy River

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Strafford, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.12675° or 43° 7′ 36″ north

Longitude

-70.84672° or 70° 50′ 48″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87MF45G3+P8

GeoNames ID

5083279

Wikidata ID

Q4883454

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Bellamy River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Bellamy”
Cebuano: “Bellamy River”
Irish: “Abhainn Bellamy”
Venetian: “Bellamy”
Welsh: “Afon Bellamy”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wentworth Terrace and Newington Station.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scammel Bridge and Boston Harbor.

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