History of Hampton's Parks and Beaches

Meeting House Green and Founders Park:

Founder's Park map and photos , From the website of the Hampton Historical Society
Rev. Jones Gave Hampton A Park , Hampton Union , May 25, 1983
Founder's Park: For A Little Band Of Pioneers , Atlantic News , August 21, 1990
Meeting House Green Memorial : An Historical Sketch , This also contains much anecdotal information on Hampton and Hampton Beach in the 1800s.
Historic Hampton Remembers its past - 1925 (Founders' Park)
More on Founder's Park
The original location of the Meeting House Green , By Lucy A. Marston, a letter to the editor of The Hamptons Union , September 10, 1925.
Meeting House Green Memorial : An Historical Sketch , This also contains much anecdotal information on Hampton and Hampton Beach in the 1800s.
New Elkins Stone at Founder's Park , Hampton Union , April 29, 2005
New Dalton Stone at Founders' Pakr:

The Beaches:: Cleaning Up The Beach , Summer of 1930, 1956 & 2002; Warburton To Run State Parks On Seacoast , Hampton Union , April 26, 2005; The Marine Memorial at Hampton Beach , In memory of the New Hampshire men and women of all wars who lost their lives at sea in defense of their country.; Also see this section on Hampton Beach

Hampton Beach State Park:: Bench Dedicated to Former Residents at Beach , Hampton Union , June 14, 2011

North Beach Parks:: Park Project In Second Phase , Hampton Seashore Park Beautified, Hampton Union , June 8, 1961; Dedication of Bicentennial Park Program , Sponsored by the A.R.B.C.C., June 14, 1975; Seashore Park is Rededicated , Atlantic News , June 21, 2001; Bicentennial Park Beautification , Atlantic News , May 2, 2008; A Plan Begins to Grow , Atlantic News , May 9, 2008; Building on the beauty of Hampton's Bicentennial Park Community grows at beach park , Hampton Union , July 18, 2008; Elm Tree Rooted in Seaside Park , Hampton Union , September 23, 2008; Elm Tree Planted at Bicentennial Park , Atlantic News , September 26, 2008

Warren's Trail at White's Lane:: Map and guidebook
Eagle Scout Project Applauded , by Nancy Rineman, Atlantic News , October 24, 2002
Scout Flies High For Eagle Project , by Susan Morse, Hampton Union , October 25, 2002
Walkers Enjoy New Nature Trail , by Nancy Rineman, Atlantic News , August 14, 2003

Playgrounds and Sports Fields:: The John C. White Memorial Playground
Monday Club Gift Commemorates East End School Park , The Hampton Union & The Rockingham County Gazette , June 20, 1963
Hamptons Rotary Club Park on Academy Ave. , from the Atlantic News , August 2, 1994
Kid's Kingdom Now Belongs To Hampton , Atlantic News , July 30, 1996
Dedication of New Baseball Diamond at Tuck Field in Honor of Don Butler , Atlantic News , May 10, 2000

The Leavitt/Lamprey Ice Pond off Woodland Road:: Idea On Thin Ice? , Hampton Union , March 10, 2006
Open Space Discussions Continue , Hampton Union , January 2, 2007
Town to Buy 12½ Acres For Rec Use , Hampton Union , December 18, 2007
Commission Gets $25K Grant for Ice Pond , Hampton Union , February 24, 2009
A Great Summer Job , Hampton Union , August 11, 2009
Breached dam threatens Ice Pond's future , Seacoast Sunday , September 12, 2010

In Memory of Helen Hayden:: A New Tree Grows In Hampton , Atlantic News , July 31, 2003
Honoring Service To Her Town , Hampton Union , August 5, 2003

In Memory of Ruth G. Stimson:: Hampton Garden Club Dedicates Grassy Garden in memory of Ruth G. Stimson , Atlantic News , September 22, 2005

In Memory of Nancy Seymore Wright Pacheco:: A New Park for Hampton , as a gift of two-and-one-half acres of land off Fielding Way on Winnacunnet Road in town by Leo Pacheco in memory of his late wife, Nancy Seymore Wright Pacheco, Atlantic News , December 13, 2001.

The Batchelder Farm: Town seeks $250,000 to preserve land , Hampton Union , January 11, 2011
Saving the Family Farm , Hampton Union , March 1, 2011
Campaign to conserve Batchelder Farm in Hampton meets goal , Foster's Daily Democrat , January 15, 2012
Batchelder Farm Reaches Conservation Goal , Hampton Union , January 17, 2012
Batchelder Farm Conservation a 'Done Deal' , Hampton-NorthHamptonPatch , August 15, 2012
103 acres of scenic farmland preserved in Hampton , Hampton Union , August 15, 2012

Twelve Shares: Hampton Explores Town Forest Idea , Hampton Union , March 28, 2014