THE GEOGRAPHY OF GROTON. 6l 



TuiTY Road — a contraction of Gratuity Road — the road 

 leading to Fitch's Bridge from the Great Road near the Rail- 

 road Bridge, half a mile north of the village. The name had 

 its origin in the early history of the town, when grants of land 

 were made to the inhabitants as gratuities. Tuity Brook, a 

 very small stream, crosses this road and empties into the 

 Nashua River, below Fitch's Bridge. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Blood's Fordway — near the covered bridge in East 

 Pepperell, which is often called Jewett's Bridge. 



Brickyard — on the north side of the Great Road, about 

 a mile from the First Parish Meeting-house. It was much 

 used during the last century ; and probably was the place 

 where the bricks were made for the parsonage, as mentioned 

 in the town-records, June 20, 1706. Only a few traces of it 

 are now left, though a clump of elms by the roadside is a 

 good guide to the site. 



Brown Loaf Plain — to the west of Brown Loaf. 



Community — the name of a district or neighborhood be- 

 yond the Groton School, where many of the residents for- 

 merly held similar religious views. It had its origin about 

 sixty years ago, when the Second Adventists, or " Millerites," 

 gave up their regular services in the village. See Edward 

 A. Richardson's pamphlet on "The Community" (1911). 



Dead River — the old course of the Nashua River, around 

 the island which was formed by the cutting through of the 

 "neck." See page 108 of this book. 



Deep Soil — in the neighborhood of the race-course, in 

 Hazle Grove ; so called on the lucics a non lucendo principle. 



Fitch's Bridge — over the Nashua River, a mile and a 

 quarter below the Red Bridge. 



