Hampstead is a

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in Queens County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between

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and the

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of Hampstead, which is a member of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11). The Saint John River islands are not part of the local service district.

Origin of name

The parish was probably named for

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, source of some of the

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settlers of the parish.

History

Hampstead was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes. In 1838 the rear of the parish was included in the newly erected Petersville Parish. In 1895 the eastern half of Long Island was transferred to Wickham Parish. New Brunswick's last surviving

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community, Elm Hill, was established here in 1806.

Boundaries

Hampstead Parish is bounded Remainder of parish on maps 139, 148, and 149 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 429, 430, 444, and 445 at same site. *on the east by the Saint John River; *on the southeast by the Kings County line; *on the southwest and northwest within CFB Gagetown by a line at the end of Olinville Road and runningRoads still appear on cadastral maps but not in highway mapbooks; because the old roads and grants are used in the Territorial Division Act they're used here. along Yorkshire Road to the northwestern line of a grant to John Short, east of the junction with the road to Vincent, then northeasterly and northwesterly along grants belonging to Sylvanus Haviland, James Corbett, and Henry Appleby to the Lawfield Road, then northeasterly along Lawfield Road to the southernmost corner of a grant to Thomas T. Hewlett at the corner of Kerr Road, meeting a line running south 52º west, from the southwestern corner of a grant to Nathaniel Jarvis, then following the line out of CFB Gagetown; *on the north by the southern line of the Jarvis grant, part of which forms the southern boundary of the village of Gagetown; *including Spoon Island, Upper Musquash Island, and the western half of Long Island.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a community expropriated for

* Central Hampstead * ''Dunns Corner'' * Elm Hill * ''Hamilton Mountain'' *

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* ''Hibernia'' * ''Inchby'' * ''Lower Gagetown'' * McAlpines * ''New Jerusalem'' * Pleasant Villa * Quarries * Queenstown * ''Summer Hill''

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: * Little River * Saint John River ** Lawson Passage * Palmer Creek * Fanning Lake * Rabbit Lake * Long Island Lake * Otnabog Lake

Islands

Islands in the parish: * Long Island * Spoon Island * Upper Musquash Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. *

Demographics

Population

Population trend,

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Language

Mother tongue language (2021)

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways **none *Principal Routes **None *Secondary Routes: ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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