PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —

A historic house at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth has a new name.

The Yeaton-Walsh House has been renamed to the Yeaton-Welch House.

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The original name came from errors in historic records, where Welch was mistakenly written as Walsh.

The new name honors Irish immigrants who lived in this home at 4 Mast Street after leaving Ireland during the Potato Famine of the 1840s.

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