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Sulgrave Manor
Sulgrave Manor is a mid-16th century Tudor architecture, Tudor hall house in Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, UK, built by Lawrence Washington, the 3rd great-grandfather of George Washington, first President of the United States. The manor passed out of the hands of the Washington family in the 17th century and by the 19th had descended to the status of a farmhouse. In 1911, Theodore Roosevelt, a former US president, suggested a memorial to commemorate 100 years of peace between the United Kingdom and the United States, and the manor was bought for this purpose in 1914. Between 1920 and 1930 the manor was restored, and a garden was created by Reginald Blomfield. Sulgrave Manor is now administered by a trust and is a Listed building, Grade I listed building. History The ancestors of George Washington originated in Washington, Tyne and Wear, Wessyngton in the north-east of England in the 12th century after assuming Washington Old Hall, tenancy of the area from the Bishop of Durham in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulgrave
Sulgrave is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about north of Brackley. The village is just south of a stream that rises in the parish and flows east to join the River Tove, a tributary of the River Great Ouse, Great Ouse. The village's name means 'grove in a gully' or perhaps, 'pit/trench in a gully'. Alternatively, the specific may be a personal name, 'Sula'. Prehistory Just over north of the village is Barrow Hill, a bowl barrow beside Banbury Lane between Culworth and Weston, Northamptonshire, Weston. The barrow is oval, about long, wide and up to high. It is Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age and may date from between 2400 and 1500 BC. It may have been surrounded by a ditch, but this can no longer be traced. The mound may have been re-used in the England in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages as the base for a windmill. The barrow is largely intact, although it has been partly disturbed by European badger, badgers. It is a sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
