Wickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the name of ''Wiquene'' when it was owned by Evesham Abbey.Wickhamford Parish Council website.
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Wickhamford Manor

The manor was built in the 16th century on land belonging to the abbey. It was later sold to Thomas Throckmorton by Elizabeth I. In 1594 it was purchased from the Crown by Sir Samuel Sandys and remained in the family until its sale in 1863. Thatched_house_in_Wickhamford

St. John the Baptist Church

The 13th-century parish Church of St. John the Baptist shows a close connection of the Sandys family with the

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. It can be seen in the floor slab monument to Penelope Washington within the altar rails. The oak chancel gates were installed in the 17th century with a monument to the Sandys family on the north side.

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, whose mother married Sir Samuel Sandys and moved to the Manor House, was a distant relative of

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, the first President of the United States of America.

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