RebAl
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Post by RebAl on May 21, 2007 11:47:55 GMT -5
Just up the road from where I live. Washington Old Hall is a delightful stone-built 17th-century manor house, which incorporates parts of the original medieval home of George Washington's direct ancestors. It is from here that the family took their surname of 'Washington'.    |
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Post by Greg C. on May 21, 2007 13:08:41 GMT -5
That is some very beautiful landscaping.
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Post by seguin on May 21, 2007 15:59:47 GMT -5
It´s a very beautiful house and garden! I would´nt mind living there. So the Washington family took their surname from the hall. Does it say what name they had before?
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Post by neferetus on May 26, 2007 0:16:36 GMT -5
Did Old George ever set foot on the place after the American Revolution?
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Post by RebAl on May 26, 2007 6:33:31 GMT -5
Did Old George ever set foot on the place after the American Revolution? I don't think so he would probably been sent to the Tower of London for treason!  |
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Post by neferetus on May 26, 2007 12:48:47 GMT -5
And yet old Ben Franklin still seems to be honored in the UK. His London Home is even a Museum.
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