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87-631: John Washington (1633 – 1677) was an English-born merchant, planter, politician and military officer. Born in Tring , Hertfordshire , he subsequently emigrated to the English colony of Virginia and became a member of the planter class . In addition to serving in the Virginia militia and owning several slave plantations , Washington also served for many years in the House of Burgesses , representing Westmoreland County . He

174-652: A Virginia deposition as 45, which would put his birth two years earlier. Before his marriage Lawrence had been a don at the University of Oxford . He had been born at Sulgrave Manor near Banbury in Oxfordshire . When John was eight, his father enrolled him in Charterhouse School in London to begin preparing for an academic career, but the boy never attended the school. In 1633 the senior Washington had left Oxford to become

261-428: A burgess representing Lancaster County, as well as hold local civil and military offices. In 1642-43, three others received land grants in what eventually became Lancaster County; then six years passed before Epaphroditus Lawson received a land grant for 700 acres beginning on the eastward side of the mouth of Slaughter's Creek and adjoining John Carter's land. The Virginia General Assembly officially allowed settlement of

348-464: A community based radio station that broadcast from the town. The town is served by the local newspaper, Hemel Hempstead Gazette & Express . Tring railway station is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town and lies on the West Coast Main Line . It is served by London Northwestern services from Milton Keynes Central to London Euston ; in addition, Southern operates

435-613: A family which eventually included his great-grandson, George Washington , the first President of the United States . The town's prosperity was greatly improved at the start of the 19th century by the construction nearby of the Grand Junction Canal , and soon afterwards in 1835 the London and Birmingham Railway . Industries which benefited included flour milling , brewing , silk weaving , lace-making and straw plaiting . In 1835,

522-494: A large rural area as well as the town itself, including Long Marston and Wilstone . The parish was administered by its vestry , in the same way as most small towns and rural areas. It was included in the Berkhamsted Poor Law Union from 1835. The "Upper Hamlet" of the parish of Tring, covering the town, was made a local government district with effect from 2 February 1859, governed by a local board . Following

609-513: A period of residence in Maryland, where he purchased land. Fleet again returned to England from 1646 until 1648, where he married a much younger woman, then brought her to Virginia, where he patented 1,750 acres of land in what soon officially became vast Lancaster County. Fleet became one of the county's first four burgesses in 1652 but died intestate in 1660 or 1661. Meanwhile, in 1634, the Crown reserved

696-539: A ring; He gazed at the moon, Every evening in June, That ecstatic Old Person of Tring. The 1980 television series, Shillingbury Tales was filmed in the village. Tring Sports Centre is in the grounds of Tring School . Tring is home to three football clubs: Tring Athletic , Tring Town and Tring Corinthians; all of which play in the Spartan South Midlands Football League . Tring Tornadoes

783-593: A separate parish called Tring Rural with effect from its first parish meeting on 4 December 1894. The Tring Rural Parish, covering Long Marston, Wilstone and the surrounding areas, was included in the Berkhamsted Rural District . Tring Urban District Council held its first meeting on 3 January 1895 at the Vestry Hall in Church Yard. The first chairman was Frederick Butcher, who had been the last chairman of

870-626: A total population of 50,158 as of the 2020 census . Commentators vary as to whether to include King George County in the Northern Neck. Historically, Charles II's grant for the Northern Neck included all land between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, including far upstream of King George County comprising some five million acres. The boundaries of King George and Westmoreland counties have changed radically since their establishment, with significant exchanges of territory. Significant portions of

957-571: A trade dispute. During a planned parley with the disgruntled opposition and their allied American Indian leaders, Maryland militia killed at least five surrendered or parleying Doeg and Susquehannock warriors. For his efforts suppressing Native Americans, the Susquehannock gave John the nickname of " Town Destroyer ". Some eight decades later, during the French-Indian War , the Seneca would bestow

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1044-552: A widow named Anne, who had survived husbands Walter Brodhurst and Henry Brett, but did not have children with Washington. Her maiden name is unknown. After his second wife's death, John Washington married Frances Gerard (a daughter of Thomas Gerard, and widow of Thomas Speke, Valentine Peyton, and John Appleton). This third marriage occurred about 10 May 1676 when a "joynture" was recorded between Mrs. Frances Appleton and John Washington in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Although

1131-563: A woman as a witch , and brought murder charges against him in the Maryland General Court; however, the trial conflicted with Laurence's baptism, so Prescott went free for lack of evidence. Col. Pope gave the couple a wedding gift of 700 acres (2.8 km) on Mattox Creek, as well as a loan of 80 pounds for startup expenses, which he forgave in his will, which was filed in April 1660. In 1664, Washington bought 100 acres on Bridges Creek near

1218-582: Is a National Park Service unit . In 2004, the Menokin Bluegrass Festival was launched in Richmond County at the ruins of Francis Lightfoot Lee's ancestral home, Menokin. The festival attracts thousands of bluegrass fans every year to celebrate the Northern Neck's musical and historical heritage. The Richmond County Fair, started in 1989, is dubbed the "biggest Little Fair in the South." It

1305-651: Is a part of the UK Parliament constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted . Victoria Collins has been the Member of Parliament (MP) since the July 2024 election . Tring has three tiers of local government at parish (town), district, and county level: Tring Town Council, Dacorum Borough Council , and Hertfordshire County Council . Since the local elections on 2 May 2019, Tring Town Council comprises 11 Liberal Democrats and 1 Conservative . The parish of Tring formerly included

1392-596: Is a pavement maze in the shape of a Zebra's head in order to remember the link that Tring has to the Rothschild family. The former livestock market place is now the home of a weekly Friday market and a fortnightly Saturday farmers' market . Some of the former livestock pens have been retained. The old livestock market office is now the home of the Tring Local History Museum, which opened in September 2010. Tring

1479-568: Is a youth football club, which field sides for boys and girls up to 16. The town is also home to a rugby club, Tring R.U.F.C., which won promotion to London Division One in 2008; Tring Hockey Club, with three men's and two ladies' sides; Tring Park Cricket Club, in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League ; and a squash club Northern Neck The Northern Neck encompasses the following Virginia counties: Lancaster , Northumberland , Richmond ,and Westmoreland ; it had

1566-628: Is held in August in Warsaw. The King George Fall Festival, founded in 1959, is held the second weekend of October in King George County. All proceeds from this event go to support the King George Fire and Rescue. The Fall Festival Committee is made up of representatives from all of the county's community organizations. The Fall Festival includes a parade through town, a carnival, a craft fair, a dance, and

1653-898: Is in Tring. Tring is home to the Tring Book Festival; a ten-day festival held in November. Tring is part of the Dacorum Local Food Initiative. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia . Television signals are received from the Sandy Heath TV transmitter, BBC South and ITV Meridian can also be received from the Oxford TV transmitter. Tring's local radio stations are BBC Three Counties Radio , Heart Hertfordshire , Greatest Hits Radio Bucks, Beds and Herts (formerly Mix 96) and Tring Radio,

1740-457: Is now in Westmoreland County. Mixed vegetable and grain farming were adopted by the later colonial period. Later, the area developed a strong seafood industry. Reedville was once the wealthiest town in the United States, due to its menhaden fishing industry. Before the era of modern highways, many passenger and freight steamer routes linked the Chesapeake Bay region and connected with

1827-571: Is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills , classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , 30 miles (50 km) from Central London . Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street , by the modern A41 road , by the Grand Union Canal and by the West Coast Main Line to London Euston . Settlements in Tring date back to prehistoric times and it was mentioned in

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1914-422: Is sometimes wrongly attributed to objections, which were said to have been made by Lord Rothschild to protect his land in Tring; in fact, Lord Rothschild was not born until 1840, three years after the railway had opened, and the Tring lands were only acquired by his father Lionel in 1872. He did, however, object to a much later plan to build a steam tramway between Tring station and Aylesbury . An extension of

2001-510: Is the largest in the small family burial plot. During John’s lifetime, the name of the local parish of the Anglican Church (the established church in colonial Virginia, and thereby also a tax district of the county) was changed to Washington in his honor. Tring Tring / t r ɪ ŋ / is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum , Hertfordshire , England . It

2088-407: Is transected east and west by the ancient earthwork called Grim's Dyke . It is located at the summit level of the Grand Union Canal and both the canal and railway pass through in deep cuttings. Tring railway cutting is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) long and an average of 39 ft (12 m) deep and is celebrated in a series of coloured lithographs by John Cooke Bourne showing its construction in

2175-625: The American Civil War , Northern Neck and particularly, King George County were on the frontier between the Union and Confederate armies. As such, King George was an operating base for spies on both sides. The Union forces controlled the Potomac River and the north shore of the Rappahannock River farther upstream for much of the war. While trying to elude Union cavalry, on April 21, 1865,

2262-541: The Arts Educational School, Tring Park ) is an independent specialist performing arts and academic school. It is located in Tring Mansion , and has 300 pupils. Tring has four state junior schools: Bishop Wood CE Junior School, Dundale Primary and Nursery School, Goldfield Infants and Nursery School and Grove Road Primary School . Tring has a youth club – The Tring Youth Project – for those between 11 and 18 at

2349-575: The Colony of Virginia . A storm on February 28, 1657, caused the ship (fully laden with tobacco for the return journey) to run aground in the Potomac River at a shoal near its confluence with Mattox Creek. Although the vessel was repaired, Washington elected to remain in the colony. However, when he asked for his wages, Prescott said he owed him money instead, so Colonel Nathaniel Pope (his future father-in-law discussed below) gave Prescott beaver skins to settle

2436-652: The Domesday Book ; the town received its market charter in 1315. Tring is now largely a commuter town within the London commuter belt . As of 2021, Tring had a population of 12,427. The name Tring is believed to derive from the Old English Tredunga or Trehangr , 'Tre' meaning 'tree' and the suffix 'ing' implying 'a slope where trees grow'. There is evidence of prehistoric settlement with Iron Age barrows and defensive embankments adjacent to The Ridgeway , and also later Saxon burials. The town straddles

2523-514: The Governor's Council of the Virginia Colony and briefly acting Governor of Virginia (1726-1727) following the death in office of Governor Hugh Drysdale . His sons John Carter married Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation and Landon Carter married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II and resided at Sabine Hall , his grandson Robert Carter III inherited Nonomy Hall – purchased from

2610-523: The Metropolitan Railway was once considered from Chesham , making Tring station the terminus, with connections to the main line companies serving the north; this project was not realised. Bus services in Tring are operated by Arriva , Red Rose Travel and Red Eagle. Key direct destinations include Aylesbury , Dunstable , Hemel Hempstead , Luton and Watford . In 1973, the A41 Tring bypass

2697-488: The Natural History Museum, London since 1937, and in April 2007 the museum changed its name to the Natural History Museum at Tring in order to make people more aware of the museum's link to London's Natural History Museum. In 1902 the 2nd Lord Rothschild also released the edible dormouse (Glis glis) into Tring Park. He used to ride around the town in a carriage drawn by zebras . In the town centre of Tring there

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2784-539: The Public Health Act 1872 , such local government districts were also called urban sanitary districts . Under the Local Government Act 1894 , urban sanitary districts became urban districts on 31 December 1894. The 1894 Act also stipulated that a parish could not be partly in an urban district and partly outside it. The old parish of Tring was therefore split, with the part outside the urban district becoming

2871-484: The militia -- both signifying his acceptance into the gentry. Westmoreland County voters first elected Washington as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses in 1665, and he continually won re-election until his death more than a decade later. He served alongside planters Isaac Allerton , Gerrard Fowke and his cousin Nicholas Spencer . In 1672, Washington received promotion to lieutenant colonel in

2958-608: The railroads developed after 1830. Many important historical figures were born on the Northern Neck, including U.S. presidents George Washington (Westmoreland), James Madison ( Port Conway in King George), and James Monroe (Westmoreland), as well as signers of the Declaration of Independence, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee , and the Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee . Richard Henry Lee

3045-730: The rector of All Saints Parish in Purleigh , Essex. During the English Civil War , in 1643 Parliamentary Puritans stripped the royalist Rev. Washington of that clerical position, alleging misconduct that was disputed. Rev. Lawrence Washington then became vicar of an impoverished parish in Little Braxted , Essex, where he died in January 1652. His widow returned to her parents' family home in Tring, Hertfordshire, and in 1655 John became administrator of his widowed mother's estate. John Washington

3132-650: The 1830s. The four Tring Reservoirs – Wilstone, Tringford, Startops End and Marsworth – were built to supply water for the canal. These have been a national nature reserve since 1955, and identified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1987. Nearby, within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that almost surrounds the town, is the Ashridge Estate , part of the National Trust and home to Ashridge Business School . The civil parish includes

3219-579: The Conqueror . In 1315 the town was granted a market charter by Edward II . This charter gave Faversham Abbey the right to hold weekly markets on Tuesdays, and a ten-day fair starting on 29 June, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul . It also prevented the creation of any rival markets within a day's travel of the town. The tower of the Church of St Peter and St Paul was built between 1360 and 1400. Until 1440, there

3306-770: The Counting House. Tring Town Council is based at the Market House at 61 High Street. Tring is in west Hertfordshire, adjacent to the Buckinghamshire border, at a low point in the Chiltern Hills known as the 'Tring Gap'. This has been used as a crossing point since ancient times, being at the junction of the Icknield Way and under the Romans Akeman Street , the major Roman road linking London to Cirencester . It

3393-562: The Fall Festival Queen Pageant. Stratford Hall hosts an annual Historical Haunts program. Activities include ghost tours of the Great House, pumpkin painting, various Halloween crafts, picture-taking with Frankenstein and a witch, and an eighteenth-century fortune teller. Tourism is a significant source of economic activity in the Northern Neck region. Visitors are attracted to the natural resources, and history and heritage of

3480-504: The M25. Tring School is a state secondary school and sixth form with approximately 1,500 pupils (ages 11–18). It is located on Mortimer Hill on the east side of the town. It is now designated a Specialist Humanities College with History, Geography and English as its lead subjects. It has had Academy status since September 2012. Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (formerly known as

3567-399: The Northern Neck created strong antipathies between the Northern Neck and other regions of Virginia. Later as tobacco cultivation and erosion wore out the soil, and the remainder of the mid-Atlantic states became developed, the Northern Neck's importance declined. It was relatively isolated from main trade routes and cities. This isolation may be a product of the earlier antipathies related to

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3654-401: The Northern Neck on October 12, 1648, by creating then-vast Northumberland County as the neck of land between those rivers. The Northumberland County Court was first held on August 24, 1650, and set up a government, only to be divided at the next General Assembly session, whereby the part west of the ridge became then-vast Rappahannock County . The original Northern Neck land grant in 1661

3741-441: The Northern Neck was the site of another attempted uprising, this one led by "Sam, a Negro Servt to Richard Metcalfe." A repeat offender, he had "several times endeavored to promote a Negro Insurreccon in this Colony." "To deter him & others from the like evil practice for time to come," the court ordered the sheriff of James City County to whip him severely and return him to the Westmoreland County sheriff to be whipped again. Sam

3828-728: The Potomac River to ensure they were inside Maryland, as the state border runs along the southern low tide line of the Potomac River. With the end of gambling, and improved access to competing beaches in Maryland and Delaware , Colonial Beach declined in popularity as a tourist destination. It and the rest of the Northern Neck still continue to attract dedicated outdoor enthusiasts for fishing and boating. The region has 1100 miles of shoreline, containing beaches, marinas, old steamship wharfs, and small towns that date to colonial times. Today small farms , vineyards , and wineries are interspersed with retirement communities and rural businesses that share

3915-585: The Roman road called Akeman Street , running through as the High Street. Tring was the dominant settlement in the area, being the primary settlement in the Hundred of Tring at the time of the Domesday Book (1086). Tring had a large population and paid a large amount of tax relative to most settlements listed in that survey. Landholdings included the manor of Treunga, assigned to Count Eustace II of Boulogne by William

4002-611: The Temperance Hall in Christchurch Road. Tring also has a theatre youth group, Court Youth Theatre, which is connected to the Court Theatre, Pendley Manor. This has three sections to it: juniors, intermediates and seniors. There is also an air cadet squadron in Tring (2457 Squadron) on New Road. Edward Lear makes reference to Tring in A Book of Nonsense : There was an Old Person of Tring, Who embellished his nose with

4089-440: The Virginia Colony, where he died. That Lawrence also had a son named John Washington (usually distinguished as "of Chotank", the name of his plantation in King George County, Virginia ). That John Washington raised the children of his cousin Lawrence Washington (1659-1698) (this man's firstborn son): John Washington (1692-1746) and Augustine Washington (1693-1743) when they returned from England. Washington initially lived at

4176-532: The aforementioned Nicholas Spencer . Finally, the Tayloe Family established their family seat Mount Airy , on the southern shore of the neck, across from Tappahannock on a high perch overlooking the Rappahannock River. John Tayloe I , John Tayloe II who built Mount Airy and after Menokin for his son-in-law Francis Lightfoot Lee , John Tayloe III who later built the Octagon House and his sons John Tayloe IV, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe , William Henry Tayloe and George Plater Tayloe were all born here. During

4263-446: The alleged debt. However, his cousin, James Washington, the son of Robert Washington (1616 - 1674), who worked in the London-Rotterdam trade of the Merchant Adventurers , who had also sailed on that voyage, returned on Prescott's ship. Complicating matters, this John Washington also had a younger brother, Lawrence Washington, who became a merchant, married Mary Jones of Luton in Bedfordshire in England, then also emigrated from England to

4350-399: The boy Henry Fleet was among the passengers on a ship taking new governor Francis Wyatt to Virginia, and shortly after his arrival he accompanied Captain Henry Spelman on a trading trip up the Potomac River that included founding a trading post in Georgetown , later incorporated into Washington, D.C. However, on March 22, 1622, Spelman and 19 crewmen were killed in a native village during

4437-407: The co-conspirators John Wilkes Booth and David Herold crossed by rowboat into the Northern Neck in King George County from Maryland after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln . Booth and Herold landed at the mouth of Gambo Creek before meeting with Confederate agents who guided their passage to Port Conway . There, they crossed the Rappahannock River to Port Royal in Caroline County . Booth

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4524-530: The confluence with the Potomac River, and settled there, in what is now part of George Washington Birthplace National Monument . Washington became a successful planter, depending on the labour of Black slaves and white indentured servants to cultivate tobacco as a commodity crop as well as kitchen crops needed to support his household and workers. By 1668 he was growing tobacco, with holdings of 5,000 acres (20 km). His will disposed of more than 8,500 acres (34 km) of land. Washington's first public office

4611-405: The council's abolition. Tring Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , becoming part of the district of Dacorum on 1 April 1974. A successor parish was created for the former urban district, with its parish council taking the name Tring Town Council. The former urban district council's offices at 9 High Street became private offices, with the building being renamed

4698-491: The cross-London service to East Croydon via Clapham Junction . The station is served by slow and semi-fast trains. The station was originally opened in 1837 by the London & Birmingham Railway , under the direction of the railway engineer Robert Stephenson . The remote location of Tring railway station was due to changes to the route of the railway imposed on Stephenson by local landowners such as Lord Brownlow , who wished to protect his Ashridge Estate. The location

4785-497: The days of the Tring windmill, only two men operated the system, milling ten stone per hour. Now, computerised, more than twelve tons per hour are produced. Heygate's Tring mill has 80 employees and sixteen trucks delivering throughout the south of England . Pendley Manor , a hotel, conference and arts centre, is situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the town, near the railway station. Tring Brewery has been operating in Tring since 1992. The UK headquarters of Huel Ltd.

4872-432: The differences in society in the Neck and in the regions farther south. In 1687, a widespread slave conspiracy was crushed in the Northern Neck. During a mass funeral, slaves in the area planned to kill all whites and escape. The plot was discovered, and its leaders executed. When authorities learned that they had plotted the uprising at gatherings for slave funerals, they prohibited such events. The next year, in 1688,

4959-584: The early King George County lie in present-day Westmoreland County. In the winter of 1607–08, Captain John Smith traveled up the Rappahannock River as a prisoner of the Powhatans . He was the first European known to have visited the Northern Neck. Undaunted, he repeated the voyage in June 1608, with 14 companions in an open barge, reaching the Potomac River by June 16. He visited Native American villages, including one near present-day Nomini , which he described and named in later accounts, but found no treasure, only an abundance of fur-bearing animals. In 1621,

5046-399: The estate became the home of the Rothschild family , whose influence on the town was considerable. The site for Tring Market House was presented by to the town by Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild . His son, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild , built a private zoological museum in Tring. This housed perhaps the largest collection of stuffed animals worldwide. It has been part of

5133-453: The exact date of Washington's death has not been recorded, it occurred after he attended a meeting concerning taxes and the suppressed rebellion on August 14, 1677. Washington's will was admitted to probate on September 26, 1677. His estate consisted of more than 8,500 acres. John and his first wife Anne Pope are buried near present-day Colonial Beach, Virginia , at what is now called the George Washington Birthplace National Monument . His vault

5220-488: The excellent natural resources allowed rich planters to arise who established tobacco plantations in the Northern Neck. During the Colonial period, some considered the Northern Neck as the " Athens of the New World" because it had many wealthy landowners who were dedicated to learning, gentlemanly society, and civic duty. However, this elite society and economy was based on the exploitation of enslaved Africans and black Americans . The aristocratic society and autonomy of

5307-482: The exodus to the Virginia shore. In 1639, the Proprietors of the Island of Bermuda petitioned leave to have settlers occupy that land between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers. Although that petition disappeared and presumably was not granted, in 1641 the Virginia General Assembly granted the right to do so "provided that the number that seat there bee not under twoe hundred persons, and not less than six able tithable persons in everye familye that there sitt [sic]" and

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5394-517: The following year also gave permission for prospective settlement north of the Rappahannock River while also denying "for divers reasons" the right to occupy the land. John Carter Sr. received the first specific land grant north of the Rappahannock River on August 15, 1642, for 1300 acres on Cossotomen Creak (which became Carters Creek). Carter settled on the land several years later, farmed it using enslaved labor and made it his home, creating Corotoman Plantation . Carter also would serve many terms as

5481-418: The hamlets of Little Tring, New Mill and Bulbourne to the north of Tring and Hastoe to the south. Heygates Mill is a flour mill . Originally it was a windmill, and the company was run by William Mead. The windmill was demolished in 1910 to make way for a wheat storage silo . In those days, Mead lived on-site, in a house next to the yard, and owned half the area taken by the mill of today. The remaining space

5568-588: The home of Col. Nathaniel Pope, who had emigrated from England to Maryland about twenty years earlier, then moved across the Potomac River to Virginia where he became a planter on the Northern Neck and a justice of the peace for what was then Northumberland County in 1651 and four years later Lt.Col. of the local militia. During his stay, Washington fell in love with his host's daughter Anne, whom he married late in 1658 or early in 1659. She gave birth to their first son, Laurence in October 1659. Around that time, Washington learned that his nemesis Capt. Prescott had hanged

5655-748: The land between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers for native Americans, calling it the "Chicacoan Indian District." Nonetheless, many of the original English settlers were Marylanders, who had settled on Kent Island but were caught in a long running controversy between Virginia trader (and burgess) William Claiborne and Lord Baltimore over the island's ownership. Claiborne aligned with the Parliamentary party during England's Civil War, and Lord Baltimore had been King Charles' Secretary of State before his death in 1632, shortly before King Charles formally affirmed Calvert's claim as superior. In late 1637 or early 1638, Lord Baltimore's son and heir Cecil Calvert sent his brother Leonard to occupy Kent Island by force, hence

5742-640: The land. Since the 1970s, winemaking has increased in importance in the Northern Neck. The federal government has recognized the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace American Viticultural Area as a sanctioned wine appellation for wines grown in the five counties. Significant portions of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge lie in the Northern Neck. It also is home to five state parks and natural areas, including Caledon Natural Area, Bush Mill Stream Natural Area Preserve, Dameron Marsh Natural area, and Westmoreland and Belle Isle state parks. The George Washington Birthplace National Monument

5829-522: The local Virginia agent for the England-based proprietor, but also a powerful politician and landowner in his own right. The relation between proprietary lands and non-proprietary lands created considerable confusion and some degree of semi-autonomy relative to the colonial government until the American Revolution . Most early development occurred on the peninsula's eastern end, because both the Potomac and Rappahannock river were navigable waters, and roads were limited and/or in poor condition. The autonomy and

5916-399: The local militia, as relations with Native Americans again became troubled. (Settlers in the Northern Neck area had been massacred in 1622 and 1644) In 1675 (by which time Washington's rank had increased to colonel), he and fellow Virginia planter and militia officer Isaac Allerton and Maryland Major Trueman led retaliation against Maryland natives who had killed three Virginia colonists after

6003-410: The medieval Pendley Manor was destroyed by fire. A local landowner, Joseph Grout Williams, commissioned a new manor house to be built in Jacobean Revival style , and this building still stands today on Station Road. In 1836 Thomas Butcher, a wholesale seed and corn merchant , and his son also called Thomas, established a private bank , Thomas Butcher & Son in Tring High Street. The business

6090-453: The mid-19th century. Tring Park Mansion was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was built in 1682 for the owner Henry Guy, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II . John Washington , the son of the Reverend Lawrence Washington and Amphyllis Twigden, was born and brought up in Tring. In 1656 he left Tring to go on a trading voyage to Virginia , but after a shipwreck on the Potomac River he remained in Virginia, married and started

6177-399: The old local board. Tring Urban District Council continued to meet at the Vestry Hall until 1910, and had an office on Western Road. It then moved its meeting place to the Market House at 61 High Street, which had been built between 1898 and 1900. The council remained at Market House until 1952, when it moved to the former Tring Park estate office at 9 High Street, remaining there until

6264-414: The peninsula. Natural attractions include national parks, state parks, and agri-tourism, while a number of historic sites related to the nation's founders are open to the public. Colonial Beach, Westmoreland State Park, Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge, and many other locations provide water access for fishing, boating, and yachting. The region has twenty-seven marinas. There are nine wineries in

6351-604: The region that may be found on the Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail. Other popular Northern Neck attractions include Stratford Hall , the birthplace of Robert E. Lee and an example of a Virginia plantation, George Washington Birthplace National Monument , the Westmoreland Berry Farm , and the Westmoreland State Park with Horsehead Cliffs. The Northern Neck National Heritage Area was established in

6438-442: The same title upon Washington's great-grandson, George , for both his own prowess in warfare against the tribes, and in remembrance of the destruction incurred by his ancestor. The incident and resultant raids later contributed to Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, during which Col. Washington supported Governor William Berkeley . During the rebellion, Bacon's forces plundered Washington's estate, among others. Following Bacon's death and

6525-466: The suppression of Bacon's Rebellion, an investigating commission criticized Governor William Berkeley, who returned to England, so John's cousin Nicholas Spencer who had traveled with Berkeley to Virginia, became Virginia's acting governor. However, Washington died within months, as discussed below. John Washington married three times. He married Anne Pope in late 1658. They had the following children together: After Anne Pope's death, Washington married

6612-587: The widespread massacres on that day, but Fleet was allowed to live as a prisoner until ransomed five years later. He soon sailed to England and formed a business relationship with William Cloberry, who funded a trading voyage from Virginia to New England. By 1628 Fleet had accumulated enough money to buy a plantation in Accomac County on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and he continued to support his family by trading as well as acting as an interpreter with native tribes, including for Maryland Governor Leonard Calvert during

6699-460: Was a land grant first issued by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649. It encompassed all the unsettled lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers and, later, by a straight line (the " Fairfax Line ") connecting their sources. This grant was significantly larger than the area currently known as the Northern Neck. John Carter's descendant received the nickname King Carter and was not only

6786-484: Was a small village east of Tring called Pendley (or Penley , Pendele , or Pentlai ). The landowner Sir Robert Whittingham received a grant of free warren from King Henry VI . He enclosed 200 acres (about 80 hectares) and tore down the buildings on the land, returning the estate to pasture , and built a manor house, Pendley Manor . This house was variously inhabited by the Verney , Anderson and Harcourt families until

6873-749: Was apprenticed with a London merchant through the help of his Sandys relatives. He gained a valuable education in colonial trade, as England had colonies in the Caribbean and North America. He served as Master's Mate on board a tobacco ship when he first came to Virginia. In 1656 John Washington invested with Edward Prescott in a merchant ship which transported tobacco from North America to European markets. He secured tobacco contracts in Europe, joined Prescott's ship (the Sea Horse of London ) in Denmark, and sailed as second mate for

6960-628: Was elected as the sixth president under the Articles of Confederation . Also residing in Westmoreland was Colonel Nicholas Spencer , member of the House of Burgesses , secretary and president of the Governor's Council , and on the departure of his cousin Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (aka Lord Culpeper), acting governor. Robert Carter I , agent for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron , born at Corotoman Plantation , became President of

7047-467: Was killed and Herold captured a short distance away at Garrett's Farm . Colonial Beach , a small incorporated town in Westmoreland County located on the Potomac River waterfront, developed as a popular tourist spot for the people of the Washington, D.C. area in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offered a beach, swimming, and gambling. The gambling facilities were built on piers extending into

7134-410: Was occupied by boat-builders, Bushell Brothers, who built narrowboats for the canal. The Heygate family took over Mead's business in 1945, and today mills 100,000 tons of wheat a year, resulting in 76,000 tons of flour. This is mainly bakers' flour, but there is also a commitment to wholemeal digestive for biscuits, bulk outlets and a large output of 1.5 kg bags from the pre-packed flour plant. In

7221-511: Was opened. The bypass runs through Tring Park and was originally conceived as the first stretch of a new motorway , the A41(M), which was planned to run from the M25 at Hunton Bridge to Aylesbury; the project was not realised and the bypass was downgraded to trunk road status. In 1993, the A41 bypass was extended with 12 miles (19 km) of grade-separated dual carriageway that links the Tring bypass to

7308-536: Was sentenced to forever wear "a strong Iron collar affixed about his neck with four sprigs." Should he leave his master's plantation or remove the collar, he would be hanged. In February 1766, 115 Northern Neck prominent citizens signed the Leedstown Resolutions, named after Leedstown , an active port in (then) King George County . This was the first recorded act of resistance against the Stamp Act. Leedstown

7395-518: Was subsequently run by the next generation of the family, Frederick and George, and was also known locally as Tring Old Bank. By 1900 it had branches in Aylesbury , Chesham and Berkhamsted . From this time it became the subject of successive bank consolidations, eventually becoming a branch of the National Westminster Bank , the last to be represented in the town. In the late 19th century

7482-597: Was the first member of the Washington family to live in North America and was a paternal great-grandfather of George Washington , the first president of the United States . John Washington was born to rector Lawrence Washington and Amphillis Twigden, about 1633 (when his father resigned his fellowship at Oxford that required him to remain unmarried), likely at his maternal grandparents' home in Tring , Hertfordshire . However, as an adult, John Washington gave his age in

7569-414: Was vestryman of the local Appomattox Parish church in 1661 (although the parish would cease to exist four years later after a reorganization). Washington also served as trustee of Westmoreland County estates and guardian of children. In 1661, Washington also became the county coroner and in 1662 became one of the judges of the county court (with administrative as well as judicial responsibilities) and Major of

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