Three Northampton Landmarks

Three Northampton Landmarks (HMX0A)

Location: Birdsnest, VA 23307 Northampton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 25.675', W 75° 53.393'

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Three miles west stands the third church of Hungars Parish, begun in 1742 and completed by 1751, one of two colonial churches remaining on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The parish built the glebe house or minister's residence, 5.5 miles west, about 1745. Ordered by the state to sell it after disestablishment of the English Church in 1786, the vestry protested and retained custody until 1859. Vaucluse, named for a region of southern France and long the seat of the Upsher family, stands 4.5 miles south of the glebe. Abel Parker Upshur, born there in 1799, served President John Tyler as secretary of state from 1843 until 1844 when a cannon explosion aboard USS Princeton killed him and other officials.
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HM NumberHMX0A
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Marker NumberWY- 11
Year Placed1998
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 2:37pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 421266 N 4142715
Decimal Degrees37.42791667, -75.88988333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 25.675', W 75° 53.393'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 25' 40.50" N, 75° 53' 23.58" W
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Area Code(s)757
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 10824-11100 Charles M Lankford Jr Memorial Hwy, Birdsnest VA 23307, US
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