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Pictures from English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott and Company, MCMXV [1915].
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton was born on 15th December 1845 and died on 29th July 1928, more than 70 years ago, so that this work is out of copyright. She was a descendent of Joseph Wharton and hence related to Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778), the first President of Pennsylvania.
Title: Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans
City: London
Date: 1915
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: The Manor House, Austerfield]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/042-The-Manor-house-Austerfield-323x200.jpg "[picture: The Manor House, Austerfield]")
![[picture: Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/210-Church-of-St-Mary-Redcliffe-Bristol-q84-314x200.jpg "[picture: Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol]")
Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol
Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in exchange for services rendered to King Charles II, and founded a Quaker colony there. Admiral Penn is buried in the church shown here. I don’t [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/106-Room-Lawrence-Washington-Born-Sulgrave-Manor-q75-287x200.jpg "[picture: Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor]")
Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor
“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) [more...] [$]
![[picture: Baronial hall, Penshurst Place]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/151-BaronialHall-293x200.jpg "[picture: Baronial hall, Penshurst Place]")
Baronial hall, Penshurst Place
“On the left are the buttery and the kitchens and, separated from the stone passage by a screen of carved oak panels, is the Great Hall, the glory and wonder of the castle, with its open timber roof, its minstrels’ gallery, its “dais” reaching across the end of the hall, on which was placed the table for the Lord of the Manor and his guests. The [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Sulgrave Manor]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/00-Sulgrave-Manor-310x200.jpg "[picture: Sulgrave Manor]")
Pictures from English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott and Company, MCMXV [1915].
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton was born on 15th December 1845 and died on 29th July 1928, more than 70 years ago, so that this work is out of copyright. She was a descendent of Joseph Wharton and hence related to Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778), the first President of Pennsylvania.
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