Warton and George Washington's Ancestors (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The information contained in these pages appeared almost in its present form as part of a series of popular historical articles entitled "Round Old Poulton," which were published week by week in "The Morecambe Visitor."

As I think that the gleanings in regard to the direct ancestors of the first President of the United States will appeal to a wider circle than that encompassed by the readers of a local paper, the articles which dealt with the immediate neighbourhood of Warton and its associations with the Washington family have been only slightly altered to suit the present publication.

The interest in these English ancestors of George Washington should be quickened from the fact that one of the schemes in celebration of the Peace Centenary in December, 1914 is the purchase of Sulgrave Manor, in the county of Northampton, the former home of the Washingtons who migrated from Warton early in the sixteenth century.

Although Warton is situated but a mile from Carnforth Junction, where is the parting of the ways for southern tourists to the Lake District, via Grange or Kendal, yet its quiet beauty is almost entirely neglected, because it is not generally known that it is an excellent centre for many pleasant excursions in sylvan and hilly country.

Between 1710 and 1742 John Lucas wrote a "History of Warton." which still remains in manuscript. A copy of it was sent to the late Rev. T. H. Pain at Warton Vicarage in 1879, and T am indebted to the Rev. E. W. A. Olgilvy, the present Vicar, for allowing me to inspect it. I have made several extracts, which are instructive because they were written two hundred years ago.

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