The British Isles : a guide for overseas visitors, taking in the American pilgrim shrines, the principal show-places and other famed for their history, beauty, or literary associations . ed to a smallhouse at Little Brington, 15 miles further north, which canstill be seen. Laurence Washington and his wife are buriedin Sulgrave parish church, which contains brasses ofLaurence and of his sons and daughters, but the brass oflus wife has disappeared. In the ancient church of Great Brington, about a mileto north of Little Brington, there are interesting memorialsto descendants of Laurence Washingto
The British Isles : a guide for overseas visitors, taking in the American pilgrim shrines, the principal show-places and other famed for their history, beauty, or literary associations . ed to a smallhouse at Little Brington, 15 miles further north, which canstill be seen. Laurence Washington and his wife are buriedin Sulgrave parish church, which contains brasses ofLaurence and of his sons and daughters, but the brass oflus wife has disappeared. In the ancient church of Great Brington, about a mileto north of Little Brington, there are interesting memorialsto descendants of Laurence Washington, including thegrand father of the John Washington who emigrated toVirginia and became the great-great-grandfather of GeorgeWashington. Sulgrave Manor House is now maintainedas a Washington museum and is vested in a body of trusteesrepresenting England and the United States. The pilgrimwill notice the Washington coat-of-arms—obviously thebasis of Old Glory, with its bars and stars—carved inthe spandrels of the porch. Above the House flies theAmerican flag—this and the American in Londonbeing the only places in England where the Stars and Stripesare never furled, 7. A SHRINE PILGRIMAGE. The chief pilgrim shrines visited by American visitors tothe old country are all included in the above sketch the exception of Boston, Tattershall and Scrooby—shown in the upper part of the map—all the places in this Heart- of Ameri-can Shrineland are comprised in an areabarely 130 miles square. The pilgrim can easily make a round tour of this area fromLondon and at the same time become acquainted with someof the most typical and rustic parts of rural England at itsbest. He can take the East Anglian shrines first. FromKings Lynn his route will be through Boston and Tattershallto Scrooby, whence he can make his way back to Londonthrough the Washington country and Jordans. i8 AMKHICAX PILGRIM SHRINES IX THE PROVINCES. Another Washington shrine is in the old Essex market
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