Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ts were named inhonor of early settlers,Colonial governors andofficials, as Dunmore,Botetourt and Washing-ton. The accompanying il-lustration shows theoriginal Norfolk macepresented to the cor-poration by Robert Din-widdle, Lieut. Governorof Virginia, 1753. Itis 40% inches long andis surmounted by anarched crown with orband cross, with theRoyal Arms engravedbeneath the crown. Itwas hidden in a bankvault during the CivilWar and thus kept in-tact from designinghands. Up to 1776 Norfolkconti
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ts were named inhonor of early settlers,Colonial governors andofficials, as Dunmore,Botetourt and Washing-ton. The accompanying il-lustration shows theoriginal Norfolk macepresented to the cor-poration by Robert Din-widdle, Lieut. Governorof Virginia, 1753. Itis 40% inches long andis surmounted by anarched crown with orband cross, with theRoyal Arms engravedbeneath the crown. Itwas hidden in a bankvault during the CivilWar and thus kept in-tact from designinghands. Up to 1776 Norfolkcontinued to grow andprosper, but with thecommencement of theRevolutionary War hertroubles began. The NORFOLK CITY MACE — 24 — mosl interesting evidence of these troublous limes isthe old church, with its cannon-bail, Old St. Pauls Church (Church Street).—ElizabethRiver Parish was established 1637 and the first churcherected at Sewejls Point. The first Norfolk churchwas built 1641, but no trace of it can be found. Thepresent edifice was erected in 1739 and became known;??, the Boroucrh Church.™. OLD ST. PAULS CHURCH, NORFOLK The site was presented to the Parish by S;mi]Polish, the first mayor of Norfolk, and his initials canstill be seen on a brick in the south wing. He isburied in the old churchyard. Rev. John Wilson wasthe first rector. Cn 1761 the parish was divided intoElizabeth River, Portsmouth and St. Prides parishes. After Lord Dunmorete defeat Pec. 2, at GrealBridge, ten miles from Norfolk, he retired to his [Jeelin Norfolk harbor, dan. 1, 1776, he began bombard-ing Norfojk. destroying a goodly portion of the town. — za — A 5% inch cannon-ball si ruck the south wall of OldSt. Pauls under the eaves near the Church street cor-ner. The ball fell to the ground and in 1848 it wasfound and dug up by Capt. Seabury and cemented intothe cavity it made in the church wall. In 190] the Great Bridge Chapter, Daughters of theAmerican Revolution, erected a tablet on the
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