Near Kinsale in Westmoreland County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Kinsale
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 30, 2009
1. Kinsale Marker
Inscription.
Kinsale. . Two miles east, on the picturesque Yeocomico River, is Kinsale, the founding of which the Assembly ordered in 1784. Near by at the old home of the Bailey family, “The Great House,” is the tomb of Midshipman James B. Sigourney, who in command of the sloop “Asp” fell in an engagement with the British in Yeocomico River, June 14, 1813.
Two miles east, on the picturesque Yeocomico River, is Kinsale, the founding of which the Assembly ordered in 1784. Near by at the old home of the Bailey family, “The Great House,” is the tomb of Midshipman James B. Sigourney, who in command of the sloop “Asp” fell in an engagement with the British in Yeocomico River, June 14, 1813.
Erected 1932 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number JT-8.)
Location. 38° 1.128′ N, 76° 36.203′ W. Marker is near Kinsale, Virginia, in Westmoreland County. Marker is on Cople Highway (Virginia Route 202), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kinsale VA 22488, United States of America. Touch for directions.
The monument in the foreground holds the Virginia Landmark and National Register of Historic Places plaque.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 30, 2009
4. “The Historic District of Kinsale Virginia
“(created by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1706) has been declared A Virginia Landmark by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and has been placed on The National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. AD 2005.”
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 30, 2009
5. Kinsale's Bandstand on the Town Green
On the floor of the bandstand is inlaid a brass plaque that reads “Kinsale, Virginia, 1706, CeanntSaile, Eire.”
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 30, 2009
6. On the Banks of the Yeocomico River
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 30, 2009
7. Bank Street, Kinsale, Virginia
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,485 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 14, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.