Near Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Bellfield Plantation

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009

1. Bellfield Plantation Marker

Inscription. The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors, Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges who bought the property from West in 1650. Here Digges produced superior tobacco and led attempts to develop silk culture in the colony.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era. A significant historical year for this entry is 1632.

Location. 37° 16.357′ N, 76° 34.777′ W. Marker is near Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It can be reached from Colonial National Historic Parkway 2.1 miles west of Mason Row, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23691, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cheatham Annex (within shouting distance of this marker); Nathaniel Bacon (approx. ¼ mile away); Ringfield Plantation (approx. ¼ mile away); Indian Field Creek (approx. 1.3 miles away); Powhatan's Village (approx. 1.4 miles away); York River (approx. 2.1 miles away); Naval Weapons Station (approx. 2½ miles away); Authority and Ceremony (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

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Colonial Parkway. Colonial National Historical Park (Submitted on December 24, 2009.)

Bellfield Plantation site on the York River image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009

2. Bellfield Plantation site on the York River

Bellfield Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Historic American Buildings Survey

3. Bellfield Cemetery

Digges Road vicinity, Yorktown vicinity, York County, VA. [HABS VA,100-YORK.V,4-]

Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 9,834 times since then and 211 times this year. Last updated on January 18, 2011, by John D. Crim, II of New Market, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.