Birdsnest in Northampton County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Three Northampton Landmarks

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2011

1. Three Northampton Landmarks Marker

Inscription. Three miles west stands the third church of Hungars Parish, begun in 1742 and completed by 1751, one of two colonial churches remaining on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The parish built the glebe house or minister's residence, 5.5 miles west, about 1745. Ordered by the state to sell it after disestablishment of the English Church in 1786, the vestry protested and retained custody until 1859. Vaucluse, named for a region of southern France and long the seat of the Upsher family, stands 4.5 miles south of the glebe. Abel Parker Upshur, born there in 1799, served President John Tyler as secretary of state from 1843 until 1844 when a cannon explosion aboard USS Princeton killed him and other officials.

Erected 1998 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number WY--11.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #10 John Tyler, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1742.

Location. 37° 25.675′ N, 75° 53.393′ W. Marker is in Birdsnest, Virginia, in Northampton County. It is on Charles M Lankford Jr. Memorial Highway (U.S.

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13) near Traherneville Road (County Route 622), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Birdsnest VA 23307, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Quarter Kitchen (1804) (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Quarter Kitchen (1844) (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named The African American Almshouse (approx. 1.8 miles away); Wooden Remnant (approx. 1.8 miles away); Northampton County Almshouse At Machipongo (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Barrier Islands Center (approx. 1.8 miles away); Grace and William Eyre (approx. 1.8 miles away); Edward Franklin and Dorothy "Dot" Wise Gibb (approx. 1.8 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Cauldron (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing); The Quarter Kitchen (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Gristmill Grindstones (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing); The African American Almshouse (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2011

2. Three Northampton Landmarks Marker

Three Northampton Landmarks Marker, looking southbound along Charles M Lankford Jr. Memorial Highway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 15, 2011

3. Three Northampton Landmarks Marker, looking southbound along Charles M Lankford Jr. Memorial Highway

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,588 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.