Gloucester is the county seat for Gloucester County
Gloucester is in Gloucester County
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On Greate Road (County Route 1208) at Spencer Road (County Route 1203), on the left when traveling south on Greate Road.
Settled by the English around 1610, Gloucester derived its name from Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I. The town was formed in 1651 from York County soon after the settlement of Jamestown. Chief Powhatan established his . . . — — Map (db m239903) HM
On Hayes Road (County Road 1216) at Hook Road (County Road 1219), on the right when traveling north on Hayes Road. Reported permanently removed.
At this point, known formerly as "The Hook" on the 3rd Oct., 1781, a fierce engagement took place between the British forces under the command of Tarleton and the Continentals under command of Lauzun. This was the last engagement of the opposing . . . — — Map (db m167802) HM
On Hayes Road (County Road 1216) at Hook Road (County Road 1219), on the right when traveling north on Hayes Road.
At this point, known formally known as "The Hook", on the 3rd October 1781 a fierce engagement took place between the British Forces under the command of Tarleton, and the Continentals under command of Lauzun. This was the last engagement of the . . . — — Map (db m167804) HM
On George Washington Memorial Hwy (U.S. 17) 0.2 miles south of Tidemill Road, on the right when traveling north.
In the early 20th century typical farm equipment like these were used as many farmers could not afford modernized equipment such as tractors. Either pulled by mules or horses, they provided the power that pulled most of the heavy farm machinery . . . — — Map (db m168183) HM
On George Washington Memorial Hwy (U.S. 17) 0.2 miles south of Tidemill Road, on the right when traveling south.
Manufactured by Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk, Va. Peanut picking was and still is a very dusty job. Peanuts were fed into the front of this machine by hand and expelled from the other end into baskets, then transferred to burlap bags, and . . . — — Map (db m168182) HM
“They have one or two little works to preserve a communication with the Country.” American General Anthony Wayne describes the British defenses at Gloucester Point, 1781
In 1781, large armies and important events came to Gloucester Point . . . — — Map (db m185273) HM
On George Washington Memorial Highway (U.S. 17) north of Mid County Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This is the Third Church of Abingdon Parish and was erected in 1755 on the site of an earlier one. The parish, established between 1650 and 1655, had its first church near the river. — — Map (db m2961) HM
On Vernon Street near Riverview Street, on the right when traveling south.
Near this place on October 19, 1781, a surrender occurred one hour after the Surrender at Yorktown. The British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton surrendered to the French Brigadier General M. de Choisy, Commander of the French . . . — — Map (db m18697) HM
On Hayes Road (County Road 1216) at Hook Road (County Road 1219), on the right when traveling north on Hayes Road.
Here at the Hook on October 3rd, 1781, in the largest cavalry action of the American War of Independence, the Duc du Lauzun's Legion and Lieutenant Colonel John Mercer's Select Battalion of Militia defeated Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's . . . — — Map (db m167803) HM
“The name of our Fort is Fort Keyes, and it is strongly fortified. There is about 2000 men on this side of the [York] river and 2 batterys…” Private Stephen T. Buckson, 4th Delaware infantry Regiment, March 16, 1863, at . . . — — Map (db m18745) HM
On Vernon Streeet near Riverview Street, on the right when traveling south.
Argoll Yeardley patented 4000 acres of land, known as Tyndall's Neck, here on the north side of Charles (now York) River, October 12, 1640. This was one of the first land patents north of the York River. — — Map (db m18649) HM
Near Greate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road.
"I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester, and to surrender the troops under my command, by capitulation on the 19th instant, as prisoners of war to the combined forces . . . — — Map (db m30142) HM
The earthworks before you are the remains of the star-shaped “covering work” that helped to defend the York River against Union attack from 1861 to 1862. Tyndall’s (Gloucester) Point was first fortified in 1667 and was officially named . . . — — Map (db m18642) HM
On Vernon Street near Riverview Street, on the right when traveling south.
“The works on the Gloucester side are in some forwardness, and I hope a situation to resist a sudden attack.” General Charles Lord Cornwallis to General Sir Henry Clinton, August 12, 1781.
On Vernon Street near Riverview Street, on the right. Reported permanently removed.
Known first as Tyndall's Point. The colonists built a fort here in 1667. In 1676 Bacon led his rebels across the river here. Tarleton and Dundas occupied the place in October, 1781, in the siege of Yorktown. Cornwallis planned to break through the . . . — — Map (db m18643) HM
On Vernon Street just south of Battery Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Long a home to Virginia Indians, this strategically important promontory was initially called Tyndall's Point by the English, after Robert Tyndall, who mapped the area in 1608. A tobacco warehouse was erected here here in the 1630s, and a fort was . . . — — Map (db m167797) HM
On Hayes Road (County Road 1216) just north of Riverpark Road, on the right when traveling south.
Gloucester Point Chapel was a one room Sunday School started in 1887 on a site across the road. In 1894 the present Church was organized. In 1897 work began on the first sanctuary on this site and was ordained Bethany Methodist Church in . . . — — Map (db m167805) HM
Since before the arrival of European settlers, residents of Gloucester have been harvesting the bounty of the Bay. The waters are home to more than 2,700 species of plants and animals. Commercially important species are blue crabs, clams, oysters . . . — — Map (db m30356) HM
Near Greate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road.
Fierce storms often pummel Gloucester Point. Offshore low-pressure systems rotating counterclockwise, generate strong northeasterly winds that hit the east-facing beach head-on. These "nor-easters" are not the only severe storms to visit Gloucester. . . . — — Map (db m30145) HM
“I made a draughte of our river…by us discovered.” Robert Tyndall to Henry, Prince of Wales
In 1600, this tidewater land was part of a vast American Indian empire ruled by the Powhatan nation. English mariner and mapmaker Robert Tyndall . . . — — Map (db m18703) HM
“It is indispensable to you that you strike a blow...you must act.”
President Abraham Lincoln to General George B. McClellan, April 6, 1862
The York River Confederate defenses were tested early in the Civil War. A large Union force, . . . — — Map (db m186814) HM
Near Vernon Street south of Battery Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Recognized by its wrought iron jacket and its rifled barrel, the parrott rifle was used during the Civil War (1861-1865).
The family of the late Mr. Robert Stokes, who had the rifle in their possession for 70 years, presented it to . . . — — Map (db m185302) HM
Near Greate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road.
Gloucester Point's geographic location has always been the county's tie to the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. In 1707, Gloucestertown was laid out on the bluff above the thriving tobacco port on the Point. In the days before the extensive road systems . . . — — Map (db m30143) HM
On Grate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road on Grate Road.
Gloucester Point's geographic location has always been the county's tie to the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. In 1707, Gloucestertown was laid out on the bluff above the thriving tobacco port on the Point. In the days before the extensive road systems . . . — — Map (db m239911) HM
On Pocahontas Lane south of Powhatan Drive (Virginia Route 1316), on the right when traveling south.
According to Gloucester legend this chimney is all that remains of the house built by Captain John Smith for Indian Chief Powhatan in 1609
The collapse of this chimney in an 1888 storm gave impetus to the preservation movement in Virginia . . . — — Map (db m46888) HM
“Seeking knowledge and solutions through coastal marine science.” Mission of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
When Robert Tyndall sailed past Gloucester Point in 1608, the York River and the Chesapeake Bay were . . . — — Map (db m18746) HM
On Hayes Road at Hook Road, on the left when traveling south on Hayes Road.
Here, at the Hook, Tarleton, commanding the cavalry of Cornwallis's army, fought an action with Choisy's French force and Virginia militia, October 3, 1781. The Duke de Lauzun's cavalry charged Tarleton, who retired to Gloucester Point. There he was . . . — — Map (db m7584) HM
“Thus expired the last hope of the British army.” Colonel Banastre Tarleton
On the night of October 16, 1781, after almost three weeks of the American-French siege, the British defenses at Yorktown were crumbling. In a last ditch effort . . . — — Map (db m185274) HM
On Hayes Road (County Road 1216) at Hook Road (County Road 1219), on the right when traveling north on Hayes Road.
On this site stood the Hayes Store Post Office, where Irene Morgan boarded a Greyhound bus on 16 July 1944. Morgan, an African American woman, was returning home to Baltimore, MD, after visiting her mother. About 25 miles north of here, the bus . . . — — Map (db m167801) HM
Since Colonial times, travel across the York River at Gloucester Point has been an important part of daily life during peace and war.
Until the middle of the Twentieth Century, ferries were the only method of making the transit. In 1952, the . . . — — Map (db m30144) HM
Near Greate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road.
Using science to…
Increase oyster and clam production
Model Bay dynamics
Identify aquatic disease
Reduce billfish by-catch
Trace contaminants
Understand food web production
Increase blue crab populations
Explore bottom . . . — — Map (db m31623) HM
Near Greate Road (Virginia Route 1208) at Franklin Road.
The Confederate army recognized that Gloucester Point was critical to Virginia's river defense. The Point had been continuously fortified since 1667.
In an opening action of the Civil war, the first shots in Virginia were fired on May 3, 1861 . . . — — Map (db m30117) HM
On George Washington Memorial Highway (U.S. 17) north of Mid County Lane, on the right.
Three miles east is Warner Hall. The estate was patented about 1650 by Augustine Warner, who built the first house in 1674. Bacon, the rebel, was here for a time in 1676. The later house, built about 1740 and burned in 1849, has been beautifully . . . — — Map (db m2963) HM
On Vernon Street near Riverview Street, on the right when traveling south.
You are standing at the entrance to Tyndall’s Point Park. These protected remains of a Civil War fort survive to help take us back into the history of Gloucester Point. Nearby, you will find signs and brochures explaining events that occurred here . . . — — Map (db m18698) HM
“Just throw three or four shells among those blue-bellied Yankees and they’ll scatter like sheep.” Bravado from a North Carolina Confederate in May, 1861
Eighty years after the decisive events at Yorktown, a major war again came to . . . — — Map (db m185301) HM
On George Washington Memorial Highway (U.S. 17) 0.5 miles north of Ernest Lane (Virginia Route 667), on the right when traveling south.
Woodville School is an important monument to Gloucester County and the African American community who strove to ensure quality education for their children in the early 20th century. Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, aided . . . — — Map (db m30122) HM
