Washington Old Hall

Washington Old Hall is a manor house in the center of Washington in the North East of England. The manor was the ancestral home of the family of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

History

William de Hertburne, an ancestor of George Washington, probably leased the Wessyngtonland by the Bishop of Durham for an annual rent of £ 4. Shortly thereafter, he changed his name to William de Wessyngton (later Washington). Although he was the spelling of the Norman language used (based on a Middle English representation of the original ), the reduction in the Anglo-Saxon, originally known as " Hwæssaingatūn ", which means " goods of the descendants of Hwæssa " ( Hwæssa in modern English to Wassa ). In 1613 the Washington family moved south to Sulgrave Manor, the mansion was sold to the Bishop of Durham.

Washington Old Hall was used until the 19th century as a residence until it gradually fell into disrepair as a tenement. In 1936 the building was declared uninhabitable, but was. Before the demolition of Fred Hill, a local teacher, saved, in which he called the " Friends of the Old Hall " founded for the restoration of the building The repair work was paused during the Second World War and finally completed in 1955. 1957 took over the National Trust is responsible for the building.

As a result of historical ties between Washington, DC and City of Sunderland is a " friendship treaty ", which heralds the hope of cultural and economic relations. The Wessyngton (Washington) family is no longer married since the early 14th century in the possession of Washington Old Hall, when Sir William Mallory Dionysia Tempest, the last Wessyington heiress in the Hall. Dionysia was the daughter of Sir William Tempest and his cousin, Eleanor Wessyington. The sale in 1613 was by Sir John Mallory and Anna Eure, investors in the Virginia charter; Sir John Mallory was a descendent of Sir William Mallory and Dionysia Tempest.