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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Washington Old Hall
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(8km/5m W of Sunderland) House on the site of the medieval home of the family of George Washington (the present building is of the 17C, though some walls survive from the earlier house). The direct ancestor of the first president of the USA left the village of Washington in the late 13C, and that branch of the family lived from the 16C at *Sulgrave Manor.
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