| Wickhamford | |
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 Sandys Arms, Wickhamford | |
  Wickhamford Location withinWorcestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SP067414 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EVESHAM |
| Postcode district | WR11 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Wickhamford is a village and acivil parish inWorcestershire, England. It is situated on theA44 road approximately halfway between the towns ofEvesham and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in theDomesday Book under the name ofWiquene when it was owned by Evesham Abbey.[1]
The manor was built in the 16th century on land belonging to the abbey. It was later sold toThomas Throckmorton byElizabeth I. In 1594 it was purchased from the Crown by SirSamuel Sandys and remained in the family until its sale in 1863.
The 13th-century parish Church of St. John the Baptist shows a close connection of the Sandys family with theAmerican colonists. It can be seen in the floor slab monument to Penelope Washington within the altar rails. The oakchancel gates were installed in the 17th century with a monument to the Sandys family on the north side.Penelope Washington, whose mother married Sir Samuel Sandys and moved to the Manor House, was a distant relative ofGeorge Washington, the firstPresident of the United States of America.
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