Bewdley

Bewdley is a Virginia historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1948.

Rte. 354, at intersection with Morattico Road

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About three miles southeast, on the north bank of the Rappahannock River. Bewdley was one of the most unusual houses in Virginia, with two rows of dormer windows. It was built by Major James Ball, cousin of Washington's mother, about 1750. The first steamboat on the river touched at its warf. The house burned in 1917; only one chimney remains. Error: Note that the fourth sentence of the marker is incorrect, and should read: The first steamboat on the river touched at its wharf.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1781 · MARCH of the ARMY under Lieut:t General EARL CORNWALLIS in VIRGINIA, from the JUNCTION at… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1787 · [French troops route to Yorktown] (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering the location of Bewdley, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginie, Maryland, 1755, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Bewdley

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