Ampthill (Chesterfield County, Virginia)

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Ampthill Plantation was located in the Virginia Colony in Chesterfield County on the south bank of the James River about four miles south of the head of navigation at modern-day Richmond, Virginia.[1] Built by Henry Cary, Jr. about 1730, it was just upstream of Falling Creek.[2] It was later owned by Colonel Archibald Cary, who maintained a flour mill complex and iron forge at the nearby town of Warwick. Mary Randolph was born there in 1762.[3]

House moved, property becomes industrial site

In 1929, Ampthill House, the manor house of Ampthill Plantation, was dismantled, moved to a site on Cary Street Road in the West End of Richmond, and reassembled where it sits today. Although it is not open to the public, Ampthill House is a noteworthy local landmark, and is marked by a Virginia Historical Marker.[4]

The former plantation property on the James River near Falling Creek is occupied by the Spruance Plant and related industrial complex of the DuPont Company.

References
  1. "Ampthill Estate Marker, S-3". Marker History. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. Lounsbury, Carl. "Henry Cary (d. by 1750)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. "County of Chesterfield, VA | Historic Chesterfield - Mary Randolph - History". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-08-25. "Born in 1762 at Ampthill, her grandfather's Chesterfield County plantation, now the site of the Dupont Company"
  4. "Ampthill Marker, SA-30". Marker History. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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