John Hampden - Weathervane - Thame,Oxon
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Norfolk12
N 51° 44.898 W 000° 58.686
30U E 639574 N 5734978
A fine weathervane of John Hampden one of Buckinghamshire Famous Sons
Waymark Code: WMARB3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/17/2011
Views: 4
This is on the roof of the shopping center at Thame.
John Hampden (c. 1595 – 1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell.
The towns of Hampden, Maryland, Hamden, Connecticut and Hampden, Maine, as well as the county of Hampden, Massachusetts are named in his honour. Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia is also named in honour of John Hampden and of Algernon Sydney, another English patriot.
There are several statues dotted around the county of John HAMPDEN
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