SULGRAVE

'Sulgrave' is a small village in the district of South Northamptonshire in England, with a population of around 380 people.
It is situated near Banbury in Oxfordshire and 'Sulgrave Manor' is famous for being the home of the ancestors of George Washington although Washington Old Hall in Washington, Tyne and Wear is the original ancestral home of the Washington family and was occupied by the family from 1100 through to the 1500s.
After leaving Washington, Sulgrave Manor was bought by Lawrence Washington and the Washingtons held it for over one hundred years. The present manor house, which had been used as a farmhouse, was extensively restored in 1929.
Sulgrave Manor has a road named after it: Sulgrave Court situated in a housing district of Milton Keynes called Great Holmes.

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Sulgrave Village Shop - The store's the core

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Sulgrave Village Shop - The store's the core

Sulgrave Village Shop Association Limited (SVS) was incorporated in July 2004 as an Industrial Provident Society, owned by residents of Sulgrave, with the object of operating a shop and Post Office. Under its constitution profits are not for distribution to its members but must be reinvested in the enterprise for the continuation and development of its services to the community. The shop began trading in September 2004 under the direction of a management board employing a full time shop manager and supported by some 50 volunteers.
As part of a newly established Rural Enterprise Network, SVS, by selling locally grown and sourced products, seeks to provide a focus for other producers and suppliers to develop and expand locally based businesses.
In March 2007 the Sulgrave Village Shop website was launched, aiming to mirror in the virtual environment the shops role as community hub.

Reference

★ "Sulgrave Manor. The ancestral home of the Washingtons in Britain". Retrieved November 10 2005.

External link

★ Sulgrave Village Shop website.

★ A virtual tour of Sulgrave Manor on the BBC website.