5 miles north of Brackley Northamptonshire England

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What if any, importance would a village about 5 miles north of Brackley Northamptonshire England, have to Americans?
 
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What's the name of the village?
 


lisab said:
What's the name of the village?

That would spoil the fun :biggrin:
 


lisab said:
What's the name of the village?

Weston maybe ?
 


humanino said:
Weston maybe ?

No, you may have to dig deep for this one.
 


Perhaps this?

George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, was born into the Washington family who had migrated to America from Northamptonshire in the 1600s.
 


MissSilvy said:
Perhaps this?

I did want the village name, it is quite well known here and the family home still exists.
 


wolram said:
I did want the village name, it is quite well known here and the family home still exists.

All our states are boot leg names from englandia.

York - New York
Hamshire - NEW hamshire
England - NEW england

UK - USA

England Jr - Canada
Spain - Mexico

Mexico- NEW Mexico
 


Sulgrave Village in Banbury in Northamptonshire is the closest I could come up with :)

(GPS coordinates:
latitude= 52.1031
longitude= -1.1839)
 


Cyrus said:
All our states are boot leg names from englandia.

York - New York
Hamshire - NEW hamshire
England - NEW england

UK - USA

England Jr - Canada
Spain - Mexico

Mexico- NEW Mexico

Yes but yours are bigger than ours :smile:
 


wolram said:
Yes but yours are bigger than ours :smile:

That's what she said.