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The oldest vine with a fully authenticated minimum age, and thought to be the largest in the world, is known as the Great Vine at Hampton Court Palace in England. It was transplanted under the direction of Lancelot Capability Brown to its current site in 1768. The variety is ‘Schiava Grossa’ (also called Black Hamburg, or Trollinger).
Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] ... A nearby conservatory houses the "Great Vine", planted in 1769; by 1968 it had a trunk 81 inches (2,100 mm) ...
Location of Hampton in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampton, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Hampton Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Hampton, Virginia. The district encompasses 25 contributing buildings and 7 contributing sites in the central business district of Hampton. The district includes a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and governmental buildings dating from the late-19th ...
In September 2015, the Royal Collection recorded 542 works (only those with images) as being located at Hampton Court, mostly paintings and furniture, but also ceramics and sculpture. The full current list can be obtained from their website. [2] They include: Triumphs of Caesar (Mantegna), 1484–92, displayed in their own section of the palace.
All of Elizabeth City County later became part of the City of Hampton. The district first developed in the 1880s, and is composed generally of six primary subdivisions with the last platted in the 1930s. The earliest building is the John Simpson House, built in 1849. [5]
Gospel Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Staunton, Virginia. The district encompasses 180 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Staunton. The district is characterized by an abundance of fine homes, ranging in size from cottages to mansions and dating from 1840 to 1930.
Tomb of George Lowe (1716–1758) 'father of the royal gardener at Hampton Court'. He was Master gardener to George II and father of George Lowe (b 1740) who planted the Great Vine in 1768 at Hampton Court Palace. George FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster (1794–1842), a peer and soldier. Sir William Wightman (1784–1863), a judge.