Pictures of Pershore Abbey

Submitted by Anthony Mason(16th September 2007)

Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire, George Mason baptism 1629

The remnants of a once magnificent Pershore Abbey. One of the most famous people to have been baptised at this church of the 'Holy Cross' was George Mason, son of Thomas Mason & Ann French. George Mason was baptised 02/June/1629. His family were later involved in fighting on the Royalist side during the English Civil War. In 1651 George and his brother William fled the country to America. George Mason founded a great estate in Virginia USA and his grandson later became involved in Virginian politics writing the state's declaration of rights in 1776. This document became the model for Thomas Jefferson's later Declaration of Independence.....

A picture of: Pershore Abbey, Pershore

Photograph taken with a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK DX7630 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA

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Abbeys & Cathedrals, Pershore

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