In a message dated 2/25/05 2:27:52 AM, [email protected] writes: << This makes it sound as though Ditchley Hall was in England, was there another in Virginia? And who was Sir Henry LEE mentioned in the article? >> _____________ Lorraine, COLONIAL VIRGINIA AND The People of THE NORTHERN NECK by Joyce and Donald Hervey <<http://users.adelphia.net/~rharvey1/vaharveys.htm>> <<Most early vestry books of the Northern Neck no longer exist. "Even a seventeenth century tombstone is a rarity in Northumberland and Westmoreland... the earliest tangible evidence of particular parishes in this neighbourhood is found in the inscription on an old communion cup, showing that it was presented by Hancoce Lee of Ditchley Hall to Lee Parish in 1711. Ditchley looked out upon the Chesapeake from the lower shores of the county...>> To answer your question the Ditchley Hall of our disccusions has been the one on the Northern Neck of Virginia as stated above. The one in England, undoubtedly, has some connection, but I am not aware of it at the moment nor of Sir Henry LEE. Best regards, Hugh <[email protected] WOOD]