Warwick, Virginia (Chesterfield County)
Warwick was an
Manchester, Warwick was as far upriver as many ships of the day could safely navigate. Regarding navigation on the James River, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, written in 1781–82, then-Governor Thomas Jefferson stated "Vessels of 250 tons may go to Warwick" [1]
In 1619,
Indian Massacre of 1622 on Good Friday
, March 22, 1622.
Warwick, just west of where a local tributary,
Chesterfield Courthouse. It was also an important center for manufacturing of naval equipment for Virginia's Continental Navy fleet.[1] On April 30, 1781, General Benedict Arnold's British troops burned the town, destroying ships, warehouses, mills, tannery storehouses, and ropewalks
. The town of Warwick no longer exists, but its place in history is noted on a Virginia Historical Marker nearby.
In modern times, the
Port of Richmond
's facility known locally as Richmond Deepwater Terminal includes part of the former site of Warwick.
Warwick Road
Portions of the original
Ampthill Plantation (which is now part of the large DuPont Plant), annexed areas of Chesterfield which are now part of South Richmond, and back into Chesterfield County to reach the Bon Air
area. Much of the original Warwick Road was intact as a through route until around 1960.
References
- ^ . Stewart, Robert A. (1934). The History of Virginia's Navy of the Revolution. The University of Virginia: Mitchell & Hotchkiss, p. 136. Retrieved April 21, 2014 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?q1=mathews;id=uc1.%24b727189;view=1up;seq=140;start=1;size=10;page=search;num=136#view=1up;seq=140
External links
37°27′33″N 77°25′22″W / 37.45917°N 77.42278°W
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