Compiled by Jim Moyer 2/23/2016, still under construction, updated 10/18/16, 3/19/2019
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THE ORIGINAL STREET NAMES
AS PROPOSED BY JAMES WOOD
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Loudoun……………..to honor Lord Loudoun
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Cameron……………..to honor Lord Fairfax
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Boscawen…………….to honor Admiral Boscawen
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Originally they were all named the above names.
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James Wood, founder of Winchester VA, submitted the layout of the town in 1752 and then another addition in 1758 with those names to the House of Burgesses for approval.
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Then at some point those street names changed:
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Loudoun Street became . . . Main Street
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Cameron Street became . . . Market Street
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Boscawen Street became . . . Water Street
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In 1926 City Council changed all the streets back to their original names.
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Wednesday, March 3, 1926 edition of the Winchester Evening Star:
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Boscawen was one of the streets changed from Water Street back to its original name of Boscawen.
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Boscawen shared a connection to 2 other streets.
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Boscawen along with Wolfe and Amherst are linked as the 3 heroes in the reduction of Fortress Louisbourg in 1758.
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When were those 3 streets built?
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The plan for
the street
Boscawen
(Water Street)
first shows up
in 1744
but was
submitted to the
House of Burgesses
by James Wood in 1752.
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At that time
the street was
not named.
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The plan for the streets,
Amherst and Wolfe,
were submitted
to the House of Burgesses
by James Wood in 1758.
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All 3 streets
were then named in 1758
for the heroes
in the “reduction”
of Fortress Louisbourg.
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Those 3 streets, Boscawen, Amherst, Wolfe did not get built until at least after 1777, as this map below shows none of those 3 streets yet:
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Click on image to enlarge.
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Wilbur S Johnston overlaid the modern streets on to the 1777 map by a Hessian Prisoner.
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The Winchester Book Gallery on the corner of Loudoun and Piccadilly Streets on the north end of the walking mall.
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Seige of Louisbourg
Winchester and this Fortress Louisbourg have something in common.
8 June 1758 to 26 July 1758
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Source of photo: SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 BY BILL BRADLEY … Article on website Cape 94.9 radio station. $9.2 million will be spent on flood protection in light of rising sea levels and more intense storms. The fragile Barrier Beach will be reinforced and the Quay Wall raised. ….
Fortress Louisbourg
in Canada,
shown here
on the left,
is why
Winchester VA
has 4 streets,
Amherst,
Boscawen,
and Wolfe
named for the
3 heroes
who
attacked
fortress Louisbourg
between
8 June 1758 to
26 July 1758,
and a 4th,
Lord Loudoun,
who was going to fight it in 1757.
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Photo from Cape 94.9 Radio
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Winchester Streets
with a
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
connection
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Braddock Street
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Stewart Street
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Washington Street
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Amherst Street
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Morgan Street (for Daniel Morgan)
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Wolfe Street
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Cork Street
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Fairfax Lane
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Loudoun Street
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Cameron Street
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Boscawen Street
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Leicester Street
Based on Leicester House
which housed Lord Bute
as advisor
to the future George III
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This one is different.
The Monmouth Rebellion was big
in the minds of the English
to go Protestant
and after a few years
William and Mary made it happen 1688.
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Monmouth Street
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Click on map to enlarge. This map was drawn by a Hessian prisoner in 1777, nineteen years after the Fort Loudoun (1756-1758) was constructed.
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Winchester VA Street Name Changes
The following street names are involved
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Once you click on the picture to enlarge,
the building on the right still exists.
It is now Wells Fargo,
formerly Wachovia,
formerly First Union,
formerly Shenandoah Valley Bank.
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Building on the left is no longer there
and now replaced by building
holding Bank of Clarke County.
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