Whitchurch, Herefordshire

Whitchurch (Welsh: Llandywynnog) is a village in Herefordshire named after the church of St. Dubricius which was originally white in colour.

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Welsh - Village - Herefordshire - St. Dubricius

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Within the village is the Old Court Hotel which was originally the ancestral home of the Gwillam family, and was lived in for a while by John Graves Simcoe first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791-1796 and founder of Toronto, who married Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim (see: Elizabeth Simcoe). The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in Ontario was named by Graves-Simcoe after the village of his wifes birth.

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Old Court Hotel - John Graves Simcoe - Upper Canada - Toronto - Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim - Elizabeth Simcoe - Whitchurch-Stouffville - Ontario

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