Little England Chapel

Little England Chapel was founded by George C. Rowe. A printer at , Rowe began the Sunday school with three Newtown children, in a small section of his home.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joseph S. Darling Memorial Stadium and Victoria Boulevard Historic District.

Stadium
, located in , serves primarily as a high school football stadium, and also hosts various track-and-field meets, as well as marching band competitions. is situated 2,800 feet north of Little England Chapel.

Park
Historic Little England is a national historic district located at . The district encompasses 87 contributing buildings in a streetcar suburb originally laid out in 1888.

Historic house
is a historic plantation home located at . It was built in 1753 on the point of land where the meets Sunset Creek near , and is a two-story, U-shaped, brick and frame Georgian style dwelling. is situated 3,000 feet east of Little England Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Wythe.

Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, was the name of the settlement now known as . In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.

Suburb
is a in , along the water's edge of , at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Little England Chapel.

Suburb
is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of , on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison , who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News. is situated 1½ miles east of Little England Chapel.

Little England Chapel

Latitude
37.0132° or 37° 0′ 48″ north
Longitude
-76.35272° or 76° 21′ 10″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87952J7W+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356601578
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
4769860
Wiki­data ID
Q6649921
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