Bartholomew GosnoldYou are in: Suffolk > History > Bartholomew Gosnold Gosnold was born in Suffolk and his family seat was at Otley Hall. In 1602 he sailed to America, where he named Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. Five years later he was instrumental in establishing the first English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.  Artwork on the Ipswich Waterfront celebrates the legacy of the Suffolk born explorer.  BBC Radio Suffolk won an industry award for its live broadcast from Jamestown, USA.  Pictures from the America 400 celebration in Virginia. Ships, digs and Chaka Khan in a rubber suit.  Find out the background to the first permanent English speaking settlement in the USA.  Pictures from a celebration in Bury St Edmunds' Abbey Gardens. Gosnold had links with the town.  UK and US archaeologists have been arguing over the Suffolk family's skeletons..  DNA from a Suffolk grave is a scientific dead end in the search to identify Bartholomew Gosnold.  Archaeologists have successfully obtained a sample for DNA analysis from a grave at Shelley.  Suffolk archaeologists begin a scientific search for historic DNA.  Listen to David Webb's documentary about the Suffolk explorer, Bartholomew Gosnold.  Radar tests carried out at two Suffolk Churches have come up with positive information. You are in: Suffolk > History > Bartholomew Gosnold |
