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community in the mid 19th century. Mount Sinai Free Baptist Church was built here in 1880 and served as a school for the community until 1915. Unlike most of the black settlements in Loudoun County, Britain had a
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in operation. Its African American residents began to move elsewhere in the early 19th century with the last black families leaving Britain in the 1920s.
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along Mountain Road (VA Route 690) at its junction with Britain Road.
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lying along Milltown Creek. It is located on the eastern flanks of
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Originally known as Guinea, the village of Britain—named after
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Unincorporated communities in Loudoun County, Virginia
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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
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