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Anthony Henniker-Gotley
Anthony Henniker-Gotley (2 March 1887 – 4 May 1972) was a rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England from 1910 to 1911. He also captained that country. Early life Anthony Henniker-Gotley was born on 2 March 1887 in Tysoe, Warwickshire. He was the son of a vicar, the Revd George Henniker Gotley MA. Rugby union career Henniker-Gotley played as a scrum half for his school, Tonbridge School. At his previous school, West Downs School, Winchester a boarding school for boys aged between eight and thirteen, he had been an avid cricketer, playing in the first XI in 1899 to 1901. After Tonbridge he went up to the University of Oxford and there received his Blue in 1909. At a club level he played for Blackheath FC and at a representative level played for Barbarian FC (playing in the Barbarians: v Leicester 1909 match ending 9–9) as well as county rugby for both Surrey County Rugby Football Union, Surrey and Kent Rugby Football Union, Kent. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tysoe
Tysoe is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England. The parish is on the boundary with Oxfordshire, about northwest of Banbury. The parish includes the contiguous villages of Middle and Upper Tysoe and the separate hamlet of Lower Tysoe. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 1,143. Toponym The earliest known surviving record of the place-name is as ''Tiheshoche'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was ''Tiesoch'' in the reign of Henry I (1100–35), ''Thiesho'' in a charter from 1131 to 1140 and ''Tisho'' in a royal roll from 1201. The name is derived from the Old English ''Tīges hōh'', meaning "spur of land belonging to the god Tiw", after whom Tuesday is named. Eilert Ekwall speculated: "The etymology suggested is rendered likely by the fact that at Tysoe was a cut figure of a horse, after which the Vale of the Red Horse was named. The horse may have been a monument to a victory won by the Anglo-Saxons dedicated to the war-god ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
