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Barford
Barford may refer to: Places England *Barford, Hampshire *Barford, Norfolk *Barford, Warwickshire *Barford St. John, Oxfordshire **The parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael, Oxfordshire *Barford St Martin, Wiltshire *Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire *Great Barford, Bedfordshire *Little Barford, Bedfordshire **Little Barford Power Station Canada * Barford, Quebec, former township, now part of Coaticook People * Anne Barford, American rugby union player * David Barford, British medical researcher * Ian Barford, American actor * John Leslie Barford (1886-1937), English poet * Serie Barford, New Zealand performance poet * Vernon Barford (1876-1963), English photographer and musician * William Barford William Barford (died November 1792) was an English scholar and Anglican clergyman. Life Barford was educated at Eton College, and elected to King's College, Cambridge in 1737. He proceeded B.A. in 1742, M.A. in 1746, and D.D. in 1771. He became t ... (died 1792), English scholar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barford St Martin
Barford St Martin is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about west of Wilton, around the junction of the A30 and the B3089. Barford is known as one of the Nadder Valley villages, named for the River Nadder which flows through the parish. Grovely Wood forms the northern section of the parish. History Prehistoric sites in the parish include the earthworks known as Ebsbury, an Iron Age settlement, field system and possible hillfort, and a Romano-British enclosed settlement, on a hilltop in the north of the parish which overlooks the Wylye valley. Grovely Ditch or Grim's Ditch, a pre-Roman earthwork, runs through Grovely Wood a little further south. A small settlement called ''Bereford'', with nine households, was recorded in the Domesday Book compiled in 1085–1086. The St Martin suffix, from the dedication of the church, was added by 1304 to distinguish it from Barford manor in Downton parish. Amesbury Priory acquired 78 acres in 1197, and continued to hold th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barford, Hampshire
Barford is a scattered hamlet in the civil parish of Headley in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies on the Hampshire-Surrey border, approximately from Hindhead. Its nearest town is Bordon Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villag ..., which lies approximately south-west from the village. The stream which marks the parish and county boundary once had three mills, all now private dwellings. Two were involved in paper-making, and one corn-grinding. The oldest is mentioned in a pipe-roll of 1264 while the others date from the 18th century. One of the paper mills was subsequently used for flock, and one housed French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars. Barford bridge, formerly a dangerous ford, was built across the stream in the early 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barford
David Barford is a British medical researcher and structural biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge, UK. Education Barford studied Biochemistry at the University of Bristol and then went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, supervised by Professor Dame Louise Johnson. Career and research Barford worked at the University of Dundee Medical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit with Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS and Tricia Cohen. He was a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA (1991 to 1994). From 1994 he was University Lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. In 1999 he was appointed as Professor of Molecular Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. In 2013 Barford was appointed as a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. He has been Co-Head of the Division of Structural Studies since Dec 2015. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barford
William Barford (died November 1792) was an English scholar and Anglican clergyman. Life Barford was educated at Eton College, and elected to King's College, Cambridge in 1737. He proceeded B.A. in 1742, M.A. in 1746, and D.D. in 1771. He became tutor of his college, was thrice moderator in the Sophs' school, was proctor in 1761, and from 1762 to 1768 Public Orator, only resigning the post to stand for the Greek professorship, which he failed to obtain. In 1768, his college presented him with the living of Fordingbridge, in Hampshire, and in the year following he was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Sir John Cust, the then speaker, but held the office for only one session. The next speaker appointed another chaplain, and Barford's friends feared he would be deprived of the usual preferment conferred on holders of the office; but on the plea that he was to be considered chaplain, appointed not by the speaker but by the house, it was resolved, 9 May 1770, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Barford
Vernon West Barford (10 September 1876 – 22 April 1963) was an English photographer, musician, organist, choirmaster and teacher. Barford, nicknamed "Man of Many Talents," was born in Crowthorne in Berkshire, England. He began piano lessons at four and attended the choir school of Worcester Cathedral from 1887 to 1892. Having failed entrance exams to Oxford University, he moved in 1898 to Qu'Appelle, District of Assiniboia in the North-West Territories (most which became the southern third in territory, half of population, of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada in 1905 after his departure). He began to farm and after a year, he began to teach piano. On 15 January 1900 he moved to Edmonton, Alberta and became choirmaster for All Saints parish church, which became pro-cathedral of the Church of England in Canada in 1914, and stayed in that post for fifty-six years. In 1903 Barford organized the Edmonton Amateur Operatic Society, and was musical director for seven years. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie Barford
Serie Barford is a performance poet from Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Her poetry collection, ''Tapa Talk'', was published in 2007 to critical acclaim. She has published four other books of poetry (in 1985, 1989, 2015, and 2021). Her poems and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies, among them Mauri Ola, Whetu Moana, Niu Voices, Landfall, Poetry New Zealand, Dreadlocks, Writing the Pacific, Trout, Blackmail Press, Snorkel and Best New Zealand Poems. ''Sleeping with Stones'' was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W .... She has Samoan, European and Algonquin Indian ancestry. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barford, Serie New Zealand poets New Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leslie Barford
John Leslie Barford (1886–1937) was an English Uranian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Philebus. According to Timothy D'Arch Smith, he was a doctor Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ... in the Merchant Navy. His works, which were privately printed, include ''Ladslove Lyrics'' (1918), ''Young Things'' (1921), ''Fantasies'' (1923) and ''Whimsies'' (1934).Smith, Timothy D'Arch. ''Love in Earnest: Some Notes on the Lives and Writings of English "Uranian" Poets from 1889 to 1930.'' Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. References * Smith, Timothy D'Arch. ''Love in Earnest: Some Notes on the Lives and Writings of English "Uranian" Poets from 1889 to 1930.'' Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. Notes British gay writers 1886 births 1937 deaths English LGBT poets English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Barford
Ian Barford is an American stage and television actor. He has appeared on Broadway in '' August: Osage County'' and ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''. He was nominated for best actor in a play at the 74th Tony Awards for his performance in ''Linda Vista''. He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 2007. Personal life The Bloomington, Indiana-born Barford is married to Chicagoan Anna D. Shapiro; they have two children and live in Evanston, Illinois. Theatre Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre * ''The Minutes'' (2017) * ''Linda Vista'' (2017) - Wheeler * ''Mary Page Marlowe'' (2016) - Ray * ''Endgame'' (2010) - Hamm * ''Up'' (2009) * '' August: Osage County'' (2007) - Little Charles * ''Love Song'' by John Kolvenbach (2006) * ''Lost Land'' * '' The Libertine'' * ''Three Days of Rain'' * ''The Berlin Circle'' by Charles Mee (1998) * ''As I Lay Dying'' * '' Time of My Life'' * ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' (1994) - Billy Other theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Barford
Ann Barford is a former female rugby union player. She was a member of the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup champion squad. She is the Director of IT at Corning Inc. She has a Master's degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Douglass College, Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's .... She is on the Board of Directors for the USA Rugby Trust. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barford, Ann Living people United States women's international rugby union players American female rugby union players Female rugby union players Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Rutgers University alumni New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni 21st-century American women< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barford, Norfolk
Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 4 miles (6 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich. The villages name derives from 'bere-ford' meaning 'barley ford'. The civil parish has an area of 4.38 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 508 in 201 households, the population increasing to 547 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. War Memorial Barford's War Memorial is a stone cross in St. Botolph's Churchyard, it holds the following names for the First World War: * Corporal Harry Melton (1895-1916), 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment * Lance-Corporal Robert J. Fisher (1892-1915), 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards * Lance-Corporal John M. Timbers (1879-1916), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) * Lance-Corporal Horace W. Fox (1885-1916), 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment * Private Henry J. Timbers (1869- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Barford Power Station
Little Barford Power Station is a gas-fired power station just north of the village of Little Barford (close to St Neots) in Bedfordshire, England. It lies just south of the A428 St Neots bypass and east of the Wyboston Leisure Park. The River Great Ouse runs alongside. It was formerly the site of two coal-fired power stations, now demolished. The station is operated by RWE. The net capacity of 727 MW is sufficient to supply over half a million households. History Little Barford CCGT power station was built on the site of two former coal-fired power stations opened in 1939 and 1959 that had a generating capacity of 126 and 127 MW. Little Barford A Little Barford A station was built and operated by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company. It was authorised in June 1938 and commissioned in 1941. It had an installed capacity of 126 MW and comprised 4 × 31.5 MW English Electric generators.''CEGB Statistical Yearbook'' (various dates) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
