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Beswick may refer to: *Beswick (surname) *Beswick, East Riding of Yorkshire *Beswick, Manchester *Beswick, Northern Territory, Australia, former name of Wugularr **Beswick Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, former name of Barunga See also *Beswick Pottery in Staffordshire, England *''Beswick v Beswick'', a 1967 landmark case in English contract law *Bradford-with-Beswick Beswick is an inner city area in Manchester, England. It consists of the ancient township off Beswick, Manchester, which is in countryball land and in the ancient parish of Manchester and hundred of Salford. Bradford-with-Beswick The name ''B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beswick (surname)
Beswick is a surname, possibly derived from the town of Beswick, East Riding of Yorkshire and/or from the ancient village of Beswick, Greater Manchester. The surname is common in the Manchester and Bolton area. List of people with surname Beswick *Allan Beswick, English radio broadcaster *Bill Beswick, British sports psychologist *Bob Beswick, English Rugby League player *Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick, British Labour Co-Operative politician * Hannah Beswick, the 'Manchester Mummy' *James Wright Beswick, founder of Beswick Pottery in Staffordshire, England * John Beswick, Tasmanian politician *Joseph Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick, British Labour Party politician * Marc Beswick, Canadian footballer *Martine Beswick, Jamaican born actress and model * Sammy Beswick, English footballer *Steve Beswick, drummer with the band Slipstream A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or mustard) is moving at velocities comparable to that of the movi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beswick, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Beswick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the A164 road, about north of Beverley and 6 miles south of Driffield. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Beswick and Kilnwick and the hamlet of Wilfholme. According to the 2011 UK census, Beswick parish had a population of 357, a slight decline on the 2001 UK census figure of 372. Beswick was the former home of P.H. Sissons & Sons, famous for wheelwrighting and building 'Wolds Wagons' since 1854. One of the wagons is at Skidby Windmill. Beswick Hall was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1968 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked wit .... File:St Marga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beswick, Manchester
Beswick is an area of east Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it neighbours the district of Openshaw to the east. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal both run through it. History Around 1200–1230 it was known as ''Bexwic'' and it is believed to be a combination of a personal name and a settlement or dwelling place. At the height of the Industrial Revolution there was less industry here than in Bradford and it was primarily a residential area of terraced houses. In 2002, east Manchester was the focus of the XVII Commonwealth Games, which brought new development to the area including the City of Manchester Stadium, National Cycling Centre (Manchester Velodrome), English Institute of Sport, National Squash Centre, Regional Athletics Arena and Indoor Tennis Centre. Governance Beswick was the biggest township of the ancient parish of Manchester in Salford Hundred of the county of Lancashire. It became part of the Township of Manchester in 1838, being joine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wugularr
Wugularr, also known by its non-Aboriginal name Beswick, is a small community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located south-east of Katherine and from the Barunga Community. The traditional owners are the Bagala people. A DC-3 (Dakota) belonging to the Dutch Air Force crash-landed near Beswick (or Beswick Creek, now Barunga?) in 1947. All passengers survived, with four crew travelling about down the Katherine River to get help. After running out of food they killed one of two dogs they had with them. The wings were eventually removed and the remains of the plane were towed to Katherine. The community has had books published about local stories, while the NITV National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'' ... children's television show ''Barrumbi Kids'' is due ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barunga, Northern Territory
Barunga, formerly known as Beswick Creek and then Bamyili, is a small Aboriginal community located approximately southeast of Katherine, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is part of the Roper Gulf Region local government area. At the , Barunga had a population of 313. In mid June each year, the Barunga Festival, a three-day event showcasing Australian Aboriginal culture, is held. At the 1988 event, the Barunga Statement, which requested a treaty between the Australian federal government and Indigenous Australians ( Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), was presented to then prime minister Bob Hawke. Just before the 2018 Festival, the Barunga agreement was signed between the Northern Territory Government and all four land councils. History Aboriginal people have lived in Barunga and the surrounding region for thousands of years. Maranboy tin mine In September 1913, a goldfield named Maranboy was declared for a period of two years. Maranboy was located fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beswick Pottery
John Beswick Ltd, formerly J. W. Beswick, was a pottery manufacturer, founded in 1894 by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. In 1969, the business was sold to Doulton & Co. Ltd. The factory closed in 2002 and the brand John Beswick was sold in 2004. The pottery was chiefly known for producing high-quality porcelain figurines such as farm animals and Beatrix Potter characters and have become highly sought in the collectables market. Pronunciation of Beswick is as at reads, Bes-wick. This information was from employees who worked at the original Beswick factory. History Based at the Gold Street works in Longton, they originally produced tablewares and ornaments such as Staffordshire cats and dogs. James Wright Beswick died in 1921, but the company continued to expand under his grandson, John Ewart Beswick. In 1934 the introduction of high fired bone china meant they could produce high-quality figurines, such as famous race horses and cham ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beswick V Beswick
was a landmark English contract law case on privity of contract and specific performance. The Lords, overruling the decision of Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal, ruled that a person who was not party to a contract had no independent standing to sue to enforce it, even if the contract was clearly intended for their benefit. Today the judicial precedent has been codified by statute in the United Kingdom, and Lord Denning's decision has largely been given effect by the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. However the case remains good law in many other Commonwealth common law jurisdictions. Facts Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal started describing the facts of the case in the following way. The agreement was that Peter assign his business to his nephew in consideration of the nephew employing him for the rest of his life and then paying a weekly annuity to Mrs Beswick. Since the latter term was for the benefit of someone not party to the contract, the nephew did ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |