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Brayton Air Blast Injection System 1890
Brayton may refer to: People *Brayton (name) * Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton * Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton * Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Brayton * Sir Hilton Lawson, 4th Baronet Church *Brayton Church Ahlone, Yangon, Myanmar Places * Brayton, Iowa, a city in the United States * Brayton, Nebraska * Brayton, New South Wales, a small village in Australia *Brayton Hall, Cumbria, England **Brayton railway station, Cumbria, England * Brayton, North Yorkshire, a small village in England ** Brayton Academy, formerly Brayton High School, a high school in Selby, North Yorkshire, England * Brayton Grist Mill, an historic grist mill in Pomfret, Connecticut * Brayton Fire Training Field, a firefighter training field in College Station, Texas * Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church, an historic church in Fall River, Massachusetts * 32571 Brayton, a Main-belt Asteroid and named after Scott Brayton * Bailey-Brayton Field, a college baseball stadium in Pullman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton (name)
Brayton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Ada Margaret Brayton (fl. 1920s–1930s), American astronomer * Charles R. Brayton (1840–1910), American Republican politician * Charles Brayton (judge) (1772–1834), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * Chuck Brayton (1925–2015), American baseball head coach for the Washington State Cougars * George Brayton (1830–1892), American mechanical engineer * George Brayton (New York politician) (1772–1837), New York politician * George A. Brayton (1803–1880), associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * Lee Brayton (1933–2022), American racing driver * Lily Brayton (1876–1953), English actress * Scott Brayton (1959–1996), American race car driver * Tyler Brayton (born 1979), American football for the Carolina Panthers * William Brayton (Vermont judge) (1787–1828), justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * William Daniel Brayton (1815–1887), U.S. Representative from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Railway Station
Brayton was a railway station which served as the interchange for the Solway Junction Railway (SJR) with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR); it also served nearby Brayton Hall and district in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR and became a junction station in 1870 on the 25 mile long SJR line. History Brayton station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1844. Originally a private station it opened to the public on 1 March 1848. At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle railway station, Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues (as the Furnes ... between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness. A shed opened to the east of Brayton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32571 Brayton
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church
Brayton Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic former Methodist church building located at 264 Griffin Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The wooden Gothic Revival church building was constructed in 1897 through the generosity of John Summerfield Brayton and his sister Mary Brayton Young. It was designed by local architect Charles H. Farnham. The church was unique in that it was built by and named for the Braytons, a prominent local family, yet it was a "mill-workers'" church, located in the southern section of the city near several mills. The church, a handsome vernacular example of Late Victorian Gothic style. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building is now owned by Citizens for Citizens, a non-profit social agency. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Fall River, Massachusetts The following properties in Fall River, Massachusetts are listed on the Registered Historic Places. This is a subset of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Fire Training Field
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX, pronounced "teeks") is a state extension agency that offers training programs and technical assistance to public safety workers, both in Texas and around the world. Established in 1940 as the Industrial Extension Service, the agency took on its current name when it joined The Texas A&M University System in 1948. The agency sponsors the state's primary urban search and rescue force, Urban Search and Rescue Texas Task Force 1, and operates the Brayton Fire Training Field. Brayton is the largest firefighting training facility in the United States that also contains a mock city for conducting training operations for emergency responders. History The first step toward the formation of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service was the passing of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862, which led to the founding of several land-grant colleges, including the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1871, which later became known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Grist Mill
Brayton Grist Mill is an historic grist mill along Mashamoquet Brook, at the entrance to Mashamoquet Brook State Park off United States Route 44 in Pomfret, Connecticut. Built about 1890, it is one of the best-preserved 19th-century rural grist mills in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The mill has been restored, and is maintained by the Pomfret Historical Society as the Marcy Blacksmith Museum; it is open by appointment. Description and history The Brayton Grist Mill is located near the geographic center of Pomfret, on the west side of the entrance road to Mashamoquet Brook State Park, just south of US 44. It is a vernacular post-and-beam frame structure, four stories in height, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Mashamoquet Brook parallels the road, descending in a southerly direction, and passes west of the building. The mill was probably fed by a headrace or underground channel. Its power equipment includes a 19th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Academy
Brayton Academy, formerly Brayton High School (previously to that, Brayton College) is a medium-sized high school located in Brayton (near Selby) North Yorkshire, England. The school provides for approximately 590 pupils ages 11 to 16, while being able to accommodate up to 1,280. The school is located within the parish boundaries of Brayton, although its catchment area also covers other local villages and extends into parts of Selby. Brayton High School opened in 1979 and was awarded Technology College In the United Kingdom, a Technology College is a specialist school that specialises in design and technology, mathematics and science. Beginning in 1994, they were the first specialist schools that were not CTC colleges. In 2008, there were ... status in 2001. It was renamed Brayton College in line with the Technology specialism, but in 2009 reverted to its original name and a new uniform. The school was re-designated as a lead specialist technology school in the Selby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton, North Yorkshire
Brayton is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south from Selby. The parish includes some of south-western Selby, as well as the village of Brayton. The United Kingdom Census 2001 states the population of the parish of Brayton to be 5,514, reducing to 5,299 at the 2011 Census. The village was historically part of West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Overview Brayton is almost entirely residential with the exception of a few local shops, including a butchers and a post office. Village schools are Brayton Academy, Brayton Juniors, and Brayton C of E Infants. The Infant School is one of the oldest buildings in the village. The school house was once home to the headmistress of Brayton school, and lessons were taken in a smaller building. The house is now a private residence, and the old school room is now a small part of the extended building. Brayton Methodist Church and St Wilfrid's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton Hall
Brayton Hall is a ruined former mansion in Cumbria, England. Once the ancestral seat of the Lawson family, it stood in a large park, with views of the surrounding countryside and the mountains of the Lake District in the background. Located 1.5 miles east by north of the town of Aspatria, and 7 miles south west by west of the market town of Wigton, it was greatly enlarged and rebuilt in 1868. Brayton Hall was practically destroyed by fire in 1918. Pre Lawson era Brayton, loosely translated as ‘Broad Acres’ is an ancient manorial estate which formed a joint township with Aspatria. After the Norman Conquest it was granted by Alan, son of Waldieve to Ughtred who became the first Lord of the manor in the seignory of Aspatria and barony of Allerdale. An inquisition held in 1578 records a William Bewley owning Brayton by fealty only, sometime the lands of the Bishop of Carlisle in free alms. It was subsequently possessed by a junior member of the Salkeld family, whose three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, Of Brayton
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton (5 October 1795 – 12 June 1867), was an English landowner, businessman and investor in the new industrial age. He was of the Lawson baronets. Early life After the death of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th Baronet in 1806, the title expired and the estates passed to the nephew of his wife, Thomas Wybergh, the son of Thomas Wybergh of Clifton Hall, Westmorland who assumed the name and arms of the Lawson family. Six years later Thomas drowned off the coast of Madeira and having no direct heirs the estates passed to his younger brother Wilfrid, who likewise assumed the name of Lawson. In 1821, he married Caroline Graham, sister to the famous Peelite statesman, Sir James Graham of Netherby. Their marriage produced eight children; four sons, Wilfrid, Gilfrid, William and Alfred; and four daughters, Caroline, Elizabeth, Catherine and Maria. Wybergh connections The Wybergh family, long established in North Westmorland, arrived in the district of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brayton, New South Wales
Brayton is a locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. At the , it had a population of 208. It was formerly known as ''Longreach'', the name of a property granted to Peter Stuckey in the mid-1820s. The house he built with convict labour is made of sandstone from the area. Further information is in Early Colonial Houses of New South Wales by Rachel Roxburgh. Its name was changed to avoid confusion with the Queensland town of Longreach and apparently named after Lily Brayton Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (23 June 1876 – 30 April 1953) was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her nearly 2,000 performances in the First World War hit musical ''Chu Chin Chow''. Early life ..., an English actress and singer. It had a public school from 1859 to 1953. This includes periods when it was closed or operated as a "half-time" school. References Upper Lachlan Shire Localities in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
