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Bucks Mills
Bucks Mills is a small English village within the parish of Woolfardisworthy on the north coast of Devon. It was anciently the mill of the manor of Bucks, anciently ''Bokish'', Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.242 Buckish, ''Bochewis'' etc., listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Bochewis''.Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Chapter 36:2. The village is within the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and on the South West Coast Path. Next to the village is Bucks Woods which includes the site of the Iron Age hill fort at Peppercombe Castle. The stream which runs through the village powered at least one mill. It falls over the cliff edge in a waterfall onto the beach which has large pebbles and hard sandstone formations. In the Elizabethan era a break in the rocks, known as the Gut, was created by Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torridge And West Devon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Torridge and West Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Geoffrey Cox, a Conservative. Boundaries 1983–1997: The District of Torridge, and the Borough of West Devon. 1997–2010: The District of Torridge, and the Borough of West Devon except the ward of Buckland Monachorum. 2010–present: The District of Torridge, and the Borough of West Devon wards of Bere Ferrers, Bridestowe, Buckland Monachorum, Burrator, Lydford, Mary Tavy, Milton Ford, Tamarside, Tavistock North, Tavistock South, Tavistock South West, Thrushel, and Walkham. Before the 2010 general election, the constituency comprised Torridge District and almost all of West Devon District. However, in the redistribution of that year, when the number of seats in the county rose from 11 to 12, the town of Okehampton and scattered small settlements surrounding it transferred to the new Central Devon seat. The constituency area contains the former borough consti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culm (anthracite)
Anthracite, also known as hard coal, and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals. Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal (but still represents low-grade metamorphism), in which the carbon content is between 86% and 97%. The term is applied to those varieties of coal which do not give off tarry or other hydrocarbon vapours when heated below their point of ignition. Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with a short, blue, and smokeless flame. Anthracite is categorized into standard grade, which is used mainly in power generation, high grade (HG) and ultra high grade (UHG), the principal uses of which are in the metallurgy sector. Anthracite accounts for about 1% of global coal reserves, and is mined in only a few countries around the world. The Coal Region of northeastern Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane
Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas of Thane district; also, it is the headquarters of the namesake district. With a population of 1,841,488 distributed over a land area of about , Thane city is the 15th most populated city in India with a population of 1,890,000 according to the 2011 census. Located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra, the city is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Etymology and other names The ancient name of Thana was . It appears as in early medieval Arab sources. The name Thane has been variously Romanised as Tana, Thana, Thâṇâ, and Thame. Ibn Battuta and Abulfeda knew it as KukinTana; Duarte Barbosa as TanaMayambu. Before 1996, the city was called 'Thana', the British spelling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror. William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September. Three days later on 28 September, William's invasion force of thousands of men and hundreds of ships landed at Pevensey in Sussex in southern England. Harold marched south to oppose him, leaving a significant portion of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demesne
A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept originated in the Kingdom of France and found its way to foreign lands influenced by it or its fiefdoms. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, royal demesne is the land held by the Crown, and ancient demesne is the legal term for the land held by the king at the time of the Domesday Book. Etymology The word derives from Old French , ultimately from Latin , "lord, master of a household" – ''demesne'' is a variant of ''domaine''. The word ''barton'', which is historically synonymous to ''demesne'' and is an element found in many place-names, can refer to a demesne farm: it derives from Old English ''bere'' (barley) and ''ton'' (enclosure). Development The system of manorial land tenure, broadly termed feudalism, was conceived in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William The Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Normandy, king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert I of Normandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Domesday Book Tenants-in-chief
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Devonshire of King William the Conqueror: *Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter *Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances * Glastonbury Church, Somerset * Tavistock Church, Devon * Buckfast Church, Devon * Horton Church, Dorset * Cranborne Church, Dorset * Battle Church, Sussex * St Mary's Church, Rouen, Normandy * Mont Saint-Michel Church, Normandy * St Stephen's Church, Caen, Normandy * Holy Trinity Church, Caen *Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (died 1101) *Robert, Count of Mortain (died 1090), half-brother of the king * Baldwin de Moels (died 1090), Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton, *Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30), feudal baron of Totnes, Devon * William de Mohun (died post 1090), feudal baron of Dunster, Somerset *William Cheever, ( Latinised to ''Capra'', "she-goat"), feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon. He was brother of Ralph de Pomeroy (see below), feudal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theobald FitzBerner
Theobald FitzBerner (fl. 1086), (Theobald son of Berner, ''Tetbaldus Filius Bernerius'') was an Anglo-Norman warrior and magnate, one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists him as the holder of 27 manors in Devon. His lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The feudal barony of Great Torrington whose ''caput'' was Great Torrington Castle in Devonshire, was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era.Sanders, Contents, pp. ix-xi; th ..., together with lands of his son-in-law Odo FitzGamelinThorn, part 2 (notes), Chapter 36 References {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzBerner, Theobald Anglo-Normans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Ackland
Judith Ackland (1892–1971) was an English artist, a landscape painter and creator of dioramas. Biography Judith Agnes Maud Ackland was born at Stowford House on Bideford Strand in 1892, the daughter of Charles Kingsley Ackland, a well-known doctor from Bideford, Devon. She studied art at the Bideford Art School and then moved to The Regent Street Polytechnic (now part of the University of Westminster) where she met fellow student Mary Stella Edwards (1893–1989). They became life partners and used a tiny cabin, a former fisherman’s store, dating from the mid-19th century, at Bucks Mills as their studio from 1924 until Ackland's death in 1971. The cabin had initially been rented by Ackland's mother in 1913; Ackland replaced her mother as tenant in 1938 and bought the cabin in 1948 for £625 (£ in sterling). Ackland painted watercolours, mostly of the surrounding coast and countryside of Bideford, but they also travelled and worked widely. Together with Edwards, she pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stella Edwards
Mary Stella Edwards (1893-1989) was an English painter, creator of dioramas and poet. Biography Mary Stella Edwards was born in Hampstead in 1893, the daughter of Robert Cromwell Edwards, an architect. She grew up at 12 Fairfield Avenue, in Staines, Middlesex (now part of Surrey). Edwards studied art at the Royal College of Art and The Regent Street Polytechnic (now part of the University of Westminster) where she met fellow student Judith Ackland. They became life partners and used a tiny cabin, a former fisherman's store, dating from the mid-19th century, at Bucks Mills as their studio from 1924 until Ackland's death in 1971. Together with Ackland, Edwards produced dioramas, Ackland made all the models (she invented a method called "Jackanda" to make the models), and Edwards painted their backdrops. The town of Windsor commissioned these dioramas to celebrate the town's history, and they are now at the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum. Edwards was also a poet and published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walland Cary
Walland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blount County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States. Its population was 259 as of the 2010 census. Walland is the site of a post office and is the place name associated with zip code 37886, which covers an area beyond the Walland community. Geography Walland is situated in Miller's Cove, an enclosed valley in the northwestern foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Miller's Cove (spelled "Miller Cove" on USGS maps) is walled off to the north by Chilhowee Mountain, a low ridge stretching for 35 miles between the Little Tennessee River to the west and the Little Pigeon River watershed to the east. Hurricane Mountain to the southwest and Bates Mountain to the southeast divide Miller's Cove from the much larger Tuckaleechee Cove at the base of the Smokies. Little River, which flows down from its source on the northern slopes of Clingmans Dome, splits Miller's Cove into eastern and western secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
