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Belgrave Institution
Belgrave may refer to: Places *Belgrave, Cheshire, an English village *Belgrave, Leicester an English district * Belgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia **Belgrave railway line **Belgrave railway station, Melbourne **Belgrave (Puffing Billy) railway station, Melbourne, a narrow-gauge railway station *Belgrave Square, a square in London, England *Belgrave, Tamworth, a district of Tamworth, England *Belgrave, Ontario, a community within North Huron municipality Other uses *Belgrave (name), a surname and given name *Belgrave (band), a Canadian pop band **Belgrave (album), Belgrave's self-titled album *Belgrave Harriers, an athletics club in London, U.K. * Belgrave Trust, a green technology business, based in New York, U.S. * Château Belgrave, a winery in the Bordeaux region of France *Mount Belgrave Mount Belgrave () is a prominent rock summit that rises over 1200 m about 1.5 miles west of Mount Creak. The feature overlooks the north side of Fry Glacier at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave, Cheshire
Belgrave is a historic village in Cheshire, England. The area is part of the estates owned the Dukes of Westminster who have their seat at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The village has a few houses and the Grosvenor Garden Centre. Belgrave Lodge is located at the western end of the main approach to Eaton Hall, which is known as the Belgrave Avenue. The village is also one of the Duke of Westminster's subsidiary titles, Viscount Belgrave (1784) which is the name of Belgravia in London, which was developed in the 1820s by Thomas Cubitt on land originally owned by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. Belgravia, which is one of the capital's most expensive districts, is characterised by grand terraces of white stucco properties. Many of the street names of Belgravia have a local connection to Cheshire such as Eaton Square ( Eaton Hall), Chester Square (Chester), Kinnerton Street (Lower Kinnerton Lower Kinnerton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dodl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave, Leicester
Belgrave is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. Belgrave is the location of and known for the National Space Centre, Space Park Leicester, the Golden Mile and Belgrave Hall. The old Belgrave Village, containing the Belgrave Conservation Area, including Belgrave Hall, St Peter's Church and The Talbot Inn is to the west of Loughborough Road and to the east of the River Soar. Geography Belgrave is bounded by the wards and areas of the suburb of Rushey Mead and the village of Birstall to the north, Spinney Hills, North Evington and Northfields to the east on the other side of the Midland Main Line, St Matthew's and Leicester City Centre to the south and Beaumont Leys and Stocking Farm to the west. It is located just north of the centre of Leicester, in the eastern part of the city. The old village part of Belgrave is close to the Leicestershire county border and the Borough of Charnwood at the beginning of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave, Victoria
Belgrave is a town and outer suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 36 km east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Belgrave recorded a population of 3,894 at the 2021 census. History Belgrave is situated in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, part of the land of the Wurundjeri first nations people. Belgrave was first settled by Europeans in 1851. Belgrave was named after an 1840s chapel in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; the name was carried by Mr and Mrs R.G. Benson when they came to Melbourne in 1856. Their sons, the Benson Brothers, settled in the Belgrave district in the 1870s. Though originally the area was known as "Monbulk" for the reservoir that lay near by, the town wasn't known as Belgrave until around 1903, and another suggested name for the town at that stage was Glassford. A Post Office opened in the area around 1904. Many men from Belgrave went to the two world wars, and there is a war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Railway Line
The Belgrave railway line is a commuter rail line operating between Flinders Street in the Melbourne central business district and Belgrave, through the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including Richmond, Cremorne, Burnley, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Camberwell, Canterbury, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert, Box Hill, Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham, Ringwood, Heathmont, Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Tecoma and Belgrave. It is part of the Melbourne rail network, operated by Metro Trains Melbourne. Beyond Belgrave, the narrow-gauge line has been restored as the Puffing Billy Railway, which runs to the original terminus of Gembrook. Infrastructure The broad-gauge line shares four tracks to Burnley, where the Glen Waverley line branches off. The line is triple track to Box Hill, and double track to Ringwood, where the Lilydale line branches off. The line remains double track to Ferntree Gully, and is then single track to Belgrave, with passing lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Railway Station, Melbourne
Belgrave railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Belgrave line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, and opened on 18 December 1900 as Monbulk. It was renamed Belgrave on 21 November 1904.Belgrave Vicsig The station was originally on the Upper Ferntree Gully – Gembrook line. It closed, along with the rest of the line, on 30 April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave (Puffing Billy) Railway Station, Melbourne
Belgrave (Puffing Billy) railway station is situated in Belgrave, a suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It is the inner terminal of the famous Puffing Billy heritage steam railway. Belgrave (Puffing Billy) is adjacent to, and forms an interchange with, Belgrave suburban railway station, which is the outer terminal of the Belgrave line of Melbourne's broad gauge (5 ft 3in) electric suburban network. The suburban station is accessible via a short footpath. Before this station was built, the original narrow gauge line ran from the original site of the narrow-gauge station (approximately where the existing Metro station car park is) to Selby station. Gallery File:PuffingBillyBelgraveStation2.jpg, The entrance and booking windows of Belgrave Station See also * Puffing Billy Railway The Puffing Billy Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in the southern foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. The railway was one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave Square
Belgrave Square is a large 19th-century garden square in London. It is the centrepiece of Belgravia, and its architecture resembles the original scheme of property contractor Thomas Cubitt who engaged George Basevi for all of the terraces for the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, later the 1st Marquess of Westminster, in the 1820s. Most of the houses were occupied by 1840. The square takes its name from one of the Duke of Westminster's subsidiary titles, Viscount Belgrave. The village and former manor house of Belgrave, Cheshire, were among the rural landholdings associated with the main home and gardens of the senior branch of the family, Eaton Hall. Today, many embassies occupy buildings on all four sides. History The square is perfectly across, inclusive of small porch projections. The square is surrounded by four terraces, three of eleven houses and the fourth (south-east) of twelve. These houses are all white stucco except for the cream-coloured projecting corner houses. In addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave, Tamworth
Belgrave is an area of Tamworth, Staffordshire, roughly from the town centre. The main feature of Belgrave is Marlborough way which cuts the area in half. Belgrave contains Tamworth fire station, a Morrisons supermarket, a high school, three primary schools and is bordered by Two Gates, Wilnecote and Glascote. History Starting life as a mining village, on previously agricultural land, Belgrave had its own colliery up until the late 19th century. Other former local industries were terracotta works and motor manufacturing. The area was considerably expanded in the 1970s with the addition of two new housing estates for the 'over-spill' population of Birmingham. Education Belgrave contains Tamworth Enterprise College which is a state High School. Belgrave also contains St Gabriels R C Primary School which is the state Roman Catholic primary school for Tamworth. Public services Tamworth Community Fire station is in Belgrave. Completed in 2010, the station is state-of-the-art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave, Ontario
The Township of North Huron is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on municipalities throughout the province. Specifically, the former township of East Wawanosh was merged with the village of Blyth and the town of Wingham. Communities North Huron includes the following communities: * Belgrave * Blyth * Whitechurch (borders on Huron-Kinloss, Bruce County) * Wingham * ''Donnybrook'' (borders on Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh) * ''Fordyce'' (borders on Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh) * ''Marnock'' * ''Westfield'' History Indigenous people's presence in North Huron has been recorded long before European settlers arrived in the 1830s. The largest part of the township - East Wawanosh - is named after Chippewa Chief Wawanosh who signed an 1825 land use treaty. Arrowheads and other indigenous artifacts have been found by East Wawanosh farmers since European settlement. Wawanosh was originally the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave (name) (1887–1912), Arctic explorer and member of 191 ...
Belgrave is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Barrington Belgrave (born 1980), English footballer *Charles Belgrave (1894–1969), British adviser to the rulers of Bahrain (1926-1957) *Elliott Belgrave (born 1931), Governor-General of Barbados and High Court Judge * James Belgrave (1896–1918), British World War I flying ace *John Belgrave (1940–2007), Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand (2003–2007) * Marcus Belgrave (1936–2015), American jazz trumpet player *Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016), Trinidadian artist and author Given name *Belgrave Ninnis (1837–1922), Royal Navy surgeon and Arctic explorer *Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis (22 June 1887 – 14 December 1912) was an English officer in the Royal Fusiliers and an Antarctic explorer who was a member of Douglas Mawson's 1911 Australasian Antarctic expedition. Antarctica, 1911–1912 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave (band)
Belgrave was an artistic pop band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of Trevor Boucher on vocals, his brother Liam Boucher on keyboards, their cousin Catherine Cere on violin, Michael Bufo on guitar, and Jonathan Powter on drums. History The band was formed in September 2009 under the name Coral Red. In March of that year, the Sam Roberts Band and Coral Red performed at a private event together. During their performance, the band drew the attention of producer Joseph Donovan who invited them to support his band Receivers in May of that same year. The reviews were positive and Donovan arranged to produce the band that summer. Following their performance with Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks, the band changed their name to Belgrave on August 26, 2010. After six months in studio Belgrave emerged with a six-song self-titled EP in May 2011. The EP drew the attention of New York's Paper Garden Records earning them a spot in their ''Lovely Hearts Club'' and an invitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrave (album)
''Belgrave'' is the self-titled debut studio EP by Canadian artistic pop band Belgrave, released in May 2011. Background The EP is a compilation of songs originally found on Belgrave's unreleased demo. The songs were written between 2009-2010 and submitted to producer Joseph Donovan. Donovan spent nearly six months dedicating much of his time perfecting Belgrave's sound. Subsequently, the EP's launch date had been delayed twice. February 11 at Montreal's La Sala Rossa and May 4 at O Patro Vys were original launch dates until the band and Donovan finally settled on May 27. The Montreal Gazette's review of ''Belgrave'' was positive. While CHOM 97.7 has featured the track ''Tokyo'' multiple times, many music blogs raved about the track ''Six Minutes''. Track listing Personnel Belgrave (music and arrangement): *Trevor Boucher *Liam Boucher *Catherine Cere *Michael Bufo *Jonathan Powter Other personnel: *Pietro Amato Pietro Amato is a French horn player with the rock band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
