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Birkenshaw may refer to: Places * Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire – near Uddingston *Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire **Birkenshaw and Tong railway station ** BBG Academy (formerly Birkenshaw Middle School) People *Jack Birkenshaw (born 1940), English cricketer, umpire, coach and commentator * Robert Birkenshaw (died 1526), English priest, Canon of Winchester See also *John Birkinshaw John Birkinshaw (1777-1842) was a 19th-century railway engineer from Bedlington, Northumberland noted for his invention of wrought iron rails in 1820 (patented on October 23, 1820). Up to this point, rail systems had used either wooden rails, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire
Birkenshaw is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston, Tannochside and Viewpark. Historically part of Lanarkshire Birkenshaw is largely a housing estate, but is more widely known for the Birkenshaw trading estate, popular with couples on weekends for its range of DIY, electrical and furniture stores. Birkenshaw is considered as part of Viewpark and is contained within the Greater Glasgow conurbation. It gained some notoriety after Peter Manuel Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (13 March 1927 – 11 July 1958) was a Scottish-American serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people across Lanarkshire and southern Scotland between 1956 and his arrest in January 1958, and is believed ..., the "beast of Birkenshaw", committed some murders there. References External linksUddingston and Tannochside History Society* {{authority control Villages in North Lanarkshire Greater Glasgow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies at the crossroads between the A58 Leeds to Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road. At the 2011 census, the village was located in the ward of Birstall and Birkenshaw, which had a population 16,298. The name of the village derives from Old English and means "Birch Wood". Birkenshaw forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. Birkenshaw is in the Bradford conurbation and the Bradford postcode area. Most landline telephones have the Bradford dialling code (01274), but some use the Leeds prefix (0113). It is the site of the headquarters of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Transportation The village used to have a railway station () on the former Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. It was closed to passengers in 1953 and closed completely in 1964. Facilities There are two schools in the village, Birkenshaw Primary School and BBG Academy, a chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenshaw And Tong Railway Station
Birkenshaw and Tong railway station served the village of Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies at the crossroads between the A58 Leeds to Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road. At the 2011 census, the village was loca ..., England from 1856 to 1964 on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. History The station opened as Birkenshaw on 20 August 1856 by the Great Northern Railway. It was named Birkenshaw and Tong in late 1856. The station closed to passengers on 5 October 1953M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 74 and completely in 1964. References External links Disused railway stations in Bradford Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBG Academy
BBG Academy (formerly Birkenshaw Middle School) is a mixed secondary school located in Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, England. Birkenshaw Middle School was a community school administered by Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Kirklees Council is the local authority providing most local government services for the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council and one of five constituent councils of the West Yorkshire Combined Aut .... The school educated pupils aged 9 to 13. A long campaign was established by parents to retain the school when the council announced plans to close it, which resulted in the school converting to academy status in 2012. The school (now named BBG Academy) then changed the age range of pupils to become an 11 to 16 secondary school. In March 2016 the school was inspected by Ofsted and achieved a "Good" in all areas References External linksBBG Academy official website Secondary schools in Kirklees A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Birkenshaw
Jack Birkenshaw, (born 13 November 1940) was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket commentator, Colin Bateman, stated "Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer: a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile, a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog, a dependable fielder and great competitor". Lean times at Yorkshire and Leicestershire Born on 13 November 1940, in Rothwell, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Birkenshaw attended John Lawrence cricket school at Rothwell from the age of seven, and when aged 14 he appeared for Rothwell Grammar School and Yorkshire Schools. He was also a stand-off in the school rugby team. He played cricket for Lofthouse, Farsley and Leeds. Birkenshaw played a single County Championship match for Yorkshire at the age of 17 in 1958, taking the wicket of Jim Parks in both innings, but did not make another first-class appearance until 1959. That year he took 40 wickets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Birkenshaw
Robert Birkenshaw (also Bekensall and Bekensaw) D.D. (d. 1526) was a Canon of Windsor from 1512 - 1525''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Career He was appointed: * President of Queen's College, Cambridge 1508 - 1519 *Rector of Revesby, Lincolnshire until 1505 *Vicar of Croxton 1505 *Rector of St Michael the Archangel's Church, Chagford, Devon 1510 *Rector of Bradwell-super-Mare, Essex 1512 *Treasurer of Lincoln 1513 *Chaplain and Almoner to Catherine of Aragon *Dean of Stoke-by-Clare 1517 *Prebendary of Lincoln 1523 He was appointed to the first stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ... in 1512, and held the stall until 1525. Notes 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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