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Brockhill Stream
Brockhill may refer to: People * Thomas Brockhill, member of Parliament for Kent from 1382 to 1402 in the House of Commons of England * Brockhill Taylor, member of Parliament for Cavan Borough from 1634 to 1635 in the Irish House of Commons * Brockhill Newburgh Colonel Brockhill Newburgh ( – 11 January 1741) was an Irish politician. He was the second son of Thomas Newburgh and his wife Mary, the daughter of Brockhill Taylor, M.P, of Ballyhaise, who had represented Cavan Borough in the Irish Hous ..., member of Parliament for Cavan County from 1715 to 1727 in the Irish House of Commons Places * Brockhill Country Park, a country park located in Kent, England * Brockhill (HM Prison), a Young Offenders Institution at the Hewell Grange complex in Worcestershire, England * Brockhill, Berkshire, a village in the civil parish of Winkfield, Berkshire, England * Brockhill, Scottish Borders, a United Kingdom location {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brockhill
Thomas Brockhill (d. c. 1411) was an English politician. Life Brockhill was probably a younger son (or nephew) of Thomas Brockhill of Saltwood, near Hythe, MP for Kent, and thus the brother of MP John Brockhill. He had one wife, Joan, and one daughter. The family's name is still remembered in Saltwood's secondary school, Brockhill Park Performing Arts College and Brockhill Country Park. Career Brockhill was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for the period May 1383 to November 1384 and was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in October 1382, 1385, 1395, January 1397, 1399 and 1402. References Year of birth missing 1411 deaths People from Hythe, Kent 14th-century births Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ... High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs October 138 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockhill Taylor
Brockhill Taylor (died 1636) was a member of Parliament for Cavan Borough from 1634 to 1635 in the Irish House of Commons. In 1609 his father, John Taylor from Cambridge, had received the patentee of Ballyhaise, namely of arable land in Barony of Loughtee. The new landowners replaced the existing Irish cultivators with peasant farmers from England and Scotland. They were also barred from selling their lands to any Irishman. He was grandfather of Richard Pockrich (MP for County Monaghan) (1713–14) He was grandfather of Colonel Brockhill Newburgh (MP for County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ... 1715–27). References Year of birth missing 1636 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cavan constituencies Irish MPs 1634â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockhill Newburgh
Colonel Brockhill Newburgh ( – 11 January 1741) was an Irish politician. He was the second son of Thomas Newburgh and his wife Mary, the daughter of Brockhill Taylor, M.P, of Ballyhaise, who had represented Cavan Borough in the Irish House of Commons. He inherited the estate of Ballyhaise in 1697 on the death of his elder brother. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cavan for 1704. From 1715 until 1727, Newburgh sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cavan County. He was chairman of the Linen Board. He built Ballyhaise House, and did much to improve the village of Ballyhaise, erecting the first stone bridge there. He married Maria, the daughter of Oliver More of Salestown, Co. Kildare, and died on 11 January 1741/2, leaving four sons and two daughters. His eldest son and heir was the poet Thomas Newburgh Thomas Newburgh (–1779) was an Irish poet. He was the eldest son of Brockhill Newburgh, chairman of the board of linen manufacturers, who owned estates and property a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockhill Country Park
Brockhill Country Park is in Saltwood, near Hythe in Kent, England. The park was a former estate with landscaped gardens and has subsequently been sub-divided. The house now forms the main building for a performing arts college, whilst the gardens and lake now form part of the country park. History It was previously once part of a large estate, dating back to Norman times. The old manor house is adjacent to the park. This was once Brockhill Park, now used as the main building of Brockhill Park Performing Arts College. The estate is connected with the Tourney family, until the death of the eccentric William Tourney Tourney (the last Lord of Brockhill Manor) in 1903. Who seems to have a reputation for world travel and oddness as well as gaining an extra Tourney (to his name!). Upon his death, he is said to have ordered that his constant companions, his dog and his horse, were to be killed and buried with him. The grave of the dog is next to William's on an island in the middle of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockhill (HM Prison)
HM Prison Hewell is a multiple security category men's prison in the village of Tardebigge in Worcestershire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. On 16 October 2019, the Ministry of Justice announced that HMP Hewell's open site (the former HMP Hewell Grange) will close due to its current condition branded by inspectors as unacceptable and refurbishing would not deliver value for the taxpayer. History Hewell Prison is on the site of the Hewell Grange country house and estate, the former seat of the Earls of Plymouth and has open days for its park and garden. The estate was sold to the government c.1945 and in 1946 the main house was used as a Borstal. Over the years two other purpose-built prisons were built and opened on the estate: HMP Blakenhurst and HMP Brockhill, to hold other categories of prisoner, with enlargements. The Borstal itself was reclassified in 1991 to a Category D open prison, and renamed HMP Hewell Grange. The new 650-bed pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winkfield
Winkfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest unitary authority of Berkshire, England. Geography According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 14,998. The parish includes the hamlets of Winkfield, Maidens Green, Winkfield Row, Burleigh, Winkfield Street, Chavey Down, Woodside, Cranbourne and Swinley, part of the village of North Ascot and the Bracknell suburbs of Forest Park, Martins Heron and The Warren. The parish used to be slightly larger – additionally covering what is now Bullbrook, Crown Wood and Harmans Water – and is said to have been one of the largest in England. History There is evidence of human occupation in Winkfield in prehistoric times. From the Late Iron Age, this evidence becomes more substantial, although there is as yet no hard evidence of settlement until the early Medieval era. Winkfield was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wenesfelle'', and was recorded to have 20 households and 20 ploughlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
