|
Burnham F.C.
Burnham F.C. is a non-League football club based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Burnham in Buckinghamshire, near Slough. They currently compete in the . The team play in blue and white shirts and white shorts. Home matches are played at The 1878 Stadium, previously known as The Gore, which has been recently redeveloped to include a new 3G pitch, supporter stand and club facilities. History The club was founded in 1878, and so Burnham FC is the second oldest club in Buckinghamshire. The club spent its first years in various local leagues, and then joined the Great Western Combination league in 1948. 16 years later they moved to the Wycombe Combination in 1964 and then spent one year in the Reading Combination for the 1970–71 season. The team first joined a senior league in 1971 when they entered the Hellenic Football League Division One A, finishing as runners-up in their first season, followed by a runners-up position in Division One which saw them promoted to the Premier Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnham, Buckinghamshire
Burnham is a large village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough, about 24 miles west of Charing Cross, London. It is probably best known for the nearby Burnham Beeches woodland. The village is served by Burnham railway station on the main line between and . The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish. History The Toponymy, toponym is derived from the Old English for "homestead on a stream". It was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Burneham'', when the Manorialism, manor was held by Walter FitzOther. Burnham was once a very important village. The A4 road (England), Great West Road from London to Bath, Somerset, Bath passed through the extensive parish of Burnham and as a result, in 1271, a Royal charter was granted to hold a market and an annual fair. However, when the first Maidenhead Bridge crossing the River Thames, Thames opened c.1280, the road was diverted to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesham United F
Chesham ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt. It is in the Chess Valley, surrounded by farmland. The earliest records of Chesham as a settlement are from the second half of the 10th century, although there is archaeological evidence of people in this area from around 8000 BC. Henry III granted a royal charter for a weekly market in 1257. Chesham is known for its ''four Bs'' boots, beer, brushes and Baptists. In the face of fierce competition from both home and abroad during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, the three traditional industries rapidly declined. The ready availability of skilled labour encouraged new industries to the town both before and after the Second World War. Today, employment in the town is provided mainly by small businesses engaged in light industry, technology and professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watford F
Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and brewery, breweries. While industry has declined in Watford, its location near London and transport links have attracted several companies to site their headquarters in the town. Cassiobury Park is a public park that was once the manor estate of the Earls of Essex. The town developed next to the River Colne on land belonging to St Albans Abbey. In the 12th century, a charter was granted allowing a market, and the building of St Mary's Church, Watford, St Mary's Church began. The town grew partly due to travellers going to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A mansion was built at Cassiobury House, Cassiobury in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thame United F
Thame is a market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about east of the city of Oxford and southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its name from the River Thame which flows along the north side of the town and forms part of the county border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Moreton south of the town. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 11,561. Thame was founded in the Anglo-Saxon era and was in the kingdom of Wessex. History Abbey, parish church and prebendal Thame Abbey was founded in 1138 for the Cistercian Order: the abbey church was consecrated in 1145. In the 16th century Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey was suppressed and the church demolished. Thame Park (the house) was built on the site, incorporating parts of the abbey including the early-16th century abbot's house. Its interior is one of the earliest examples of the Italian Renaissance in England. A Georgian west wing was added in the 18th century. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didcot Town F
Didcot ( ) is a railway town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, located south of Oxford, east of Wantage and north west of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. Historically part of Berkshire, the town is noted for its railway heritage, Didcot Parkway railway station, Didcot station opening as a junction station on the Great Western Main Line in 1844. Today the town is known for the Didcot Railway Centre, railway museum and as the gateway town to the Science Vale: three large science and technology centres in the surrounding villages of Milton (Milton Park), Culham (Culham Science Centre) and Harwell (Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory). History Ancient and Medieval eras The area around present-day Didcot has been inhabited for at least 9,000 years. A large archaeological dig between 2010 and 2013 produced finds from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, British Iron Age, Iron Age and British Bronze A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Tuttle
David Philip Tuttle (born 6 February 1972 in Mortimer Common, Berkshire) is an English former footballer. Career As a player, Tuttle was a central defender. He began his playing career at Tottenham Hotspur, where he scored his first professional goal in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup against Hajduk Split. He subsequently had spells with Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Barnsley and Millwall. Tuttle became assistant manager to Colin Lee at Millwall and was later appointed manager of Millwall in December 2005 with the target of saving the club from relegation to League One. After failing in his task he left two games before the end of the 2005–06 season. Tuttle later moved to Swindon Town to run their youth set-up and scouting, linking up with former Millwall teammate Dennis Wise. When Wise left to manage Leeds United in October 2006 Tuttle briefly became caretaker manager but the left the job just 24 hours later. He later left Swindon after Paul Sturrock was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binfield F
Binfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, which at the 2011 census had a population of 8,689. The village lies north-west of Bracknell, north-east of Wokingham, and south-east of Reading at the westernmost extremity of the Greater London Urban Area. Geography Much of modern Binfield stretches towards the south and east of the original village. Parts are now suburbs of Bracknell: * Amen Corner * Farley Wood (including Farley Copse) * Popeswood * Temple Park while Billingbear is a small hamlet north-west of the church. History The name Binfield derived from the Old English ''beonet'' + ''feld'' and means "open land where bent-grass grows". The surrounding forest was cleared after the Windsor Forest Act 1813 ( 53 Geo. 3. c. 158) when forestal rights were abolished and people bought parcels of land for agriculture; it was at this point that villages like Binfield expanded, when there was work for farm labourers. The Stag and Hounds was reportedly use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Risbridger
Gareth Risbridger (born 16 April 1982) is an English football manager and former semi-professional player, who was most recently the assistant manager to Danny Gordon at Aylesbury after the pair were appointed in May 2016. They departed the club in January 2017. He started his career as a youth player at Marlow, before joining Yeovil Town in 1998. Risbridger then signed for Third Division club Southend United following his former Yeovil manager David Webb, however he only made one appearance and was sent on loan to Conference National club Dover Athletic. He was released from Southend in January 2002, and dropped back into non-League football spending a month at Salisbury City before joining Aylesbury United. In December 2003, he joined former Aylesbury manager, Steve Cordery at Staines Town. After a number of injuries that kept him sidelined for two and a half years, Risbridger joined Bracknell Town on a short loan spell, regaining his fitness. He went on to join Boreham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippenham Town F
Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, where some form of settlement is believed to have existed since before Roman times. It was a royal vill and probably a royal hunting lodge, under Alfred the Great. The town continued to grow when the Great Western Railway arrived in 1841. It had a population of 36,548 in 2021. History Etymology The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' records the town as ''Cippanhamme'': this could refer to a person called Cippa who had his hamm, an enclosure in a river meadow. An alternative theory suggests that the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ''ceap'', meaning 'market'. The name is recorded variously as Cippanhamm (878), Cepen (1042), Cheppeham (1155), Chippenham (1227), Shippenham (1319) and Chippyngham (1541). In John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the name is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaconsfield SYCOB F
Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of central London and southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High Wycombe. The town is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has Georgian, neo-Georgian and Tudor revival high street architecture, known as the Old Town. It is known for the first model village in the world and the National Film and Television School. Beaconsfield was Britain's richest town (based on an average house price of £684,474) in 2008. In 2011, it had the highest proportion in the UK of £1 million-plus homes for sale (at 47%, compared to 3.5% nationally). History and description The parish comprises Beaconsfield town and land mainly given over arable land. Some beech forest remains to supply an established beech furniture industry in High Wycombe, the making of modal and various artisan uses. Beaconsfield is recorded in property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingate & Finchley F
Wingate may refer to: Places New Zealand * Wingate, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt United Kingdom * Wingate, County Durham * Wingate Quarry, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham * Old Wingate, County Durham * Wingates, Bolton, Greater Manchester * Wingate offshore gas field, North Sea United States * Wingate, Indiana * Wingate, Kansas * Wingate, Missouri * Wingate, Brooklyn, New York * Wingate, North Carolina * Wingate, Maryland * Wingate, Pennsylvania * Wingate Sandstone, a geologic formation across the Colorado Plateau * Wingate, Texas * Fort Wingate, New Mexico People * Wingate (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) People with the given name * Wingate Hayes (1823–1877), American politician and District Attorney from Rhode Island * Wingate H. Lucas (1908–1989), American politician from Texas Organizations * Wingate & Finchley F.C., London-based football club * Wingate By Wyndham, a hotel chain under W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwood F
Northwood may refer to: Places Australia *Northwood, New South Wales *Northwood, Victoria Canada *Northwood, Thunder Bay, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Thunder Bay United Kingdom * Northwood, Derbyshire, a settlement in Northwood and Tinkersley civil parish *Northwood, Isle of Wight * Northwood, Kent, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent *Northwood, London, in the London Borough of Hillingdon * Northwood, Merseyside, a district of Kirkby, Merseyside * Northwood, Shropshire, a location in the U.K. * Northwood, Stafford, a location in the U.K. *Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire *Northwood Headquarters, Eastbury, Hertfordshire *North Hayling, Hampshire, formerly called "Northwood" * Great North Wood a former natural oak woodland located in what is now south London. United States *Northwood, Irvine, California * Northwood, Delaware, a place in Delaware *Northwood, Iowa *Northwood, Baltimore, Maryland *Northwood, New Hampshire *Northwood, North Dakota *Northwood, Ohio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
