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Chetwynd Achievement
Chetwynd or Chetwynde may refer to: *Chetwynd (surname) *Chetwynd, British Columbia **Chetwynd Airport **Chetwynd Secondary School *Chetwynd, Indiana *Chetwynd, Shropshire *Chetwynde School, a private school in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England *Chetwynd Barracks *Chetwynd, Victoria, a town in Shire of Glenelg (former), the former Shire of Glenelg See also *Chetwynd baronets *Viscount Chetwynd *Chetwynd-Talbot, a family name associated with the Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl Talbot {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd (surname)
Chetwynd is a surname, originally a toponymic surname of people from the village of Chetwynd, Shropshire, England. Notable people with the surname include: *Amanda Chetwynd, British mathematician and statistician * Catana Chetwynd, American cartoonist *Edward Chetwynd (1577–1639), English churchman, Dean of Bristol * George Chetwynd (civil servant) (1824–1882), Receiver and Accountant General of the British Post Office *Sir George Chetwynd (1916–1982), British lecturer, politician and public servant *Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd (1863–1936), British industrialist *John Chetwynd (1643–1702), English politician *John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd (c.1680–1767), English diplomat and politician *Josh Chetwynd (born 1971), British journalist, broadcaster, author and former baseball player *Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), Canadian-American screenwriter and film director and producer * Marvin Gaye Chetwynd (born Alalia Chetwynd, 1973, Spartacus Chetwynd), British arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd, British Columbia
Chetwynd is a district municipality located on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Situated on an ancient floodplain, it is the first town eastbound travellers encounter after emerging from the Rockies along British Columbia Highway 97, Highway 97 and acts as the gateway to the Peace River Country. The town developed during the construction of infrastructure through the Rocky Mountains in the 1950s, and was used as a transshipment point during the construction of hydroelectric dams in the 1960s and 1970s and the new town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Tumbler Ridge in the early 1980s. Home to approximately 2,600 residents, the population has increased little if at all since the 1980s but is significantly younger than the provincial average. Once known as Little Prairie, the community adopted its name in honour of provincial politician Ralph L.T. Chetwynd, just prior to its Municipal corporation, incorporation in 1962. The munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd Airport
Chetwynd Airport is a general aviation airport located adjacent to Chetwynd, British Columbia, Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada. References External links Registered aerodromes in British Columbia Peace River Regional District {{BritishColumbia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd Secondary School
Chetwynd Secondary School (or CSS) is a public high school in Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada. CSS is operated by School District 59 Peace River South and is the designated secondary school for the three local primary schools in Chetwynd. The school building is attached to Windrem Elementary School and shares French Immersion teachers with that school. Dual credit courses are offered in partnership with Northern Lights College Northern Lights College (NLC) is an institution that provides post-secondary education to residents of Northern British Columbia. It currently has campuses and access centers in eight communities across the northern third of British Columbia, wit .... In addition to core academic subjects, CSS offers courses in (partial list only): * Automotive * First Nations studies * Business studies * Business computer applications * Cafeteria training * Carpentry & cabinet making * Digital media * Drama * Food studies * Journalism * Law * Mechanics * Theatre pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd, Indiana
Chetwynd is an unincorporated community in Green Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s .... History A post office was established at Chetwynd in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900. Geography Chetwynd is located at . References Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{MorganCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd, Shropshire
Chetwynd is a rural civil parish just to the north of Newport, Shropshire in England. Although the parish contains no substantial nucleated settlements it includes the Chetwynd Park estate, in addition to Sambrook, Howle, Pickstock and a number of other small hamlets. The north-eastern boundary of the parish is formed by an old Roman road, now a country lane, while its eastern boundary runs along the Lonco Brook.Chetwynd CP ONS The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, was built in 1865 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey and contains a fine East windo [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynde School
Chetwynde School is a Free school in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It includes a kindergarten, primary school and secondary school. It is a member of South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust. Founded as a private primary school, it was known as Our Lady's Chetwynde School and Chetwynde Convent Preparatory School at different periods of its history before it expanded to being a coeducational independent school for children aged 3 to 18. Before 2014 it was Barrow's only independent school and the only one in the town which educated children from nursery all the way to sixth form. The school became a state-funded free school in September 2014 for pupils aged 4–16 years. History Chetwynde was founded as ''Our Lady's Chetwynde School'' in 1938 by Sister Aquinas and her nuns as a girls' school. In 1976 the school became mixed and independent from the church, though it retained its Catholic faith and ethos. Under Margaret Stones, the school's first headteacher, Chetwynde achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd Barracks
Chetwynd Barracks is a military installation at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire. History The Chilwell depot and barracks were built for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps shortly after the First World War on the former site of the National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell which had been completely devastated by an explosion in July 1918. The site continued to be used as a central ordnance depot after the Second World War and, although the central vehicle kit store closed in 1958, when operations moved to Bicester, it continued to operate as a general stores depot and a vehicle workshop. The site was renamed Chetwynd Barracks, after Viscount Chetwynd who had been Managing Director of the National Shell Filling Factory, in 1995 and became the home of 49 (East) Brigade. Under Army 2020, 49 (East) Brigade was merged with 7th Armoured Brigade to become 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East which relocated to Chetwynd Barracks on 13 February 2015. In late March 2016, the Ministry of Defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd, Victoria
Chetwynd is a locality near Ganoo Ganoo Bushland Reserve. It is located in the Shire of Glenelg The Shire of Glenelg is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 19,665. It includes the towns of ... and West Wimmera Shire. Reference List Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Glenelg (former)
The Shire of Glenelg was a local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994. History Glenelg was first incorporated as a road district on 2 September 1863, and became a shire on 30 June 1864. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 23 September 1994, the Shire of Glenelg was abolished, and along with the City of Portland and parts of the Shire of Heywood, was merged into the new Shire of Glenelg. Ridings Glenelg was not subdivided into ridings, and its 12 councillors represented the entire shire. Towns and localities * Casterton* * Chetwynd * Dergholm * Henty * Merino The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool. It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the bree ... * Paschendale * Poolaijel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd Baronets
The Chetwynd Baronetcy, of Brocton Hall in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 May 1795 for Sir George Chetwynd, Kt., of Brocton Hall, Staffordshire, for many years Clerk to the Privy Council. The second Baronet was member of parliament for Stafford and High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1828. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1875. As of 13 June 2007 the presumed ninth Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy dormant since 2004. This family is a junior branch of the Chetwynds of Ingestre, Staffordshire. The first Baronet was a descendant of Thomas Chetwynd (d. 1555), whose brother Anthony Chetwynd was the grandfather of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (see Viscount Chetwynd). The first Baronet inherited an estate at Old Grendon, North Warwickshire, in 1798 and Grendon Hall (demolished 1935) became the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Chetwynd
Viscount Chetwynd, of Bearhaven in the County of Kerry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1717 for Walter Chetwynd, with remainder to the issue male of his father John Chetwynd. He was made Baron Rathdowne, in the County of Dublin, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland and with the same remainder. Chetwynd notably represented Stafford in the House of Commons on three occasions between 1702 and 1734, and also served as ambassador to Turin. He was succeeded according to the special remainders by his younger brother, the second Viscount, who sat as a Member of Parliament for St Mawes, Stockbridge and, from 1738 to 1747 for Stafford and served as ambassador to Madrid. On the death of the second Viscount the titles passed to his younger brother, William, the third Viscount, who was Member of Parliament for Stafford and Plymouth and served as Master of the Mint from 1745 to 1769. The family estate at Ingestre Hall passed, however, to the second Viscoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
