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Coniston (horse)
Coniston may refer to: Australia *Coniston (Northern Territory), a cattle station **Coniston massacre, 1928 *Coniston, New South Wales ** Coniston railway station, New South Wales * Coniston, Tasmania, a town in the Derwent Valley United Kingdom *Coniston, East Riding of Yorkshire *Coniston Cold, North Yorkshire *Coniston, Cumbria, a village *Coniston Fells, a chain of hills and mountains in the Furness Fells, in the Lake District **Coniston Old Man (also called the Old Man of Coniston), the highest peak in the Coniston Fells *Coniston Water, a lake in the Lake District *Coniston Limestone, the sedimentary rock formation around Coniston, Cumbria. *Coniston Group, a lithographic group named after Coniston, Cumbria. United States * Coniston, California * ''Coniston'' (novel), by American writer Winston Churchill Canada *Coniston, Ontario, Canada See also *Conistone Conistone is a small village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of Grassingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston (Northern Territory)
Coniston is a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia in central Australia and is located about 250 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs, Coniston is best known as the site of the Coniston massacre, which was the last known massacre of Indigenous Australians, in August 1928. Owing to a severe drought, the original owners (the Warlpiri, Anmatyerre, and Kaytetye people ) gravitated towards their ancient water sources, which the pastoralists were using for their livestock. Conflicts soon arose. Coniston is still a working cattle station, and has beefeaturedby the Northern Territory government for its introduction of a 6.4 kW solar power station. Developed in 1923 by Randall Stafford because of a sustainable water supply, the station still thrives today. Coniston Station has been owned and managed by Max Lines and his wife Jacqui for more than three decades. In 2014, Max Lines found himself bedbound. With the help of her family and loyal staff, Jacqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furness Fells
The Furness Fells are a multitude of hills and mountains in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the Furness Fells or High Furness is the name given to the upland part of Furness, that is, that part of Furness lying north of the line between Ulverston and Ireleth. The hills lie largely within the English Lake District. The term ''Furness Fells'' is also sometimes used as a synonym with ''Coniston Fells'', perhaps partly as a result of the placing of the words "Furness Fells" on some Ordnance Survey 1:250 000 maps. The Coniston Fells properly form only part of the Furness Fells, albeit with all the highest mountains; other fells in Furness are of lower altitude. The Coniston Fells form part of the Southern Fells of the Lake District as defined by Alfred Wainwright. Coniston Fells The Coniston Fells are separated from the Scafell and Bowfell massif to their north by Wrynose Pass, and are surrounded on all other sides by lower ground. Coniston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston (novel)
''Coniston'' is a 1906 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. Background The plot of the historical novel concerns New Hampshire politics, where Churchill lived most of his adult life. Churchill was elected to the state legislature in 1903 and 1905, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1906 at the same time ''Coniston'' was topping the best selling lists.(July 23, 1906)"CONISTON:; A New England Story of a Long Period from the Jacksonian Epoch to Grant's Day Is Winston Churchill's New Book ''The New York Times''(August 10, 1906)Colonel Churchill of Cornish ''McCook Tribune''(September 19, 1906)Churchill Is Beaten In New Hampshire ''The New York Times'' (reporting that establishment candidate Charles M. Floyd had beaten Churchill for the GOP nomination) The political boss character in the book, Jethro Bass, was based on New Hampshire politician Ruel Durkee.(September 30, 1906)A Novelist In Politics ''The New York Times''Zanes, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston Group
The Coniston Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and north-west Pennines of northern England. The name is derived from the small town of Coniston in Cumbria. The rocks of the Group have also previously been referred to as the Coniston Grits or Coniston Grits Formation and Coniston Subgroup. The group comprises sandstones and siltstones and some laminated hemipelagites which achieve a thickness of between 1400 and 1900m. Overlain by the Bannisdale Formation of the Kendal Group and underlain by the Wray Castle Formation of the Tranearth Group The Tranearth Group is a Silurian lithostratigraphy, lithostratigraphic group (stratigraphy), group (a sequence of rock strata) in the southern Lake District and Howgill Fells of the Pennines of northern England. The name is derived from the loca ..., it is divided into several formations. These are, in ascending order (oldest first): Wray Castle, Gawthwaite, Latrigg, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston Limestone
The Dent Group is a group of Upper Ordovician sedimentary and volcanic rocks in north-west England. It is the lowermost part of the Windermere Supergroup, which was deposited in the foreland basin formed during the collision between Laurentia and Avalonia. It lies unconformably on the Borrowdale Volcanic Group. This unit was previously known as the Coniston Limestone Group or Coniston Limestone Formation and should not be confused with the significantly younger (uppermost Silurian) Coniston Group. Distribution The Dent Group is exposed in four areas, the southern Lake District as a narrow strip across the whole width of the outcrop, in the Cautley and Dent inliers, the Cross Fell inlier and the Craven inliers. Lake District outcrop In the main Lake District outcrop, the group consists of calcareous siltstones and mudstones of the basal Kirkley Bank Formation, micritic limestones of the Broughton Moor Formation and dark blue-gray shales of the Ashgill Formation. Locally v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston Water
Coniston Water in the English county of Cumbria is the third-largest lake in the Lake District by volume (after Windermere and Ullswater), and the fifth-largest by area. It is five miles long by half a mile wide (8 km by 800 m), has a maximum depth of 184 feet (56 m), and covers an area of 1.89 square miles (4.9 km2). The lake has an elevation of 143 feet (44 m) above sea level. It drains to the sea via the River Crake. Geography and administration Coniston Water is situated within Furness, part of the North Lonsdale exclave of the historic county of Lancashire. Since 1974, it is within the administrative county of Cumbria. Coniston Water is an example of a ribbon lake formed by glaciation. The lake sits in a deep U-shaped glaciated valley scoured by a glacier in the surrounding volcanic and limestone rocks during the last ice age. To the north-west of the lake rises the Old Man of Coniston, the highest fell in the Coniston Fells group and the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man Of Coniston
The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells in the Cumbria, English Lake District and is the highest point (county top) of the historic county of Lancashire. It is at least high, and lies to the west of the village of Coniston and the lake, Coniston Water. The fell is sometimes known by the alternative name of Coniston Old Man, or simply The Old Man. The mountain is popular with tourists and fell-walkers with a number of well-marked paths to the summit. The mountain has also seen extensive copper and slate mining activity for eight hundred years, and the remains of abandoned mines and spoil tips are a significant feature of the north-east slopes. Height A detailed survey on 24 May 2018 measured the height of the highest visible natural ground to be 802.42 metres (2632'7ΒΌ"). The height of the ground on the summit plinth (man-made ground) is 803.53 metres (2636'3"). The same survey also measured the height of nearby Swirl How, and measured it to be also 802.42 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston, Cumbria
Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,058, decreasing at the 2011 census to 928. Historically part of Lancashire, it is in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water, the third longest lake in the Lake District, and Coniston Old Man. Coniston is northeast of Barrow-in-Furness, west of Kendal and north of Lancaster. History Coniston grew as both a farming village, and to serve local copper and slate mines.''The Story of Coniston'', 2nd edition, by Alastair Cameron and Elizabeth Brown, privately published, Coniston 2003. It grew in popularity as a tourist location during the Victorian era, thanks partially to the construction of a branch of the Furness Railway, which opened to passenger traffic in 1859 and terminated at Coniston railway station. The poet and social critic John Ruskin also popularised the village, buying the mansion Brantwood o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston Massacre
The Coniston massacre, which took place in the region around the Coniston cattle station in the then Territory of Central Australia (now the Northern Territory) from 14 August to 18 October 1928, was the last known officially sanctioned massacre of Indigenous Australians and one of the last events of the Australian Frontier Wars. In a series of punitive expeditions led by Northern Territory Police constable William George Murray, people of the Warlpiri, Anmatyerre, and Kaytetye groups were killed. The massacre occurred in response to the murder of dingo hunter Frederick Brooks, killed by Aboriginal people in August 1928 at a place called ''Yukurru'', also known as Brooks Soak. Official records at the time state that at least 31 people were killed, however analysis of existing documentation and Aboriginal oral histories reveal that the fatalities were likely to have been as high as 200. Background Central Australia was Australia's last colonial frontier, sparsely populated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston Cold
Coniston Cold is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village lies north-west of Skipton along the A65. According to the 2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ..., Coniston Cold parish had a population of 186, increasing to 203 at the 2011 Census. References External links Wedding Films created at the nearby Coniston Hotel Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{craven-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coniston, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Coniston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately north-east of Hull city centre and less than north-east of the village of Ganstead. It lies on the A165 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Coniston and the hamlet of Thirtleby. According to the 2011 UK Census, Coniston parish had a population of 319, an increase on the 2001 UK Census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ... figure of 266. References * External links * Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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