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Cressy Novel
Cressy can refer to: Places *Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, a town **Electoral district of Cressy, a former electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly *Cressy, Victoria, Australia, a town *Cressy, Seine-Maritime, a commune in France * Cressy, Switzerland, a village in the municipality of Bernex, Switzerland *Cressy, California, former name of Cressey, California, United States, a census-designated place Ships *, the name of four Royal Navy ships * Cressy class cruiser, a class of Royal Navy armoured cruisers * ''Cressy'' (ship), a passenger ship to New Zealand in 1850 *''Cressy'', a narrowboat belonging to L. T. C. Rolt, credited with starting the restoration movement for English canals with the publication of ''Narrow Boat A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution, but with the advent of the railways, commer .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy, Tasmania
Cressy is a small town south-west of Launceston, Tasmania. It came into existence in the 1850s to service the surrounding wheat farms. At the 2006 census, Cressy had a population of 670. It is known as Tasmania's "Trout capital" for the good fishing in the area. It is also home to an extensive agriculture research facility for the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research. Cressy Post Office opened on 17 September 1856. Nearby towns include: Bishopsbourne, Bracknell, Liffey, Blackwood Creek, Poatina and Longford. History Cressy was established as the main centre for the Cressy Company. The Cressy Company's first director Captain Bartholemew Boyle Thomas chose to name company after the Battle of Crecy A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ... in the 14th C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Cressy
The electoral district of Cressy was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 m .... It centred on the town of Cressy to the south west of Launceston. The seat was created ahead of the 1886 election out of the eastern section of the abolished seat of Ringwood, and was abolished at the 1903 election. Members for Cressy References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Cressy {{Australia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy, Victoria
Cressy is a town in Victoria, Australia, approximately north of Colac on the Ballarat road. It is divided between Golden Plains Shire, the Shire of Colac Otway, and Corangamite Shire. At the 2016 census, Cressy and the surrounding area had a population of 175. History George Russell, manager of the pastoral Clyde Company, opened up the area to European settlement in 1836. In 1837, a French man named Jean Duverney crossed the Woady Yaloak River, claimed land on both banks, and named the area "Frenchman's Run". Duverney called the small, developing village Cressy, after Crécy in France, where he was born. The Cressy Post Office opened on 1 January 1858. After the outbreak of World War II, an airfield was constructed south of the town towards Colac, and was used by the RAAF until 1946 as a combat training base and for bombing practice. Cressy airfield had three airstrips, two about long with a drained gravel surface and a grass airstrip about long. Two large Bellman hang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy, Seine-Maritime
Cressy () is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Scie. 28 September 2018 Geography A village situated in the , some south of , at the junction of the D22 and the D296 roads.Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernex, Switzerland
Bernex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Bernex is first mentioned in 1256 as ''Brenay''. In 1793 the municipality of Bernex-Onex-Confignon was created. In 1850, Bernex separated from the other two, to form the municipalities of Bernex and Onex-Confignon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011 Geography 
Bernex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, o ...
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Cressey, California
Cressey (formerly, Cressy) is a census-designated place in Merced County, California. It is located north-northwest of Atwater, at an elevation of 167 feet (51 m). The population was 366 at the 2020 United States census, down from 393 in 2010. Cressey is located in the northern part of Merced County. It is just east of where the Santa Fe railroad (original line of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad) crosses the Merced River. Ballico is across the river to the northwest. Livingston is to the southwest, and Winton is southeast of Cressey. The ZIP Code is 95312. The area is inside area code 209. History The Cressy post office opened in 1882, closed in 1883, re-opened in 1909, and changed its name to Cressey in 1912. The town was named by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway for Calvin J. Cressey, local landowner. Cressey has one Postal Office, located on Cressey Way. The Old Post Office was located behind the Cressey General Store, on Third St. Cressey has on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy Class Cruiser
The ''Cressy''-class cruiser was a class of six armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Their design’s incorporation of a pair of 9.2-inch guns and armoured sides served to address criticism directed against the previous — advances made possible by their 1,000 ton increase in displacement over their predecessors. The ships were notably stable, except for a susceptibility to pitching. Service Until 1908, the ships served in Home waters, the Mediterranean and the Far East. On the outbreak of the First World War ''Cressy'', ''Aboukir'', ''Hogue'', ''Bacchante'' and ''Euryalus'' formed the Seventh Cruiser Squadron. Due to the obsolescence of the ships and because they were crewed by inexperienced reservists the squadron was known as the "Live Bait Squadron". This epithet proved prophetic when ''Cressy'', ''Hogue'' and ''Aboukir'' were sunk in a single action on 22 September 1914 by the German submarine ''U-9'' near the Dutch coast. After the first cruiser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy (ship)
''Cressy'' was one of the "First Four Ships" in 1850 to carry emigrants from England to the new colony of Canterbury in New Zealand. ''Cressy'' was the last to arrive on 27 December. The other ships were ''Charlotte Jane'', , and '' Randolph''. The passengers aboard these four ships were referred to as the "Canterbury Pilgrims" of Christchurch. Their names are inscribed on a marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ... plaque in Cathedral Square in the centre of Christchurch. The ship is remembered in the name of a road, Cressy Terrace, in the port town of Lyttelton. Voyage from England to New Zealand On the morning of 4 September 1850. the barque ''Cressy'', J. D. Bell, master, left Gravesend, and was towed down the river. After sailing down the Channel and nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrow Boat (book)
''Narrow Boat'' is a book about life on the English canals written by L. T. C. Rolt. Originally published in 1944 by Eyre & Spottiswoode, it has continuously been in print since. It describes a four-month trip that Rolt took with his bride Angela at the outbreak of the Second World War. The book is credited with a revival of interest in the English canals, leading directly to the creation of the Inland Waterways Association, which spearheaded the restoration and leisure use of the canals. Synopsis ''Part One'' is a general introduction to the English Canal system. He points out at the outset that "most people today know no more of the canals than they do of the old green roads which the pack-horse trains once travelled." If this is no longer true, it is largely thanks to this book. It has an account of converting the wooden narrowboat ''Cressy'' for liveaboard use at Tooley's Boatyard in Banbury. He paid particular attention to the traditional narrowboat decorations of Roses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cressy (surname) (c. 1605–1674), English monk
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Cressy or de Cressy is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * David Cressy, American historian and professor * Gordon Cressy (b. 1943), Canadian politician * Harold Cressy (1889–1916), South African headteacher and activist * Hugh de Cressy (d. 1189), Anglo-Norman administrator and nobleman * Hugh Cressy (MP), Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire * Joe Cressy, (b. 1984), Canadian politician * Maxime Cressy (b. 1997), American tennis player * Serenus de Cressy Dom Serenus Cressy, O.S.B., (originally born Hugh Paulinus de Cressy), (ca. 1605 –10 August 1674) was an English convert to Catholicism and Benedictine monk, who became a noted scholar in Church history. Life Anglican chaplain Hugh Paulinus d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cressy
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
