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Cottesmore may refer to: *Cottesmore, Rutland, England *Cottesmore Hunt, fox hunt, formerly kennelled in Cottesmore, Rutland *Cottesmore School, a prep school in Sussex, England * HMS ''Cottesmore'', the name of three Royal Navy ships *RAF Cottesmore, Royal Air Force station ** Kendrew Barracks Kendrew Barracks is a British Army barracks located north east of Cottesmore, Rutland, England. The barracks opened in 2012 on the site of RAF Cottesmore. History Kendrew Barracks sits on the former site of RAF Cottesmore which was active be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottesmore, Rutland
Cottesmore (often pronounced Cotts'more) is a village and civil parish in the north of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. In terms of population it is the largest village in Rutland, and the third-largest settlement after Oakham and Uppingham. This is due in part to the presence of Kendrew Barracks (formerly RAF Cottesmore). The village's name means 'moor of Cott'. At the time of Edward the Confessor (mid 11th century), "Manors Cottesmore" was held, together with Greetham, Rutland, Greetham, by Saxon called Goda. Goda held 12 carucates of land, three of which were held in tax to the Danegeld. The King held three carucates in demesne and three socmen with 40 villeins and six bordarii held 20 carucates. Of the land held by the manor, one Goisfridus held half a carucate; he had one plough and eight villeins. Cottesmore also had of meadow and a wood measuring a mile in length by seven furlongs in breadth. St Nicholas' Church, Cottesmore is a Grade II* listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottesmore Hunt
The Cottesmore Hunt, which hunts mostly in Rutland, is one of the oldest foxhound packs in Britain. Its name comes from the village of Cottesmore where the hounds were kennelled. History The Cottesmore Hunt's origins may be traced back to 1666 when Viscount Lowther made the long journey by a road with his own pack of foxhounds from Lowther Castle in Westmorland to Fineshade Abbey in East Northamptonshire. The Lowther family sold their pack to the Earl of Gainsborough. From 1696 to 1779 there had been a joint arrangement between John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, Master of the Belvoir, and the Earl of Gainsborough, Earl Cardigan, Lord Howe and Lord Gower, to hunt one pack on a shared basis in the huge area from Belvoir southwards into East Northamptonshire. Hounds were moved between three different kennels, including Cottesmore, each season. The Gainsborough family withdrew from this joint Hunt in 1732 and took 25 couple of hounds that began to hunt the country later known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottesmore School
Cottesmore is a Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school in the United Kingdom, founded in 1894. It is full boarding school, boarding. History Cottesmore was founded by Geoffrey Davison Brown in 1894 in Hove, East Sussex. He named the school after Cottesmore, Rutland, where he was born. The new buildings for the preparatory school were officially opened on 19 June 1897. Davison Brown served as headmaster until his death in 1929, aged 60. In 1940 the school was evacuated from the south coast of England, to Wales, initially to the Oakeley Arms Hotel, Tan-y-bwlch, Merioneth, and later to a former workhouse in Cors-y-Gedol Hall, near Barmouth, until the end of the war. The school moved to its present site at Pease Pottage after World War II in 1946. The school is housed in a Listed building, Grade II-listed Victorian architecture, Victorian mansion known as Buchan Hill that was built in 1882–3 by Philip Felix Renaud Saillard. The building is a large Elizabethan-style house, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cottesmore
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Cottesmore'' after the Cottesmore hunt: * The first , launched in 1917, was a minesweeper. She served in World War I and was paid off and sold in 1919. * The second , launched in 1940, was a . She served in World War II, was sold to the Egyptian Navy in 1950 being renamed ''Port Said'', and served into the 1980s as a training ship. * The third , launched in 1982 and decommissioned in 2005, was a mine countermeasures vessel of another . Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York, (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger brother of King Charles III and the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince ... commanded HMS ''Cottesmore'' from April 1993 until November 1994. External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Cottesmore Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Cottesmore
Royal Air Force Station Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. On 15 December 2009, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced that the station would close in 2013 as part of defence spending cuts, along with the retirement of the Harrier GR9 and the disbandment of Joint Force Harrier. The formal closing ceremony took place on 31 March 2011, and the airfield became a satellite of RAF Wittering until March 2012. In July 2011 Defence Secretary Liam Fox announced plans for it to be the airfield for one of five of the Army's Multi-Role Brigades. In April 2012 it was renamed Kendrew Barracks after Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew. Station badge The badge of RAF Cottesmore consisted of a hunting horn, a five-pointed star and a horseshoe. The description is "in front of a horseshoe a mullet overall a hunting horn in bend". The hunting horn symbolises the location in foxhunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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