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Croft
Croft may refer to: Occupations * Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling * Crofting, small-scale food production * Bleachfield, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft Locations In the United Kingdom *Croft, Cheshire, in the Borough of Warrington *Croft, Leicestershire *Croft, Lincolnshire *Croft, Herefordshire **Croft Castle, Herefordshire *Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire * Croft (Aberdeenshire castle), a former keep in Scotland * The Croft, a listed house in Totteridge, Barnet *Croft Circuit, a motor racing circuit in northeast England In the United States * Croft, California, in El Dorado County * Croft, Kansas People * Croft (surname) * Crofts (surname) See also *Crofts End, Bristol *Crofton, Cumbria *Crofton, British Columbia *Ashcroft (other) *Undercroft An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and vaulted, and used for storage in buildings since medieval times. In mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft Castle
Croft Castle is a country house in the village of Croft, Herefordshire, England. Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I. History A building has been on the site from c.1085 when the estate was established by the Croft family. and it has from this time been the home of the Croft family and Croft baronets. The Croft family were closely linked to their neighbours the Mortimers of Wigmore and Ludlow. The Battle of Mortimer's Cross took place on Croft land nearby in 1461. It was the home of Sir John de Croft who married Janet, one of Owain Glyndŵr's daughters. In the 15th century, the Croft family adopted the Welsh Wyvern crest, a wounded black dragon, seen as an allusion to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft (land)
A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural areas. Etymology The word ''croft'' is West Germanic in etymology and is now most familiar in Scotland, most crofts being in the Highlands and Islands area. Elsewhere the expression is generally archaic. In Scottish Gaelic, it is rendered (, plural ). Legislation in Scotland The Scottish croft is a small agricultural landholding of a type that has been subject to special legislation applying to the Scottish Highlands since 1886. The legislation was largely a response to the complaints and demands of tenant families who were victims of the Highland Clearances. The modern crofters or tenants appear very little in evidence before the beginning of the 18th century. They were tenants at will underneath the tacksman and wadsetters, but practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crofton, British Columbia
Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about north of Victoria. Early settlers In the mid-1800s, several families obtained preemptions in the area, upon which they created homesteads, cut timber, and farmed. The 1873 incorporation of the District of North Cowichan included what would become Crofton. Smelter & village In 1900, Henry Croft purchased land at Osborne Bay for a smelter and townsite. The next year, the Northwestern Smelting and Refining Co. began construction. In 1902, the village was established, the smelter opened, and Croft extended the Lenora Mt. Sicker Railway from his copper mine to Crofton. Mining ceased in late 1902 when the company went into receivership. Having exhausted other ore supplies, the smelter closed in 1903. In 1906, the Britannia Mining & Smelting Company bought the smelter. A customs office existed between 1906 and 1909. Following plum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crofton, Cumbria
Crofton is an area of Thursby, Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. It is west-southwest of Carlisle. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 105. Historically a part of Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ..., Crofton was one of three small townships in the centre of the former Parish of Thursby. It was originally called ''Croft-town'', derived from the word Croft (land), Croft, as the town standing upon the Crofts Notable landmarks were Crofton Place, the seat of Sir Wastel Brisco baronets, Brisco, Bart. It also became a surname to John Crofton. Although Crofton Hall was demolished in about 1955–1956, some of the estate buildings remain, and the gateway and pond are notable remnants. The Briscos of Crofton Hastings was the home of some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crofts End, Bristol
Eastville is the name of both a council ward in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom and a suburb of the city that lies within that ward. The Eastville ward covers the areas of Eastville, Crofts End (also known as Clay Hill), Stapleton and part of Fishponds. Notable places within the ward include Bristol Metropolitan Academy ( formerly Whitefield Fishponds Community School) and Colston's School, and the Bristol and Bath Railway Path also passes through the ward. Eastville Eastville is an inner-suburb of the English city of Bristol, situated between Easton and Frome Vale wards in the north-east of the city. In the north-west its boundary is the M32 motorway, which roughly follows the River Frome. Eastville Stadium (on the west bank of the Frome) used to be the home of Bristol Rovers Football Club, as well as being a site for greyhound racing and speedway, but this site has now been developed by IKEA. Eastville Park is a large park with a small lake, just to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crofts (surname)
Crofts is a surname of English origin. The name refers to: * Andrew Crofts (b. 1953), English writer * Andrew Crofts (b. 1984), Welsh professional football player *Carole Crofts (b. 1959), British diplomat *Daniel Webster Crofts (1828–1852), American lawyer and Mason; founder of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity *Dash Crofts (b. 1940), American musician; half of the 1970s singing duo Seals and Crofts *Ernest Crofts (1847–1911), English painter *Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957), Irish-English mystery author *Hayley Crofts (b. 1988), New Zealand netball player * Lewis Crofts (b. 1977), English journalist and author *Marion Crofts (1966–1981), murder victim * Stella Rebecca Crofts (1898–1964), English artist *Thomas Crofts (1722–1781), English Anglican priest, bibliophile, and Fellow of the Royal Society * William Carr Crofts (1846–1894), English lawyer and entrepreneur *William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (c.1611–1677) was an English baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft (surname)
Croft is a surname; notable people with this surname include: *Chancy Croft (born 1937), American politician, father of Eric Croft *Chris Croft, American politician *David Croft (broadcaster), "Crofty", British TV commentator *David Croft (TV producer), British TV sitcom writer *Douglas Croft, American actor *Eric Croft (born 1964), American politician, son of Chancy Croft * George W. Croft (1846–1904), American politician, father of Theodore G. Croft *Henry Croft, Australian-Canadian businessman * Herbert Croft (other), several people *Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft *James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the sixteenth century *Jennifer Croft, American translator *Julia Croft, New Zealand performance artist *Mary Jane Croft, American actress * Paddy Croft, actress *Peta-Kaye Croft, Australian politician *Richard Croft (tenor), American operatic tenor *Steven Croft (bishop), Bishop of Oxford * Theodore G. Croft (1874–1920), American politician, son of George W. Crof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft, Kansas
Croft is an unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. It is located southwest of Pratt Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: A–F * Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer * Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player * Andy Pratt (baseball) (bor .... History Long ago, it had a rail station on the Wichita & Englewood division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. It had telephone connections, local trade, did some shipping and in 1910, reported a population of 30. A post office was opened in Croft in 1907, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961. References Further reading External links * Pratt County mapsCurrent KDOT [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Dorado County
El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located entirely in the Sierra Nevada, from the historic Gold Country in the western foothills to the High Sierra in the east. El Dorado County's population has grown as Greater Sacramento has expanded into the region. Where the county line crosses US 50 at Clarksville, the distance to Sacramento is 15 miles. In the county's high altitude eastern end at Lake Tahoe, environmental awareness and environmental protection initiatives have grown along with the population since the 1960 Winter Olympics, hosted at the former Squaw Valley Ski Resort in neighboring Placer County. History What is now known as El Dorado County has been home to the Maidu, Nisenan, Washoe, and Miwok Indigenous Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Croft
The Croft is a large detached house on Totteridge Green in Totteridge, Barnet. It has been Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since November 1974. The house was designed by the English architect T.E. Collcutt as his personal residence. It was subsequently profiled in an 1899 issue of ''The Builder''. The formal gardens of The Croft originally contained a sculpture of Triton by Henry Pegram. Collcutt also built another Grade II listed house on Totteridge Green, Fairspeir, and The Lynch House on Totteridge Common. Bridget Cherry, writing in the 1998 ''London: North'' edition of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, described The Croft as 'very picturesque' and 'a more relaxed version' of Richard Norman Shaw's 'Old English style'. The interior was described as having 'pretty plasterwork' and tiles by William De Morgan. The 1977 edition of the Pevsner guides had described the Croft's design as "three ranges and a court, roughcast, with Tudor windows" likening it t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit. The circuit holds meetings of the British Touring Car Championship, British Rallycross and Pickup Truck Racing race series. History The first records of racing at Croft date back to the 1920s, but it was after the Second World War that Croft circuit became a significant motorsport venue. At the beginning of the Second World War an airfield named RAF Croft was built on the site now occupied by the circuit. RAF Croft also known as Croft Aerodrome, was mainly used as a bomber airfield. It was home to a number of different aircraft types including Wellington, Lancaster, Whitley, Stirling and Halifax bombers. There were a number of notorious accidents mainly involving returning bombers missing their runway. One bomber made it all the way back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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