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Edmund Beswick
Edmund Beswick (birth registered July→September 1858 – died 23 January 1911) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s. He played at representative level for England national rugby union team, England, and Lancashire County Rugby Football Union, Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton Lions, Swinton, as a Outside backs (rugby union), Three-quarter, i.e. Rugby union#Wing, wing or Rugby union#Centre, inside centre. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Swinton was a rugby union club. Background Beswick was born in Penrith, Cumbria, Penrith, Cumberland, England, and he died aged 52 in City of Salford, Salford, Lancashire, England. Playing career Beswick won caps for England national rugby union team, England while at Swinton in 1882 against Ireland, and Scotland. He won caps for Lancashire County Rugby Football Union, Lancashire while at Swinton, making his début against Cheshire Rugby Football Union, Cheshire on Saturday 29 November 1879; in 1881 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith (, , ) is a market town and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England, about south of Carlisle. It is less than outside the Lake District National Park, in between the Rivers Petteril and Eamont and just north of the River Lowther. It had a population of 15,181 at the 2011 Census. Historically in Cumberland, Penrith's current local authorities are the Eden District Council, which is based in the town, and Cumbria County Council. In 2023, Penrith will become part of the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area. From 1974 to 2015, it was an unparished area with no local council. A civil parish was reintroduced as Penrith Town Council and first elected on 7 May 2015. Toponymy The etymology of "Penrith" has been debated. Several writers argue for the Cumbric or Welsh "head, chief, end" (both noun and adjective) with the Cumbric , Welsh "ford", to mean "chief ford", "hill ford", "ford end", or Whaley's suggestion: "the head of the ford" or "headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
