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Farleigh (other)
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Farleigh may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Australia * Farleigh, Queensland England * Farleigh, Somerset * Farleigh, Surrey * Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire * Farleigh School, Hampshire * Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset ** Farleigh House ** Farleigh Hungerford Castle * East Farleigh, Kent * Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire * West Farleigh, Kent South Africa * Farleigh, Western Cape People with the surname * John Farleigh (1900–1965), English wood-engraver * Lynn Farleigh (born 1942), English actress * Richard Farleigh (born 1960), Australian private investor Other uses * Newbury Manor School, a special school formerly named Farleigh College See also * Farley (other) Farley may refer to: People * Farley (name), a list of people with the given name or surname Places Antarctica * Mount Farley * Farley Massif Australia * Farley, New South Wales * Farley railway station England * Farley, Derbyshire * Farle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh, Queensland
Farleigh is a rural town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Farleigh had a population of 815 people. Geography The town is located in the south-east of the locality. The Bruce Highway traverses through the locality from the south-east to the west, passing through the town. The North Coast railway line also passes through the locality from the south-east to the west but further north and east than the highway. The Farleigh railway station is located beside the Farleigh sugar mill which has an associated sugarcane tramway network. The land in the locality is mostly flat at 30–40 metres above sea level. It is freehold land used for cropping, principally sugarcane. History Farleigh Mill was built in 1883 by Sir John Bennett Laws. For the first years, the mill had an associated sugar plantation. In 1900 the mill was sold to Farleigh Estate Sugar Co Ltd in 1900 and developed so that it could replace a number of the local mills: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh, Somerset
Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset and in 2011 had a population of 4,589. The village lies about southwest of Bristol, south of the A370 to Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Backwell Common, Backwell Green and Backwell Farleigh, and the districts of Backwell West Town and Downside. Nearby are Nailsea, Flax Bourton, Yatton, Brockley and Barrow Gurney. History Backwell Hillfort between Flax Bourton and Backwell is an Iron Age hill fort. The village has a long history, appearing in the Domesday Book in 1086 with the name 'Bacoile' meaning 'The well back on the hill'. The parish was part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Hartcliffe (hundred), Hartcliffe. The Lord of the manor, lords of the manor from the 12th to 17th centuries were the Rodneys. Walter de Rodney was given the manor for his support of the Empress Matilda against Stephen of England, King Stephen. Backwell House is an historic house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh, Surrey
Farleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located in the North Downs AONB and the Metropolitan Green Belt, south east of Croydon, south of London and WNE of Surrey's county town, Guildford. History Early history Farleigh lay within the Anglo-Saxon feudal division of Tandridge hundred. Farleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as the manor of ''Ferlega''. It was held by Robert de Wateville from Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare and de Tonbridge). Its domesday assets were: hide; 2 ploughs, 1 ox, to its overlords per year rendering £3. Judging by the style of the western doorway of St Mary's Church, a date about the close of the 11th century is indicated, at least for the building of the first stone church. The present building is of field flints, with the original rough yellow plaster or mortar coat outside, and with dressings of local firestone and inside a little caen stone. In the 13th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh Wallop
Farleigh Wallop is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately south of Basingstoke on the slopes of Farleigh Hill (208 m). The parish includes about . Since 1486, Farleigh Wallop has been the home of the Wallop family, including John Wallop, Henry Wallop, and Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth, whose seat, Farleigh House Farleigh House, or Farleigh Castle, sometimes called Farleigh New Castle, is a large English country house in the county of Somerset, formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate. Much of the stone to build it came from the nearby Farlei ..., is in the village. References External links "Parishes: Farleigh Wallop", A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 364-366, British History Online {{authority control [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh School
Farleigh School is a Catholic preparatory day and boarding school in Andover, Hampshire, England. Situated in of parkland in the Test Valley, Hampshire, it educates around 430 children. The current school comprises a pre-prep department (ages 3–6) and the main prep school (ages 6–13). History Farleigh was founded as a boys' boarding school in 1953 at Farleigh House, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, the seat of the earls of Portsmouth, by the late Jocelyn Francis Trappes-Lomax. It started out with 35 boys. Since moving to Red Rice in 1982, the school has acquired an indoor swimming pool, a new art and DT facility, and a new headmaster. Father Simon Everson, in addition to his duties as headmaster at Farleigh School, also takes responsibility as chaplain at the school. Since 1982 it has been located in a Georgian country house previously named Red Rice House, where the future George IV of the United Kingdom (then still Prince of Wales) was believed to have secretly – an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh Hungerford
Farleigh Hungerford () is a village within the civil parish of Norton St Philip in the Mendip District, Mendip district, in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset, Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366 road, A366, between Trowbridge and Radstock in the valley of the River Frome, Somerset, River Frome. Within this small village are the notable ruins of Farleigh Hungerford Castle, which played a significant part in the English Civil War. Evidence has also been found of occupation during Ancient Rome, Roman times; the foundations of a villa were excavated in a field just north west of the castle in 1822. From 1985 to 2010 the village was the venue for the annual Trowbridge Village Pump Festival. History The manor was called Farleigh Montfort from just after the conquest when it was owned by a Norman family, the Montforts, until the fourteenth century. Then Reginald de Montfort sold the estate to one of Edward III of England, Edward III’s soldiers whose family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh House
Farleigh House, or Farleigh Castle, sometimes called Farleigh New Castle, is a large English country house in the county of Somerset, formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate. Much of the stone to build it came from the nearby Farleigh Hungerford Castle and the house is now a Grade II listed building. Farleigh House was built and extended during the 18th and 19th centuries and until 1970 served as the centre of a country estate owned by the Houlton family until 1899, then by others. In 1970 it was sold to be used as a prep school called Ravenscroft School. After this closed in 1996, the house was leased from the last owners of the school by the new Farleigh College until 2001, and it was then sold to Inspecs, a manufacturer of optical instruments. In 2010 a 99-year lease was acquired by Bath Rugby Club, which now occupies it as its headquarters and training centre. Houlton family The house was largely built with stone taken from the ruins of the mediaeval Farleigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England. The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford, who made his fortune as steward to John of Gaunt. The castle was built to a quadrangular design, already slightly old-fashioned, on the site of an existing manor house overlooking the River Frome. A deer park was attached to the castle, requiring the destruction of the nearby village. Sir Thomas's son, Sir Walter Hungerford, a knight and leading courtier to Henry V, became rich during the Hundred Years War with France and extended the castle with an additional, outer court, enclosing the parish church in the process. By Walter's death in 1449, the substantial castle was richly appointed, and its chapel decorated with murals. The castle largely remained in the hands of the Hungerford family over the next two centuries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Farleigh
East Farleigh is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Maidstone, Kent, England. The village is located on the south side of the River Medway about two miles (3.2 km) upstream from the town of Maidstone. Heritage The Grade I listed East Farleigh Bridge crossing the river here was built in the 14th century and is considered one of the oldest in Kent. It is too narrow to suit modern traffic conditions. It provided the crossing point for the Parliamentary forces in the Battle of Maidstone during the Civil War. The population of the village expanded from 642 people in 1801 to 1,668 in 1881. The population growth occurred in parallel with an increase in hop production, which the tithe map of 1841 show covering a quarter of all land in the parish, 40 years before peak production was reached. Hops are no longer grown in the parish. The last oast house in the village ceased working in 1977. East Farleigh appears in the Domesday Book as ''Ferlaga'' from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkton Farleigh
Monkton Farleigh is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, on high ground northwest of Bradford-on-Avon, and a similar distance east of the city of Bath. The parish includes the hamlets of Farleigh Wick and Pinckney Green. In the west and northwest the parish is bounded by Somerset. It is known for its underground mines of Bath Stone, which were converted into one of the largest Ministry of Defence underground ammunition stores in the country. History The Roman road from Silchester to Bath, and later earthworks which may be part of Wansdyke, run east–west and form the northern boundary of the modern parish. Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement of 24 households, and land held by Brictric and his brother Alwy. The manor passed to the Bohun family, and was held by Humphrey I de Bohun around 1120. The Bohuns founded the Priory of St Mary Magdalene thereafter, and it had a church by c.1150. In the early 13th century the priory was rebuilt with a larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Farleigh
West Farleigh is a village and civil parish four miles (6km) southwest of Maidstone in the county of Kent. The parish has a population of approximately 450, and is bounded by the civil parishes of East Farleigh, Hunton, Yalding, and over the River Medway by Wateringbury, Teston and Barming. The village boasts three pubs; the White House, The Tickled Trout and The Good Intent. Adjacent to the church is the village cricket ground. The village is twinned with the northern German village of Ringstedt, near Bremerhaven. The sports club runs a football section involving; two senior Saturday sides, the first team in the Kent County League, the reserve team in the Sevenoaks and District Football League, a veterans' side, and five junior sides which plays their home games at Elmscroft Park, Charlton Lane. An annual tour, once mainly between the club's footballers and that of Ringstedt (but now includes many from the wider community) has been an ongoing, ever-flourishing event since 1988. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farleigh, Western Cape
Farleigh is a small town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The settlement is also a forestry station. Farleigh is 3 km northeast of Karatara and 8 km northwest of Rheenendal, with the closest major town being Knysna. The town is about 511 metres above sea level. In the 2011 South African census The South African National Census of 2011 is the 3rd comprehensive census performed by Statistics South Africa. The 2011 census was the first census to include geo-referencing for every individual dwelling in South Africa. How the count w ..., the local population was counted as 1,057 people living in 249 households. References {{Garden Route District Municipality Populated places in the Knysna Local Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
