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Fulford Family
Fulford may refer to: Places * Fulford, Quebec, Canada * Fulford, North Yorkshire, England * Fulford, Somerset, England * Fulford, Staffordshire, England * Fulford, Colorado, United States * Fulford, Florida, United States Other uses * Fulford (surname) * Battle of Fulford See also * ''The F***ing Fulfords'', a documentary about Francis Fulford, a landowner in Devon * Fulford Harbour, British Columbia, Canada * Fulford Place, a mansion in Ontario, Canada * Great Fulford Great Fulford is an historic estate in the parish of Dunsford, Devon. The grade I listed manor house, known as Great Fulford House, is about 9 miles west of Exeter. Its site was said in 1810 to be "probably the most ancient in the county". T ..., Devon, England * Little Fulford, Devon, England {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford, Quebec
The Town of Brome Lake (officially Ville de Lac-Brome) is a town in southern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,609. Tourism is a major industry in the village of Knowlton because of skiing in the winter, lake activities in summer, and autumn leaf colour. History The village was founded in 1802 by United Empire Loyalists from the New England states and New York. Originally known as Coldbrook for the stream that runs through the centre of the village, in 1855 the village had become the county seat of Brome County, Quebec. In 1971, seven villages on Brome Lake (Bondville, East Hill, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton, Iron Hill, and West Brome) were amalgamated to create the current town, which is now in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality of the Estrie administrative region. Geography Metamorphic rock of Cambrian age—mostly schist and phyllite—underlies the area. Quaternary glaciation left deposits of stony loam till plus outwash sands a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford, North Yorkshire
Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, in the York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. to the south of the city, on the east bank of the River Ouse, it was the site of the Battle of Fulford won by the invading Vikings in 1066, a precursor to the nearby Battle of Stamford Bridge lost by the Vikings, and then the Battle of Hastings in Sussex won by the invading Normans in the following weeks. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,785. It is home to Imphal Barracks, headquarters of the British Army's 15th Infantry Brigade; soldiers and their families live in married quarters outside the barracks. Fulford is a headquarters for the Royal Military Police. History St Oswald's Hall, the former church, was built about 1150, on a site near the Ouse, west of the current village centre. A new St Oswald's Church was built, on a different site, in 1866, and the old church also survives. Cavalry barracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford, Staffordshire
Fulford is a village and civil parish about north east of Stone, in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Crossgate, Leadendale, Meir Heath, Mossgate, Rough Close, Saverley Green, Stallington, Townend and part of Blythe Bridge. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 650 and the parish had 5,931. The village is on one of the tributaries of the River Blythe. The parish is one of the largest in the Stafford district. The parish touches Forsbrook, Hilderstone, Stone Rural, Barlaston and Draycott in the Moors. Fulford is the highest point in the Stafford district and varies between and above sea level. Features Fulford has a church dedicated to St Nicholas, which is Grade II listed and was built in the Gothic style in 1825 by C. H. Winks, a primary school and village hall on Fulford Road and a pub called the Shoulder of Mutton, on Meadow Lane. There are 9 listed buildings in Fulford, all Grade II listed. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford, Colorado
Fulford is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Fulford CDP was 0 at the United States Census 2020. The Edwards post office ( Zip Code 81632) serves the area. History Fulford is named for Arthur H. Fulford, an early settler. Geography The Fulford CDP has an area of , including of water. Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the See also *Outline of Colorado **Index of Colorado-related articles *State of Colorado **Colorado cities and towns ***Colorado census designated places **Colorado counties ***Eagle County, Colorado **Colorado metropolitan areas *** Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area *White River National Forest White River National Forest is a United States National Forest, National Forest in northwest Colorado. It is named after the Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford, Florida
North Miami Beach (commonly referred to as NMB) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Originally named "Fulford-by-the-Sea" in 1926 after Captain William H. Fulford of the U.S. Coast Guard, the city was renamed "North Miami Beach" in 1931. The population was 43,676 at the 2020 census. History The hurricane of 1926 essentially ended the South Florida real estate boom, and in an effort to alleviate their losses and the damage to the city, local residents came together as the Town of Fulford. In 1927, it was incorporated as the City of Fulford. Geography North Miami Beach is located in northeastern Miami-Dade County at . It is bordered to the southeast by the city of North Miami, to the southwest by unincorporated Golden Glades, to the west by the city of Miami Gardens, to the north by unincorporated Ojus, to the northeast by the city of Aventura, and to the east across the Intracoastal Waterway by the city of Sunny Isles Beach. U.S. Route 1 (Biscayne Boul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford (surname)
Fulford is an English surname that derives from any of the places called "Fulford" such as in Devon, Somerset, Staffordshire and Yorkshire. People with the name include: * Adrian Fulford, Lord Justice Fulford, British judge * Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, New Zealand actress * Christopher Fulford, British actor * Francis Fulford (landowner), English landowner and reality TV star of ''The F***ing Fulfords'' * George Taylor Fulford, Canadian politician * Henry English Fulford, aka Harry English Fulford, (1859–1929), British diplomat in China * James Fulford (1841–1922), Australian politician * Margaret Hannah Fulford (1904–1999), American botanist * Michael Fulford, British archaeologist * Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut * Robert Fulford (journalist), Canadian journalist * Robert Fulford (croquet player) * Robert C. Fulford, US osteopathic physician * John Fulford (died 1518), priest * John Fulford (captain) of HMS ''Ganges'' (1821) under Rear-Admiral Baynes :* Fulford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Fulford
The Battle of Fulford was fought on the outskirts of the village of Fulford just south of York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway, also known as ''Harald Hardrada'' ("harðráði" in Old Norse, meaning "hard ruler"), and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar.DeVries. ''The Norwegian Invasion''. pp. 255–259. Tostig was the English king Harold II's banished brother. He had allied with King Harald of Norway and possibly Duke William of Normandy, but there is no record of the reasoning behind his invasions. The battle was a victory for the Viking army. The earls of York could have hidden behind the walls of their city but instead they met the Viking army across a river. All day the English desperately tried to break the Viking shield wall but to no avail. Tostig was opposed by Earl Morcar who had displaced him as Earl of Northumbria. Background The Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor died on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The F***ing Fulfords
''The F***ing Fulfords'' is a 2004 documentary-style reality television programme. It was shown in August 2004 and made the name of Francis Fulford and his family when it was aired as part of the United Kingdom's Channel 4 TV series '' Cutting Edge''. Background and location Francis, known to his friends as "F**ker" Fulford, is the 24th in his family to have inherited Great Fulford, an 800-year old crumbling manor house on a estate in Dunsford, near Cheriton Bishop, Devon. Synopsis With their mansion becoming increasingly dilapidated and the family in financial difficulty, Francis Fulford concocts several elaborate schemes to make money. The schemes include using a metal detector to search the family's 3000-acre estate for treasure, searching for telephone cables so that he can invoice British Telecom, selling guided tours of the mansion, conjuring up stories of ghosts, and harvesting trees. Meanwhile, his wife Kishanda tries to solve the family's financial difficulties b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford Harbour
Fulford Harbour is a residential community on the southeast side of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, located near the island's southern end. Fulford Harbour is the site of a BC Ferries terminal with regular ferry service to Swartz Bay, British Columbia, Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. Fulford was named for Captain John Fulford of which was the flagship of the Pacific Station from 1857 to 1860. See also * Ganges, British Columbia External links * Fulford Harbour Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places in the Capital Regional District Salt Spring Island {{BritishColumbia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulford Place
Fulford Place is a historic mansion in Brockville, Ontario. It was completed in 1901 for Senator George Taylor Fulford, a Canadian businessman and politician. The home is now a historic house museum reflecting Edwardian era decorations, and it is operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1992. History After purchasing a patent for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People in 1890 and making a fortune selling the pills, the Fulfords had a mansion built for them in Brockville, on the shore of the St. Lawrence River where several other beautiful estates were located, many of which were owned by other successful business people. In 1898, the Fulfords commissioned their estate to be built on the King’s Highway, on the eastern edge of Brockville. Architect Albert W. Fuller from Albany, New York, designed Fulford Place, and it was elaborately decorated in the Beaux-Arts style. It was built between 1899 and 1901, and had 35 rooms ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Fulford
Great Fulford is an historic estate in the parish of Dunsford, Devon. The grade I listed manor house, known as Great Fulford House, is about 9 miles west of Exeter. Its site was said in 1810 to be "probably the most ancient in the county". The present mansion house is Tudor (16th century) with refurbishment from the late 17th century and further remodelling from about 1800. The prefix "Great" dates from the late 17th century and served to distinguish it from the mansion house known as "Little Fulford" in the parish of Shobrooke, Devon, about 8 miles to the north-east, also owned briefly by Col. Francis Fulford (1666–1700), as a result of his marriage to the heiress of the Tuckfield family. Great Fulford has been the residence of the Fulford family (originally "de Fulford"), which took its name from the estate, from the reign of King Richard I (1189–1199) to the present day. There are thus few, if any, families in Devonshire of more ancient recorded origin still resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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