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Greystones (other)
Greystones is a town in Wicklow, Ireland Greystones, or Graystones may also refer to: * Graystones Graystones is a fell in the English Lake District. It lies in the North Western Fells region and is one of the peaks on the ridge which encircles the valley of Aiken Beck. Name According to Alfred Wainwright the name Graystones properly ref ..., a mountain in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom * Greystones, South Yorkshire, a suburb of Sheffield * Graystones Forest, the location where William Penn met with members of the Lenape Indian tribe in 1682 to negotiate the first land-purchase survey in Pennsylvania. See also * Greystone (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greystones
Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray, County Wicklow, Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 18,140 (2016). The town is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east, Bray Head to the north and the Wicklow Mountains to the west. It is the second biggest town in County Wicklow (after Bray, County Wicklow, Bray). The town was named after a half-mile or one-kilometre stretch of grey stones between two beaches on the seafront. The harbour area and Greystones railway station are at the northern and southern ends respectively. The North Beach, which begins at the harbour, is a stony beach, and some of its length is overlooked by the southern cliffs of Bray Head, which are subject to erosion. The South Beach is a broad sandy beach about one kilometre long. It is a Blue Flag beach and receives many visitors and tourists, mainly in the summer. In 2008, Greystones was named as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graystones
Graystones is a fell in the English Lake District. It lies in the North Western Fells region and is one of the peaks on the ridge which encircles the valley of Aiken Beck. Name According to Alfred Wainwright the name Graystones properly refers only to the summit, but he then chose to apply it to the whole fell in his influential ''Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells''.Alfred Wainwright: ''A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 6, The North Western Fells'': Westmorland Gazette (1964): Wainwright stated that the hill is correctly known as Kirk Fell, not to be confused with Kirk Fell in Wasdale. Some guidebooks however take Graystones to be the eastern summit and Kirk Fell the western top at 1,437 ft.Bill Birkett: ''Complete Lakeland Fells'': Collins Willow (1994): This view is reinforced by the placing of the names on the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 series map. Topography The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graystones Forest
Graystones Forest is the location in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States, where William Penn met with members of the Lenape Indian tribe under a Quercus alba, white oak tree in 1682 to negotiate the first land-purchase survey in Pennsylvania. buckscountyintime blog, accessed November 25, 2015 References Forests of Pennsylvania History of Pennsylvania {{BucksCountyPA-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
