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Grendon Green
Grendon, meaning Green Hill (Don) or Green Valley (Dene) in Old English, may refer to: Places *Grendon, Northamptonshire, a small village in Northamptonshire, England *Grendon, Atherstone, a civil parish in Warwickshire, England *Grendon Underwood, a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England *HM Prison Grendon, a prison in Buckinghamshire, England *New Grendon, a village in Warwickshire, England *Old Grendon, a village in Warwickshire, England People *Stephen Grendon, a pen name of August Derleth Fictional *Dr. E. Grendon, the final character in Michael Cox's '' The Meaning of Night'' Companies *Thomas Grendon and Company, an Ironworks Foundry and Locomotive builder of Drogheda, Ireland Titles *Viscount Hatton Viscount Hatton, of Grendon, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1683 for Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton. He was the son of the prominent Royalist Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hat ..., of Gren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grendon, Northamptonshire
Grendon is a small village and civil parish in rural Northamptonshire, England, on the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Many houses are made of the local limestone and various older thatched houses survive. The name of the village means "green hill" and today the village remains centred on the hill. As with Earls Barton, the village was owned by Judith, the niece of William the Conqueror. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish population was 544; the village is a popular place to live with commuters to London or Milton Keynes. It is the site of the 19th-century local uprising called the 'Battle of Grendon'. The village is in two parts, separated by a brook. The smaller part of the village is often shown on maps as Lower End whilst the higher (southern) part of the village is at the top of the (steep) hill. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when Grendon formed part of the hundred of Wymersley, which covered an area of . Here it is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grendon, Atherstone
Grendon is a civil parish which includes both Old Grendon and New Grendon in North Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Old Grendon is a village situated three miles (5 km) west of Atherstone and five miles (8 km) east of Tamworth centred on the A5 (Watling Street). It lies on the north-western tip of Warwickshire, divided from Leicestershire by a small stream and by the River Anker. Also, Grendon has since enlarged and has a population of 1000. History Grendon is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'': "Henry de Ferrers holds Catmore and five and a half hides in Grendon and Turstin holds on him. There is land for 16 ploughs. There are 24 villans and sixteen bordars with eight ploughs. There is a watermill rendering 5 shillings and of meadow, woodland - one and a half leagues long and one league broad. It was worth 40 shillings. Siward Barn held it."''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.663 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grendon Underwood
Grendon Underwood is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, near the border with Oxfordshire. The village sits between Woodham and Edgcott, near the Roman road Akeman Street (now part of the A41), and around north-west of Aylesbury. At the 2011 Census, the population of the civil parish was 1,625. History The toponym is derived from the Old English for 'green hill near a wood', though the 'Underwood' part of the name was only added in the medieval period to differentiate the village from nearby Long Crendon and to signify the village's position close to the Bernwood Forest. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as ''Grennedone''. The manor of Grendon anciently belonged to the St Amand family. Almeric de St Amand of this family was one of the godfathers of King Edward I, who was baptised in 1239. In 1642, Grendon Underwood lay on the forest tracks used by gypsies and strolling players (travelling performers) and was visited more than once by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Prison Grendon
HM Prison Grendon is a Category B men's prison, located near the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is jointly managed with HMP Spring Hill which is situated next to Grendon. History Opened in 1962, Grendon was initially used as an experimental psychiatric prison and psychiatric unit for prisoners with antisocial personality disorders. It developed into a therapeutic community (TC) prison based upon principles established at the Henderson Hospital in London. There are five, sometimes six discrete therapeutic communities, each with over 40 resident prisoners. In 2014, a small TC opened for prisoners with learning disabilities who had previously been excluded from treatment. This 'TC+' was modelled on similar projects begun the previous year at Dovegate and Gartree Prisons. Grendon has been one of the most researched forensic establishments in the world and has established standards for goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Grendon
Grendon is a civil parish which includes both Old Grendon and New Grendon in North Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Old Grendon is a village situated three miles (5 km) west of Atherstone and five miles (8 km) east of Tamworth centred on the A5 (Watling Street). It lies on the north-western tip of Warwickshire, divided from Leicestershire by a small stream and by the River Anker. Also, Grendon has since enlarged and has a population of 1000. History Grendon is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'': "Henry de Ferrers holds Catmore and five and a half hides in Grendon and Turstin holds on him. There is land for 16 ploughs. There are 24 villans and sixteen bordars with eight ploughs. There is a watermill rendering 5 shillings and of meadow, woodland - one and a half leagues long and one league broad. It was worth 40 shillings. Siward Barn held it."''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.663 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Grendon
Grendon is a civil parish which includes both Old Grendon and New Grendon in North Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Old Grendon is a village situated three miles (5 km) west of Atherstone and five miles (8 km) east of Tamworth centred on the A5 (Watling Street). It lies on the north-western tip of Warwickshire, divided from Leicestershire by a small stream and by the River Anker. Also, Grendon has since enlarged and has a population of 1000. History Grendon is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'': "Henry de Ferrers holds Catmore and five and a half hides in Grendon and Turstin holds on him. There is land for 16 ploughs. There are 24 villans and sixteen bordars with eight ploughs. There is a watermill rendering 5 shillings and of meadow, woodland - one and a half leagues long and one league broad. It was worth 40 shillings. Siward Barn held it."''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.663 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Lovecraftian horror, cosmic horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American American literary regionalism, regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious ''Sac Prairie Saga'', a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Derleth can also be considered a pioneering naturali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meaning Of Night
''The Meaning of Night'' is the debut novel by author Michael Cox. Cox's book is a 600-page crime thriller novel set in Victorian England. It was one of four books picked for the shortlist for the Costa Book Awards prize for the debut novel of 2006, losing out to Stef Penney's '' The Tenderness of Wolves'', which went on to win the overall award for best novel of 2006. Plot summary Beginning on a cold October night in 1854 England, in a dark passageway, the book's narrator tracks an innocent man whom he does not know and stabs him to death. The protagonist/narrator, Edward Glyver, then takes the reader back, recounting as a confession his tale of deceit, love, and revenge. Glyver reveals the torment he has suffered at the hands of his rival, the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt, and why in pursuit of revenge Glyver (now masquerading as Edward Glapthorn), a book lover and scholar, has turned to murder. The story moves between the foggy London streets and the enchanting co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grendon And Company
Thomas Grendon and Company was an engineering company established in 1835 based in Grendons Foundry and Engineering Works, South Quay, Drogheda, Ireland. Employing up to over 600 people, it was first forced to close in the late 1880s with contents sold in an auction in October 1890. Products It produced a variety of products - from small to large. This included the manufacture of locomotives and bridges, as well as some shipbuilding. In the 1860s, the foundry produced the diving bell used in the extension of Dublin Port, which is now on display on Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Bridges The firm was a noted bridge builder, and its works included the 1869 lattice iron Obelisk Bridge over the River Boyne The River Boyne ( ga, An Bhóinn or ''Abhainn na Bóinne'') is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through C ... and Dominic's Bridge in Drog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Hatton
Viscount Hatton, of Grendon, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1683 for Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton. He was the son of the prominent Royalist Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton, Christopher Hatton, who was created Baron Hatton, of Kirby, in the Peerage of England in 1643. He was a relation and heir of Christopher Hatton, Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor under Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. The first Viscount was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. When he died in 1762 the titles became extinct. The Hon. Anne Hatton, daughter of the first Viscount, married Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham. His grandson George Finch assumed the additional surname of Hatton and the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Earls of Winchilsea and Nottingham are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
