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Grove Park (other)
Grove Park may refer to: United Kingdom London Districts * Grove Park, Hounslow *Grove Park, Lewisham ** Grove Park Cemetery **Grove Park railway station ** Grove Park Sidings Parks *Grove Park (Sutton), a park Elsewhere * Grove Park Business and Enterprise College, a secondary school for boys in Southampton *Grove Park, Birmingham, a park United States *Grove Park, Florida, an unincorporated community *Grove Park (Atlanta), a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia * Grove Park-Tilden Township, Minnesota *Grove Park Inn, a hotel in Asheville, North Carolina Canada *Grove Park, Ontaria, an area of the town, Lake of Bays, Ontario Lake of Bays is a township municipality within the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. The township, situated north of Toronto, is named after the Lake of Bays. During the 2016 census, the township had a population of 3,167 and ... In Saint Kitts and Nevis * Elquemedo Willett Park, Charlestown, Nevis, known as Grove Park until 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park, Hounslow
Grove Park is an area in the south of Chiswick, now in the borough of Hounslow, West London. It lies in the meander of the Thames occupied by Duke's Meadows park. Historically, the area belonged to one of the four historic villages in modern Chiswick, Little Sutton. It was long protected from building by the regular flooding of the low-lying land by the River Thames, remaining as orchards, open fields, and riverside marshland until the 1880s. Development was stimulated by the arrival of the railway in 1849; Grove Park Hotel followed in 1867, soon followed by housing. The architecture of the area includes houses in British Queen Anne Revival style, while the station building is Italianate. The 1872 neo-Gothic St Paul's Church is built in irregular blocks of stone. It has a small fleche instead of a spire, as well as an apse at its eastern end. St Michael's Church was designed by W. D. Caröe and Herbert Passmore in 1908 in a domestic style in buttressed red brick with tiled ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park, Lewisham
Grove Park is a district of South East London, England within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is located north east of Bromley and south east of Lewisham. Known for its green spaces, Grove Park is flanked by the Grove Park Nature Reserve and Northbrook Park, and Downham Fields to the west, Horn Park to the East, as well as Chinbrook Meadows, Kings Meadow and Sundridge Park to the south. As well as these there are various sports grounds and fields. Name and Toponomy There was a farm named ''Grove Farm'', where ''Sometrees Avenue'' is now located, around north of Grove Park railway station. ''Grove Farm'' appeared named on maps from at least 1870, and it is thought this farm gave its name to ''Grove Park railway station'', ''Grove Park Road'', the road built to join Grove Park to Mottingham, and also gave its name to Grove Park itself. It is presumed the word "Grove" in the place name was simply derived from a grove of trees that existed in the area. Grove Park railway sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park Cemetery
Grove Park Cemetery is a cemetery in Chinbrook, Grove Park in the London Borough of Lewisham, that opened in 1935. Location It is located near Grove Park on Marvels Lane, between Chinbrook Meadows and Marvels Wood, SE12. Special interest Grove Park Cemetery was listed by English Heritage in November 2003 as a landscape of special historic interest (Grade II). The park has a special carefully planned lay out, specific for the 1930s. It contains 56 Commonwealth service war graves of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...; those whose graves are not marked by headstones are listed on a Screen Wall memorial in the war graves plot in the centre of the cemetery. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park Railway Station
Grove Park is a railway station in southeast London, England. It is located on Baring Road (the A2212) within Travelcard Zone 4, and serves the areas of Grove Park and Downham in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is down the line from . It serves as an interchange between local South Eastern Main Line services & the Bromley North Line shuttle. Prior to 1952 there was also a connection to trams. The station was opened in 1871. Platforms Currently there are five platforms. Platform 1 serves Bromley North branch line, which is detached from the rest of the station, while platforms 2 to 5 are on the South Eastern Main Line which runs from Charing Cross to Hastings. The adjacent stations are Elmstead Woods to the south, Hither Green to the north, and Sundridge Park on the Bromley North branch line. There are regular services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street. Services All services at Grove Park are operated by Southeastern using , , and EMUs. The typi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park Sidings
Grove Park Sidings is a large stabling complex for suburban commuter trains in Lewisham, South East London. It is situated approximately halfway between Hither Green Station and Grove Park station. Grove Park Sidings were previously named Hither Green Sidings, until sidings closer to Hither Green were built and took that name, causing the site to be renamed Grove Park Sidings. It consists of two sets of sidings,Quail Map 5 - England South age 3Sept 2002 (Retrieved 2011-08-30) one on either side of the Main line which are linked by a pedestrian footbridge. On the Down side are Bramdean sidings and the large carriage shed, whilst on the Up side are St Mildreds sidings. There is also a carriage washing plant on the inlet road of Down sidings. The site is owned by Network Rail and operated by Southeastern and provides berthing for a range of different EMUs. EMU types that are stabled there include Class 465 Networker, Class 466 Networker, Class 375 Express Electrostar, Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park (Sutton)
The Grove Park, or The Grove is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated close to Carshalton Village in the area approximately bounded by the High Street, North Street and Mill Lane. The southwest corner of the park abuts one of Carshalton's ponds (''Lower Pond'') from where water flows through the park as the river Wandle. History The park land was in mediaeval times part of the manor of Stone Court, then consisting mainly of meadows. The manor house was situated at the corner of North Street and Mill Lane. The original Tudor house was re-built in about 1710; recently (2005) there was an archaeological investigation into the remains of this building. In the early 19th century a new house called The Grove was built on the other side of the river on higher ground and is the large house seen today. The remaining outbuildings of Stone Court were converted to what are now education department offices. The Grove, including the ornamental gardens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park Business And Enterprise College
Grove Park Business and Enterprise College, previously known as Weston Park Boys' School, was a comprehensive school in east Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The school was closed in 2008 to make way for Oasis Academy Mayfield. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 17 May 2004. The inspectors found that "This is an improving school which provides a satisfactory quality of education. Pupils’ overall achievement is satisfactory. Teaching and learning are satisfactory. The school has had considerable difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff and this has been a barrier to enhancing pupils’ achievement further. The school provides satisfactory value for money." Closure There was a surplus of secondary school places in Southampton, and therefore a review of secondary schooling was underway entitled Learning Futures (May 2007). As part of that review, the closure of the school was set for 30 August 2008.Secondary Education Review - Pre-Statutory Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park, Birmingham
Grove Park is a public park in Birmingham, England, created in 1963 and managed by Birmingham City Council. It lies on the Westerly side of Harborne Park Road, which forms part of the A4040 road. History The park was historically the grounds of The Grove, an 18th-century Georgian house. One of Birmingham's first MPs, Thomas Attwood, lived at The Grove between 1823 and 1846. Attwood is immortalised in a bronze statue which is sat on the steps of Chamberlain Square. The house was rebuilt in 1877–78, by John Henry Chamberlain for William Kenrick, a prominent Birmingham businessman and MP for Birmingham North. Kenrick died at The Grove, aged 88 in 1919. The house and grounds were bequeathed to Birmingham City Council, the house was demolished in 1963, after which the grounds became a public space. A panelled anteroom of the drawing room at The Grove was saved from destruction and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park, Florida
Grove Park is an unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States, on Florida State Road 20 west of Hawthorne. Grove Park was established in the early 1880s on the Florida Southern Railway The Florida Southern Railway (later known as the Florida Southern Railroad) was a railroad that operated in Florida in the late 1800s. It was one of Florida's three notable narrow gauge railway when it was built along with the South Florida Rail .... In 1888, the community had 250 residents, a railroad station, post office, two stores, a hotel, school, church and a saw and planing mill. The wide streets were laid out in a rectangular grid, and were graded. The post office was opened in 1883, and closed in 1958. References Unincorporated communities in Alachua County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{AlachuaCountyFL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park (Atlanta)
Grove Park is a northwest Atlanta, inside-the-perimeter neighborhood bounded by: * Center Hill on the west * Dixie Hills, West Lake, and Hunter Hills on the south * Bankhead on the east * Almond Park, West Highlands and Rockdale to the north History Grove Park was named for Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove, president of the Grove Park Development Company, a pharmaceutical magnate who also built Atkins Park near Virginia-Highland in northeast Atlanta, and many Asheville, North Carolina hotels including the Grove Park Inn. Grove Park was developed in the 1920s and 1930s by various developers, but primarily by the Grove Park Development Company. The community was initially known as Fortified Hills, a name stemming from the Civil War. Grove named the streets for his second wife, Gertrude, his daughter Evelyn (from his first wife, Mary Louisa Moore Grove., and his son, Edwin begat from Gertrude. Other street names are believed to have been inspired by his grandchildren: Matilda, Horten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park-Tilden Township, Minnesota
Grove Park-Tilden Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States which surrounds the city of Mentor. The unincorporated community of Dugdale, and the location of Tilden Junction are located within the township, and the unincorporated community of Marcoux Corner is located at the edge of the township. It is part of the Grand Forks- ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 311 at the 2000 census. History Grove Park-Tilden township was formed in 1992 from the merger of Grove Park Township and Tilden Township. Grove Township was organized in 1880. Tilden Township was organized in 1882, and named for Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886), candidate for President of the United States in 1876. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.11%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 311 people, 119 households, and 89 families residing in the township. The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove Park Inn
The Omni Grove Park is a historical resort hotel on the western-facing slope of Sunset Mountain within the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina. It has been visited by various presidents of the United States and many other notable personages. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel is an example of the Arts and Crafts style. It also features a £38 Million (US$44 million), , modern subterranean spa. The Grove Park Inn is a member of the Historic Hotel of America, the program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Grove Park Inn also owns an 18-hole golf course situated on the hill below the hotel. Donald Ross (who designed Pinehurst Resort) designed the original course. History The hotel was outfitted with furnishings from the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York, and built of rough granite stones. The lobby is noted for its large, granite fireplaces and porch with its scenic overlook. It was advertised as having "walls fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
