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Heaton Park BT Tower
Heaton may refer to: People * Heaton (surname) * Sir Heaton Rhodes (1861–1956), New Zealand politician and lawyer * HeatoN, pseudonym of Emil Christensen (born 1984), Swedish ''Counter-Strike'' player Places Great Britain * Heaton, Greater Manchester, district in the west of Bolton, England * Heaton, Lancaster, in Heaton-with-Oxcliffe, near Lancaster, England * Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, area in the east-end of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England * Heaton, West Yorkshire, a village and a ward in Bradford, England * The Four Heatons, four suburbs of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England ** Heaton Chapel ** Heaton Moor ** Heaton Mersey ** Heaton Norris * Heaton, Staffordshire * Heaton Castle (anciently Heton), in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, seat of the Grey family * Heaton Park, large park in Manchester, England United States * Heaton, Arizona * Heaton, North Carolina * Heaton, North Dakota See also * * Heatons Heatons is an Irish departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton (surname)
Heaton is a habitational surname that originated in several locations in England. The name derives from Old English ''hēah'' ("high)" and ''tūn'' ("enclosure" or "settlement"). Notable people with the surname include: * A. G. Heaton (1844–1930) * Anne Heaton (other) * Arthur B. Heaton (1875–1951), American architect * Ben Heaton (born 1990), British rugby league footballer * Bill Heaton (1918–1990), English footballer * Bob Heaton (born 1956), American politician * Charlie Heaton (born 1994), British actor and musician * Chris Heaton-Harris (born 1967), British politician, Member of the European Parliament * Chuck Heaton (1917–2008), American sports news journalist * Dave Heaton (born 1941), Iowa State Representative (1994–2018) * David Heaton (1823–1870), Congressional Representative from North Carolina * Dennis Heaton Dennis Heaton is a Canadian screenwriter working in film and television. He formerly executive produced and show-ran '' The Order'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Mersey
Heaton Mersey is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the north-western border of Stockport, adjacent to Didsbury and Burnage in Manchester. Heaton Mersey is a mostly residential area and commuter zone for Manchester. Heaton Mersey and its neighbouring areas (Heaton Norris, Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor) are collectively known as the Four Heatons. Part of Heaton Mersey has been designated a conservation area. Geography Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Heaton Mersey lies on the north bank of the River Mersey, just a few miles downstream from its source in Stockport town centre. The river acts as a boundary between Heaton Mersey and Cheadle Heath. Heaton Mersey is also bordered by East Didsbury to the west, Burnage to the north-west, Heaton Moor to the North/North-east and Heaton Norris to the east. Heaton Mersey overlooks the Cheshire Plain, which can be clearly seen from the top part of Heaton Mersey park off Didsbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton, North Carolina
Heaton is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along NC 194, centered at the Heaton Bridge, which crosses over the Elk River. See also * Beech Mountain (North Carolina) * Elk River (North Carolina) Elk River may refer to: Municipalities *Elk River, California - a small community located at the edge of Eureka, California *Elk River, California, former name of Elk, Mendocino County, California * Elk River, Idaho *Elk River, Minnesota Rivers a ... References Unincorporated communities in Avery County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{AveryCountyNC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton, Arizona
Heaton is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Originally called Maricopa Station, it served as a stop on the railroad line, where passengers transferred to stagecoach. The post office at this location was simply named Maricopa. During a land boom in the late 1880s, it was thought that this stop would become a railway stop on the line directly connecting to Phoenix. As expansion into a town was being considered if the planned rail connection became reality, the expanded community was to be named Maricopaville. In 1887, when the rail line connection went to Maricopa Junction (present day Maricopa Maricopa can refer to: Places * Maricopa, Arizona, United States, a city ** Maricopa Freeway, a piece of I-10 in Metropolitan Phoenix ** Maricopa station, an Amtrak station in Maricopa, Arizona * Maricopa County, Arizona, United States * Marico ...) instead, the town's expansion was abandoned, and the name of the town was changed to its current Heaton. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Park
Heaton Park is a public park in Manchester, England, covering an area of over . The park includes the grounds of a Grade I listed, neoclassical 18th century country house, Heaton Hall. The hall, remodelled by James Wyatt in 1772, is now only open to the public on an occasional basis as a museum and events venue. Heaton Park was sold to Manchester City Council in 1902 by the Earl of Wilton. It has one of the United Kingdom's few concrete towers, the Heaton Park BT Tower. The park was renovated as part of a millennium project partnership between the Heritage Lottery Fund and Manchester City Council at a cost of over £10 million. It contains an 18-hole golf course, a boating lake, an animal farm, a pitch and putt course, a golf driving range, woodlands, ornamental gardens, an observatory, an adventure playground, a Papal monument and a volunteer-run tram system and museum, and is listed Grade II by Historic England. It has the only flat green bowling greens in Manchester, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Castle
Heaton Castle (anciently Heton) in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, is a ruined historic castle near the Scottish border. It is situated in an elevated position above the south bank of the River Till, 4 miles north-east of Coldstream and 9 miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and 2 miles south-east of the River Tweed, the historic border with Scotland.. The castle was slighted in 1496 by King James IV of Scotland, but remnants survive as parts of the walls of outbuildings of a farm now known as Castle Heaton. History The castle was the seat of the de Heton family, which as was usual took its name from its seat. It passed in about 1250 to a branch of the prominent de Grey family, who in 1415 rebuilt it as a quadrangular castle. James IV of Scotland set miners to work to slight or demolish Heaton Castle on 24 September 1496, and gave his stone masons, led by John Cochrane, a bonus to work through the night. James IV brought the pretender Perkin Warbeck w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton, Staffordshire
Heaton is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is about north of Leek and about south of Macclesfield. The village of Heaton is situated near the centre of the civil parish. The River Dane is the northern boundary with Cheshire; the civil parishes of Rushton and Leekfrith are to the west and east. A hill named Gun is at the eastern boundary, and in the north-east is Swythamley Hall. The ground is of boulder clay, and the underlying rock is millstone grit. The soil is loam and clay. The land is used mostly as pasture. History Medieval The Old English name Heaton means a high settlement. Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, who had established Dieulacres Abbey near Leek, granted Leek manor to the abbey in 1232 and this probably included Heaton. By 1291 there were monastic granges in Heaton at Fairboroughs and Swythamley; the abbey also owned other land in Heaton. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the early 16th century, these estat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Norris
Heaton Norris is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Four Heatons, and neighbours Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in 1835 part of Heaton Norris was annexed to the County Borough of Stockport, with Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor following in 1894 and the remnant in 1913. History Historically part of Lancashire, Heaton Norris was part of the Manchester barony of the Grelley family, but between 1162 and 1180 it belonged to William le Norreys. Heaton Moor Conservation Area Appraisal In the early 13th century, Heaton Norris, a sub manor of Manchester, encompassed all of the |
Heaton Moor
Heaton Moor is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is one of the Four Heatons and borders Heaton Chapel, Heaton Norris and Heaton Mersey. Heaton Moor has Victorian housing, built between 1852 and 1892 along tree-lined streets which follow the field patterns of a former agricultural economy. Governance Heaton Moor is in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, mainly within the Heatons North ward. It was originally in the township of Heaton Norris, in the Salford hundred of Lancashire. Following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act it was administered by Heaton Norris Local Board as part of the Stockport Poor Law Union. In 1913, Heaton Moor, as part of Heaton Norris, was absorbed into the County Borough of Stockport. Geography The land in Heaton Moor is predominantly flat with no rivers or streams. The soil is black and fertile as expected from land that was previously peat moor. Heaton Moor has little p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Rhodes
Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes (27 February 1861 – 30 July 1956), usually known as Sir Heaton Rhodes, was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. Life Rhodes was born in Purau on Banks Peninsula, the son of sheep farmer and politician Robert Heaton Rhodes. He went to England to attend Hereford Cathedral School and then studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1884. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1887. He then returned to New Zealand, joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and served in the Second Boer War in 1902 with the 8th New Zealand Contingent. He later went on to command the 1st Mounted Rifles in the New Zealand Territorial Force. After retirement he was Honorary Colonel of the 1st Mounted Rifles. Rhodes represented the Ellesmere electorate in the House of Representatives from 1899 to 1925, during which time he joined the Reform Party. He retired in 1925 and was appointed to the Legislative Council, in which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Chapel
Heaton Chapel is an area in the northern part of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, it borders the Manchester districts of Levenshulme to the north, the Stockport districts of Heaton Moor to the west, Reddish and Heaton Norris to the east and Heaton Mersey to the west and south. Heaton Chapel and its neighbouring areas are collectively known as the Four Heatons. History Before 1758, Heaton Chapel did not exist but was simply part of the Lancashire parish of Heaton Norris.The History of St Thomas', Heaton Norris, pub privately by the author, deposited with The British Library Copyright Receipt Office on 1 August 1979 under receipt 68519, and now released on line http://shawweb.myzen.co.uk/stephen/thomas0.htm The need for a chapel was identified in Parliamentary Commission "Lancashire and Cheshire church surveys" (1649–1655) but it was a further hundred years before Mr A. Colier rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Heatons
Four Heatons is the name used for four neighbourhoods, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor and Heaton Norris, which form a suburban area of Stockport. Situated north of the River Mersey, they are historically in Lancashire, England. It is a commuter zone, with greenbelt and a conservation area, and is coterminous with the SK4 postcode district. The opening of railway stations, first at Heaton Norris in 1840 and then at Heaton Chapel Heaton Chapel is an area in the northern part of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it borders the Manchester districts of Levenshulme to the north, the Stockport districts of He ... in 1853, resulted in the suburbanisation of the Four Heatons. The area is home to various retailers, as well as bars, delis, independent music venues and a cinema. In 2009, local businesses and traders formed a voluntary organisation in the area called the Four Heatons Traders Association. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
