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Haigh may refer to: Places *Haigh, Greater Manchester, England - a village *Haigh, West Yorkshire, England - a village Other uses *Haigh (surname) *Haigh's Chocolates, Australian chocolatier *Haigh Foundry, a locomotive manufacturer based in Wigan, England *Haigh Field, a public airport in the city of Orland, Glenn County, California, USA See also *Haig (other) *Hague (other) *Haik (other) Haik may refer to: Places * Haik, Iran, a village in Yazd Province, Iran *Hayq, Ethiopia, a town in northern Ethiopia People Given name / Mononym *Hayk, legendary founder of Armenia *Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945–1994), Iranian martyr * Haik M. Ma ... * Hayko (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh, Greater Manchester
Haigh () is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located next to the village of Aspull. The western boundary is the River Douglas, which separates the township from Wigan. To the north, a small brook running into the Douglas divides it from Blackrod. At the 2001 census it had a population of 594. History Haigh is derived from the Old English ''haga'', a hedge and means "the enclosure". The township was variously recorded as Hage in 1193, Hagh in 1298, and Haghe, Ha and Haw in the 16th century. Manor Between 1220 and 1230 the manor was part of the Marsey fee. Hugh de Haigh, probably Hugh le Norreys paid 3 marks in 1193–4 for having the king's good will. Richard de Orrell granted land in Haigh to Cockersand Abbey in 1220. In 1282 Hugh le Norreys was lord of Haigh. His daughter Mabel married William Bradshagh and in 1298 they inherited the manors of Haigh and Blackrod from Mabel's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh, West Yorkshire
Haigh is a hamlet, straddling the counties of South and West Yorkshire in England. It is split between the Barnsley and Wakefield districts. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it grew as a pit village and had its own colliery until 1968. Thereafter, Woolley Colliery Woolley Colliery is a village on the border between the Barnsley and Wakefield districts in Yorkshire, England. The village is now in South Yorkshire, while the former colliery was in the Wakefield Rural Ward in West Yorkshire. The village i ... became the main source of employment until its closure in 1987. References Villages in West Yorkshire Villages in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Geography of the City of Wakefield {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh (surname)
Haigh () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrew Haigh, British film director * Arthur Haigh, British rugby player * Bernard Parker Haigh, professor at the Royal Naval College who contributed to modern theories of metal fatigue *Christopher Haigh, British historian * Elizabeth Haigh, Singaporean chef * Frank Haigh, British rugby player * Frank Haydn Haigh, New Zealand lawyer and social reformer *George Henry Caton Haigh, English ornithologist *Gideon Haigh, Australian journalist *Jennifer Haigh, American writer *John George Haigh, English serial killer *Kenneth Haigh, English actor *Louise Haigh, British Labour Co-operative politician *Nancy Haigh, American set designer *Philip A. Haigh, British historian and author *Schofield Haigh Schofield Haigh (19 March 1871 – 27 February 1921) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for eighteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, for England from the 1898/99 tour to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh's Chocolates
Haigh's Chocolates is an Australian family owned bean-to-bar chocolate making company based in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1915 by Alfred E. Haigh and now has retail outlets in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. History Alfred E. Haigh was born in 1877 in Adelaide, South Australia. His first shop opened on 1 May 1915 at 34 King William Street and moved a few doors along to Beehive Corner in 1922 on Rundle Mall and King William Street. The décor of the shop remains the same as when it first opened. John Haigh (Alfred's grandson) wanted to expand the chocolate making aspects of the business, and went to learn about chocolate manufacturing with Lindt & Sprüngli in Switzerland to bring new techniques back to Australia. In the 1950s and 1960s, Haigh's chocolates were sold in cinemas by "Tray Girls" and "Tray Boys". When cinema attendance fell, Haigh ventured to Melbourne to expand his already popular business. Corporate affairs Chocolates stores Haigh's Chocolates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh Foundry
Haigh Foundry was an ironworks and foundry in Haigh, Lancashire, which was notable for the manufacture of early steam locomotives. Origins Haigh Foundry was established in the Douglas Valley in Haigh around 1790 by Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres and his brother Robert, as an ironworks and foundry. The ironworks was not a success but the foundry was, particularly after Robert Daglish became chief engineer in 1804, and the works acquired a reputation for manufacturing winding engines and pumping equipment for the coal mining industry. The foundry was leased by E.Evans and T.C.Ryley in 1835 for 21 years. The partners intended to produce railway locomotives and were later joined by a Mr Burrows. In 1855 Haigh Foundry and Brock Mill Forge were offered for lease. They had manufactured some of "the largest pumping engines and the most powerful factory engines in the kingdom" in the previous decade. The iron works, on the bank of the River Douglas, consisted of a foundry, fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haigh Field
Haigh Field Airport is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Orland, a city in Glenn County, California, United States. It covers and has one runway. It is mostly used for general aviation, and was used to train pilots during wartime. World War II During World War II, the airport was designated as Orland Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Chico Army Airfield, California. See also * California World War II Army Airfields During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in California for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the A ... References * External links Airports in Glenn County, California Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California {{California-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haig (other)
Haig may refer to: Places *Haig Avenue, football stadium in Southport, England * Haig, British Columbia, settlement in British Columbia, Canada * Haig, Nebraska, a community in the United States *Haig Point Club, private community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina *Haig-Thomas Island, one of the Sverdrup Islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada *Mount Haig-Brown, mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *The Haig, a jazz club in Hollywood Companies and organizations *Haig Fund, British charity set up in 1921 more properly the Earl Haig Fund charity *Haig Homes, a British charity founded in 1928 to provide housing for ex-servicemen *Earl Haig Fund Scotland, Scottish charity founded in 1921 People Mononym *Hayk (also transliterated as Haik or Haig or Haig Nahabed), Armenian Patriarch Given name *Haig Acterian, pen name Mihail (1904–c. 1943), Romanian-Armenian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist, and fascist political activist * Haig H. Kaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hague (other)
The Hague is a city in the western coast Netherlands, the capital of the province of South Holland. Hague may also refer to: Organizations International courts based in The Hague, Netherlands are commonly referred to as "The Hague": *International Court of Justice *International Criminal Court *Permanent Court of Arbitration People *Albert Hague (1920–2001), German-American songwriter, composer, and actor *Arnold Hague (1840–1917), American geologist * Bill Hague (1852–1898), baseball player *Billy Hague (1885–1969), ice hockey player * Charles Hague (1769–1821), English musician *Sir Douglas Hague (1926–2015), British economist *Frank Hague (1876–1956), American politician *Joan B. Hague, New York assemblywoman 1979–1982 * Joe Hague (1944–1994), American professional baseball player * Keith Hague (born 1946), English professional footballer *Kevin Hague (born 1960), New Zealand politician *Matt Hague (born 1985), American professional baseball player * Mel H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haik (other)
Haik may refer to: Places *Haik, Iran, a village in Yazd Province, Iran *Hayq, Ethiopia, a town in northern Ethiopia People Given name / Mononym *Hayk, legendary founder of Armenia *Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945–1994), Iranian martyr *Haik M. Martirosyan (born 2000), Armenian chess player * Haik Nikogosian (born 1955), Armenian physician, politician and a public health expert Surname *Jacques Haïk (1893–1950), French film producer *Katherine Haik, Miss Teen USA 2015 *Mac Haik, American football player, wide receiver *Mohammad Al-Haik, Saudi Arabian footballer * Richard T. Haik (born 1950), American U.S. District Judge *Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura (1912–2000), was an organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. *Ted Haik (born 1945), American attorney and politician Others *Haik (garment), a type of veil used in Algeria *Proper name of WASP-34b See also *Haig (other) *Hayek Hayek, Hayki or AlHayki is a surname: * As a variant spelling of the Czech name Háj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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