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High Sheriff Of Merseyside
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Merseyside. The High Sheriff is the Queen's judicial representative in Merseyside, serving a one year term starting on Lady Day, 25 March. *1974–1975: Kenneth Stoddart, Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, JP, DL, of 6 The Knowe, Willaston, Wirral, Cheshire *1975–1976: Frank Vernon Denton, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Vernon Denton, of Formby, Liverpool *1976–1977: Stephen Minion of Liverpool *1977–1978: Lieutenant Colonel George Fortnum Appleton of Shore House, Ainsdale, Southport *1978–1979: Major Henry Bertram Chrimes of Bracken Bank, Heswall, Wirral *1979–1980: Joseph Alexander Duncan of Home Farm, Landican, Birkenhead *1980–1981: Colonel Herbert Gerrard Thomas McClellan of Westwood, Hightown, Liverpool *1981–1982: Philip Johnson (British Army officer), Major Philip Johnson, JP, of Kandy, Eccleston, St. Helens *1982–1983: Lieutenant Colonel Derek Isaac Heys of Fairway Cottage, West Kirby *1983–1984: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldy
Caldy is a small, affluent village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-east of West Kirby. It is part of the West Kirby & Thurstaston Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the time of the 2001 Census, Caldy had 1,290 inhabitants, of a total ward population of 12,869. History It was first mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' in 1086 as being owned by Hugh of Mere. Nearby is a large area of National Trust land called Caldy Hill. Many of the houses and walls in the village centre are built from the local red sandstone. Caldy was a township in the West Kirby Parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was 92 in 1801, 142 in 1851, 202 in 1901 and 607 in 1951. Until the twentieth century, Caldy was effectively a farming and agricultural village. However, The Caldy Manor Estates Company divided the land into smaller building plots, and from this one of the north of England's most exclusive residential villages emerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Shrievalties In England
High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place * Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high" * Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of sucrose Music Performers * High (musical group), a 1974–1990 Indian rock group * The High, an English rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''High'' (The Blue Nile album) or the title song, 2004 * ''High'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album), 1997 * ''High'' (New Model Army album) or the title song, 2007 * ''High'' (Royal Headache album) or the title song, 2015 * ''High'' (EP), by Jarryd James, or the title song, 2016 Songs * "High" (Alison Wonderland song), 2018 * "High" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022 * "High" (The Cure song), 1992 * "High" (David Hallyday song), 1988 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Merseyside
High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place * Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high" * Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of sucrose Music Performers * High (musical group), a 1974–1990 Indian rock group * The High, an English rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''High'' (The Blue Nile album) or the title song, 2004 * ''High'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album), 1997 * ''High'' (New Model Army album) or the title song, 2007 * ''High'' (Royal Headache album) or the title song, 2015 * ''High'' (EP), by Jarryd James, or the title song, 2016 Songs * "High" (Alison Wonderland song), 2018 * "High" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022 * "High" (The Cure song), 1992 * "High" (David Hallyday song), 1988 * "Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens () is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of 102,629. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, which had a population of 176,843 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. St Helens is in the south-west of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, north of the River Mersey. The town historically lay within the ancient Lancashire division of West Derby (hundred), West Derby known as a hundred (county division), ''hundred''. The town initially started as a small settlement in the Township (England), township of Windle, St Helens, Windle but, by the mid 1700s, the town had become synonymous with a wider area; by 1838, it was formally made responsible for the administration of the four townships of Eccleston, St Helens, Eccleston, Parr, St Helens, Parr, Sutton, St Helens, Sutton and Windle. In 1868, the town was created by incorporation as a municipal borough and later became a county borough in 1887 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willaston, Cheshire West
Willaston is a large village situated on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. Centred on a village green, it is located in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester between Neston and Ellesmere Port, less than a mile south of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral boundary. It is located very closely to Eastham and Bromborough and just a short distance away from Neston. At the 2001 Census, the total population of Willaston and Thornton ward was 4,913. History Willaston (or ''Wilaveston'') was the earlier name of the Wirral Hundred (''Hundred of Wilaveston''), the peninsula's former administrative division, and one of the Hundreds of Cheshire. The Hundredal name is often taken from the administrative area for the Hundred, suggesting Willaston was once of some importance in the post-Roman period as the meeting place of the hundred court. Later the village became a township within the parish of Neston, the largest settlement on the Wirral until the early 19th century. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Wirral
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 321,238, and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of Liverpool faces the northeastern side of Wirral over the Mersey. Geography Bordering is the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and the River Dee to the west; the borough of Cheshire West and Chester occupies the remainder of the Wirral Peninsula and borders the borough of Wirral to the south. The borough of Wirral has greater proportions of rural areas than the Liverpool part of Merseyside. History The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral. Economy This is a chart of trend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Amlôt
Colonel Martin Graham Clive Amlôt, (born 1947) is a retired British Army officer, former High Sheriff of Merseyside and former Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside. Military Career and Later Appointments Amlôt attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before commissioning into the King's Regiment on 15 December 1967. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 June 1969, Captain on 15 December 1973, and Major on 30 September 1980. During his time in the King's Regiment, and then as a staff officer, Amlôt served in the Caribbean, Germany, Canada, Norway, Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands, Kenya, Northern Ireland, and the United States. As a major, he became the second-in-command of 1st Battalion, King's Regiment; before being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 30 June 1990, and taking command of the 5th/8th Battalion, King's Regiment. He finally served as Secretary to the Commanders in Chiefs' Committee (Germany), before retiring from the army on 1 November 1994. Once retired, Amlô ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Knowsley, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, St Helens, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Sefton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Wirral and the city of Liverpool. Merseyside, which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey and sits within the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Merseyside spans of land. It borders the ceremonial counties of Lancashire (to the north-east), Greater Manchester (to the east), Cheshire (to the south and south-east) and the Irish Sea to the west. North Wales is across the Dee Estuary. There is a mix of high density urban areas, suburbs, semi-rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Toyne (academic)
Peter Toyne, , (b. 1939) was the First Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University. He served in these roles from 1992 until 2000. Early life and education Toyne was born in 1939, near Rotherham. He was educated at Ripon Grammar School, where he became head boy and sang in the cathedral choir. Later he attended the University of Bristol where he studied geography. Career Peter Toyne was a senior lecturer in geography at the University of Exeter before deciding to leave in 1978 in order to become head of Bishop Otter College, Chichester, and then later becoming Rector of North East London Polytechnic (''now'': University of East London). In 1986, he left South England for Liverpool, where he became the founding Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. At the time of his moving to Liverpool, the city was at its lowest; however, Toyne became involved with the city, including taking an interest in the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crewood Hall
Crewood Hall is a country house to the northeast of the village of Kingsley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the 16th century, and has a porch dated 1638. Initially timber-framed, the building was encased in brick and remodelled in the 19th century. It has stone dressings and tiled roofs, and is in two storeys. The house consists of a hall with two cross wings and a two-storey porch at the end of the left wing. The lower storey of the porch is in sandstone and in the upper storey the timber-framing is exposed. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Associated with the house, and also listed at Grade II, are two farm buildings; stables, and a shippon and barn. See also *Listed buildings in Kingsley, Cheshire Kingsley is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Other than the village of Kingsley, the parish is entirely rural. It contains 13 buildings that are recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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