Kingsbury Grade Marker
Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent ** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station * Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England * Kingsbury Episcopi, village and civil parish in Somerset, England * Kingsbury Regis, a hamlet in Milborne Port, Somerset, England * Kingsbury Reservoir, old name for the Brent Reservoir in London * Hundred of Kingsbury, a historical Hundred in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England * Kingsbury, former name of Tyburn, a ward in Birmingham, England Australia * Kingsbury, Victoria, a suburb in Melbourne * Kingsbury Tourist Drive, a scenic drive in Western Australia Canada * Kingsbury, Quebec, a village municipality in the Estrie region Sri Lanka * The Kingsbury, a hotel in Colombo United States * Kingsbury, Indiana, a town in Washington Township, LaPorte County * Kingsbury, Nevada, a census-designated place in D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury, London
Kingsbury is a district of northwest London in the London Borough of Brent. Its ancient scope stretches to include various distinct areas that were once small villages until the inter-war period. Kingsbury was in 2001 a ward and in 2011 was identifiable with the Fryent and Barnhill wards approximately. Today it forms a quiet suburb between Fryent Country Park to the west and the Brent Reservoir to the east, along with a Jubilee line tube station and accompanying shopping district on the western side. The postal district is NW9 which it shares with Colindale and West Hendon. Etymology The name ''Kingsbury'' means "The King's fortification". History Kingsbury was an ancient parish of a fairly modest in the Hundred of Gore and county of Middlesex. Following local government redrawing of electoral wards Kingsbury corresponds to the Fryent and Barnhill wards and in all of its various older guises, a minority or all of the Queensbury ward. The early English kings had parted wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Auxiliary Airfield
Kingdon Airpark is a general aviation airport located 4 miles southwest of Lodi, California. History During World War II, the airport was designated as Kingsbury Auxiliary Airfield (No 1), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton 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 San Joaquin County, California {{California-airport-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Family
The Kingsbury family is a family involved in colonial and frontier settlement of the United States, and influential in England. The Kingsbury family derived their toponymic surname from having held Kingsbury, Warwickshire. See also * Aston Hall * Kingsbury Hall Kingsbury Hall is a center for the performing arts located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. History Kingsbury Hall was designed by Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young and built in 1930. It was named after Joseph ... English families Kingsbury, Warwickshire English gentry families ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury (surname)
Kingsbury is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: * Albert Kingsbury (1863–1943), American engineer, inventor and entrepreneur * Alison Mason Kingsbury (1898–1988), American artist * Benedict Kingsbury (born 1961), scholar of international law and global governance * Bobby Kingsbury (born 1980), American baseball player * Bruce Kingsbury (1918–1942), Australian Victoria Cross recipient * Clarence Kingsbury (1882–1949), British Olympic cyclist * Cyrus Kingsbury (1786–1870), American Christian missionary * Damien Kingsbury (born 1955), Australian academic * Donald Kingsbury (born 1929), American–Canadian science fiction writer * Edward M. Kingsbury (1854–1946), American journalist * Fred Kingsbury (1927–2011), American Olympic rower * Gina Kingsbury (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Gladys Kingsbury (1876–1958), American silent film actress and screenwriter * Henry Kingsbury (born 1943), pianist and ethnomusicologist * How ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury (band)
Kingsbury are an Orlando-based psychedelic indie rock band, signed to Post Records. Their music has melodic, discordant and ambient elements. History Kingsbury formed in 2003 in Orlando, Florida when songwriter Bruce Reed met bass player Mark Freeman and drummer T.J. Burke. Reed had recorded a number of songs on a four-track machine. In December 2003 guitarist Nick Sanders and keyboardist Riley Anderson also joined the band. In early 2004, the band release their first record, a 4-song EP called ''This Place is Coming Down''. The band started playing shows in and around Central Florida, then in other parts of Florida. ''This Place is Coming Down'' received positive reviews from several media outlets. ''Lost at Sea Magazine'' said that "''This Place is Coming Down'' not only introduces a band with real great potential, but one that is already writing mature interesting music." Delusions of Adequacy said that "''This Place is Coming Down'' is a strong achievement from a talented g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Run
Kingsbury Run is the name that refers to an area on the southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio, located near the suburb of Shaker Heights. The area stretches westward through Kinsman Road. It contained a natural watershed that ran through East 79th Street and carried storm waters into the Cuyahoga River, draining them from the areas now known as Maple Heights and Warrensville Heights. Kingsbury Run was named after James Kingsbury (1767–1847), one of the earliest settlers in the Western Reserve, who became the first inhabitant of Newburgh in 1797. It is also the route through which the RTA Rapid Transit travels on its way to Public Square in downtown Cleveland. Kingsbury Run became notorious in the mid-1930s when an unidentified serial killer, the Cleveland Torso Murderer, used the area as a dumping ground for the dismembered remains of some of their first victims. In 1938, Eliot Ness directed police to raid the area. They evicted 300 individuals from the area and burned down approxim ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Plantation, Maine
Kingsbury Plantation is a plantation in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The plantation was named for Judge Sanford Kingsbury, a landowner. As of the 2020 census, the plantation had a total population of 28. History The area that now contains the plantation was originally part of the Bingham Purchase and was purchased by Judge Sanford Kingsbury in 1833 for $4,000. Judge Kingsbury built two mills on Kingsbury Pond in 1835, and the area grew quickly enough that on March 22, 1836 it was incorporated as the town of Kingsbury. By the 1880s, the town had a store, hotel, church, and two schoolhouses. In 1886, the town disbanded, and it reorganized as a plantation in 1887. The reorganization as a plantation was validated by the state legislature in 1895. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the plantation has a total area of , of which is land and (1.08%) is water. The plantation includes Foss Pond in the north, part of Whetstone Pond in the northeast, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Place
Kingsbury Place is a private place neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that was founded in 1902. The land had been surveyed by Julius Pitzman, surveyor and planner, who had been the Chief Engineer for Forest Park and who was considered "the father of the private place" in the United States. Pitzman built his own house at #6 Kingsbury Place. The beaux-arts entry gates, #3, #7, and #11 were designed by Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett Barnett, Haynes & Barnett was a prominent architectural firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. Their credits include many familiar St. Louis landmarks, especially a number related to the local Catholic church. Their best-known building is pr .... ''Awakening of Spring'' the naked woman bronze on Union gate is by Clare Pfeifer Garrett. The neighborhood was designated a City Landmark by the City of St. Louis in 1973. In the 1970s, the neighborhood became the subject of a lawsuit when the owner of 4 Kingsbury Place died an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury House
The Kingsbury House is a historic house at 137 Suffolk Street in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts. The oldest part of this -story timber frame may have been built as early as 1686; its exterior styling suggests a construction date in the early 18th century, but the earlier structure may have been incorporated in new construction at that time. The house is one a few First Period houses in Newton, and was associated for many years in the 19th century with the Kingsbury family, who were major landowners in the Chestnut Hill area. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and included in an expansion of the Old Chestnut Hill Historic District in 1990. See also * List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts * National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ The following properties in Newton, Massachusetts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are a subset of all proper ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Hall
Kingsbury Hall is a center for the performing arts located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. History Kingsbury Hall was designed by Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young and built in 1930. It was named after Joseph T. Kingsbury, former president of the University. Many of Utah's performing arts organizations started in Kingsbury Hall, including Ballet West and Utah Opera. Along with eight buildings along University Circle, Kingsbury Hall is part of the University of Utah Circle historic district, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. On October 7, 2020, Kingsbury Hall was the site of the vice presidential debate between then Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic nominee and California Senator Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Grade
State Route 207 (SR 207) is a state highway in western Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Commonly known as the Kingsbury Grade, it is one of three Nevada highways that connect the western edge of the state to the Lake Tahoe region through the Carson Range. The route was part of State Route 19 prior to 1976. Route description SR 207 begins at a junction with U.S. Route 50 in Stateline, less than from the California state line near the southern shores of Lake Tahoe. From there, the route heads eastward on an uphill climb through the Kingsbury area to travel through Daggett Pass (elevation ). After exiting the pass, SR 207 continues its trek eastward through Toiyabe National Forest lands. It goes through several switchbacks, eventually turning southward as it descends the mountains. The road goes down an escarpment to the Carson Valley floor. SR 207 comes to an end at its junction with Foothill Road ( SR 206), at the site of Mottsvill ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingsbury Fish And Wildlife Area
Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area is a protected area that covers of grasslands, wetlands, and crop fields dedicated to providing hunting and fishing opportunities. It is located south on County Road 650W, near Kingsbury, Indiana. History Kingsbury was formerly the Kingsbury Arsenal of the U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl .... After the base closed in the 1960s, the land was transferred to the State of Indiana for wildlife preservation. Facilities *Wildlife Viewing *Picnicking *Ice Fishing *Hunting *Trapping *Shooting Range *Archery Range *Dog Training Area *Boat Ramp (Electric trolling motors only) References Parks in Indiana Protected areas of LaPorte County, Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |