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Land Settlement Association
The Land Settlement Association was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934, with help from the charities the Plunkett Foundation and the Carnegie Trust, to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas,"Land Settlement Association" University of Reading. Retrieved 18 August 2011 particularly from and Wales. Between 1934 and 1939 1,100 small-holdings were established within 20 settlements. A further five settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plunkett Foundation
The Plunkett Foundation is a charity whith the purpose to assist rural communities in the United Kingdom to create and run community-owned businesses. The organization aims to support community-owned enterprises in the United Kingdom. It also aims to raise awareness for community-ownership potential to be successful in rural areas, and to make it easier for rural communities to start such businesses. History The Plunkett Foundation was founded in 1919 by the pioneer of rural co-operation in Ireland, Sir Horace Plunkett. Since being founded it has been involved in a range of work relating to international development, rural development and agricultural development. The foundation is based in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. To celebrate 2012 being designated as the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives, the Plunkett Foundation held the World of Rural Co-operation International Roundtable event. This event led to the development of the Dunsany Declaration for Rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalston, Cumbria
Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the Carlisle district of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland. It is situated on the B5299 road south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway. The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the Roe Beck joins the river. It is served by the Dalston railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line between , + . Historic buildings Rose Castle, home of the Bishop of Carlisle for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, from the heart of the village. The Architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th Century. Dalston Hall is a grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel. Dalston has two churches; St Michael's + All Angels Church. Governance There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stannington, Northumberland
Stannington is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,219 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 1,280 at the 2011 Census. Stannington is divided into three: Stannington North-East Quarter, Stannington North-West Quarter and Stannington South Quarter. The total area of Stannington, including Stannington Vale, is . Buildings St Mary's church Stannington's oldest building is the church, dedicated to St Mary The Virgin. The original church on that site dated back to 1190AD. Most of the current church was constructed in 1871, to a design by R J Johnson of Newcastle, at a cost of £6,000. It incorporates the 13th-century north arcade of the medieval church, and some medieval stained glass and grave covers. The old vicarage, built in 1745, stands near the church, with the current vicarage behind. Hospitals There were two hospitals in the village. Stannington Children's Hospital was the first children's tuberculosis hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snaith
Snaith is a market town and parish in the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town is close to the River Aire and the M62 and M18 motorways. The town is located west of Goole, east of Knottingley, south of Selby, southwest of Howden and northwest of Thorne. The town's population is 3,176 while the civil parish population is 3,865 History The name "Snaith" derives from the Old Scandinavian word ''sneith'', meaning "Piece of land cut off". The name was recorded in its modern-day form in but in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086, it was recorded as ''Esneid''. The priory church of St Lawrence is low and wide, with pinnacles. Its core is Norman and cruciform but the tower is Early English and stands at the west end. The chancel is Decorated Gothic and the nave has Perpendicular arcades and a high clerestory. Glass in the chancel window is by Francis Spear and there is a notable monument to Viscount Downe by Francis Chantrey. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidlesham
Sidlesham is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, five kilometres (3 miles) south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school. The area has had a prebendary since medieval times. The 13th-century church of St Mary Our Lady is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area. The parish has a land area of 1753 hectares (4330 acres). In the 2001 census 1139 people lived in 448 households, of whom 579 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 1,171. The parish has fertile soils on the flat Chichester plain and there are many glasshouses around the village. Governance An electoral list in the same name exists. This ward stretches North to Hunston with a total ward population at the 2011 Census of 2,428. History The village has had a long history of farming and was made up of a group of farms including: Bakers, Chalder, Church, Easton, Ferry, Fletche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potton
Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about east of the county town Bedford. Its population in 2011 was 4,870. In 1783 the Great Fire of Potton destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to St Mary. Potton's horse fairs were some of the largest in the country. History The village's name was spelled ''Pottun'' in 960 AD and ''Potone'' in the 1086 Domesday book. It is derived from the Old English for "farmstead where pots are made". Evidence of early-middle Iron Age settlement in the form of ditches, a pit and sherds of pottery was found in 2009 by archaeologists at Vicarage Farm off the B1042 Gamlingay Road. The parish of Potton underwent parliamentary inclosure twice - once in 1775, and again in 1832. Great Fire The Great Fire of Potton started in a stack of clover in a field in the area of what is now Spencer Close, in 1783. King Street, half the Market Squar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxcroft
Oxcroft is a small hamlet in Bolsover (district), Derbyshire in England, located to the north of Bolsover, about 1–2 miles along the Clowne-New Houghton Road. It consists of a few farms and cottages. Etymology: Probably simply meaning an Ox cottage/farm. Ox = Ox, Croft Croft may refer to: Occupations * Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling * Crofting, small-scale food production * Bleachfield, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft Locations In the Uni ... = Farm/Cottage. Bolsover District Hamlets in Derbyshire {{Derbyshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newent
Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish about 10½ miles (17 km) north-west of Gloucester, England. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. Once a medieval market and fair town, its site had been settled at least since Roman times. The first written record of it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. Etymology Noent, Newent's original name, may have meant "new place" in Celtic. It also may mean "new inn", referring to lodgings for travellers to Wales, according to John Leland (c. 1503–1552), who mentioned a house called ''New Inn'', later named ''The Boothall'', which provided lodging along the road to Wales. There was indeed such a house in Lewall Street, owned by members of the Richardson family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lewall Street runs between High Street and Court Lane, north of Broad Street. Geography Newent is on the northern edge of the Forest of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbourne
Newbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk region of Suffolk, England. It lies on the peninsula between the River Orwell and the River Deben, to the east of Ipswich and south of Woodbridge. History The name Newbourne is commonly accepted to derive from the Old English words for 'new stream.' However, it has also been put forward that its origins may be from the Old Norse words for 'nine springs,' which is supported by the large number of nearby springs, and other villages in the local area with names of Old Norse origin. The length of human habitation at Newbourne is unknown but record of the settlement is found in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 under the name ''Neubrunna''. In the 1881 census the total population of Newbourne is recorded as 141. This decreased in each census thereafter, with a low of 81 in 1931, until in 1951 the census showed a significant increase to a total population of 291. This rise in population was primarily due to the influx of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londonthorpe
Londonthorpe is a village to the east of Grantham, in the civil parish of Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without, in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies to the north-east from Grantham, to the west from the B6403 (Ermine Street Roman road), and borders Belton Park in the west. The village is part of the civil parish of Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without. Until 1931 Londonthorpe had been a civil parish in its own right. According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'' 'Londonthorpe' derives from the Old Scandinavian ''lundr+thorp'', meaning an "outlying farmstead or hamlet by a grove." In the ''Domesday'' account the village is written as "Lundertorp." The parish is centred on Grade II listed Harrowby Hall,"History of the Parish" ''Londonthorpe and Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Fulney
Low Fulney is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Spalding St. Paul's ward of the South Holland District Council. It is situated east from the town of Spalding, Thornholme Grange, a house of 15th-century origin, was built of brick on the supposed site of Spalding Priory dairy. It was extended and partially rebuilt in the 16th century. It was altered in the 19th century, and again in 1936 when acquired by the Land Settlement Association The Land Settlement Association was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934, with help from the charities the Plunkett Foundation and the Carnegie Trust, to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas,South Holland, Lincolnshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardleigh
Ardleigh is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately northeast from the centre of Colchester and northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council. The parish had a population of 2081 according to the 2001 census and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath. In 1086 Ardleigh was originally owned by Geoffrey de Mandeville. The Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village but the railway station closed in November 1967. The closest railway station is now at Manningtree, northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk. Ardleigh Reservoir is less than to the southwest. The area includes a number of smallholdings founded by the Land Settlement Association. Governance Ardleigh is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley. The popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
