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Langar, Nottinghamshire
Langar is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, about four miles (6.4 km) south of Bingham, in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The civil parish of Langar cum Barnstone had a population of 980 at the 2011 Census. This was estimated at 1010 in 2019. Geography In the south, on Langar Airfield, the parish of Langar-cum-Barnstone borders Clawson, Hose and Harby, the district of Melton and Leicestershire. At Hose Lane it meets Colston Bassett. It passes north, crossing Harby Lane, and follows a tributary of the River Smite. At Langar Lane Bridge it briefly adjoins Cropwell Bishop, then the parish of Wiverton Hall, following the upper reach of the River Smite and a short length of Bingham Road at Wiverton Smite Bridge. It passes the western edge of Northfield Farm, then the east of Smite Hill Farm, which is outside the parish. Near the point where the old Bingham–Melton railway crossed the River Smite, it adjoins Whatton-in-the-Vale, then Granby at Granby Lane, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langar Cum Barnstone
Langar cum Barnstone is a civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The overall area had a population of 980 at the 2011 census. The parish lies near the county border with Leicestershire. It lies 120 miles north of London, 4 miles south east of Bingham and 12 miles south east from the city of Nottingham. Geography Settlements The parish consists of two settlements: * Langar * Barnstone Langar Langar is based in the western top of the parish. It is clustered around a square layout of roads, with a notable church and estate hall. Barnstone This is ½ mile north east of Langar. It is a linear settlement based along Main Road. Predominantly, most of the residents are clustered around the villages. Outside of these is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting, with some industry. Land elevation The parish is very low-lying, being in the Vale of Belvoir. The land varies from in the Barnst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatton-in-the-Vale
Whatton-in-the-Vale is an English village in the Nottinghamshire borough of Rushcliffe. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir, with the River Smite to the west and the River Whipling to the east, mainly north of the trunk A52 road, 12 miles (19 km) east of Nottingham. It had a population of 843 at the 2011 census. Etymology The place name seems to contain the Old English word ''hwǣte'' for wheat, + ''tūn'' (Old English) meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate, ''etc''., so "Farm where wheat is grown." "In the Vale," ''i. e.'' the Vale of Belvoir. The place appears as ''Watone'' in the Domesday survey of 1086. Heritage Whatton Mill was a five-storey brick tower windmill built in 1820. It had four patent sails (sails with shutters instead of cloth), two of which were double. Milling ceased in about 1916. The capless tower is now a listed building. The Anglican Church of St. John of Beverley is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 14th century, but extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langar Airfield, Leicestershire - Geograph
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Samuel Butler (novelist)
Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel ''Erewhon'' (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel ''Ernest Pontifex or The Way of All Flesh'', published posthumously in 1903 in an altered version titled ''The Way of All Flesh'', and published in 1964 as he wrote it. Both novels have remained in print since their initial publication. In other studies he examined Christian orthodoxy, evolutionary thought, and Italian art, and made prose translations of the ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'' that are still consulted. Early life Butler was born on 4 December 1835 at the rectory in the village of Langar, Nottinghamshire. His father was Rev. Thomas Butler, son of Dr. Samuel Butler, then headmaster of Shrewsbury School and later Bishop of Lichfield. Dr. Butler was the son of a tradesman and descended from a line of yeomen, but his scholarly aptitude being recognised at a young age, he had been sent to Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759. In North America, Howe is best known for his service during the American Revolutionary War, when he acted as a naval commander and a peace commissioner with the American rebels; he also conducted a successful relief during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the later stages of the War. Howe later commanded the victorious British fleet during the Glorious First of June in June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Early career Howe was born in Albemarle Street, London, the second son of Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gloucester and other principal towns and villages include Cheltenham, Cirencester, Kingswood, Bradley Stoke, Stroud, Thornbury, Yate, Tewkesbury, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown, Brockworth, Winchcombe, Dursley, Cam, Berkeley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tetbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Fairford, Lechlade, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stonehouse, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Painswick, Winterbourne, Frampton Cotterell, Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney and Rodborough and Cainscross that are within Stroud's urban area. Gloucestershire borders Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl Of Sunderland
Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1 August 1584 – 30 May 1630) was an English nobleman. He was Lord President of the King's Council in the North. Family He was the only child of Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and his wife Philadelphia Carey, sister of Robert Carey and a relative of Elizabeth I of England. He was created Earl of Sunderland on 19 June 1627. In 1609 he married Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton; they had four children who all died young. He left his estates to his illegitimate children, not his legitimate relatives, thus enriching families such as the Paulets (future Dukes of Bolton) and the Howes (future Earls Howe). Disposition of estates By his servant and mistress Martha Jeanes, or Janes, or Jones, alias San(d)ford, he had one son John Jeans Scrope and three daughters, who all survived and left children. Among them, the eldest daughter Mary (d. 1680) mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrope
Scrope (pronounced "scroop") is the name of an old English family of Norman origin that first came into prominence in the 14th century. The family has held the noble titles of Baron Scrope of Masham, Baron Scrope of Bolton, and for a brief time, the Earl of Wiltshire. Origin of name The name (pronounced "Scroop") may be derived from the old Anglo-Norman word for "crab". Whether far-fetched or not, it is fact that at one stage the family crest was a crab (subsequently five feathers) and that the family motto is still ''Devant si je puis'' ("forward if I can"), which could have a double meaning as, of course, a crab can only go sideways. Early Scropes The first well-documented ancestor of the Yorkshire Scropes appears to be Robert le Scrope (1134 – aft.1198), who is described as the son of the aunt of Alice de Gant, Countess of Northampton by her husband Richard le Scrope. The Scrope family appear to be related and allied to the Gant family in the 12th century, and possibly trace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county that is situated in the East Midlands of England. The county has history within Palaeolithic period, dating anywhere between 500,000 and 10,000 b.c.e., as well as early Anglo-Saxon communities, dating to 600 c.e. Furthermore, the county has significance in the political aspects of English history, particularly within intercommunal fighting, and its economics is historically centred around coal and textiles. Chronology Palaeolithic and Celtic settlements English control The earliest Teutons, Teutonic settlers in the district which is now Nottinghamshire were an Angles, Anglian tribe who, not later than the 5th century, advanced from Lincolnshire along the Fosse Way, Fosseway, and, pushing their way up the River Trent, Trent valley, settled in the fertile districts of the south and east, the whole region from Nottingham to within a short distance of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Southwell being then occupied by the vast Sherwood Forest, forest of Sherw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of , a document considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. John was the youngest of the four surviving sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland because he was not expected to inherit significant lands. He became Henry's favourite child following the failed revolt of 1173–1174 by his brothers Henry the Young King, Richard, and Geoffrey against the King. John was appointed Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. He unsuccessfully att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Rosamond Edwards (née Davis, 11 May 1984) is a British politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe in the 2019 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, she worked in cybersecurity policy prior to her political career. Early life and career Davis was born in Bristol as the daughter of Christopher Charles Davis and Nelly Davis. She attended Clifton High School, before studying theology at the London School of Theology, where she gained a First Class BA in Theology. She went on to complete a master's MSc degree in International Development and Security at the University of Bristol, achieving a Distinction. After graduation, she worked as a parliamentary researcher for then Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Counter Terrorism Crispin Blunt. She then worked as a strategy consultant for Deloitte from 2010 to 2012. Davis subsequently worked as a specialist for the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2012 to 2013. She then completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its councilRushcliffe Borough Council is based in . It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the , the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
