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Litton may refer to: Places * Litton, Derbyshire, England * Litton, North Yorkshire, England * Litton, Somerset, England * Litton, Mississippi, United States, an unincorporated community Other uses * Litton (surname) * Litton Entertainment, an American television program producer * Litton Industries, a defunct conglomerate * Litton, an appliance brand owned by Maytag The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006. Company history The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. In 1925, ..., acquired from the defunct Litton Industries See also * * * Lytton (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton, Derbyshire
Litton is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 675 (including Cressbrook (within the parish) and the separate parish of Little Longstone). It is one mile from Tideswell and six miles from Bakewell. The village has a primary school, a public house (the Red Lion) and a post office run by a co-operative of villagers. There are two churches, one at the east end of the village, and Christ Church at the west, on the outskirts of the village on the road to Tideswell. Litton has a well dressing each summer. The display is set on a base of moist clay and the patterns formed from petals, seeds, mosses and lichens. History When it was first classed as a village in the late 18th century there were only a few houses on the outskirts of Tideswell. Later on, however, a lead mine was built near Peter's Rock. An obelisk-style cross shaft lies atop steps on the village green A village green is a common open area wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton, North Yorkshire
Litton is a village and civil parish in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies in the Craven District of North Yorkshire, up Littondale from Arncliffe. From Litton a footpath leads over the fells to the north east to Buckden in Wharfedale. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2015. The centre of the village is an old public house, the Queens Arms, that dates back to the 17th century. Associated with the Queens Arms since 2003 is the Lamb Brewing Company (previously the Litton Brewery) that brews Litton Ale. Litton was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 (as ''Litone''). The name probably comes from the Old English ''hlið'' "hillside" and ''tūn'' "farmstead". Litton was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Litton became a separate civil parish in 1866. The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton, Somerset
Litton () is a small village and civil parish between Chewton Mendip and West Harptree in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Sherborne. Very close to the village are the Litton Reservoirs. History Litton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Litune'', meaning 'The small enclosure' from the Old English ''lyt'' and ''tun''. It was the property of Gisa, Bishop of Wells. The shape of some of the existing fields with cross-slope and down-slope field banks and cultivated ridges forming an interleaving irregular mosaic suggest they are of medieval origin. The parish was part of the hundred of Wells Forum. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton, Mississippi
Litton, also known as Ivy, is an unincorporated community located in Bolivar County, Mississippi Bolivar County ( ) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. The county is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, earl ..., United States. Litton is approximately east of Benoit and approximately north of Shaw. A post office operated under the name Ivy from 1900 to 1913. References Unincorporated communities in Bolivar County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{BolivarCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton (surname)
Litton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abram Litton (19th century), American professor of chemistry * Andrew Litton (born 1959), American orchestral conductor * Ashley Litton (born 1983), American beauty queen * Charles Litton Sr. (1904–1972), American engineer and inventor * Chase Litton (born 1995), American football player * Drew Litton (born 1958), American cartoonist * Edward Litton (1787–1870), Irish Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine 1837–1843 * Edward Falconer Litton (1827–1890), Irish Member of Parliament for Tyrone 1880–1841 * Greg Litton (born 1964), American baseball player * Henry Litton (born 1934), Hong Kong judge * James Litton, American choral conductor * Jerry Litton (1937–1976), American politician * Marie Litton, stage name of Mary Jessie Lowe (1847–1884), English actress and theatre manager * Martin Litton (environmentalist) (1917–2014), American conservationist * Martin Litton (pianist) (born 1957), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton Entertainment
The Hearst Media Production Group (formerly Litton Syndications and Litton Entertainment) is an American media and production company based in New York City, New York as a division of the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications, with three additional offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Burbank, California. Many of HMPG's programs comply with federally mandated educational and informational requirements. History Early history (1988–2011) The company was formed in 1988 as Litton Syndications by Dave Morgan in Baltimore. Its first syndicated productions were a series of one-off, sports-related specials. The programs were bought from other companies. In the 1990s, seeing a growing market for educational programs due to the enactment of the Children's Television Act, requiring television stations to air a weekly quota of educational programs, Litton began to syndicate ''Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures''. In 1993, the company was moved to Charleston, South Carolina, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litton Industries
Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States named after inventor Charles Litton Sr. During the 1960s, the company began acquiring many unrelated firms and became one of the largest conglomerates in the United States. At its peak, in addition to many defense-related companies, it also owned both Royal Typewriters and Adler, Moffat major appliances, Stouffer's frozen foods, and various office equipment and furniture companies. Like many conglomerates, the company suffered significant declines in the 1970s, selling off many of its unrelated brands and had largely returned to its defense roots by the 1980s. The company continued to shrink after the ending of the Cold War and by the late 1990s was a corporate takeover target. The company was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001. History Litton Industries was originally established as an electronics company building navigation, communications and electronic warfare equipment. They diversified and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maytag
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006. Company history The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag. In 1925, Maytag Washing Machine Company became Maytag, Inc. Frederick's son Elmer Henry Maytag took over as president of the company from 1926 until his own death in 1940. In the early 1930s, photographer Theodor Horydczak took pictures of the plant and some of its workers. During the Great Depression of the 1930s the company was one of the few to make a profit. In 1938, Maytag provoked strikes by the company's workers because of a 10% pay cut. The company was able to beat the strike because of the intervention of four military companies, including a machine gun company, of the 113th Cavalry Regiment, Iowa National Guard.Steven E. Clay, ''U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941'', Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute Press, p. 635. At his fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
