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Lenton Parr Library
Lenton may refer to: People *Lenton (surname) *Lenton Parr (1924–2003), Australian sculptor Places * Lenton, Lincolnshire, sometimes known as Lavington * Lenton, Nottingham, a district of the city of Nottingham, including: ** Lenton Abbey, an administrative district ** Lenton Hall, country house now used for student accommodation at Nottingham University ** Lenton Priory, the remains of a medieval religious establishment ** Lenton and Wortley Hall, undergraduate hall of residence at Nottingham University ** Lenton railway station, built by the Midland Railway company and closed in 1911 * Lenton Bluff, a rock bluff (cliff) at the mouth of Jeffries Glacier in the Theron Mountains * Lenton Point, a headland in the South Orkney Islands See also *Allenton (other) Allenton may refer to: Places *Allenton, Derbyshire, England *Allenton, New Zealand, a suburb in the town of Ashburton, New Zealand *Allenton, Northumberland, England is now called Alwinton *Allenton, Michigan, USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton (surname)
Lenton, or de Lenton is a surname, and Anglo-Norman gentry family, originating in the midlands of England. The family are believed to have originated in Lenton (originally spelled Lentone in the 1086 Domesday Book) in Nottinghamshire, the etymology of which is a "hamlet on the river Leen" (some historians have speculated the family may instead have come from Lenton in Lincolnshire, although this was recorded as "Lavintone" in the Domesday Book of 1086 and remained so until at least 1202, meaning "Leofa’s village"). History Gilbertus de Lentone is mentioned in the pipe rolls of Nottinghamshire in 1169. In the 1100s Geoffrey de Lenton was recorded as a Magister (a title granted to someone with academic authority) witnessing a monastic grant in Staffordshire by Bishop Richard Peche. In 1175 Everard de Lenton witnessed a grant of lands in Basford, Nottingham and Ashby Magna, Leicestershire. Clemence de Lentone is later recorded as holding lands in Huntingdonshire and Derbyshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Parr
Thomas Lenton Parr AM (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and teacher . Sculptor Born in East Coburg, Victoria, Lenton Parr spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force (Svc No. A33223) before enrolling to study sculpture at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University), then worked in England 1955–57 as an assistant to Henry Moore. There he was influenced by Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi to work with enamelled steel structures, which was to become his lifelong specialty. After his return to Melbourne he showed at Peter Bray Gallery in 1957, and embarked on a career in art education. Art educator Parr was Head of Sculpture at RMIT (1964–66), then Head of Prahran College of Technology in a $1.5 million building completed as he arrived. He appointed staff who became influential Australian art and was held in high esteem by staff, but his fine art philosophy clashed with the vocationally-oriented aims of the College Princip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton, Lincolnshire
Lenton is a hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east from Grantham, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby civil parish . Village The village is sometimes known as ''Lavington'', and the name may have come from the Old English ''Lâfa'', and the characteristic suffix -ton. The village is listed in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Lavintone". Lenton parish church is dedicated to St Peter. The ecclesiastical parish is part of the North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe in the Diocese of Lincoln."Lenton P C C" ; Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012 From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was The Revd Richard Ireson, who was succeeded by The Revd Mike Doyle in 2012. The village erected a new |
Lenton, Nottingham
Lenton is an area of the City of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Most of Lenton is situated in the electoral ward of 'Dunkirk and Lenton', with a small part in 'Wollaton East and Lenton Park'. Originally a separate agricultural village, Lenton became part of the town of Nottingham in 1877, when the town's boundaries were enlarged. Nottingham became a city as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897. History The name ''Lenton'' derives from the River Leen, which runs nearby. Lenton and its mills on the Leen get a mention in the Domesday Book in the late 11th century: "In Lentune 4 sochmen and 4 bordars have two ploughs and a mill." Lenton Priory Lenton Priory was founded in the village by William Peverel at the beginning of the 12th century. A Cluniac monastery, the priory was home to mostly French monks until the late 14th-century when it was freed from the control of its French mother-house, Cluny Abbey. From the 13th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Abbey
Lenton Abbey is a large housing estate, forming a neighbourhood in Nottingham, close to Wollaton, Beeston and the University of Nottingham. History Originally a farming village, Lenton Abbey took its name from the main farm, itself named in reference to nearby Lenton Priory. In 1831, Lord Middleton of Wollaton Hall acquired the estate and leased it to a successful Nottingham lace merchant, Isaac Fisher. Later the estate was sold to the industrialists and mine owning family Readett-Bayley. Sir Henry Dennis Readett-Bayley was a war hero who, with financial support from other mine owners, founded the Dennis Bayley Fund to transport wounded soldiers to safety. In 1925, the land was sold to the Council for redevelopment as a large housing estate. A prominent former structure was the Essoldo cinema, and later a snooker hall designed in an Art Deco style by Alfred J. Thraves, a prominent local cinema architect. It had been demolished by 1994 and is now the site of an office block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Nottingham Halls Of Residence
This is a list of halls of residence on the various campuses of the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, England. The University of Nottingham has a particularly well developed system of halls located on its campus. The halls acts a microcosms of the university at large and provide a community-level forum for the interaction of undergraduates, postgraduates and senior academics. As of 2020, incoming undergraduate students do not apply for a specific hall but a room type and a 'zone'; they can be allocated into any of the halls in that zone. The zones are as follows: Central Zone: Derby and Hugh Stewart North Zone: Cripps and Lenton & Wortley Sports Zone: Ancaster, Beeston, Nightingale, Rutland and Sherwood West Zone: Cavendish, Florence Boot and Willoughby Quiet Zone: Lincoln (part of a trial for 2020, aimed at students in search of a quieter lifestyle with no alcohol and earlier quiet hours.) The halls are generally named either after counties, districts or places in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Priory
Lenton Priory was a Cluniac monastic house in Nottinghamshire, founded by William Peverel ''circa 1102-8''. The priory was granted a large endowment of property in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire by its founder, which became the cause of violent disagreement following its seizure by the crown and its reassignment to Lichfield Cathedral. The priory was home mostly to French monks until the late 14th century when the priory was freed from the control of its foreign mother-house. From the 13th-century the priory struggled financially and was noted for "its poverty and indebtedness". The priory was dissolved as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. History Foundation The priory was founded by William Peverel ''circa'' 1102-8 in the manor of Lenton, Nottingham, about 1½ miles south-west of the town of Nottingham and was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The foundation charter states that Peverel founded it "out of love of divine worship and for the good of the souls o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Railway Station
Lenton railway station was situated on the Midland Railway line on Derby Road in Lenton, Nottingham, England. History Lenton railway station opened on 2 October 1848 with the partial opening of the Midland Railway's line from Nottingham to Mansfield as far as Kirkby. Three passenger trains a day in each direction were provided from Monday to Saturday with two on Sundays. The fare from Nottingham to Lenton was 6d. in first class, 4d in second class, 3d in third class and 1.75d in 4th class. The station was built on Derby Road in Lenton. Originally the road crossed the railway on a level crossing, but by 1886 Nottingham Council were pushing forwards with improvements in the form of a minor diversion of the road over a bridge over the railway. This scheme cost £2,000 (). Being close to the city the station suffered a reduction in passenger numbers when the extension to Nottingham Corporation Tramways service to and from Lenton started on 30 September 1902. The tramway ran along D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping in 1922. The Midland had a large network of lines emanating from Derby, stretching to London St Pancras, Manchester, Carlisle, Birmingham, and the South West. It expanded as much through acquisitions as by building its own lines. It also operated ships from Heysham in Lancashire to Douglas and Belfast. A large amount of the Midland's infrastructure remains in use and visible, such as the Midland main line and the Settle–Carlisle line, and some of its railway hotels still bear the name '' Midland Hotel''. History Origins The Midland Railway originated from 1832 in Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire, with the purpose of serving the needs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Bluff
Lenton Bluff () is a rock bluff on the north side of the mouth of Jeffries Glacier in the Theron Mountains of Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1956 and 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ... and named for Ralph A. Lenton, deputy leader of the advance party of the expedition in 1955 and 1956 and carpenter and radio operator with the transpolar party from 1956 to 1958. References Cliffs of Coats Land {{CoatsLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenton Point
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese. The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of it is permanently covered with ice. The average temperature range is to about in winter (i.e. in July). The extremes extend to . It is separated from Coronation Island to the north by Normanna Strait, and from Moe Island to the southwest by Fyr Channel. On Signy Island, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) maintains the Signy Research Station, a scientific station for research in biology. The base was opened on 18 March 1947, on the site of an earlier whaling station that had existed there in the 1920s. The station was staffed year-round until 1996; since that year it has been occupied only from November to April. It houses 10 people. Geography A number of locations on the island have been charted and individually named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
