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Mowbray A. Green
Mowbray may refer to: People * Mowbray (surname), including a list of people with the name * House of Mowbray, an Anglo-Norman noble house * Baron Mowbray, a title in the Peerage of England * Mowbray Baronets a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Mowbray Herald Extraordinary, an English officer of arms Places Australia * Mowbray, Queensland * Mowbray National Park, Queensland * Mowbray Park and War Memorial, Brisbane, Queensland * Mowbray House, Sydney * Mowbray, Tasmania United Kingdom * Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire, England * Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England * Vale of Mowbray, an area of North Yorkshire, England Elsewhere * Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa **Mowbray railway station * Mowbray River, New Zealand Other uses * Mowbray College, a school in Victoria, Australia * Mowbray Cricket Club, a cricket club in Mowbray, Tasmania, Australia See also * * * Moubray (other) * Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray (surname)
Mowbray is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Mowbray (1896–1969), English stage and film actor * Anna Mowbray (born 1983/1984), New Zealand entrepreneur and businessperson * Charles Mowbray (1857–1910), British anarcho-communist * Ethel Jones Mowbray (died 1948), American teacher, co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority * Francis Mowbray (died 1603), Scottish intriguer * Guy Mowbray (born 1972), British football commentator * Harris Mowbray (born 1999), Braille-related linguist * Harry Mowbray (1947–2022), Scottish footballer * Harry Siddons Mowbray (1858–1928), American artist * Louis L. Mowbray (1877-1952), Bermudian naturalist * Malcolm Mowbray (1949–2023), British screenwriter and director * Nick Mowbray (born 1984/1985), New Zealand entrepreneur and businessperson * Thomas Mowbray (Queensland clergyman) (fl. 1850s) * Tony Mowbray (born 1963), English footballer See also * Mowbray (other) * House of Mow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Park
Mowbray Park is a municipal park in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, located a few hundred yards from the busy thoroughfares of Holmeside and Fawcett Street and bordered by Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to the north, Burdon Road to the west, Toward Road to the east and Park Road to the south. The park was voted best in Britain in 2008. History Mowbray Park is one of the oldest municipal parks in North East England. The roots of Mowbray Park date back to the 1830s, when a health inspector recommended building a leafy area in the town after Sunderland recorded the first cholera epidemic in 1831. A grant of £750 was provided by the Government to buy a £2,000 plot of land from the Mowbray family for a new park. Work on Mowbray Park – then known as The People's Park – began in the mid-1850s, incorporating a former limestone quarry set within what was known as Building Hill. It appears that spoil heaps were shaped and mounded to create distinctive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moubray (other)
Moubray may refer to: * Moubray Glacier, Antarctica * Moubray Piedmont Glacier, Antarctica *Moubray Bay, Antarctica *Moubray St John, 19th Baron St John of Bletso (1877-1934), an English peer * John James Moubray, Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire, Scotland, from 1911 to 1928 See also *Moubray House Moubray House, 51 and 53 High Street, is one of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile, and one of the oldest occupied residential buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. The façade dates from the early 17th century, built on foundations laid . The t ..., Edinburgh, Scotland * Mowbray (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Cricket Club
Mowbray Cricket Club (MCC), also known as ''Mowbray Eagles'' is a cricket team which represents the Launceston suburb of Mowbray in the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition, in the Australian state of Tasmania. The Mowbray cricket club has a history of nurturing outstanding Tasmanian talent including Australian representatives, Ricky Ponting and Greg Campbell, and well as Tasmanian Tigers players Richard Soule and Troy Cooley Troy James Cooley (born 9 December 1965) is a former first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania, and was bowling coach for the England cricket team for several years before returning to Australia in 2006. Career Born in Launceston, Tasmania, .... Mowbray CC was the first club in NTCA history to win Premierships from 1st to 4th grade in a single season. Honours NTCA Premierships: External links MCC Website References Tasmanian grade cricket clubs Sport in Launceston, Tasmania {{Australia-cricket-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray College
Mowbray College was an Independent school, independent, selective, co-educational day school, located in Kurunjang, Victoria and Caroline Springs, Victoria, Australia. The school had three campuses. The Patterson campus, located at Kurunjang, taught students from pre-school to Year Twelve. The Brookside and Town Centre campuses were both located in Caroline Springs. The Brookside campus was used for students in pre-school to Year Six, while Town Centre was for secondary students (Years Seven to Twelve). The Brookside campus was located at the Brookside Learning Centre, which hosted common facilities (such as administration facilities, library, gymnasium, arts rooms, and science rooms) shared by Mowbray, the Brookside campus of Caroline Springs College anChrist the Priest Catholic Primary School Mowbray College was an International Baccalaureate school, having offered the IB Primary Years Programme and IB Middle Years Programme since the end of 2007, and the IB Diploma Programme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray River
The Mowbray River is a river of the south Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. A short upper tributary of the Orari River, it flows north from its sources in the Four Peaks Range northeast of Fairlie. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākiti ... References Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand Rivers of New Zealand {{CanterburyNZ-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Railway Station
Mowbray railway station is a Metrorail station on the Southern Line, serving the suburb of Mowbray in Cape Town. The station has three tracks, served by a side platform and an island platform; the station building is at ground level on the western side of the tracks. Adjacent to the station is a major bus station of the Golden Arrow Bus Services and a large minibus taxi rank; Mowbray is the western end of the Klipfontein Road transport corridor to the Cape Flats. Notable places nearby * University of Cape Town * Cape Peninsula University of Technology Mowbray campus * Mowbray Maternity Hospital Mowbray may refer to: People * Mowbray (surname), including a list of people with the name * House of Mowbray, an Anglo-Norman noble house * Baron Mowbray, a title in the Peerage of England * Mowbray Baronets a title in the Baronetage of the Uni ... Railway stations in Cape Town Metrorail Western Cape stations {{SouthAfrica-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray, Cape Town
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town highways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station. Its original name was Driekoppen ("Three heads" in Dutch). Geography Mowbray is bounded on the west by the M3 freeway, beyond which lies Devil's Peak, and on the north by the N2 freeway, beyond which lies the suburb of Observatory. Towards the east, the built-up area of Mowbray ends at the M5 freeway, beyond which lies the Black River and the suburb of Pinelands; however, the official boundaries of Mowbray also include the Rondebosch and Mowbray golf courses, which lie beyond the M5, towards Sybrand Park and Pinelands respectively. On the south, Mowbray borders on the suburb of Rosebank with a less well-defined boundary. The Liesbeeck River flows from south to north through Mowbray, and separates the suburb into two dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Of Mowbray
The Vale of Mowbray (sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Vale of York) is a stretch of low-lying land between the North York Moors and the Hambleton Hills to the east and the Yorkshire Dales to the west. To the north lie the Cleveland lowlands and to the south the Vale of Mowbray becomes the Vale of York proper. The Vale of Mowbray is distinguishable from the Vale of York by its meandering rivers and more undulating landscape. The main characteristic of the Vale of Mowbray is the fertile agricultural land used for crops and permanent grassland, though isolated pockets of woodland remain. The roads in the Vale of Mowbray are characteristically contained by low hedges with wide verges. The villages are often linear following the major through road, the houses are generally brick built with pantile roofs. Description The vale takes its name from the family who were granted the rights to the land after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Robert de Mowbray, whose family had a strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promoted as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food", it is the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and is the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese. History Toponymy The name comes from the early English word Medeltone – meaning "Middletown surrounded by small hamlets" (as do Milton and Middleton). Mowbray is the Norman family name of early Lords of the Manor – namely Robert de Mowbray. Early history In and around Melton, there are 28 scheduled ancient monuments, some 705 buildings of special architectural or historical interest, 16 sites of special scientific interest, and several deserted village sites. Its industrial archaeology includes the Grantham Canal and remains of the Melton Mowbray Navigation. Windmill sites and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Mowbray
The House of Mowbray () was an Anglo-Norman noble house, derived from Montbray in Normandy and founded by Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Aubigny.Clay, C., & Greenway, D. E. (2013). Early Yorkshire Families (Vol. 135). Cambridge University Press.de Aragon, R. (1982). The growth of secure inheritance in Anglo-Norman England. ''Journal of Medieval History'', 8(4), 381-391. Foundations Following the Norman conquest of England, Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances, was granted some 280 English manors. His heir, his brother Roger's son, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumbria, was forfeited and imprisoned for life on rebelling in 1095. His lands were confiscated and he was forced to divorce his wife, Matilda de L'Aigle, daughter of Richer, Lord of L'Aigle. His Mowbray lands would be granted to her new husband, a royal favourite, Nigel d'Aubigny. Nigel d'Aubigny was son of Roger d'Aubigny (of Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny) and with his brother William was an ardent supporter of He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray, Tasmania
Mowbray is a suburb of Launceston in the Australian state of Tasmania and is the site of Mowbray Racecourse, home of the Launceston Cup. Mowbray also contains the minor suburbs of Mowbray Heights and Vermont. The suburb of Mowbray is located on a flat-topped, alluvial shelf, known as Mowbray Hill (formerly Paint Mine Hill), roughly 28m above the Tamar River and its flood plains. Origin of Name The name "Mowbray" was adopted from an early homestead property formerly located within what is now the Launceston Church Grammar School, it was named and owned by Martin Mowbray Stephenson. The Mowbray Racecourse was a substantial part of this property, and racing meets have been held there from as early as 1830. The name itself stems back to Normandy in France and literally means "mud hill". Suburban development Suburban development did not begin in Mowbray until the late 1800s when a small grid of streets was laid out on the southern slopes of the hill on the eastern side of Inver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
