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Newbold Quarry Park
Newbold Quarry Park is a nature reserve in Newbold-on-Avon, around 1½ miles north-west of Rugby town centre, Warwickshire, England. It consists of a former water-filled quarry surrounded by woodlands and covers an area of . It is managed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust on behalf of Rugby Borough Council. History The site was formerly used to quarry for Blue Lias limestone, in connection with the local cement industry. Quarrying at the site was initiated in 1877 by the Newbold Lime & Cement Co. Ltd, and several cement kilns operated alongside the quarry. Production ended in 1910, started again briefly in 1920, and was abandoned permanently by 1923 after the quarry flooded. The plant was dismantled in 1927. The derelict quarry was the scene of a tragedy in October 1990 when two local boys aged ten and six drowned after falling into the water, following this, the site was taken over by Rugby Borough Council in 1991 and turned into a nature reserve with improved access, fencing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbold-on-Avon
Newbold-on-Avon (usually shortened to just Newbold) is a suburb of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, located around 1½ miles north-west of the town centre, it is adjacent to the River Avon from which the suffix is derived. Newbold was historically a village in its own right, but was incorporated into Rugby in 1932. The name is derived from the Saxon ''Niowebold'' ('New house'). The ancient parish of Newbold-on-Avon contained the nearby settlements of Harborough Parva, Cosford, Long Lawford and Little Lawford. The latter three became separate civil parishes in the 19th century, while Harborough Parva was transferred to Harborough Magna parish in 1931. In 1931 the parish had a population of 696. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Rugby and Harborough Magna. The older part of the village of Newbold sits on a hill north of the River Avon on the B4112 road, and contains some old buildings, including some red brick 18th-century houses and some timber-framed bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Newbold may refer to: Places ;United Kingdom * Newbold, Derbyshire, England ** Newbold Community School * Newbold, Harborough, Leicestershire, England ** Owston and Newbold, civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire * Newbold, North West Leicestershire, England * Newbold, Greater Manchester, England **Newbold tram stop, Rochdale, England * Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England ** Newbold Quarry Park * Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire, England ;United States * Newbold, Wisconsin, a town **Newbold (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Newbold, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood Other uses * Newbold (name), a list of people with the surname or given name * Newbold College, a Seventh-day Adventist private school in Binfield, Berkshire, England See also * Newbold Astbury, Cheshire, England * Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire, England * Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England * Newbold Comyn, a park in Leamington Spa * Newbolds Corner, New Jersey * Newbald N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan
Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology), tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although "divorce" sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of bird egg, eggs in each :wikt:clutch, clutch ranges from three to eight. Etymology and terminology The English word ''swan'', akin to the German language, German , Dutch language, Dutch and Swedish language, Swedish , is derived from Indo-European root ' ('to sound, to sing'). Young swans are kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Valley Nature Reserve
The Swift Valley Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at the Brownsover area of Rugby, Warwickshire on the northern outskirts of the town. It covers an area of and is named after the River Swift (a tributary of the River Avon) which it is adjacent to. History The reserve was created in 2003 by Rugby Borough Council in partnership with the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, on land acquired as part of a planning agreement with a nearby commercial development. It was opened by David Bellamy in August 2003. Features The reserve includes an area of grassland with ancient ridge and furrow, hedgerows, woodland and wetland adjacent to River Swift and a disused canal. A number of paths run around it to allow access. Old canal arm A centrepiece of the reserve is a disused arm of the Oxford Canal known as the 'Brownsover Arm'; this was part of the original route of the canal built in the late 18th century. In the 1830s the canal was straightened out and this section of the old route was abandon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Newbold may refer to: Places ;United Kingdom * Newbold, Derbyshire, England ** Newbold Community School * Newbold, Harborough, Leicestershire, England ** Owston and Newbold, civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire * Newbold, North West Leicestershire, England * Newbold, Greater Manchester, England **Newbold tram stop, Rochdale, England * Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England ** Newbold Quarry Park * Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire, England ;United States * Newbold, Wisconsin, a town **Newbold (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Newbold, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood Other uses * Newbold (name), a list of people with the surname or given name * Newbold College, a Seventh-day Adventist private school in Binfield, Berkshire, England See also * Newbold Astbury, Cheshire, England * Newbold Pacey, Warwickshire, England * Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England * Newbold Comyn, a park in Leamington Spa * Newbolds Corner, New Jersey * Newbald N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bat Box
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is in length, across the wings and in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes, with the giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''Acerodon jubatus'', reaching a weight of and having a wingspan of . The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
