Normanville (other)
Normanville may refer to: Places * Normanville, Eure, in the Eure ''département'', Normandy, France *Normanville, Seine-Maritime Normanville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D50 and D33 roads. Heraldry ..., in the Seine-Maritime ''département'', Normandy, France *Normanville, a hamlet of Le Mesnil-Lieubray in the Seine-Maritime ''département'', France * Normanville, South Australia, a town and locality in Australia People * Edgar de Normanville (1882-1968) British inventor, engineer and technical journalist * Eustace de Normanville, an English medieval university chancellor {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Normanville, Eure
Normanville is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official site Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Normanville, Seine-Maritime
Normanville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D50 and D33 roads. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church of Sts. Ouen et Barthélemy, dating from the thirteenth century. * A fifteenth century manorhouse at Mesnil Lieubourg In Literature * In '' Moose: Chapters From My Life'' (the 2013, posthumously published autobiography of Academy Award winning songwriter, Robert B. Sherman) World War II Normanville provides the central backdrop to the author's narrative. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Le Mesnil-Lieubray
Le Mesnil-Lieubray is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming village situated by the banks of the Andelle river in the Pays de Bray, some northeast of Rouen at the junction of the D921 and the D57 roads. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The church of St. Geneviève, dating from the thirteenth century. * A fourteenth-century fortified manorhouse called the Château de la Reine Blanche (allegedly owned by Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan). See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Normanville, South Australia
Normanville is a coastal town in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Location and geography Normanville is south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the largest regional centre on the western side of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is situated next to the mouth of the Bungala River. The Yankalilla River has its mouth just south of the town, at Lady Bay. History The town was established by South Australia's first dentist, Robert Norman, in 1849. General houses for people were built first, followed by the general store, and the hotel. This was quickly followed by the local Government House, which housed the Police Officer, court house, and jail cells. Norman opened the Normanville Hotel in 1851 and a church soon after. The Normanville Hotel became the host of the first district council meeting for the area. The town eventually grew to become a successful wheat exporting area, using the nearby jetty at the current Normanville Beach a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edgar De Normanville
Captain Edgar Joseph de Normanville Royal Engineers, R.E. (1882–1968) was a British engineer who became a successful inventor and a technical journalist. Biography Born 13 October 1882 in Leamington Spa, the eldest son of William de Normanville (1843–1928), a civil engineer, and his wife born Elizabeth Simonds he was educated at Ampleforth College and completed an engineering apprenticeship. Clear view screen As a schoolboy he developed the idea of a rotating disc to clear drops of water from a windscreen, the clear view screen becoming a design popular in ships.Capt E. J. De Normanville. ''The Times'', Friday, Jan 19, 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57153 Journalist Fascinated by the development of motor vehicles he joined the editorial staff of the weekly motoring magazine ''The Motor'' in 1908. Following service with the Royal Engineers in the first world war he became motoring correspondent of ''The Daily Express'' and later ''Daily Chronicle (United Kingdom), The Chronicle''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |