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Oulton
Oulton may refer to: Places *Oulton, Cumbria, England *Oulton, Norfolk, England *Oulton, Norbury, in Norbury, Staffordshire, Norbury, Staffordshire, England *Oulton, Stone Rural, Staffordshire, England *Oulton, Suffolk, England *Oulton, West Yorkshire, England *Oulton Dyke, Suffolk, England Persons *Brian Oulton (1908–1992), English character actor *Derek Oulton (1927–2016), British senior civil servant *Michael Oulton (born 1959), Anglican Bishop of Ontario *Thérèse Oulton (born 1953), English painter *Walley Chamberlain Oulton (1770?–1820?), Irish playwright and theatre historian *Wilfrid Oulton (1911-1997), RAF officer See also *Oulton Broad North railway station, Suffolk *Oulton Broad South railway station, Suffolk *Oulton College, Canadian private post secondary college situated in Moncton, New Brunswick *Oulton Estate, former house and grounds in Cheshire - containing **Oulton Park, Motor racing circuit *Oulton Hall, West Yorkshire *Oulton Park, motor racing trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton Park
Oulton Park is a hard surfaced track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington, with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was previously known as the Oulton Estate. The racing circuit is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Circuit The track is characterised by rapidly changing gradients, blind crests and several tight corners. The full circuit is . The highest part of the course is Hill Top. Paddock facilities are reasonable in size with large areas of hard-standing and some power points. The race track can be adapted for shorter courses. The "Foster's" Circuit, which is , comprises half of the "Cascades" corner followed by the "Hislop's" chicane, it then heads onto Knickerbrook and up the 13% gradient of Clay Hill to work its way round to the start/finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thérèse Oulton
Thérèse Oulton (born 1953) is an English painter. She is known for her abstract paintings of rocky landscapes. Oulton has held solo shows at Gimpel Fils Gallery and Marlborough Gallery, and has been nominated for the Turner Prize. Biography Oulton was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1953 to an Irish Catholic family, her father was in the Royal Air Force. Growing up, Oulton learned the violin, and believes that if she had been born in London, she would have been a professional musician. She was raised in a convent and was religious as a child, however she broke from her religious background as an adult. Inspired by the works of Henry Moore and Morris Louis, Oulton studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in the late 1970s before going on to the Royal College of Art for three years and graduating in 1983. Oulton's first solo show was the following year, in Gimpel Fils Gallery, which was "highly praised" before becoming an artist-in-residence in Melbourne. She lived in Vienna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton, Norfolk
Oulton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. Nearby towns are Reepham and Aylsham. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 196 in 74 households at the 2001 census, reducing slightly to a population of 193 in 81 households at the 2011 census. The village is dispersed with one area of settlement in the vicinity of the church of Saints Peter and Paul, and another area along Oulton Street to the east. History The parish formed part of the hundred of South Erpingham, and used to be spelled variously, including ''Olton'' (short for the "Old Town") or ''Owlton'' — the place is still pronounced as per the latter by some locals today. Notable buildings Oulton Hall is a grade II listed building, parts of the privately owned hall date back to the 18th century. In the spring of 2015, the hall was extensively damaged by fire. The grounds of the hall are occasionally opened to the public for the National Gardens Scheme charity. In addition to the historic pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton College
Oulton College is a Canadian private college situated in Moncton, New Brunswick. The college offers programs in four faculties: Business, Health Science, Human Services and Information Technology. History Foundation and early years Gordon A. Oulton founded Oulton’s Business College in 1956, after having spent the previous 19 years as an Instructor and Principal at Robinson Business College in Moncton.Oulton College - Complete profile Government of Canada Oulton’s goal was to run a progressive business college catering to the business needs of the day by offering training in Accounting, Stenography, Short Hand, Manual typewriter, Manual Typing, Business Machines, and Letter Writing. In its first year of operation the College had appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Oulton
Brian Oulton (11 February 1908 – 13 April 1992) was an English character actor. Biography Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Oulton made his acting debut in 1939 as a lead actor. During the Second World War he served in the British Army, and returned to acting playing character roles in 1946; he made a name for himself playing the same pompous character in numerous films, ranging from '' Last Holiday'' (1950) to ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985). Many of his film roles were in comedies, and he went on to appear in several ''Carry On'' films. In 1969, he appeared as an eccentric psychic medium in ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' in the episode "Never Trust a Ghost"; as a hypochondriac GP in '' Doctor at Large''; and in the 1981 hit serial ''Brideshead Revisited''. He was also a stage actor and playwright, writing and starring in productions such as ''Births, Marriages and Deaths'' (1975), and ''For Entertainment Only'' (1976). Brian Oulton's radio credits include the role of Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton Raidettes
The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are an England professional Women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, founded in 2012. Oulton Raidettes have Affiliations with the Oulton Raiders and they play in the RFL Women's Rugby League. See also *Women's rugby league Women's rugby league is the female-only version of Rugby league. There are women's clubs in Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand, overseen internationally by the Women & Girls Rugby League. Australia, France, England and New Zealand comp ... References External links *{{Facebook User, oulton.raidettes Women's rugby league teams in England Rugby clubs established in 2012 2012 establishments in England Rugby league teams in West Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton Hall
Oulton Hall in Oulton, West Yorkshire, is a Grade II listed building in England. It was once the home of the Blayds/Calverley family. After a major fire in 1850 the hall was remodelled, but its fortunes declined until it was revived for use as a hotel. As of 2022, it is a 4 star hotel, part of the QHotels group as Oulton Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort. History Oulton Hall was originally a "modest eighteenth-century house" owned by the Blayds family. In 1807 the house was left to John Calverley, who was a partner in Beckett's Bank and Mayor of Leeds in 1798. He changed his name to Blayds in order to inherit the property, but his descendants reverted to Calverley. He enclosed the surrounding common in 1809, and it was landscaped to designs by Humphrey Repton soon afterwards. In around 1822, he commissioned Sir Robert Smirke to remodel the house, and it was enlarged by Smirke's brother, Sydney, in 1839. In 1850 a fire destroyed much of the property, including most of the Smirkes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton, Suffolk
Oulton is a civil parish on the western edge of the town of Lowestoft in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is in the East Suffolk district. The eastern part of the parish forms part of the suburbs of Lowestoft, whilst the western section extends into The Broads national park, reaching the River Waveney and Oulton Dyke.Oulton Suffolk Heritage Explorer, . Retrieved 7 March 2021. At the the parish had an estimated population of 4,020. It borders the Suffolk parishes of |
RAF Oulton
Royal Air Force Oulton or more simply RAF Oulton is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located west of Aylsham, Norfolk and northwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The airfield was built over 1939 and 1940 as a bomber airfield with T2 type hangars and grass runways, the facility operating as a satellite airfield of nearby RAF Horsham St. Faith between July 1940 and September 1942 after which it operated as a satellite airfield of RAF Swanton Morley. History In September 1943, Oulton was transferred from 2 Group to 3 Group and closed to flying for re-construction as a heavy bomber base with concrete runways, taxiways and parking areas. The work was completed in April 1944 and the airfield transferred to No. 100 Group RAF. Flying operations ceased at the end of July 1945, after which it was taken over by RAF Maintenance Command which used it to store de Havilland Mosquitos until November 1947. ;Additional Units: * No. 18 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section * No. 274 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Oulton
Sir Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton (14 October 1927 – 1 August 2016) was a British senior civil servant, who was Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, United Kingdom from 1982–1989. Oulton was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and then read law at King's College, Cambridge, where he took a double first. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn (where he was later a Bencher), and was in private practice as a barrister in Nairobi until 1960, when he joined the Lord Chancellor's Department. He was Private Secretary to three successive Lord Chancellors, the Earl Kilmuir, the Viscount Dilhorne, and Lord Gardiner, and also served as Secretary to the Beeching Royal Commission on Assizes and Quarter Sessions, 1966–69. Oulton's final civil service position was as Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 1982–89. He was knighted in 1984, appointed Queen's Counsel in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton, West Yorkshire
Oulton is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford, it was once quite separate. The village formed part of the Rothwell Urban District until its merger into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in 1974 and today sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council. It is also in the Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. Oulton Hall was built in 1850 and is now a hotel and conference centre. Notable and former residents * Richard Bentley theologian, critic and scholar, who became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. * The cricketer and Anglican clergyman Henry Bell was born in Oulton. * Francis Ingram slave trader and privateer. File:Oulton Edrus Tailor 2016.jpg, Half-Timbered house on the Leeds Road, Oulton File:Oulton The Three Horseshoes 2016.jpg, Three Horseshoes inn, Oulton File:Oulton M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulton, Stone Rural
Oulton is a small village in the English county of Staffordshire. The village is located north of the market town of Stone and near to the Trent and Mersey Canal. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 597. History and location Located in the Moddershall Valley, the geography of the area is defined by Scotch Brook which runs west from the village of Moddershall towards its confluence with the River Trent. The village is sited on a fault line of two geographical formations, Triassic sandstone to the north and east, and Keuper Marl clay to the south and south-west. There are few references to the origins of the village of Oulton, however evidence of Anglo-Saxon settlement in the village was proven with the discovery in 1795 of ‘The Oulton Hoard’ between 1000 and 4000 coins, thought to have been buried at the time of the Norman Conquest. The village however is not mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but was included in the Manor of Kibblestone which was granted to William Pantulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
