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Parham may refer to: People * Parham (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin Places Antigua and Barbuda * Parham, Antigua and Barbuda, that claims to be the oldest town on Antigua * Parham Peninsula Australia * Parham, South Australia, also known as Port Parham Canada * Parham, Ontario England * Parham, Suffolk * Parham Airfield Museum * Parham, West Sussex * Parham Park, the area surrounding Parham House United States * Parham, Mississippi Other * Parham Attack The Danvers Opening,''Edward Winter''at chesshistory.com also known as the Kentucky Opening,''The_Talking_Drum_featuring_Bernard_Parham''_6_July_2003_is_an_unorthodox_chess_opening_characterized_by_the_moves: :1._ ''The_Talking_Drum_featuring_Ber ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham (surname)
Parham is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. Origin and variants Parham is a habitational name derived from villages in Suffolk in East Anglia in the East of England, and Sussex in South East England. It is etymologically derived from the pre-7th century Old English words "peru" or "pere" meaning "pear," and "ham" meaning "hamlet" or "region." As a surname, it is also descriptive, being used to describe someone who lived or worked in or near a pear orchard, or generally someone from a pear-producing region. A very old surname, Parham was first recorded in 1086 in Parham, a village in Suffolk, under an individual named Turmod de Perham in the "little" Domesday Book for Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex during the reign of King William I (1066 - 1087). The village itself was listed as "Perreham" in the publication. Until the gradual standardization of English spelling in the last few centuries, English lacked any comprehensive system of spelling. Consequently, spelling vari ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, Antigua And Barbuda
Parham Town (commonly known as ''Parham'') is a coastal town and port located in and capital of Saint Peter Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 1,491 in 2001. Geography Parham is on the shore of Parham Harbour, a well-protected anchorage. It has a population of 1,276 (2001 census). It is the oldest town in the country (established in 1632) and was once the capital of British Antigua and Barbuda. Demographics Parham has five enumeration districts. * ''50700 Parham-LoversLane'' * ''50800 Parham-Market'' * ''50900 Parham-ByamsWharf'' * ''51001 Parham-School_1'' * ''51002 Parham-School_2'' Census Data (2011) Attractions *Parham Hill, a well-preserved colonial home. *Great Bird Island, in Parham Harbor *St. Peter's Anglican Church was built in 1840 by eminent English architect Thomas Weekes. Law Enforcement In January 2021, the Parham Police were moved to a temporary headquarters in the ticket booth in the Sir Vivian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham Peninsula
Crabbs Peninsula is a long narrow finger of land which extends from the northeast coast of Antigua. It lies between Long Island and Guana Island, the fourth and fifth largest islands of Antigua and Barbuda. The small settlement of Parham lies close to the base of the peninsula. Naval Base Crabbs In 1941, Crabbs Peninsula was leased for 99 years to the US Military, due to World War II in the Destroyers-for-bases deal. A United States Navy Station was built with a camp for United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard. The Naval Air Station construction started on 17 March 1941 and improvement ended in 1943. After the war in 1945, the base was closed. The Navy dredged a channel near Maiden Island on the south side of the base for shipping. The dredge made two small islands. During the war the station had one patrol squadron of seaplanes with a seaplane tender. The station was built by civilian workers. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, South Australia
Parham (also known as Port Parham in some sources) is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat of Mallala. Parham was proclaimed as a government town on 7 July 1876 with its boundaries being extended on 24 January 1980. The boundaries for the locality of same name and which includes the extent of the government town were proclaimed on 5 June 1997. It is reported as being named after John Pocock Parham, an early settler who arrived in South Australia in 1839. It was also historically known locally as Dublin Beach. It was known as the Dublin landing place as early as 1871. with shipping recorded from 1870s. Prior to the Government Town and well before the railway reaching Calomba and Long Plains, Parham was the site of a major port for shipping grain to Port Adelaide from the Northern Adelaide Plains. The 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, Ontario
Parham, Ontario is located an hour north of Kingston, Ontario and two hours west of Canada's capital, Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in Central Frontenac Township, which includes other small towns such as Godfrey, Sharbot Lake, Tichborne, and Hartington. Parham's population is roughly 250, which classifies it as one of the smallest towns in the northern area. Parham has one general store, a post office and two churches, one Free Methodist church, and a United church. The fire hall is located beside the Parham Fair Grounds where the Parham Agricultural Fair is held annually. The fair involves 4-H members showing cattle and horses. There are also riding lawn mower races, livestock exhibitions and a palace with baking, crafts and produce. On June 7, 2020, a gunman opened fire on his neighbours, after lighting a building on fire which spread to the adjacent historic century-old St. James Anglican church, destroying both buildings. One person received injuries from the shooting. The ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, Suffolk
Parham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles north of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 300, reducing to 263 at the 2011 census and according to the 2011 census there were 129 males and 134 females living at this time. The flint-built parish church of St Mary, though restored in 1886, dates from the late 14th Century and was likely built for William de Ufford. The Rood screen is from the 15th Century. Parham is located on the B1116. William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham is interred in the church, too. Parham Airfield Museum is located nearby. Parham railway station, on the Framlingham Branch, was shut to passenger traffic in November 1952. Between 1870 and 1872 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer visited Parham and wrote the following as an entry for the parish.PARHAM, a village and a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Ore, adjacent to t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham Airfield Museum
Parham Airfield Museum is a museum in Framlingham in Suffolk, England. The airfield was named after the village of Parham in Suffolk famously linked to the Aldeburgh poet George Crabbe. Overview The museum comprises the 390th Bombardment Group Memorial Air Museum and the Museum of the British Resistance Organisation operating under one Management Committee. Its continued existence relies on volunteer support and donations to help with maintenance necessary to ensure continued preservation of the building and its contents. It is a wonderful day out for all ages. All of the volunteers are lively and full of information. 390th Bombardment Group Memorial Air Museum The 390th Bombardment Group Memorial Air Museum is housed in the original World War II control tower of Framlingham Station 153. Exhibits focus on the history of the U.S 8th Air Force, the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe in the Second World War. Displays include recovered Second World War aircraft engines, part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, West Sussex
Parham is a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. There was a village of Parham, around the parish church, but its few houses were destroyed in the early 19th century to create the landscaped park and gardens. The parish now consists of Parham Park and the farms and smaller settlements around it. The village is between Wiggonholt and Cootham, about south of Pulborough on the A283 road. The parish covers . The 2001 Census recorded 214 people living in 95 households, of whom 124 were economically active. At the 2011 Census the population was 224. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Rackham, southwest of Parham Park, and Wiggonholt on the A283 to the north, which has a small parish church. History The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter has a blocked two- bay arcade in the north wall of the nave that shows there used to be a north aisle.Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 292 The lower part of the bell-tower is Perpendicular Gothic and the sout ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham Park
Parham Park is an Elizabethan house and estate in the civil parish of Parham, west of the village of Cootham, and between Storrington and Pulborough, West Sussex, South East England. The estate was originally owned by the Monastery of Westminster and granted to Robert Palmer by King Henry VIII in 1540. History The foundation stone was laid in 1577 by the 2-year-old Thomas Palmer, and Parham has been a family home ever since. Thomas Bishopp (later Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet) bought Parham House in 1601. For over 300 years his descendants continued to live at Parham House Estate until January 1922. Then in 1922 the Hon. Clive Pearson, younger son of Viscount Cowdray, bought Parham from Mary, 17th Baroness Zouche in her own right, and he and his wife Alicia opened the house to visitors in 1948, after the Second World War when it had also been home to evacuee children and Canadian soldiers. Off the Long Gallery at the top of the house there is an exhibition which touches on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parham, Mississippi
Parham is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi. Parham is located northeast of Hatley and southeast of Smithville. The Parham Field is a natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ... field located in Parham. References Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{MonroeCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |