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Penrice may refer to: *Penrice, South Australia, a small town in the Barossa Valley in Australia * Penrice, Swansea, a community in Wales *Penrice Castle, near Penrice, Swansea * Penrice Community College, a comprehensive school in St Austell, Cornwall *Penrice Soda Products, in South Australia *Gary Penrice, English former footballer *James Penrice James Regan Penrice (born 22 December 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back for Livingston. Club career Partick Thistle After progressing through the club's Thistle Weir Academy, Penrice made his senior debut in a 3–3 draw ..., Scottish footballer *Major John Penrice, author of a glossary of the Quran (1873) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrice, South Australia
Penrice is a small town in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, just north of Angaston. Penrice is the site of a large limestone and marble quarry which was operated by Penrice Soda Products until that company failed. The quarry was bought by Adelaide Brighton Cement as a going concern in July 2014. Penrice quarry Penrice Stone Train was the last customer of the Barossa Valley railway line, but the railway has not been used since Adelaide Brighton bought the quarry. Penrice was named by Captain Richard Rodda most likely after Penrice, an estate near St Austell, Cornwall. Some sources suggest the village was named after a town in Glamorganshire, Wales Penrice is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903, when South Australia's original single mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrice Castle
Penrice Castle ( cy, Castell Pen-rhys) is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. The mansion is a Grade I listed building and the surrounding gardens and park is also listed at Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. History Penrice Castle is the 13th-century successor to a strong ringwork to the south east, known as the Mountybank. It was built by the de Penrice family, who were given land there for their part in the Norman conquest of Gower. The last de Penrice married a Mansel in 1410 and the castle and its lands passed to the Mansel family. The Mansels later bought Margam Abbey and made it their main seat, while retaining their Gower lands. The castle was damaged in the 17th-century English Civil War. The stone castle is a large, irregular hexagon with a round keep on the west side, to which were attached two other towers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrice Community College
Penrice Academy is a secondary academy school and former specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, England. The school has an enrollment of 1,428. History The school opened in 1960 as a secondary modern school, Penrice Secondary Modern School, becoming a comprehensive in the 1970s. It gained academy status on 1 April 2011. Curriculum Languages taught include French, Spanish, German and Mandarin. It is also an International School, having received a Gold International School Award from the British Council for a third time in 2012. Other strengths are Creative and Digital Arts, English and Science. The academy sends record numbers of students onto A Level Science courses. Admissions The academy has a teacher training programme and has achieved Teaching School status. Since 2020, the principal has been Lucy Gambier. Now in 2023, the new headmistress is named Tanya Coleman The uniform is a black blazer, black V-neck jumper with a gold strip around the neck (option ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrice Soda Products
Penrice Soda Products was a company founded in 1935 in South Australia. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, named after its quarry near the small town of Penrice, South Australia. It was forced to close its soda ash production plant in Osborne and was placed in liquidation in August 2014. History Penrice Soda Products operations were founded by ICI Australia in 1935. The Dry Creek Saltfields and Osborne soda ash plant were acquired from ICI in 1989. The salt fields were sold to Ridley Corporation in 2005. Penrice Soda Products was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2005. It was placed in liquidation in August 2014. Operations In addition to its large limestone and marble quarry just north of Angaston, it had a number of other establishments in South Australia, including the only soda ash production facility in Australia, located on the Port River in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Osborne. On 24 June 2014, Penrice Soda Products announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Penrice
Gary Kenneth Penrice (born 23 March 1964) is an English football coach, former professional player and scout. As a player, he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers as well as making top flight appearances for Aston Villa. He also had two spells with Bristol Rovers where he started and finished his professional career, notably alongside Ian Holloway. He also played for Watford and non-league side Mangotsfield United in a career that saw him make over 400 appearances. Following retirement he became assistant manager at Bristol Rovers before returning to Queens Park Rangers in a similar role. He then became a chief scout and worked for Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City, Stoke City before joining Everton specialising in the European market. Early life Penrice was born in Bristol and grew up in Mangotsfield, where his parents still live today. Penrice was in the same class as ex-Blackpool manager Ian Holloway at school and they still remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Penrice
James Regan Penrice (born 22 December 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left-back for Livingston. Club career Partick Thistle After progressing through the club's Thistle Weir Academy, Penrice made his senior debut in a 3–3 draw between Partick Thistle and Dundee United in which he was credited with an assist. He then made his home debut in a 2–2 draw with Hamilton Academical on the last day of the 2015–16 season, winning the man of the match award. Penrice joined Scottish League One side East Fife on loan in December 2016, until the end of the season. The following summer Penrice was then loaned to Livingston in August 2017 until January. After returning, he signed a contract with Thistle until 2020. Penrice scored his first goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Greenock Morton, in the League Cup. He scored his first league goal for Thistle in a 2-1 win over Falkirk. Penrice played every minute of the 2018–19 season for Thistle, becoming the first player to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
