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Pelham Warner's XI Cricket Team In North America In 1897
Pelham may refer to: People * Pelham (name), including a list of people with the name Places In Australia * Pelham, Queensland, a locality in the Western Downs Region In Canada * Pelham, Ontario * Pelham Range, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia In the United Kingdom * Pelham, Birmingham, a suburb in Birmingham * Brent Pelham a village in Hertfordshire, England, one of the three Pelham villages, along with the nearby Stocking Pelham and Furneux Pelham * Pelham Arcade, Grade II* listed building in East Sussex In the United States In New York * Pelham, New York, a town in Westchester County ** Pelham (Metro-North station), a train station in the above town ** Pelham (village), New York, a village within the above town *** North Pelham, New York, former village within the above town, and now neighborhood within Village of Pelham ** Pelham Manor, New York, a village within the above town * IRT Pelham Line, NYC subway line * Pelham Bay (other) * Pelham Gardens, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham (name)
Pelham is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Surname ; British aristocratic Whig politicians: * Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham (1653–1712), father of two British Prime Ministers: ** Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768) ** Henry Pelham (1694–1754) ;American artistic family: * Peter Pelham (c. 1695 – 1751), artist * Peter Pelham (composer) (1721–1805) * Henry Pelham (engraver) (1748/49–1806) * William Pelham (bookseller) (1759–1827) ;Other people (in alphabetical order): * Charles Pelham (congressman) (1835–1908), U.S. Representative from Alabama * Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester (1844–1905), British nobleman and amateur cricketer * Frederick Thomas Pelham (1808–1861), Royal Navy officer and Second Naval Lord * George F. Pelham (1857–1937), American architect * John Pelham (bishop) (1811–1894), Bishop of Norwich in 1857–1893 * John Pelham (officer) (1838–1863), Confederate artillery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham Bay (other) , a subway station
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Pelham Bay may refer to the following in the Bronx, New York City, within the U.S. state of New York: * Pelham Bay, a body of water * Pelham Bay (neighborhood), Bronx * Pelham Bay Park, a park * Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line) The Pelham Bay Park station is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located across from Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Pelham Bay neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times New Roman
Times New Roman is a serif typeface. It was commissioned by the British newspaper ''The Times'' in 1931 and conceived by Stanley Morison, the artistic adviser to the British branch of the printing equipment company Monotype, in collaboration with Victor Lardent, a lettering artist in ''The Times's'' advertising department. It has become one of the most popular typefaces of all time and is installed on most desktop computers. Asked to advise on a redesign, Morison recommended that ''The Times'' change their text typeface from a spindly nineteenth-century face to a more robust, solid design, returning to traditions of printing from the eighteenth century and before. This matched a common trend in printing tastes of the period. Morison proposed an older Monotype typeface named Plantin as a basis for the design, and Times New Roman mostly matches Plantin's dimensions. The main change was that the contrast between strokes was enhanced to give a crisper image. The new design made its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (other)
''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' or ''The Taking of Pelham 123'' can refer to: * ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (novel), a 1973 thriller novel by Morton Freedgood writing as "John Godey" * ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1974 film), a film adaptation directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw * ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1998 film), a television movie directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and starring Edward James Olmos and Vincent D'Onofrio * ''The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009 film), a film adaptation directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta {{DEFAULTSORT:Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 180318 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Bulwer-Lytton's works sold and paid him well. He coined famous phrases like "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", " dweller on the threshold", and the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." The sardonic Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, held annually since 1982, claims to seek the "opening sentence of the worst of all possible novels". Life Bulwer was born on 25 May 1803 to General William Earle Bulwer of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, Norfolk and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton, daughter of Richard Warburton Lytto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, Tennessee
Pelham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 403. Pelham is located at the junction of U.S. Route 41, State Route 2, and State Route 50 near the base of the Cumberland Plateau, north-northwest of Monteagle. Pelham has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 37366, which opened on April 4, 1832. The community is believed to have been named for a family of early settlers.Janelle Layne Taylor,Pelham Valley Places" Grundy County History website. Accessed: 18 April 2016. There is a school in Pelham. It is Pelham Elementary school. Demographics References Census-designated places in Grundy County, Tennessee Unincorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, North Carolina
Pelham is an unincorporated community in northwestern Caswell County, North Carolina, United States at the North Carolina/Virginia border. It is often considered a suburb of nearby Danville, Virginia. Pelham is located along Pelham Loop Road near the eastern terminus of NC 700 at US 29 (future Interstate 785). It was named for Confederate Col. John Pelham, known as "the Gallant Pelham" for his extraordinary bravery, whose parents, Dr. Atkinson and Martha Mumford McGehee Pelham, resided in neighboring Person County before moving to Alabama. Nearby communities, independent cities, and municipalities include Danville, Eden, Ruffin, Yanceyville Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census. The settlement was founded in 1792 and was l ..., Purley, Reidsville and Casville. References External links {{authority contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, New Hampshire
Pelham is a New England town, town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 12,897 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Pelham was split from Dunstable, New Hampshire, Old Dunstable in 1741, when the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was settled. It was incorporated in 1746. The town is named after Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.01%, are water. Nearly all of the town is drained by Beaver Brook (Merrimack River tributary), Beaver Brook, which flows south to the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Small sections of town along its eastern border are drained by other minor tributaries of the Merrimack. The highest point in Pelham is Jeremy Hill, at above sea level near the town's weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, Massachusetts
Pelham is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,280 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is shared with Amherst. Pelham is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pelham (pronounced "PEL-am"; the "h" is silent) was part of the Equivalent Lands compromise, and was first settled in 1738 by mostly Presbyterian Scotch-Irish immigrants. It was officially incorporated in 1743. The town is named for the Pelham family; Henry Pelham was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the town's incorporation. The town is best known as being home to Daniel Shays, leader of Shays' Rebellion, a series of protests against crushing austerity measures in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787. The rebellion, planned in Conkey's Tavern in town, drew support from many towns in central and western Massachusetts, but it met its practical end when the angry farmers' force refused to fight Governor Bowdoin's army and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, Georgia
Pelham is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,507 at the 2020 census, down from 3,898 in 2010. Pelham is well-known for its agriculture, with vast farming of cotton and pecans in the area. History Pelham was incorporated in 1881 and named in honor of Confederate officer John Pelham, who was born to a family of slave owners in northeastern Alabama in 1838. Geography and climate Pelham is in southeastern Mitchell County at (31.126629, -84.152703), sitting at the crossroads of US 19 and State Route 93. U.S. 19 passes through the east side of the city and leads northwest to Camilla, the county seat, and southeast to Thomasville. State Route 93 passes through the center of town, leading northeast to Sale City and south to Cairo, while State Route 65 leads west from Pelham to Hopeful. According to the United States Census Bureau, Pelham has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. Pelham has a humid subtropical climate, characteriz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, Alabama
Pelham is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in July 1964 and is a suburb located in the Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama which was home to over 1.1 million residents as of the 2020 census. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, and has grown to 24,318 by the 2020 census, nearly doubling. It was named for Confederate Civil War officer John Pelham. Geography Pelham is located at (33.304581, -86.784620). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , is land and (0.89%) is water. Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama's largest state park, is located in Pelham. The city is located along U.S. Route 31, which runs directly through the city, as well as I-65, with access from exits 242 and 246. Downtown Birmingham is 20 mi (32 km) north, and Montgomery is 72 mi (116 km) south, both via US-31 or I-65. Demographics 2000 census At the 2000 census, there were 14,369 people, 5,637 households, and 4,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
