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Rawdon Pottery
Rawdon may refer to: Places in England * Rawdon, West Yorkshire * Rawdon Colliery, Leicestershire in Canada * Rawdon, Quebec * Rawdon, Ontario, a historic township merged since 1997 into the municipality of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario * Rawdon Township, Nova Scotia, a historic township merged since 1861 into the Municipal District of East Hants People * The ''Rawdon Baronets of Moira, County Down'', also ''Baron Rawdon'' and ''Earl Rawdon'' or ''Earl of Rawdon'', as titles in the lineage of the Marquess of Hastings ** Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings ** John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira * James Rawdon Stansfeld (1866–1936), British army officer Fictional characters * Col. Rawdon Crawley and his son and namesake Sir Rawdon Crawley, characters in the 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'' by William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawdon, West Yorkshire
Rawdon is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It sits on the River Aire and on the A65 south of Yeadon. The northern parts of the village are part of the Guiseley and Rawdon ward of Leeds City Council and the southern part in the Horsforth ward. The whole village is included in the Pudsey parliamentary constituency. History The name comes from Old Norse ''rauðr'' meaning red, and Old English ''dūn'' meaning hill. While no documentary reference has been made to Rawdon before the Domesday Book was composed in 1086, the area had seen human activity at least as early as in the Bronze Age, as evidenced by archeological finds of bronze axe heads and a gold torque. In the Domesday Book Rawdon (also spelt Roudun, Rowdun and Rowdon) is mentioned as ''terra regis'' (belonging to the King) with five taxable landholders, one of them Norman and the others Saxon, and approximately between 500 and 700 acres of pasture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
