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Revesby can mean the following places :- * Revesby, New South Wales, a suburb in the City of Bankstown, Australia *Revesby, Lincolnshire Revesby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Horncastle, east from Woodhall Spa and north from Boston, and on the A155. The parish includes the hamlet of Moorhouses t ..., a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England ** Revesby Abbey, a Cistercian monastery located near the village {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revesby, New South Wales
Revesby, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 22 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region. Revesby is mostly a residential suburb, which was developed as part of Sydney's post-war urban sprawl, and contains many modest freestanding bungalows built from asbestos cement sheeting (fibro). Revesby is bounded on the north by Canterbury Road and the suburbs of Bankstown and Condell Park, on the south by Revesby Heights and Picnic Point, on the Georges River, on the west by Panania, and on the east by Padstow. History Revesby was named in 1913 in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour, when he reached the east coast of Australia in 1770. Banks had inherited his father's estate of Revesby Abbey, in Lincolnshire, England, so he was known as the Squire of Revesby. He is also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revesby, Lincolnshire
Revesby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Horncastle, east from Woodhall Spa and north from Boston, and on the A155. The parish includes the hamlet of Moorhouses to the south of Revesby village. History The parish includes the site of the Cistercian abbey of SS Mary and Lawrence, founded in 1142 and colonised by monks from Rievaulx Abbey. The abbey was suppressed through the 1538 Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 249, 250; Methuen & Co. Ltd A post- restoration house was built close to the site of the abbey by Craven Howard. This house was rebuilt in 1849 as Revesby Abbey in Elizabethan style, to the 1843 design of William Burn, architect for Harlaxton Manor, with of deer park.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 604Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John: ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 342 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
