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Risley Prism
Risley may refer to: Education * Colored Memorial School and Risley High School, Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. * John Risley Hall, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada * Risley Residential College, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S. People Surname * Ann Risley (born 1949), American actress and comedian * Bill Risley (born 1967), former MLB pitcher * Elijah Risley (1787–1870), American politician * Herbert Hope Risley (1851–1911), British ethnographer and colonial administrator * John Risley (born 1948), Canadian businessman * Michealene Risley, American writer, director and human rights activist * Thomas Risley (1630–1716), English clergyman * Todd Risley (1937–2007), American psychologist * Walt Risley (died 1971), American football, basketball and baseball coach * Richard Risley (before 1615–1648), Puritan settler Places * Risley, Derbyshire, England * Risley, Warrington, Cheshire, England ** HM Prison Risley, a prison in the district * Risley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colored Memorial School And Risley High School
Colored Memorial School and Risley High School is a historic school complex in Brunswick, Georgia where a Freedmen's School opened in 1870. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 2002. It is located at 1800 Albany Street. Risley High School competed in the Georgia Interscholastic Association. It won the state championship in basketball in 1969. Photos File:Risley historical marker.JPG, Historical marker, Colored Memorial School in the background File:Colored Memorial School, Brunswick, Georgia, USA.jpg, Colored Memorial School File:Colored Memorial School, Brunswick, GA.JPG, Top of Colored Memorial School File:Risley High School building, Brunswick, Georgia.JPG, Risley High School building, the Colored Memorial School is visible on the left See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Glynn County, Georgia This is a list of properties and historic district, districts in Glynn County, Georgia that are listed on the National Regist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Risley
Richard Risley (before 1615 – October 1648) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Risley sailed from England on July 15, 1633, in the ship Griffen with Thomas Hooker, William Stone, John Cotton, and John Haynes. They arrived in Boston on September 4, 1633. In May 1636, Risley left Massachusetts with almost the entire company he had arrived with two and a half years earlier. They found John Winthrop to be too dictatorial. The group headed west through the wilderness, and after a month stopped in an area now occupied by the city of Hartford, Connecticut. Within the year, the group started a collective government to fight the Pequot War. By the next year, they had adopted what is now generally considered the first written constitution in Western history, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. The group eventually signed a treaty with the Indians for a tract of land and settled down. The present-day state c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Risley-class Icebreaker
The ''Samuel Risley''-class icebreakers are a class of two icebreakers and buoy tenders constructed for and operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The two ships are based on offshore supply tugboat design and entered service in the 1980s. ''Samuel Risley'' is deployed to the Central Region, operating mainly on the Great Lakes of North America, while ''Earl Grey'' is posted to Atlantic Canada, working off the east coast of Canada. Design and description In the late 1970s, offshore supply tugboats were in high demand and their success led to experimentation by the Canadian Coast Guard. In 1980, a crane was temporarily installed aboard the former offshore supply vessel , situated on the afterdeck. This was done to see if this would be a successful model for buoytending. ''Jackman'' visited all the principal coast guard stations in the eastern half of the country to test the setup in different conditions in 1980–81. The results of the test proved positive and in 1983, the Canadian Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROF Risley
ROF Risley, (Filling Factory No.6) was a large World War II Royal Ordnance Factory filling munitions, including the Grand Slam bomb, in the UK. It is located roughly halfway between Liverpool and Manchester. World War II With the advent of the Second World War, 927 acres (3.8 km²) of largely heath and mossland which was part of Risley village, between Leigh (then Lancashire, now Greater Manchester) and Warrington (then Lancashire, now Cheshire), was compulsorily purchased and within it was built a large Royal Ordnance Factory. The location was chosen because the low lying mist and cloud helped camouflage the factory from the air; according to a local builder: "It was very lonely and misty at night, and that's why the factory was constructed there... it was usually covered with a mist or cloud. It was hard to see it in the day time, you know". A part of the site was drained and construction began in August 1939. It took 18 months to complete, but bombs were produced from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risley Moss
Risley Moss is an area of peat bog situated near Birchwood in Warrington, England. It is a country park, Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve. It covers an area of and is one of the last remaining fragments of the raised bogs that once covered large areas of South Lancashire and North Cheshire. History Natural depressions in the glacial drift left by the ice sheets which covered the Cheshire–Shropshire plain during the last ice age, 10,000–15,000 years ago, filled with water, forming the meres and mosses characteristic of the area today. In some cases, like Risley Moss, peat accumulation filled the depression, allowing colonisation by bog mosses such as the ''Sphagnum'' varieties, thus giving rise to the name "moss". Risley Moss is one of only two mosses in Cheshire where the water level has been deliberately raised in an attempt to encourage the regeneration of an active bog surface. The long-term restoration project to re-wet the moss began in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risley Hall, Derbyshire
Risley Hall is a country house, now a hotel set in of private landscaped grounds in the Derbyshire countryside, near the village of Risley, and close to Junction 25 of the M1. It comprises 35 bedrooms and several function rooms. The building's main function is as a hotel and spa, but it also caters for weddings, which take place in the 16th-century Great Hall, with open-beamed ceilings and mullion windows. The Spa Closed down in 2016 as is yet to be reopened. History The Willoughby family acquired the manor of Risley in 1350 and were the main builders of Risley Hall, which dates from the 16th century. In the 16th century the Willoughbys built the Church of All Saints, Risley, and founded a free school in the village. The estate then passed by marriage to Anchitell Grey but returned to the Willoughby family on the death of his daughter. The Latin House was built in the early 18th century. The Risley Park Lanx, a Romano-British silver plate, was discovered in the grounds of Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risley (circus Act)
A Risley or Risley act (also antipode or antipodism) is any circus acrobalance posture where the base is lying down on their back, supporting one or more flyers with their hands, feet and/or other parts of the body; spinning a person or object using only one's feet. The act is named after Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874) who developed this kind of act in the United States. , ''Merriam-Webster.com''. Risleys can be separated into three general categories of skills: * Skills that are based with the hands * Skills that are based with the feet * Other See also * * '' |
Risley Township, Marion County, Kansas
Risley Township is a township in Marion County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 207, not including the city of Hillsboro. Geography Risley Township covers an area of . Cities and towns The township contains the following settlements: * City of Hillsboro (north of D Street). The south part is located in Liberty Township. Cemeteries The township contains the following cemeteries: * French Creek Cemetery, located in Section 16 T19S R2E.Marion County Cemetery List. * Johannesthal Cemetery, located in Section 8 T19S R2E. * Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, located in Section 34 T19S R2E. Transportation |
HM Prison Risley
HM Prison Risley is a Category C men's prison, located in the Risley area of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. History Risley opened as a remand centre for male and female inmates in 1964. A category C prison opened on the site in 1990, alongside the remand centre. Risley ceased to hold females in April 1999, and in March 2000, Risley wholly re-roled to a category C prison for adult males. In 1988 a report from His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons described Risley as "barbarous and squalid", "appalling and totally unacceptable", "dirty and dilapidated". A year later the conditions resulted in a serious outbreak of violence and rioting with some remand prisoners taking control of significant amounts of the prison for several days. It gave rise to a debate in the House of Commons and calls from the Home Secretary for an inquiry. In September 2003, an inspection report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised Risl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risley, Warrington
Risley is a district in the northeast corner of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it lies south of Culcheth and is historically part of the parish of Croft. During the Second World War it was the location of a Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley. After the war it became the site of the design offices and laboratories for the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons and nuclear power programmes. Universities Research Reactor Universities Research Reactor, also known as Universities' Research Reactor or University Research Reactor, was a small Argonaut class nuclear research reactor in Risley, Warrington, England that went critical on 7 July 1964. It was jointly owned ... was operational in Risley until 1991. Today the bulk of the area forms the new town of Birchwood. HMP Risley is located in the area. The institution opened as a Remand Centre in 1964, but is now a Categ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risley, Derbyshire
Risley is a small village and parish in Erewash in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 711. It is just over four miles south of Ilkeston. Sandiacre is adjacent to the east. It is almost midway between Derby and Nottingham and is near junction 25 of the M1 motorway, and the A52. In 1870 it had a population of 203 when there was a grammar school that served seven neighbouring parishes.John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870 History All Saints' Church was built in Elizabethan times by members of the Willoughby family, who had acquired Risley in 1350 AD and who also founded a free school in the village. Ri ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Risley
Walter Risley was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He was the head football coach at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown University or KU) is a public university in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher ... for one season in 1946. Risley served for head baseball coach from 1945 to 1971 and the head men's basketball coach from 1945 to 1963. Head coaching record Football References External links Kutztown Hall of Fame profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Risley, Walt Year of birth missing 1971 deaths Kutztown Golden Bears athletic directors Kutztown Golden Bears baseball coaches Kutztown Golden Bears men's basketball coaches Kutztown Golden Bears football coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
