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Staveley Woodthorpe , town in Alberta, Canada
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Staveley may refer to: Places * Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England ** Staveley railway station * Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England * Staveley, Derbyshire, England * Staveley, New Zealand, a locality in the Ashburton District * Staveley, North Yorkshire, England People with the surname * Staveley (surname) Other uses * Staveley F.C., a football club based in Staveley, Derbyshire in the 1880s and 1890s * Staveley (horse) (fl. 1802–1807), a British Thoroughbred racehorse See also * Staveley Street Hong Kong * Stavely Stavely is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located south of Calgary on Highway 2 and east of Willow Creek Provincial Park. History Stavely was named for Alexander Staveley Hill, Managing Director of the Oxley Ranching Company tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley, Cumbria
Staveley () is a village in the South Lakeland district, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated northwest of Kendal where the River Kent is joined by its tributary the Gowan. It is also known as Staveley-in-Westmorland and Staveley-in-Kendal to distinguish it from Staveley-in-Cartmel (a small village near Newby Bridge which is now in Cumbria but was previously in Lancashire). There are three civil parishes – Nether Staveley, Over Staveley and Hugill (part). Their total population at the 2011 Census was 1,593 but this includes those living in the hamlet of Ings in Hugill parish. Governance Historically within the county of Westmorland, it became part of the new non-metropolitan county of Cumbria in 1974. Staveley is divided between three civil parishes; * The village south of the rivers Gowan and Kent is in Nether Staveley, * Most of the village north of the Gowan is in Over Staveley * Part of the village to the north-west is in Hugill The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley Railway Station
Staveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England. The station is on the Windermere Branch Line connecting Oxenholme and Windermere. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services, Staveley was a request stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ... until December 2012. History The station opened on 20 April 1847. On 28 October 1887, John Studholme was using the foot crossing with the intention of getting a train to Windermere, when he was struck by an engine travelling at around 45 mph. He sustained a compound fracture to his right leg, and his collar bone was broken. At the Kendal Memorial Hospital, his leg was amputated the following day. Until the branch line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley-in-Cartmel
Staveley-in-Cartmel is a small village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England. It lies east of Newby Bridge, near the south end of Windermere, northeast of Ulverston. It is sometimes known as Staveley-in-Furness. Both names distinguish it from another Staveley in Cumbria. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428, decreasing at the 2011 census to 405. History Historically, the village lay in the county of Lancashire. When local government underwent reorganisation in 1974 it was named "in Cartmel" to distinguish it from the other Staveley in Cumbria, which is also called Staveley-in-Westmorland or Staveley-in-Kendal to ensure that they are differentiated. On 1 November 1979 the civil parish was renamed from "Staveley" to "Staveley in Cartmel". It gives its name to an electoral ward which elects one councillor to South Lakeland district council, and the village has a parish council. In 1831, Samuel Lewis noted that it contained 350 inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley, Derbyshire
Staveley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Located along the banks of the River Rother. It is (5 miles) northeast of Chesterfield, (5 miles) west of Clowne, (5 miles) northwest of Bolsover, (11 miles) southwest of Worksop and (13 miles) southeast of Sheffield. History Staveley was formerly a mining town with several large coal mines in and around the area, the closest being Ireland Pit (Ireland Colliery Brass Band is named after the colliery). However, the pit has closed, along with the others in the area. Staveley Miners Welfare on Market Street was built in 1893 as an indoor market hall by Charles Paxton Markham, for a time owner of Markham & Co. At that time, it was called Markham Hall in memory of his father. Markham played a large role in the industrial development of the area around Staveley. Through his company Markham & Co. and its successor Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Markham owned ironstone quarries, several coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley, New Zealand
Staveley is a small township in the Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand. Geography Staveley is named for Robert Staveley, who was a runholder in the area and who had his own farm in this location. Staveley is located on the Inland Scenic Route, which is the former State Highway 72. Staveley is located on the Canterbury Plains, in the foothills to the Southern Alps. Adjacent localities are Bushside to the north-east, Springburn to the south-east, and Buccleuch to the south, all between away. Springburn was the terminus of the Mount Somers Branch from 1889 to 1957. Town facilities In the centre of the township, there are a shop and cafe, an old school that now functions as a museum, a small church, a hall, and a small number of houses. The museum holds photos and artefacts of settlements in the vicinity of Mt Somers / Te Kiekie, a peak of that is the backdrop to this parts of the Canterbury Plains. Staveley Camp is located on Sawmill Road and is available to gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley, North Yorkshire
Staveley is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Knaresborough and near the A1(M) motorway. In the 2001 census, the village had a population of 444, which had risen to 450 by the time of the 2011 census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have dropped to 440. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Gospatric. The name ''Staveley'' is Anglo-Saxon and means ''the clearing where the staves were brought from''. The racehorse Staveley, winner of the 1805 St Leger Stakes, was born at nearby Boroughbridge. The village used to have a railway station on the now disused Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway. When it opened, it was called ''Staveley'', but from 1881 its name was taken from nearby Copgrove village to avoid confusion with Staveley in Derbyshire. The grade II listed, Church of All Saints, was built in 1864 and holds services tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley (surname)
Staveley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amanda Staveley (born 1973), British businesswoman * Cecil Staveley (1874–1934), Royal Navy officer, son of Charles Staveley * Charles Staveley (1817–1896), British general, son of William Staveley * Lilian Staveley (1871–1928), Christian writer and mystic * May Staveley (1863–1934), British university teacher and warden * Miles Staveley (fl. 1846–1870), English cricketer * Ralph Staveley (c.1362-c.1420), English lord * Thomas Staveley Thomas Staveley ( 26 November 1626 – 2 January 1684) was a Stuart antiquary, magistrate, anti-Papist, and Church historian. He spent most of his life researching the antiquities of his home county, Leicestershire. Born in East Langt ... (1626-1684), English antiquary, magistrate, and anti-Catholic * William Staveley (1784–1854), British general * William Staveley (Royal Navy officer) (1928–1997) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Staveley may refer to: Places * Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England ** Staveley railway station * Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England * Staveley, Derbyshire, England * Staveley, New Zealand, a locality in the Ashburton District * Staveley, North Yorkshire, England People with the surname * Staveley (surname) Other uses * Staveley F.C., a football club based in Staveley, Derbyshire in the 1880s and 1890s * Staveley (horse) (fl. 1802–1807), a British Thoroughbred racehorse See also * Staveley Street Lieutenant-General William Staveley (29 July 1784 – 4 April 1854) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and later became Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong. Military career Staveley was born in York, t ... Hong Kong * Stavely, town in Alberta, Canada {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staveley (horse)
Staveley (foaled 1802) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1805. Bred in Yorkshire, he won seven of his nineteen races in a career which lasted from April 1805 until September 1807. As a three-year-old in 1805, he won his first three races, culminating with a victory at odds of 6/1 in the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. In the following season he was transferred to race at Newmarket, Suffolk, where he achieved mixed results, being beaten in most of his races but winning a match against The Derby winner Cardinal Beaufort. He won two further races in 1807 before being retired to stud in Yorkshire. He had no impact as a breeding stallion. Background Staveley was a bay or brown horse bred by William Fletcher at Boroughbridge, and was the third of fifteen foals produced by his dam, an unnamed mare sired by Drone. Staveley's sire, Shuttle, owned by Henry Tempest Vane, was best known as the loser of a famous 1000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lieutenant-General William Staveley (29 July 1784 – 4 April 1854) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and later became Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong. Military career Staveley was born in York, the son of William Staveley and Henrietta Henderson. He entered the British Army in 1798 as an ensign. Staveley fought in several conflicts in the Peninsular War (Battle of Talavera, Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, Battle of Vittoria, Battle of the Pyrenees, Battle of Toulouse, Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and Battle of Badajoz and many other minor actions). At the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Staveley was present as a captain in the Royal Staff Corps, afterwards receiving the Companion of the Bath (CB) and a promotion to brevet Lieutenant-colonel. He went to Mauritius in 1821 and served in various roles (deputy quartermaster-general and commandant of Port Louis) before becoming Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong in 1847. After leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
