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Warton Lecture
Warton may refer to: Places in England *Warton, Fylde, a village between Preston and Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire **Bryning-with-Warton, civil parish containing Warton **Warton Aerodrome, a BAE Systems airfield near the above village *Warton, Lancaster, a village in north Lancashire * Warton, Northumberland, a hamlet near Rothbury *Warton, Warwickshire Other uses *Warton (surname) Warton is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Brett Warton (born 1975) Australian former professional rugby league footballer *Charles Warton (1832–1900) British and Australian politician * Dan Warton (born 1972) English drummer *J ..., including a list of people with the name See also * Wharton (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warton, Fylde
Warton is a village on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. The village is west of Preston and south-east of Blackpool. It is located on the banks of the River Ribble, close to its entry into the Irish Sea. It is best known for its airfield, Warton Aerodrome and the associated aircraft manufacturing plant of BAE Systems Military Air & Information. The village is part of the borough of Fylde. History The village is named Wartun or Wartuna in the Domesday Book, and the current spelling is first seen in 1227. In 1835 Warton was a township in the parish of Kirkham. For probate purposes, prior to 1858, Warton was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. In his 1870 Gazetteer, Wilson reports that the chapelry of Warton also included the Freckleton township, and comprised 6,598 acres, with a population 1,325 and 270 houses. The property is described as being "much subdivided". Cotton spinning and the manufacture of sacking, sailcloth, and cordage were the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryning-with-Warton
Bryning-with-Warton is a civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. The parish contains the village of Warton at as well as the hamlets of Bryning (at ) and Kellamergh (at ). According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,572, increasing to 3,596 at the 2011 Census. Bryning-with-Warton Parish Council is one of fifteen such councils that serves the borough of Fylde. The parish contains one listed building, the Grade II listed 204 Lytham Road. Built in the 18th century, it is a rendered cottage with a slate roof, in two storeys and with a two-bay front. The windows in the lower floor are three-light casements, and those in the upper floor are two-light sliding sashes Sashes Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Cookham Lock near Cookham, Berkshire. It is now open farmland, but has Roman and Anglo-Saxon connections. The island is located between Hedsor Water and the present navigation chan .... References Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warton Aerodrome
Warton Aerodrome is located in Warton village on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. The aerodrome is west of Preston, Lancashire, UK. Today the airfield is a major assembly and testing facility of BAE Systems Military Air & Information. It is also part of Lancashire Enterprise Zone. Warton Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P748) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (BAE Systems (Operations) Limited). History Establishment and military use In 1940 new runways were built at Warton so that it could act as a "satellite" airfield for the RAF Coastal Command station at Squires Gate airfield in Blackpool. The airfield was first operated as an air depot of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II, as thousands of aircraft were processed on their way to active service in Britain, North Africa, the Mediterranean and mainland Europe. It hosted the 402d Air Depot, later the 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warton, Lancaster
Warton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the City of Lancaster in north Lancashire in the north-west of England, close to the boundary with Cumbria, with a population of around 2,000, measured at the 2011 Census to be 2,360. It is a village steeped in history; its earliest recording as a settlement is made in Domesday Book written in 1086. The nearest town to Warton is Carnforth, which was originally part of Warton parish. It has connections to the first President of the United States, George Washington: Washington's ancestor of seven generations, Lawrence Washington, is rumoured to have helped build the village church of St Oswald. The parish covers an area in excess of and is predominantly rural. The parish of Warton had a population of 2,315 recorded in the 2001 census, and 2,360 in the 2011 census. History The exact origins of St Oswald's Church (formerly Holy Trinity) and its associated parish are unknown. It is believed that the church in this parish w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothbury
Rothbury is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is northwest of Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth and of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2001 Census, it had a population of 2,107. Rothbury emerged as an important town because of its location at a crossroads over a ford on the River Coquet. Toll road, Turnpike roads leading to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alnwick, Hexham and Morpeth allowed for an influx of families and the enlargement of the settlement during the Middle Ages. In 1291, Rothbury was chartered as a market town and became a centre for dealing in cattle and wool for the surrounding villages during the Early Modern Era. Later, Rothbury developed extensively in the Victorian era, due in large part to the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway and the industrialist William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside, Sir William Armstrong. Between 1862 and 1865, Armstrong built Crag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warton, Warwickshire
Warton is a village in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is five miles east of Tamworth and four miles north-west of Atherstone, and is in the civil parish of Polesworth. Warton is a small village, which, being surrounded by rivers, may derive its name from Waverton (Water village). There is still a Waverton Avenue in the village, even though the street was actually constructed in the 1960s. The village has grown considerably since the 1960s, when its character was changed after an inflow of overspill families from Birmingham. Although small, the village has a pub (The Office - The old Fox and Dogs pub and adjoining land is being converted to houses), as well as a Working Men's Club. There is one shop – Maypole Stores (now called Top Shop), named after the Maypole that stood at the highest point of the village. In the 1980s, there were several shops, but all but one have now closed. Up until the late 1990s, there were two functional shops in the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warton (surname) (c. 1688 – 1745), English clergyman and schoolmaster
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Warton is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Brett Warton (born 1975) Australian former professional rugby league footballer *Charles Warton (1832–1900) British and Australian politician * Dan Warton (born 1972) English drummer *Joseph Warton (1722–1800) English literary critic * Michael Warton (died 1645) (1593–1645), English politician * Robert Warton (umpire) (1847–1923), English cricket umpire *Robert Parfew, also known as Robert Warton, (died 1557), English Benedictine abbot *Thomas Warton (1728–1790) English literary historian and Poet Laureate *Thomas Warton the elder Thomas Warton, the elder (c. 168810 September 1745), was an English clergyman and schoolmaster, known as the second professor of poetry at Oxford, a position he owed to Jacobite sympathies. Life He was born about 1688, son of Antony Warton (1650 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
