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Weoley Cup
Weoley may refer to: * Weoley Castle, a residential suburban district of the City of Birmingham, England. * Weoley Castle (house), a ruined moated and fortified medieval manor house, which gave its name to the district of Weoley Castle, Birmingham, England. * Weoley (ward), a local council electoral ward covering the district of Weoley Castle as well as neighbouring areas in Birmingham, England. * Weoley Park, a former medieval manorial hunting park, which previously surrounded the fortified medieval manor house of Weoley Castle. * Manor of Weoley, a former medieval feudal manor, originally in north Worcestershire, England. * Richard Weoley, Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders in 1631 and 1640. * The Weoley Cup, a 15th-century Venetian glass goblet presented to the Founders' Company by its former Master, Richard Weoley. See also * Weeley, a small village in Tendring, East Essex, England * Weeley Festival Weeley Festival was a British rock festival that took place in Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weoley Castle
Weoley Castle is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The area is part of the Weoley local authority electoral ward, and also comes under the Northfield local council constituency. The suburb of Weoley Castle is bordered by Selly Oak to the east, Harborne to the north, Bartley Green to the west, and Weoley Hill and Shenley Fields to the south. Weoley Castle Square Weoley Castle Square is a shopping area at the heart of Weoley Castle. It includes a very large traffic island and during the 1950s prefabricated bungalows of a type known locally as 'prefabs' were on this central island.Castle Square Shopping Centre Volume 2. This is available for reference at Weoley Castle Library. Today Birmingham City Council maintains the island as a recreation area with benches trees and mown grass. Round the recreation area are a health centre, shops selling economically priced goods and a market. Shops have also been there since at least the 1930s. Toponym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weoley Castle (house)
Weoley Castle is the remains of a fortified manor house located in the Birmingham district of Weoley Castle, a primarily residential area, in the English West Midlands. Owned by Birmingham City Council and administered as a community museum by Birmingham Museums Trust, it is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled monument. The castle was on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, but was removed in 2009 following repair work. History The archaeological evidence suggests a Norman foundation for the site which was surrounded by a moat and bank topped by a timber palisade. Roger de Somery obtained a licence in 1264 to crenellate Weoley Castle and a 1422 survey gives a plan of the building. Early 13th century wooden buildings have been discovered at the site, probably dating to around 1264, indicating an early use of both horizontal and vertical weatherboarding. By the 17th century, Weoley Castle was noted as a '' (ruined castle) and it was no longer in use by then. Also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weoley (ward)
The Weoley local council ward is one of the 40 electoral wards for the City of Birmingham, England. It is also one of the four wards that make up the local council constituency of Birmingham Northfield, the other three being the wards of Northfield, Longbridge and King's Norton. Ward Description The ward covers an area of west Birmingham. It is predominantly based upon the Weoley Castle area of Birmingham. Other communities within Weoley are Allens Cross, Weoley Hill, Middle Park Farm and Spicelands Road. Ward Demographics (from the census of 2011) The 2011 Population Census recorded that there were 25,925 people living in the ward. Eighty per cent (20,744) of the ward's population are of white ethnicity, compared with 57.9% for Birmingham. Ward history The Ward was created in May 1950 as a result of the boundary changes of that year. The boundaries have been changed on a number of occasions since then. Parliamentary Representation The ward has been part of Birmingham N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weoley Park
Weoley may refer to: * Weoley Castle, a residential suburban district of the City of Birmingham, England. * Weoley Castle (house), a ruined moated and fortified medieval manor house, which gave its name to the district of Weoley Castle, Birmingham, England. * Weoley (ward), a local council electoral ward covering the district of Weoley Castle as well as neighbouring areas in Birmingham, England. * Weoley Park, a former medieval manorial hunting park, which previously surrounded the fortified medieval manor house of Weoley Castle. * Manor of Weoley, a former medieval feudal manor, originally in north Worcestershire, England. * Richard Weoley, Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders in 1631 and 1640. * The Weoley Cup, a 15th-century Venetian glass goblet presented to the Founders' Company by its former Master, Richard Weoley. See also * Weeley, a small village in Tendring, East Essex, England * Weeley Festival Weeley Festival was a British rock festival that took place in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor Of Weoley
Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor *Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. *Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary colonies *Manor (in 17th-century Canada), the land tenure unit under the Seigneurial system of New France Places * Manor railway station, a former railway station in Victoria, Australia * Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada * Manor, India, a census town in Palghar District, Maharashtra * The Manor, a luxury neighborhood in Western Hanoi, Vietnam United Kingdom * Manor (Sefton ward), a municipal borough of Sefton ward, Merseyside, England * Manor, Scottish Borders, a parish in Peeblesshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see History of Worcestershire). Over the centuries the county borders have been modified, but it was not until 1844 that substantial changes were made. Worcestershire was abolished as part of local government reforms in 1974, with its northern area becoming part of the West Midlands and the rest part of the county of Hereford and Worcester. In 1998 the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished and Worcestershire was reconstituted, again without the West Midlands area. Location The county borders Herefordshire to the west, Shropshire to the north-west, Staffordshire only just to the north, West Midlands to the north and north-east, Warwickshire to the east and Gloucestershire to the south. The western border with Herefordshire includes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worshipful Company Of Founders
The Worshipful Company of Founders is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England. The Founders, or workers in brass and bronze, were incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1614. However, with the development of technology, the ancient craft grew obsolete. Now, the Company exists, along with a majority of Livery Companies, as a charitable foundation. It also supports the foundry industry by awarding research grants and scholarships. The Founders' Company ranks thirty-third in the order of precedence of Livery Companies. Its motto is ''God, The Only Founder''. It had an early association with Saint Clement, having either been named the Fraternity of St Clement, or having had that organization as part of its body. Refer ...
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Weoley Cup
Weoley may refer to: * Weoley Castle, a residential suburban district of the City of Birmingham, England. * Weoley Castle (house), a ruined moated and fortified medieval manor house, which gave its name to the district of Weoley Castle, Birmingham, England. * Weoley (ward), a local council electoral ward covering the district of Weoley Castle as well as neighbouring areas in Birmingham, England. * Weoley Park, a former medieval manorial hunting park, which previously surrounded the fortified medieval manor house of Weoley Castle. * Manor of Weoley, a former medieval feudal manor, originally in north Worcestershire, England. * Richard Weoley, Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders in 1631 and 1640. * The Weoley Cup, a 15th-century Venetian glass goblet presented to the Founders' Company by its former Master, Richard Weoley. See also * Weeley, a small village in Tendring, East Essex, England * Weeley Festival Weeley Festival was a British rock festival that took place in Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeley
Weeley is a village and civil parish in Tendring, east Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,768. It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester. The name came from the Old English "Wēo-lēah" meaning "willow wood / clearing". Weeley is first mentioned in a document from c.1050 when Eadgyva granted Wilgelia alias Wigleya in penance to St Paul's, London. In 1086, Eudo held Wileia. In c.1100, William 11 confirmed Eudo's holding of the manor. The parish church is St Andrew's, Weeley, which shares a priest with neighbouring Little Clacton. There is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school, also dedicated to St Andrew, which traces its foundation to the early date of 1797. Weeley has two claims to fame in military history. During the Napoleonic Wars, between 1803 and 1815, it had a large barracks accommodating up to 3,000 men, initially from three Scottish Highland battalio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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