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Windsor Hills (other)
Windsor Hills or Windsor Hill or ''variant'' may refer to: United Kingdom * Windsor Hill, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire * Windsor Hill Marsh, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset * Windsor Hill Quarry, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset United States * Windsor Hills, a subdivision of the View Park-Windsor Hills, California, census-designated place * Windsor Hills, a neighborhood of Forest Park, Baltimore * Windsor Hills Historic District, Baltimore, Maryland * Windsor Hills, Austin, Texas * Windsor Hills, Delaware * Windsor Hills, a camp in Windsor, New Hampshire * Windsor Hills, a vacation resort community in Kissimmee, Florida See also * Windsor (other) * East Windsor Hill Historic District * Windsor Hill Primary School * Windsor Mountain School The Windsor Mountain School was a private, co-ed boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located in Lenox, Massachusetts. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hill
Windsor Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. It lies within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is featured in the Nature Conservation Review. A small part is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, and access to this area requires a permit. Site Description The wood consists of an extensive tract of the Chiltern escarpment. It contains beech woodlands, scrub and chalk grassland. It is one of three extant British locations for the red helleborine orchid.Species distribution map for Cephalanthera rubra , retrieved 25 February 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hill Marsh
Windsor Hill Marsh () is a 0.84 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, north of the town of Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and adjacent to the Windsor Hill Quarry geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was notified in January 1972. Windsor Hill Marsh is a marshy silted pond, with adjacent damp, slightly acidic grassland. Adjoining the marsh are a limestone bank, and a short stream which flows into a swallet. Biological interest The site is of interest for its diverse flora, in large part down to the varied habitats present within the small area. English Nature's SSSI citation sheet states that 114 species have been found at the site. Two species are present which are rare in Somerset: flatsedge ('' Blysmus compressus'') and slender spike-rush (''Eleocharis uniglumis''). Flatsedge was discovered here in 1946 by Humphry Bowen. This species occurs at no other site in Somerset. Slender spike-rush was discovered in 1972 by Florence Gravestock, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hill Quarry
Windsor Hill Quarry () is a 0.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Shepton Mallet on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, adjacent to the Windsor Hill Marsh biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was notified in 1971. It is a Geological Conservation Review site for vertebrate studies in which examples of the tritylodont Oligokyphus were identified. The disused quarry was connected to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway until 1957 when the sidings were removed. See also * Quarries of the Mendip Hills The Mendip Hills, (Mendips) in northern Somerset, are the most southerly Carboniferous Limestone uplands in Britain. The Mendips comprise three major anticlinal structures, each with a core of older Devonian sandstone and Silurian volcani ... References External links English Nature website(SSSI information) {{SSSIs Somerset geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
View Park-Windsor Hills
A view is a sight or prospect or the ability to see or be seen from a particular place. View, views or Views may also refer to: Common meanings * View (Buddhism), a charged interpretation of experience which intensely shapes and affects thought, sensation, and action * Graphical projection in a technical drawing or schematic ** Multiview orthographic projection, standardizing 2D images to represent a 3D object * Opinion, a belief about subjective matters * Page view, a visit to a World Wide Web page * Panorama, a wide-angle view * Scenic viewpoint, an elevated location where people can view scenery * World view, the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point-of-view Places * View, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Crittenden County * View, Texas, an unincorporated community in Taylor County Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''View'' (album), the 2003 debut album by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Park, Baltimore
Forest Park (and Howard Park) is a region of Northwest Baltimore, Maryland located west of Reisterstown Road, south of Northern Parkway, and east of the Baltimore City/County line. In Baltimore, the region is referred to by locals simply as "Forest Park" and includes the neighborhoods of Ashburton, Callaway-Garrison, Central Forest Park, Dolfield, Dorchester, East Arlington, Forest Park, Grove Park, Hanlon Longwood, Howard Park, Garwyn Oaks, Purnell, West Arlington, West Forest Park, and Windsor Hills. Developed as suburban-type residential housing, it is an economically diverse area that was once the center of Baltimore's Jewish community as it moved from downtown. During the Vietnam War era, however, the area experienced white flight, while it was 95% White in 1960, it became 95% Black in 1970. It is now an almost exclusively African American region of Baltimore. The neighborhoods in Forest Park and Howard Park are varied. Some have suffered urban decay and crime relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hills Historic District
Windsor Hills Historic District is a national Historic district (United States), historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a cohesive residential suburb defined by rolling topography, winding, picturesque streets, stone garden walls, walks and private alley ways, early-20th century apartment, garden apartments, duplex (building), duplexes, and freestanding residences. Structures are predominantly of frame construction with locally quarried stone foundations. Windsor Hills developed over a period from about 1895 through 1929. The dominant styles include Shingle style, Shingle cottages, Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival houses, American Foursquare, Foursquares, and American Craftsman, Craftsman Bungalows. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. References External links *, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical TrustBoundary Map of the Windsor Hills Historic District, Baltimore City at Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hills, Austin, Texas
The following is a list of neighborhoods in Austin, Texas. Austin generally runs north-south and is bisected by the Colorado River. Central Austin Central Austin includes the city's Downtown and central neighborhoods. The area is north of the Colorado River and is enclosed by Interstate 35 to the east, approximately 51st Street/North Loop/Hancock Drive to the north, and Mopac Expressway (SL 1) to the west. * Bryker Woods * Clarksville Historic District * Caswell Heights *Downtown Austin * Eastwoods *Hancock *Heritage * Hyde Park Historic District *Judge's Hill * Lower Waller Creek * North University * Oakmont Heights * Old Enfield * Old Pecan Street * Old West Austin * Original Austin * Original West University * Pemberton Heights * Rosedale *Ridgelea *Ridgetop *Shoal Crest * Shadow Lawn Historic District *West Downtown North Austin North Austin is defined as a neighborhoods north of Central Austin (51st Street/North Loop/Hancock Drive). North Central * Allandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, New Hampshire
Windsor is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 262 at the 2020 census. It is the location of the Wediko Children's Services Summer Program and of Windsor Mountain International, a summer adventure and travel camp founded in 1961. It is also the home of Windsor Hills Camp and Retreat Center, a ministry of the Church of the Nazarene. History Incorporated in 1768, Windsor takes its name from Windsor, Connecticut, the home town of grantee John Campbell. The town was made from the land that was left over from the surrounding Hillsborough County. Previously, the land was called "Campbell's Gore" as named for the aforementioned John Campbell. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and are water, comprising 3.15% of the town. The highest point is the summit of Windsor Mountain, at above sea level. Adjacent municipalities * Washington, New Hampshire (northwest) * Hillsbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 2,234,411. History This area was originally named Allendale, after Confederate Major J. H. Allen who operated the first cargo steamboat along the Kissimmee River—the ''Mary Belle''. It was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. The modern town, which is the county seat of Osceola County, was founded before the Civil War by the Bass, Johnson and Overstreet families. The etymology of the name Kissimmee is debated, apart from general agreement that it is Native American in origin. Its growth can be credited to Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, who based his four-million acre (8,000 km2) drainage operation out of the small town. Disston had contracted with the financially wobbly state of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor (other)
Windsor may refer to: Places Australia *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area *Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Windsor, Queensland **Town of Windsor, a former local government authority around Windsor, Queensland *Windsor, South Australia, a small town in the northern Adelaide Plains * Windsor Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide *Windsor, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada *Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador *Windsor, Nova Scotia *Windsor, Ontario *Windsor, Quebec New Zealand *Windsor, New Zealand, a township in North Otago United Kingdom *Windsor, Berkshire, a town near London **Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire **Windsor Great Park **Windsor (UK Parliament constituency), the constituency centred on this town **Old Windsor, a village near Windsor *Windsor, Belfast, a suburb *Windsor, Cornwall, a hamlet * Windsor, Lincoln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Windsor Hill Historic District
East Windsor Hill Historic District is a historic district located in the northwestern corner of the town of South Windsor, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The district runs along both sides of Main Street from the Scantic River south to the Edwards Cemetery. The district also includes areas west of Main Street to the Connecticut River, including properties along Ferry Lane. The district is located directly north of another historic district, Windsor Farms Historic District. The district encompasses a neighborhood of well-preserved largely folk vernacular buildings erected between about 1700 and 1860. Description and history The East Windsor Hill area was settled in 1638 by families from Windsor, just across the Connecticut River to the west. The two communities were joined by the first ferry service to span that river, established in 1648 by John Bissell. The eastern end of the ferry was located at the western end of Ferry L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Hill Primary School
Newry (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011. Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, although there are references to earlier settlements in the area, and is one of Ireland's oldest towns. The city is an entry to the "Gap of the North", from the border with the Republic of Ireland. It grew as a market town and a garrison and became a port in 1742 when it was linked to Lough Neagh by the first summit-level canal built in Ireland or Great Britain. A cathedral city, it is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore. In 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Newry was granted city status along with Lisburn. Name The name Newry is an anglicization of ''An Iúraigh'', an oblique form of ''An Iúrach'', which means "the grove of yew trees". The modern Irish name for Newry is ''An tIúr'' (), whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
