Beighton may refer to:
People
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Graham Beighton
Graham Beighton (born 1 July 1939) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He made appearances in the English Football League with Stockport County F.C., Stockport County and W ...
(born 1939), English footballer
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Henry Beighton
Henry Beighton (c. 20 August 1687 – 9 October 1743) was an English engineer and surveyor.
He was born at Chilvers Coton near Nuneaton, Warwickshire and worked in the neighbouring village of Griff. In 1717, he published an engraving of the ...
(1687–1743), English engineer and surveyor
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Nick Beighton
Nicholas Beighton (born 29 September 1981) is a British people, British paracanoeist and former British Army officer. Beighton took up rowing as part of the rehabilitation programme after losing his legs during active service. He competed in the ...
(born 1981), British paracanoeist
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Peter Beighton (born 1934), British geneticist
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Sean Beighton
Sean Beighton (born November 22, 1988) is an American curler from Seattle, Washington.
Career
During his years of junior eligibility, Beighton was active as a skip. He won the national junior championship in 2010, which gave him the opportunity ...
(born 1988), American curler
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Thomas Beighton (1790–1844), English missionary
Fictional characters
* Miss Beighton, a character in Kipling's short story ''
Cupid's Arrows "Cupid's Arrows" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of that collection.
This story is a Kiplingesque investigation - that is to s ...
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Places
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Beighton, Norfolk
Beighton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, about two miles (3 km) South-West of Acle about 12.8 miles (20.6 km) to Norwich. It covers an area of 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mil) and has a popula ...
, England
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Beighton, South Yorkshire
Beighton is a village 6 miles south-east of Sheffield's city centre, now classed as a historic township of the city. Due to much expansion, the village became a part of Sheffield city in 1967, which also saw it transfer from Derbyshire to the ...
, Sheffield, England
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Beighton railway station
Beighton railway station is a former railway station near the village of Beighton on the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England.
Three stations
Beighton station existed on three sites at different times:
* the first station, ...
(closed 1954)
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Beighton Junction, a series of railway junctions
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Beighton (ward)
Beighton ()—which includes the districts of Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe, and Sothall—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with Rotherham ...
, the ward within Sheffield
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Beighton Fields, Derbyshire, England
Other uses
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Beighton Cup
Beighton Cup is a field hockey tournament organized by Hockey Bengal (formerly the Bengal Hockey Association). Instituted in 1895, it is one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world and is held every year at Kolkata.
History Aristocr ...
, a field hockey tournament in India
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Beighton score, a measure of joint hypermobility
See also
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