Cheriton may refer to
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Places
England
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Cheriton, Hampshire
Cheriton is a village and civil parish near Alresford in Hampshire, England. The settlement is perhaps most famous for being close to the site of the English Civil War Battle of Cheriton of 1644. The Source of the River Itchen is in the next par ...
, a village and parish near Winchester
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Battle of Cheriton
The Battle of Cheriton of 29 March 1644 was an important Parliamentarian victory during the First English Civil War. Sir William Waller's "Army of the Southern Association" defeated a Royalist force jointly commanded by the Earl of Forth and ...
, a battle in the English Civil War
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Cheriton, Kent
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone in Kent. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
History
The coastal plain where the North Downs meet the Strait ...
, a one-time village, now a part of the urban area of Folkestone
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Cheriton Halt railway station
Cheriton Halt is a disused railway station on the South Eastern Main Line which served the village of Cheriton on the outskirts of Folkestone in Kent, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land b ...
closed in 1947
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Cheriton Hill
Cheriton Hill is a hill overlooking the English Channel near Folkestone in the south-east corner of Kent, England. The relatively low-lying hill (reaching only 188 metres above sea level) is covered with farmland, villages, narrow lanes, an ...
, part of the Folkestone Downs
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Cheriton Road
Cheriton Road is a complex of sports grounds at Folkestone in the English county of Kent. The complex includes football pitches, a cricket ground, hockey pitches, netball courts and an indoor sports facility. It includes the home ground of Fo ...
, a football stadium that is the home ground of Folkestone Invicta
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Cheriton Bishop
Cheriton Bishop is a village and civil parish situated on the northern borders of Dartmoor National park between Exeter and Okehampton, in Devon, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 652. The history of the settlement can be traced ba ...
, a village on the northern borders of Dartmoor National Park
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Cheriton Fitzpaine
Cheriton Fitzpaine is a village in Devon, England, located 4 miles (7 km) north-east of Crediton. The population of the parish in the 2011 Census was 556.
The village is noted for its historic buildings, including the old Primary School, ...
, a village in Devon
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North Cheriton
North Cheriton is a small village and civil parish in South Somerset with a population of 208. It is located on the A357 south-west of Wincanton.
History
North Cheriton is mentioned as a manor belonging to William de Moyon in the Domesday Book ...
, a small village in South Somerset
Wales
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Cheriton, Swansea
The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities.
Villages
Bishopston
Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanme ...
, a village in the county of Swansea
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RAF Carew Cheriton
Royal Air Force Carew Cheriton or more simply RAF Carew Cheriton is a former Royal Air Force station of Coastal and Training Command near Carew, Pembrokeshire. It was sited north west of Tenby. It was built on the site of RNAS Pembroke (aka ...
, a World War II Royal Air Force airfield near Carew, Pembrokeshire
United States
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Cheriton, Virginia
Cheriton is a town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 487 at the 2010 census.
History
Eyre Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on Mar ...
, a town in Northampton County
People
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David Cheriton
David Ross Cheriton (born March 29, 1951) is a Canadian computer scientist, mathematician, billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and venture capitalist. He is a computer science professor at Stanford University, where he founded and leads the ...
, a Computer Science professor and billionaire
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David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, at the University of Waterloo
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Odo of Cheriton
Odo of Cheriton (1180/1190 – 1246/47) was an English preacher and fabulist who spent a considerable time studying in Paris and then lecturing in the south of France and in northern Spain.
Life and background
Odo belonged to a Norman family whic ...
(died 1247), a preacher and fabulist from Kent
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Shirley Cheriton
Shirley Cheriton (born 28 June 1955) is an English actress and performer, best known for her roles as Debbie Wilkins in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and her portrayal of Miss Prescott in the ''Are You Being Served?'' follow up, ''Grace & Fav ...
(born 1955), a British actress and performer
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