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Warren
Warren most commonly refers to: * Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits * Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named Warren may also refer to: Places Australia * Warren (biogeographic region) * Warren, New South Wales, a town * Warren Shire, a local government area in NSW which includes the town * Warren National Park, Western Australia Barbados * Warrens, Barbados Canada * Warren, Manitoba * Warren, Ontario United Kingdom * Warren, Pembrokeshire * Warren, Cheshire * The Warren, Bracknell Forest, a suburb of Bracknell in Berkshire * The Warren (Yeading), stadium in Hayes, Hillingdon, Greater London * The Warren Hayes, Bromley, a former mansion now sports club used by the Metropolitan Police * The Warren, Kent, part of the East Cliff and Warren Country Park * The Warren, Woolwich, Britain's principal repository and manufactory of arms and ammunition, renamed the Royal Arsenal in 1805 United States * Warren, Arizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Warren borders Detroit to the north, roughly north of downtown Detroit. The population was 139,387 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Warren the largest community in Macomb County, the List of municipalities in Michigan, third-largest city in Michigan, and Detroit's largest suburb. The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including the General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan), Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), and the headquarters of Asset Acceptance. History Beebe's Corners, the original settlement in what would become the city of Warren, was founded in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren (burrow)
A warren is a network of interconnected burrows, dug by rabbits. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishments of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of European Rabbit, rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman concept of free warren, which had been, essentially, the equivalent of a hunting license for a given woodland. Architecture of the domestic warren The Cunicularium, cunicularia of the monasteries may have more closely resembled Hutch (animal cage), hutches or pens, than the open enclosures with specialized structures which the domestic warren eventually became. Such an enclosure or ''close'' was called a ''cony-garth'', or sometimes ''conegar'', ''coneygree'' or "bury" (from "burrow"). Moat and pale To keep the rabbits from escaping, domestic warrens were usually provided with a fairly substantive moat, or ditch filled with water. Rabbits generally do not swim and avoid water. A ''wikt:pale, pale'', or fence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Maine
Warren is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,865 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of East Warren, Warren and South Warren, the latter home to the Maine State Prison and minimum security Bolduc Correctional Facility. History Part of the Waldo Patent, it was called the Upper Town of St. Georges Plantation. It was first settled by Scots-Irish settlers from Londonderry in 1736 under the auspices of Brigadier-General Samuel Waldo, its proprietor. Development was hindered, however, by the ongoing French and Indian Wars. In 1753, a blockhouse was built and placed under the command of Captain Thomas Kilpatrick, known by terrified Indians as "Tom-kill-the-devil." War raged across Maine between 1754–1758, and local settlers took refuge in the blockhouse or at another in Cushing. Hostilities ended in 1759 with the Fall of Quebec. On November 7, 1776, Upper Town of St. Georges Plantation was incorporated as a town, named after Joseph Warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Cliff And Warren Country Park
East Cliff and Warren Country Park is in Folkestone, in Kent, England. This country park is formed of the East Cliffs of Folkestone, the sandy beaches of East Wear Bay and the land-slipped nature reserve land between the cliffs and the sea. History On the east cliffs, are three Martello Towers. These were built on the cliffs in 1804-09 to protect against the French invasion of Napoleon. Number 3, since 1990 is used as a Martello Tower visitor centre by Folkestone and Hythe Council. Beside it is an information panel describing the Roman villa ruins on the site. In 1875 until 1892, near Martello Tower 1, was a public house called the Warren Inn. It was closed after people were caught drinking after hours. The Earl of Radnor had it closed, as it was on his land. The east cliffs were popular with Victorians who picnicked on the grassy meadows of the cliffs before heading down towards the sandy beaches. The area was popular with burrowing rabbits and was named informally 'The Warren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Minnesota
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota, Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,605 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Warren was platted in 1879, and named for Charles Howard Warren, Charles H. Warren, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Warren since 1880. Although several times larger than the next largest city in the county, Warren's prominence as the county seat has been threatened several times in its history. The original plan for the Soo Line Railroad (completed in 1905) branch line that passes through Warren called for it to run from Thief River Falls, Minnesota, Thief River Falls to Argyle, Minnesota, Argyle and then west. Argyle interests hoped the establishment of a railroad junction there would lead to the removal of the county seat from Warren to Argyle. Other interests prevailed, although the railroad line forms a parabola extending north from Thief River Falls, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, New South Wales
Warren is a town in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located off the Mitchell Highway, 120 kilometres north west of Dubbo, and is the seat of the Warren Shire local government area. At the , Warren had a population of 1,365. Warren is included in the Central West Slopes and Plains division of the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts. History Before European settlement the area is said to have been occupied by the Ngiyambaa Aborigines. Explorer John Oxley camped on the present town site during his investigation of the Macquarie River in 1818. He noted an abundance of kangaroos and emus. Charles Sturt carried out further exploration in 1828–29. Cattle were grazing hereabouts by the late 1830s. Warren station was established in 1845 by Thomas Readford and William Lawson, the son of explorer William Lawson who was a member of the first European party to breach the Blue Mountains in 1813. Some say the name derives from a local Aboriginal word, meaning "str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Massachusetts
Warren is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,975 at the 2020 census. The town contains the villages of Warren and West Warren. History Warren was first settled in 1664 and was officially incorporated on January 16, 1741, as the town of Western.Sylvia Buck, ''Warren, Town in the Making, 1741-1991'' Originally a part of Quaboag Plantation, the town now known as Warren was part of Brookfield for 68 years until it was renamed Western. Warren includes land petitioned from both the Quaboag Plantation and the "Kingsfield", which included parts of Palmer and Brimfield. On March 13, 1834, the town was renamed Warren in honor of General Joseph Warren, who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War. The need to rename the town came about due to confusion of the name "Western" with the town of Weston, Massachusetts. According to the ''History of Warren Massachusetts'' by Olney I. Darling, Western was rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Connecticut
Warren is a New England town, town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,351 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, Northwest Hills Planning Region. The town was named for American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren. On July 1, 2006, businessman Joseph Cicio placed most of Warren's commercial district on eBay for $5,000,000. Geography Warren is in west-central Litchfield County, north of Danbury, Connecticut, Danbury, northwest of Waterbury, Connecticut, Waterbury, and west of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , , or 4.50%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,254 people, 497 households, and 353 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 650 housing units at an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Arsenal
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proof test, proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces. It was originally known as the Woolwich Warren, having begun on land previously used as a Warren (domestic), domestic warren in the grounds of a mid-16th century Tudor house, Tower Place. Much of the initial history of the site is linked with that of the Office of Ordnance, which purchased the Warren in the late 17th century in order to expand an earlier base at Gun Wharf in Woolwich Dockyard. Over the next two centuries, as operations grew and innovations were pursued, the site expanded massively. At the time of the World War I, First World War the Arsenal covered and employed close to 80,000 people. Thereafter its operations were scaled down. It finally closed as a factory in 1967 and the Ministry of Defence m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, New Hampshire
Warren is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 825 at the 2020 census, down from 904 at the 2010 census. Warren includes the village of Glencliff. The Appalachian Trail crosses the town in the west. It is the smallest by population of the six towns named Warren in New England (one in each state). History Warren was granted in 1763 by Governor Benning Wentworth, and incorporated in 1770 by Governor John Wentworth. The town takes its name from Admiral Sir Peter Warren. It was first settled in 1767 by Joseph Patch. From 1909 until 1970, Glencliff, located in the northern part of Warren, was the mailing address for the New Hampshire State Sanatorium, located just over the town line in Benton, at an elevation of on the slopes of Mount Moosilauke. Before the discovery of antibiotics, pure mountain air was thought to be curative for patients with tuberculosis. With its own farm on , the facility treated more than 4,000 individuals over i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren (name)
Warren () is a common English and Irish surname and a masculine given name derived from the Norman family "de Warenne" (see De Warenne family), a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne (''Warinna'' in Medieval documents) in Normandy. The river name is thought to be derived from the continental Old Celtic ''Var- / Ver-'' "water, river", with a Germanic influence on the initial V- > W- after ''Warinna'', from the Proto-Germanic ''war-'', meaning "to protect or defend". Notable people with the name "Warren" include: Surname A–D * Alan Warren (sailor) (born 1935), British sailor * Alan Warren (priest) (1932–2020), Anglican priest and author *Alfred Warren (1856–1927), British Conservative member of Parliament *Allan Warren, English photographer *Andy Warren (British musician) * Andy Warren (Canadian musician) * Andrew Warren (other), several people *Arnold Warren, English athlete * Art Warren (born 1993), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Shire
Warren Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Macquarie River and the Mitchell and Oxley Highways. The use of the area is mainly for wool and cotton growing. The shire was formed on 1 January 1957 through the amalgamation of Marthaguy Shire with the Municipality of Warren. The shire includes the regional towns of Warren and Nevertire. The mayor of Warren Shire Council is Cr. Milton Quigley, who is unaligned with any political party. Demographics Council Current composition and election method Warren Shire Council is composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally as four separate wards, each electing three councillors. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. Election results 2024 See also *List of local government areas in New South Wales This is a list of local governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
