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Birchfield Shipbuilding
Birchfield may refer to: Places * Birchfield, Birmingham Birchfield is located in and between Perry Barr, Aston, Handsworth Wood. Birchfield shares the B6 and B20 postcode with surrounding areas Handsworth Wood, Aston and Perry Barr. The main roads within the area include Birchfield road, This leads ..., England, United Kingdom, a suburb of Birmingham * Birchfield, New Jersey, United States an unincorporated community * Birchfield Halt railway station, a former railway station in Rothes, Scotland, United Kingdom * St Kieran's College, formerly known as Birchfield College, Roman Catholic secondary school in Kilkenny, Ireland Other uses * Birchfield (surname) * Birchfield (car), a former Australian car manufacturer * '' Birchfield v. North Dakota'', a United States Supreme Court case about testing of drivers suspected to be under the influence {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchfield, Birmingham
Birchfield is located in and between Perry Barr, Aston, Handsworth Wood. Birchfield shares the B6 and B20 postcode with surrounding areas Handsworth Wood, Aston and Perry Barr. The main roads within the area include Birchfield road, This leads on to towards Birmingham city centre. The area is home to many schools, including Birchfield Community Primary School. The churches include Holy Trinity parish church (Church of England), Perry Barr Methodist Church, Jehovah's Witnesses Gospel Hall in Trinity Road and the Birchfield Gospel Hall. The Birchfield Harriers Birchfield Harriers is an sport of athletics, athletics club, founded in 1877. Its home is at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium, England. As well as welcoming recreational runners they cater for all levels of experience up to and including Olympi ... were named after the area. The area is represented by Ayoub Khan, the independent MP for Birmingham Perry Barr. It is also represented by a Labour councillor. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchfield Halt Railway Station
Birchfield Platform railway station, Birchfield Halt railway station or Birchfield Siding railway station served the rural area near Glen of Rothes House, Moray, Scotland, from 1871 to 1956 on the Morayshire Railway. 1884 is another suggested opening date; however, it contradicts the map evidence. This was an intermediate station on the Craigellachie, Moray, Craigellachie-Elgin, Moray, Elgin line of the former Great North of Scotland Railway that had originally been opened by the Morayshire Railway on 1 January 1862. History The station was opened circa 1871 as Birchfield Halt by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It was situated north of and south of and stations that in turn led to the Great North of Scotland Railway station at East. The name Birchfield Halt was used from 1939. Infrastructure In 1871 the station had a short ill-defined platform and was approached by a long drive that had a junction with the lane that crossed the level crossing. A single siding ran fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kieran's College
St Kieran's College (Coláiste Chiaráin) is a Roman Catholic secondary school, located on College Road, Kilkenny, Ireland. History St Kieran's College was founded in Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory in 1782, after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act of 1782. This act enabled Catholics to found schools (with the consent of the Protestant bishop of the diocese) for the first time since the Irish penal laws were introduced. Prior to this only Protestants could found educational institutions. The college was founded as the diocesan school and was the first of its kind in the country. The school's motto is "Hiems Transiit", Latin for "The winter has passed", It is a metaphor for the repeal of the penal laws which had kept Catholics as second class citizens in Ireland. It is taken from chapter 3:17 verse 11 of the Song of Solomon book of the Bible: The saint for whom the school was named was St Ciarán of Saigir, Apostle of Osraige, "first-born of the saints of Ireland" (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchfield (surname)
Birchfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allan Birchfield (born 1949/1950), New Zealand coal and gold miner * Bill Birchfield (1935–2016), American politician, lawyer, and civic leader * Connie Birchfield (1898–1994), New Zealand housekeeper, trade unionist, and political activist {{surname, Birchfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchfield (car)
Birchfield Motor Company of Rockingham, Western Australia was a small Australian specialty car manufacturer, making replicas of the 1937 SS Jaguar model on individual orders. Birchfield is the continuation of earlier British Shapecraft that is known to have built 18 replicas. After production from the Shapecraft factory ceased in the UK, a Shapecraft employee emigrated to Australia taking with him the Birchfield drawings and the last production car (#18) to use as a pattern. In 2004, at least two cars had been completed in Australia and two more were in production. See also * List of automobile manufacturers * List of car brands This is an incomplete list of every brand (also known as make or marque) of car ever produced, by country of origin, which has an article on Wikipedia. Names should not be added unless they already have an article. Some are from manufacturing c ... References External links Autoindex.org Car manufacturers of Australia {{motorvehicle-compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
