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Boyce
Boyce may refer to: Places Australia * Mount Boyce, Blue Mountains range, New South Wales United States * Boyce, Louisiana * Boyce, Tennessee * Boyce, Virginia * Boyce Park, a county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the county's network of nine distinct parks People * Boyce (surname) Fictional * Boyce (Green Wing), Boyce (''Green Wing''), character from the British sitcom ''Green Wing'' * Boycie (Terrence Aubrey Boyce), character from the British sitcoms ''Only Fools and Horses'' and ''The Green Green Grass'' played by John Challis {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Boyce
Mount Boyce is a hill standing approximately AMSL, situated as one of the highest points on a plateau within the Explorer Range, part of the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains Range which is a spur off the Great Dividing Range. Mount Boyce is located north of , in New South Wales, Australia. Location and features Mount Boyce is situated close to the point where the Great Western Highway passes by the location of a heavy vehicle checking station. Approximately west of Mount Boyce, the land drops sharply in cliffs and steep slopes to the Kanimbla Valley. Mount Boyce was named on 26 April 1923 in honour of Venerable Archdeacon Francis Bertie Boyce Royal Geographical Society, FRGS, Royal Historical Society, FRHS, an Australian clergyman and social reformer, who was born in England in 1844 and died in Blackheath in 1931. Climate Mount Boyce has an oceanic climate with mild summers and cool to cold winters. Due to its elevation, it has a highland climate, highland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce, Louisiana
Boyce is a town in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 888 at the 2020 census. The community is nearly 70 percent African American. History Originally called Cotile Landing, the name was changed to Boyce in 1880, when the Texas and Pacific Railroad made Boyce its terminal point. The town was named for Judge Henry Boyce, who owned the land on which the town was located. Being of Irish descent, Boyce, and/or his son Henry Archinard Boyce, gave all the streets Irish names as he did his own cotton farmland, Ulster, which was immediately adjacent to the town along Bayou Jeunes des Gens (Jean de Jean). The post office was moved more than once but was returned to Boyce in 1883 and the Postal Service chose Boyce, even though there was a majority opposition, because the train depot already carried that name. Under charter of May 7, 1887, Boyce was organized and a council elected. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce, Tennessee
Boyce is an area within Chattanooga, Tennessee. History A post office called Boyce was established in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1889. The community was named for Samuel J. Boyce, son of Chattanooga city father Ker Boyce, a native of South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg .... References Populated places in Hamilton County, Tennessee {{HamiltonCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce, Virginia
Boyce is a small incorporated town in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 749 at the 2020 census, up from 589 at the 2010 census. Geography Boyce is located in western Clarke County at (39.093118, −78.059190), along U.S. Route 340. It is southwest of Berryville, the county seat and northeast of Front Royal. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. The town is situated at the crossing of the Norfolk & Western Railway and the Winchester and Berry's Ferry Turnpike about northwest of Millwood, of which it is the shipping point; each from Old Chapel and White Post; and southeast of Winchester, Virginia. It is built upon a ridge, which drains on the east into Page Brook and to the west into Roseville Run. Boyce is apparently well underlaid with water; the town well reaches to a recorded depth of . Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 426 people, 159 households, and 114 fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce Park
Boyce Park is a county park lying mostly in the Borough of Plum, in eastern Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the county's network of nine distinct parks. Its southernmost reaches (south of Old Frankstown Road) also extend into neighboring Monroeville. Established in 1963, it is named for William D. Boyce, the founder of the Boy Scouts of America, who was born in the area. It is sited east of downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un .... It is the only park in the county for downhill skiing, with ski lifts and a lodge. It also offers a wave pool, tennis courts, ball fields, a nature center, greenhouse, arboretum and trails. The source of Plum Creek is in the northwest section of the park. Sources * References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce (surname)
Boyce is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ann Boyce (1827–1914), New Zealand pioneer and herbalist * Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), American actor * Cameron Boyce (cricketer) (born 1989), Australian cricketer * Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer * Charles Boyce (born 1949), American cartoonist * Charles Boyce (footballer) (1899–1964), Scottish footballer * Christopher John Boyce (born 1953), American who sold spy satellite secrets to the USSR * Darryl Boyce (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL * Emmerson Boyce (born 1979), English footballer * Ethel Boyce (1917–1996), Canadian ballplayer in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Ethel Mary Boyce (1863–1936), English composer, pianist and teacher * Francis Bertie Boyce "Archdeacon Boyce" (1844–1931), Australian social reformer * Francis Stewart Boyce (1872–1940), his son, Australian politician and judge * Frank Cottrell-Boyce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce (Green Wing)
''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy, sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and stars Mark Heap, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt. It focuses on soap opera-style twists and turns in the personal lives of the characters, portrayed in sketch-like scenes and sequences in which the film is slowed down or sped up, often emphasising the body language of the characters. The show had eight writers. Two series were made by the Talkback Thames Film production, production company for Channel 4. The series ran between 3 September 2004 and 19 May 2006. One episode, filmed with the second series, was shown as a 90-minute-long Television special, special on 4 January 2007 in the UK, but was shown earlier in Australia and Belgium on 29 December 2006. Separate from the series, a sketch was made for Comic Relief (char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
