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Bushmead
Bushmead is a suburb of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, situated in the north of the town. The area is roughly bounded by Weybourne Drive to the north, Bradgers Hill Road to the south, Old Bedford Road to the west, and Bradgers Hill and Stopsley Common to the east. History Much of the area was once land belonging to Stopsley Common Farm. The farmhouse was built by the Putteridge Estate around 1870, and still stands on Bushmead Road. Local Area The area is mainly residential, with a few educational institutes including the Luton Sixth Form and Bushmead Primary school. There are some local shops located centrally. The area has countryside to its right and this has many walks and paths that lead to Warden Hill and Butterfield green. These areas are popular with dog-walkers and horse riders. The area can also access the local sports centre, Stopsley Recreational Centre, as it is within 15 minutes walking distance from the area. Bushmead Primary School (Ms Joanne Travi, Head Teacher) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnfield, Bedfordshire
Barnfield is a suburb of Luton, in the Luton district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The area is roughly bounded by Old Bedford Road/Cromer Way roundabout to the north; Wardown Park and Wardown Crescent to the south; the A6 to the west; and Old Bedford Road, Elmwood Crescent and Wardown Crescent to the east. Local area The area is home to Barnfield College, a vocational college, and Luton Sixth Form College, a sixth form. The area consists largely of mature semi-detached and detached houses located around Old Bedford Road. The area itself is mainly built up residential space, but the River Lea runs through it and there is a green space surrounding the path of the river. Politics Barnfield is part of the larger Barnfield ward, which also includes Bushmead. The ward is represented by Cllr David Franks ( Liberal Democrats) and Cllr Amjid Ali ( Liberal Democrats). The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton North, and the MP is Sarah Owe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton (225,262), and Bedford is the county town. The county has an area of and had a population of 704,736 at the 2021 census. ''plus'' ''plus'' Its other towns include Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable, Biggleswade, Houghton Regis, and Flitwick. Much of the county is rural. For Local government in England, local government purposes, Bedfordshire comprises three Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Borough of Bedford, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton. The county's highest point is on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns. History The first recorded use of the name in 1011 was "Bedanfordscir", meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means "Beda's ford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a garden in the village of Whipsnade in Bedfordshire, England. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave, chancel, transepts, chapels and cloisters and "walls" of different species of trees. The tree cathedral was planned by Edmond Blyth in the 1930s as an act of "Faith, hope and reconciliation" in response to his memories of World War I. As a cadet at Sandhurst in 1916 Blyth had made close friends called Arthur Bailey, John Bennett and Francis Holland who were all killed prior to the end of the war. In 1930 he paid a visit to Liverpool Cathedral, which was then under construction. Blyth wrote: "As we drove south through the Cotswold hills on our way home... I saw the evening sun light up a coppice of trees on the side of a hill. It occurred to me then that here was something more beautiful still and the idea formed of building a cathedral with trees." Work began in 1932 and continued in stages. The site became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waulud's Bank
Waulud's Bank is a possible Neolithic henge in Leagrave, Luton, England dating from 3000 BC. The Waulud's Bank earthworks are in the north of Luton on the edge of Leagrave Common, with central Leagrave to the south east and Marsh Farm to the west. The River Lea runs alongside on the western side, its source located within the vicinity of the surrounding marsh. Archaeological excavations in 1953, 1971 and 1982 date the site to around 3000 BC, in the Neolithic period, although there was evidence of earlier mesolithic hunter/fisher activity in the immediate area. The 'D' shape of the earthwork is almost identical to that of Marden Henge in Wiltshire, both sites have a river forming one side, and each produced neolithic grooved-ware pottery. Waulud's Bank lies on a glacial ridge near which runs the prehistoric Icknield Way. Initially it was probably a domestic enclosure used for cattle herding. It has been suggested that it later became a henge monument, although the position o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wardown Park
Wardown Park is situated on the River Lee (England), River Lea in Luton. The park has various sporting facilities, is home to the Wardown Park Museum and contains formal gardens. The park is located between ''Old Bedford Road'' and the A6 road (England), A6, ''New Bedford Road'' and is within walking distance of the town centre. It is Grade II listed in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. History The area that became Wardown Park was a farmhouse and country residence in the 1800s. The park itself started out as a private estate owned by Richard How. Richard's son, Robert built the first property within the park, called Bramingham Shott, which still stands and now houses the museum. In the early 1870s the estate was taken over by local solicitor, Frank Chapman-Scargill. He rebuilt much of the earlier house in 1879 for a total cost of £10,000. Scargill left Luton and the house and property was let to J Forder who renamed the estate Wardown. Frank Chapman's last surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockwood Park
Stockwood Park is a large urban park in Luton, Bedfordshire, in the Farley Hill, Bedfordshire, Farley Hill estate. With period formal gardens, leading crafts museums, Stockwood Park Rugby Club and extensive golfing facilities, it is about 100 hectares in area. Golf Centre Stockwood Park Golf Centre is located in the stunning Bedfordshire countryside just a short drive south of Luton. It features a challenging 18 hole (par 69) course and a 9 hole (par 3) course, along with a Practice Facility and a FootGolf course. The course offers some of the best greens in the area, and narrow tree-lined fairways mean accuracy is tested. The course is made up of a mixture of holes making it the perfect challenge for golfers at all levels. Visitors are able to take advantage of competitive 'Pay as you Play' rates, and regular players have the option of season tickets. The golf centre is also home to Stockwood Golf Club who run year-round competitions. Museum Stockwood Discovery Centre, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockwood Craft Museum
Stockwood Discovery Centre, formerly known as Stockwood Craft Museum, is one of two free admission museums situated in Luton (the other is Wardown Park Museum). The museums in Luton are a part of a charitable trust, Luton Culture. The discovery centre displays collections of local social history, archaeology, geology and rural crafts. It also houses the biggest collection of horse-drawn carriages in Europe, the Mossman Collection. The external part of the Discovery Centre features extensive gardens. The Period Gardens, ranging from the Elizabethan Knot Garden to the Dig for Victory Garden, were created by Luton Council from the mid-1980s onwards. Redevelopment work in 2007 included the building of the Sensory Garden, World Garden and Medicinal Garden. It is one of the few places in the country where the work of artist Ian Hamilton Finlay can be seen on permanent display. Improvement Garden is a classical garden in which Ian Hamilton Finlay sculptures are an integral part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someries Castle
Someries Castle (sometimes spelt Summeries castle) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the Parish of Hyde, near the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. History It was built in the 15th century by Sir John Wenlock, whose ghost is reputed to haunt the castle. Although always referred to as a castle it was actually a fortified manor house. The name "Someries Castle" is derived from William de Someries (or Somerys), who had a residence on this site, but the title "castle" is contentious since it hardly describes the structure to which it is applied. The site was acquired by Wenlock in 1430 and building the mansion commenced. The house is regarded as one of the first brick buildings in England. The house was not completed by Wenlock, as the Tudor historian John Leland noted. Work was halted after Wenlock's death at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. The site passed to the Rotheram family. The mansion was partly demolished in the 18th century. The brickwork can still be see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossman Collection
The Mossman Carriage Collection is a museum housing a collection of horse-drawn vehicles in Stockwood Park, Luton, Bedfordshire. It is the largest collection of such vehicles in the United Kingdom, and includes original vehicles dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Overview The collection was donated to the Luton Museum Service in 1991 (now Stockwood Discovery Centre part of Luton Culture) and has examples of horse-drawn road vehicles and carriages used in Britain dating from Roman times up until the 1930s. The collection has examples of vehicles used by tradesmen and ordinary people as well as luxury vehicles and state coaches used by the British nobility and on the large British estates. The collection is significant to the people of Luton, Bedfordshire as it documents the life's work and passions of a local man. It is also of national significance as the largest private collection of horse-drawn vehicles. History The collection was put together by George Mossma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luton Hoo
Luton Hoo is an English country house and estate near Luton in Bedfordshire and Harpenden in Hertfordshire. Most of the estate lies within the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire. The Saxon word Hoo means the spur of a hill, and is more commonly associated with East Anglia. History Pre-1762 The manor of Luton Hoo is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but a family called de Hoo occupied a manor house on the site for four centuries, until the death of Thomas Hoo, 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings in 1455. The manor passed into the marital family of his daughter, Anne, married to William Boleyn, great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England. Anne's father, Thomas Boleyn, eventually sold the property to Richard Fermour, a wealthy London Merchant.It then passed to the Rotherham family and then the Napier family. Successive houses were built on the site. In 1751, Francis Herne, a member of parliament MP for Bedford, inherited the house from his kinswoman Miss Napier. Cricht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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HH may refer to: Organizations * HH Electronics, a British amplifier manufacturer * Happy Hippie Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Miley Cyrus * Hartmann House Preparatory School, an independent preparatory school in Harare, Zimbabwe * Heirs Holdings, a Nigerian conglomerate with diversified interests * Helly Hansen, a Norwegian brand specializing in clothing and gear for oceans and mountains * Heywood Hill, a bookshop in London Science and technology * Hh, a signalling molecule in Drosophila named for the Hedgehog signaling pathway * hh blood group, a rare blood type * Henderson–Hasselbalch equation, in biology and chemistry * Herbig–Haro object, in astronomy * Hitchhiker Program, a NASA program established in 1984 * Hodgkin–Huxley model, an electrical model of neurons * Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (hh.exe) * Hereditary haemochromatosis Transportation * HH (Court Street Shuttle), on the New York City Subway 1936–1946 * HH (Rockaway Shuttle), on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
