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Cobham
Cobham may refer to: Places * Cobham, Kent, England * Cobham, Surrey, England * Cobham, South Australia, a former town in Australia * Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States * Cobham, Surry County, Virginia, United States Aviation * Cobham (company), a British aerospace manufacturing company * Cobham Aviation Services (other), an Australian airline People * Cobham (surname) * Baron Cobham * Viscount Cobham Other * Cobham Intermediate School, Burnside, New Zealand * Cobham Oval, a cricket pitch in Whangarei, New Zealand * Cobham Training Centre, Academy of London-based Chelsea Football Club * Cobham's Cubs, a political faction in the eighteenth century See also * Chobham (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham, Kent
Cobham () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Sole Street, covers an area of and had a population of 1,469 at the 2011 census, increasing from 1,328 at the 2001 census. Since 1970 the village has been in a conservation area which aims to preserve the historic character and appearance of the area. Cobham is twinned with Baturyn in northern Ukraine, Ukraine. The twinning agreement was signed in a virtual ceremony on 11th March 2025. History Cobham parish has had several manors; one of which, Henhurst, was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and in the Textus Roffensis as being part of the Rochester Bridge charter of c.975, so there has been a settlement in the parish since at least the 10th century. The largest and most notable of the manors is Cobh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham () is a large village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, centred south-west of London and northeast of Guildford on the River Mole, Surrey, River Mole. It has a commercial/services High Street, a significant number of primary and private schools and the Painshill Park, Painshill landscape park. Toponymy Cobham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Covenham'' and in 13th century copies of earlier charters as ''Coveham''. It is recorded as ''Cobbeham'' and ''Cobeham'' in the 15th century and the first use of the modern spelling "Cobham" is from 1570. The name is thought to derive from an Anglo-Saxon landowner either as ''Cofa's hām'' or ''Cofa's hamm''. The second part of the name may have originated from the Old English ''hām'' meaning a settlement or enclosure, or from ''hamm'' meaning land close to water. The area of the village known as Cobham Tilt, is first recorded as ''la Tilthe'' in 1328. The name is thought to derive from the Old English ''Tilth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia
Cobham is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia. It was named after Cobham, Surrey in England. Cobham Park Estate was listed the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1974. References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Albemarle County, Virginia {{AlbemarleCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham, Surry County, Virginia
Cobham was a small town in Surry County, Virginia. It was established by an Act of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1691, when each county in the Virginia Colony was directed set aside of land for a town. Storehouses were to be built for products imported and tobacco to be exported. It was ordered that the county sell half-acre lots for its citizens to inhabit the town. It was located at the mouth of Gray's Creek at the James River across and somewhat downstream from Jamestown. It was probably named for Cobham, in Surrey, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It .... Cobham was active during the 18th and early 19th centuries, but eventually became one of the Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia. According to the Surry County Historical Society, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham (company)
Cobham Limited is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Bournemouth, England. Cobham was originally founded by Sir Alan Cobham as Flight Refuelling Limited (FRL) in 1934. During 1939, British airline Imperial Airways performed several non-stop crossings of the Atlantic using equipment provided by FRL. During the late 1940s, the company's aerial refuelling equipment broke new ground, including a round-the-world flight by specially-equipped Boeing B-50 Superfortresses in 1948 and the demonstration of the now-widely used 'probe and drogue' method of air-to-air refuelling for the first time in 1949. A wide range of aircraft have since been equipped with Cobham's refuelling equipment. The company has grown and diversified into various markets, often through acquisitions. Michael Cobham, Alan's son, took over its leadership during 1969. During 1994, the firm was formally renamed Cobham plc; by this point, the company had in excess of 10,000 employees and had operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham Aviation Services (other)
Cobham Aviation Services may refer to several Australian aviation companies formerly owned by Cobham: * National Jet Express (formerly Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Regional Services), a charter airline and aviation services provider that was acquired by Rex Airlines in 2022 * National Jet Systems (formerly Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Airline Services), a regional domestic airline acquired by Qantas in 2020 and currently operating under the QantasLink banner * Surveillance Australia (formerly Cobham Aviation Services Australia - Special Mission), an aviation company that conducts aerial surveillance and search and rescue flights on behalf of the Australian Border Force and Australian Maritime Safety Authority {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham (surname)
Cobham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Sir Alan Cobham, aviation pioneer * Alan Cobham (mathematician), the namesake of Cobham's thesis in the computational complexity theory * Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham (1501–1558), English aristocrat and reported accuser of Queen Anne Boleyn * Billy Cobham (born 1944), jazz musician * Catherine Cobham, British translator * David Cobham, British film and television producer * Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, née Cobham, accused witch * Eric Cobham, an early 18th-century pirate * George Cobham, multiple people * Henry Cobham, multiple people, including: ** Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (1260–1339), English peer * John Cobham, multiple people * Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (1295–1361), English knight and diplomat * Thomas Cobham, multiple people * Tilda Cobham-Hervey (b. 1994), Australian actress See also * James de Cobham, English medieval Canon law jurist and university chancellor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Cobham
The title Baron Cobham has been created numerous times in the Peerage of England; often multiple creations have been extant simultaneously, especially in the fourteenth century. The earliest creation was in 1313 for Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, lord of the manors of Cobham, Kent, Cobham and of Cooling Castle, Cooling, both in the county of Kent. The de Cobham family died out in the male line in 1408, with the death of the 3rd Baron Cobham, but the title continued via a female line to the Brooke family, which originated near Ilchester in Somerset. Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, was Attainder, attainted in 1603, when the peerage became abeyant instead of becoming extinct. In 1916, the attainder was removed and the abeyance terminated in favour of the fifteenth baron. The twelfth to fourteenth barons never actually held the title. This creation became abeyant again in 1951. The second creation was in 1324, when Sir Ralph de Cobham was summoned to parliament as Baron Cobha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Cobham
Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1718. Owing to its special remainder, the title has passed through several families. Since 1889, it has been held by members of the Lyttelton family. The barony and viscountcy of Cobham were subsidiary titles of the Earldom of Temple from 1749 to 1784, then subsidiary titles of the Marquessate of Buckingham from 1784 to 1822 and of the Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos from 1822 to 1889. Since the latter year, the Cobham titles have been merged with the titles of Baron Lyttelton and Baron Westcote. History Creation of the title The viscountcy of Cobham was created in 1718 for Field Marshal Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet, of Stowe. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet. During his lifetime, the Field Marshal received three titles in the Peerage of Great Britain: * In 1714, he was made Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent, with remainder to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham Intermediate School
Cobham Intermediate School is a state intermediate school in northwestern Christchurch, New Zealand, in the suburb of Burnside. Cobham was originally named Fendalton Intermediate. However, there was confusion between the school and Fendalton Open Air School, so the governor-general of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham, allowed the school to use his name. At the end of term 1 in 2011 long-running principal Trevor Beaton left Cobham Intermediate to retire. Scott Thelning from Mt. Pleasant School took over as principal in Term 3, 2011. In March 2018 Cobham student Maia Devereaux invited Women's Minister Julie Anne Genter to come and talk about the gender pay gap to the room 11 and 12 students. The school went through major renovations between 2020 and 2024, as all buildings were demolished and replaced by larger hapori classroom buildings and a dedicated unit. Cobham today Cobham is currently the largest intermediate school in the South Island and has a total attendance of studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham Oval
Cobham Oval is a cricket ground in Whangārei, New Zealand, next to the Okara Park rugby stadium. It stages daytime-only first-class and List A matches. It is the home ground and headquarters of the Northland cricket team and one of the home grounds for the Northern Districts cricket team. It is named after Lord Cobham, New Zealand's Governor-General from 1957 to 1962. The old Cobham Oval A previous ground, also called Cobham Oval, situated about 300 metres to the north of the present ground, was officially opened in February 1961 during the two-day match between Northland and the touring Marylebone Cricket Club team. It staged 11 first-class matches between 1966 and 2001. In the early 2000s, the land was sold and used to build a Warehouse retail outlet. The new Cobham Oval The new Cobham Oval was built in 2005. Its pavilion is modelled on the pavilion at Lord's in London. It held its first first-class match in 2009, and as of April 2025 it had staged 26 first-class m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
