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Eastgate, Bourne
Eastgate is a historic street and suburb in Bourne, Lincolnshire. History There was a fire in 1637 which destroyed much of Eastgate, which destroyed the pottery industry that had previously existed in the area. The Bourne Eau was formerly navigable up to Eastgate, and during the early 19th century, many warehouses in Eastgate took advantage of this, with ships carrying up to ten tons of cargo capable of navigating it, however, a lack of maintenance and the coming of the railways ended this. In 1857, a national school was opened on Willoughby Road, designed by Edward Browning, with funds gathered from the congregation. On the afternoon of 30 August 1878, a heavy storm resulted in an eleven year old boy from Eastgate dying. The national school closed on the 31st of October 1903, with the students transferred to the school on Abbey Road, and two years later the building re-opened as an Anglican mission church. The Eau occasionally overflowed its banks, resulting in a flood circa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourne Eau
Bourne Eau is a short river which rises from an artesian spring in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. Within the town, it once powered three water mills, one of which is now a heritage centre. At Eastgate, it becomes much wider as it was navigable in the 18th and 19th centuries, and this was the location of the terminal basin. Below the town it is an embanked river, as its normal level is higher than that of the surrounding Fens. Navigation ceased in the 1860s and the river now forms an important part of the drainage system that enables the surrounding fen land to be used for agriculture. The artesian spring is fed by a limestone aquifer, which has been extensively used to supply drinking water to the locality and to Spalding. After a period of low rainfall in the late 1980s, the spring and hence the upper river dried up completely. A remediation project was implemented in 1992/93 to repair wild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Newton
Royal Air Force Newton or more simply RAF Newton is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and south west of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It was used briefly as a bomber base for squadrons to re-equip after the Battle of France and then as a flying training school during the Second World War and beyond until 2000. History Second World War Built in 1939, Newton was assigned to No 1 Group in June 1940. On 3 July 1940 No. 103 Squadron RAF moved from RAF Honington with their Fairey Battles before changing to the Vickers Wellington IC in October 1940. On 11 July 1941 the squadron moved to RAF Elsham Wolds, also on 3 July 1940 (the same date when 103 Squadron arrived) No. 150 Squadron RAF arrived from RAF Stradishall again initially with the Battle before changing to Wellington IA during October 1940 however later in the month the Wellington IC was introduced to the squadron. The squadron left on 10 July 1941 going to RAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Architecture
Regency architecture encompasses classical buildings built in the United Kingdom during the Regency era in the early 19th century when George IV was Prince Regent, and also to earlier and later buildings following the same style. The period coincides with the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States and the French Empire style. Regency style is also applied to interior design and decorative arts of the period, typified by elegant furniture and vertically striped wallpaper, and to styles of clothing; for men, as typified by the dandy Beau Brummell and for women the Empire silhouette. The style is strictly the late phase of Georgian architecture, and follows closely on from the neoclassical style of the preceding years, which continued to be produced throughout the period. The Georgian period takes its name from the four Kings George of the period 1714–1830, including King George IV. The British Regency strictly lasted only from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Tannery In Eastgate, Bourne, Lincolnshire - Geograph
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastgate House At Bourne, Lincolnshire (geograph 4319423)
Eastgate may refer to: Places Canada * Eastgate, Alberta, Canada * Eastgate, British Columbia, Canada United Kingdom * Eastgate, Bourne, Lincolnshire * Eastgate, Chester, a gate through the Roman walls, with a clock above * Eastgate, County Durham, England * Eastgate, Norfolk, England * Eastgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England * Eastgate, a fictional town in the UK TV series ''Dad's Army'' United States * Eastgate, Orange County, Florida, a place in Florida * Eastgate, Manatee County, Florida, a place in Florida * Eastgate, Sarasota County, Florida, a place in Florida * Eastgate, Indiana, an unincorporated town in Vernon Township, Hancock County, Indiana * Eastgate, Indianapolis, Indiana * Eastgate, Nevada * Eastgate, Ohio, a neighbourhood of Columbus * Eastgate, Roanoke, Virginia, a neighborhood * Eastgate, Texas * Eastgate, Bellevue, Washington Other uses * Eastgate Airport, part of AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa * Eastgate and Eastgate Clock, a city gate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Racing Automobiles
English Racing Automobiles (ERA) was a British racing car manufacturer active from 1933 to 1954. Prewar history ERA was founded by Humphrey Cook, Raymond Mays, and Peter Berthon in November 1933 and established in Bourne, Lincolnshire, next to Eastgate House, the family home of Raymond Mays between Eastgate and Spalding Road. Their ambition was to manufacture and campaign a team of single seater racing cars capable of upholding British prestige in Continental European racing. With the cost of full Grand Prix racing prohibitive, they instead aimed ERA's efforts at the smaller voiturette—1500cc supercharged—class of motor racing, the Formula 2 equivalent of the day. Humphrey Cook financed the operation—using the wealth from the family drapery business, Cook, Son & Co., of St Paul's Churchyard, London. Berthon was responsible for the overall design of the cars, while Mays became its principal driver—having already successfully raced several other makes including Vauxha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaine Buses
Delaine BusesCompanies House extract company no 367317 Delaine Buses Limited is a bus operator based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. History In 1890 William Smith began a horse drawn passenger service. After a taxi operation commenced in 1910, a 14-seat Ford Model T bus was purchased in 1919 and services commenced to Grantham, Spalding, Lincolnshire, Spalding and Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford. In May 1941 the business was incorporated.Services As of July 2020, Delaine Buses operates seven bus routes.Fleet From the 1930s to the 1990s, the majority of vehicles in the Delaine fleet were of Bedford Vehicles, Bedford or Leyland Bus, Leyland manufacture. By 1995 Delaine had standardised on Volvo Buses, Volv ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Lawn
The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket, tennis, bowls, pétanque, and association football, football clubs play their home fixtures here. The Field hockey, hockey club practices here, though it now plays its fixtures on an AstroTurf, all-weather pitch elsewhere. "''The Lawn''" is the site of the Bourne Cricket Club (Lincolnshire) and its associated facilities. Origins Though all or most of the land once formed part of the estate of the canons of Bourne Abbey and the swimming pool originated as one of their fish ponds, the present form of the Abbey Lawn and its name derive from the 18th century development of a sheep lawn as an adjunct of the house built by George Pochin, the then lord of the manor of Bourne Abbots. His house was on the site of the Cloister, claustral buildings of the monastic abbey which had been Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolved in 1536. A sheep law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Racing Motors
British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945 and based in the market town of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne in Lincolnshire, it participated from 1951 to 1977, competing in 197 Grand Prix motor racing, grands prix and winning seventeen. BRM won the constructors' title in 1962 when its driver Graham Hill became world champion. In 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1971, BRM came second in the constructors' competition. History BRM was founded just after the World War II, Second World War by Raymond Mays, who had built several Hillclimbing, hillclimb and road racing cars under the English Racing Automobiles, ERA brand before the war, and Peter Berthon, a long-time associate. Mays' pre-war successes (and access to pre-war Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union design documents) inspired him to build an all-British grand prix car for the post-war era as a national prestige project, with financial and industrial backing from the British motor industry and its su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kesteven
South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Market Deeping and Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. South Kesteven borders North Kesteven to the north, South Holland District, South Holland to the east, the City of Peterborough and North Northamptonshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, the Borough of Melton, Melton district of Leicestershire to the west, and the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire to the north-west. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of five former districts from the administrative counties of England, administrative county of Kesteven, which were all abolished at the same time: *Bourne, Lincolnshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united and uniting churches, united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
