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Fawley (HR
Fawley may refer to: Places in the United Kingdom * Fawley, Berkshire, a village and civil parish in West Berkshire * South Fawley (or ''Little Fawley''), a village in Berkshire * Fawley, Buckinghamshire, a village in Buckinghamshire * Fawley Bottom, a small village in south Buckinghamshire * Fawley, Hampshire, a village in Hampshire ** Fawley Refinery * Fawley Chapel, a village in Herefordshire People with the surname * Ben Fawley, confessed murderer of Taylor Behl, 2006 * Willis Fawley (born 1929), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s Fictional people * Jude Fawley, the main character in the novel ''Jude the Obscure'' by Thomas Hardy Other * SS ''Empire Fawley'', the original name of SS ''Clan Mackinlay'', built in 1945 *Fawley Court Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley, Buckinghamshire, Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Its former estate once encompass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley, Berkshire
Fawley is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The hub of the village is centred east of Lambourn and has a sub-community within its bounds, Little or South Fawley. It includes the depopulated small hill settlement of Whatcombe. Fawley is the inspiration for "Marygreen" in Thomas Hardy's ''Jude the Obscure''. Geography The area is wholly on part of the escarpment of the highest uplands in the county which cross into south-west Oxfordshire, the Berkshire Downs. The nucleated village, nucleus of the village is "Great Fawley" or "North Fawley" with the other settled place in the parish being South Fawley or Little Fawley, further south. The Ridgeway, an 87-mile path, passes in the neighbouring parish to the north. In the south of the parish is a slight peak of the downs, where there is a Triangulation station, trigonometrical point to survey the surrounding landscape. Most of the land to the west, including Lambourn, has only north– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Fawley
South Fawley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in the English county of Berkshire. According to the Post Office, South Fawley Farm's population as taken at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Chaddleworth. Much of the remainder of the village was included in the civil parish of Fawley. It is situated off the A338 between Great Shefford and Wantage, just south of its counterpart Fawley, or North Fawley, in the West Berkshire district. It has a fine early 17th century Grade II* listed manor house built for Sir Francis Moore. The manor house is at the centre of the small settlement. The staircase is oak with turned balusters and massive newels. It was built around 1614, but a considerable part at the north end had been taken down by 1900. None of the other buildings in the parish are listed except a farm. Richard Symonds recorded the quartering illetingof Lord Bernard Stewart Lord Bernard Stewart (1623 – 26 September 1645) was a Franco-Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley, Buckinghamshire
Fawley is a village and civil parish in Wycombe district in the south-western corner of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames. The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "fallow-coloured woodland clearing". It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Falelie''. There are two other places in England called Fawley. Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, a prominent Member of Parliament in Cromwell's day, was from Fawley. In 1642 he allowed soldiers fighting in the English Civil War to stay at the manor house in Fawley, known as Fawley Court but they were quite raucous in their behaviour and destroyed the contents of the house. In 1684 the house was redesigned, following a design by Sir Christopher Wren. The Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley Bottom
Fawley Bottom is a small village in south Buckinghamshire, England, north of Henley-on-Thames. It is in the civil parish of Fawley. The artist John Piper and his wife, the librettist Myfanwy Piper, were notable long-term residents of Fawley Bottom Farmhouse in the 20th century, from the mid-1930s for the rest of their lives in the 1990s. Frances Spalding, ''John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in art''. Oxford University Press, 2009. . Pages 65–66. See also * Fawley village * Fawley Court References External links Mapfrom Buckinghamshire County Council Paintingof Fawley Bottom Farmhouse by John Piper, 1981 Fawley Bottom — Action Networkfrom the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ... Geograph — Fawley Bottom Lane photograph Villages in Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley, Hampshire
Fawley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is situated in the New Forest on the western shore of the Solent, approximately south of Southampton. Fawley is also the site of Fawley Refinery, operated by ExxonMobil, which is the largest facility of its kind in the United Kingdom. The decommissioned Fawley Power Station is also located less than a mile to the south east of the village. The village of Fawley A settlement has existed at Fawley for many centuries, and the village itself was recorded in the Domesday Book. Other areas in the parish can boast remains from the Stone Age and Roman occupation. A church at Fawley apparently existed in 971. The present church ( All Saints) was built between 1170 and 1340. This church still exists and is the parish church of much of the surrounding area. The arrival of the Esso oil refinery in 1921 transformed a sparsely populated agricultural area into an industrial centre with a population of around 14,500. Modern Fawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley Refinery
Fawley Refinery is an oil refinery located at Fawley, Hampshire, England. The refinery is owned by Esso Petroleum Company Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, which acquired the site in 1925. Situated on Southampton Water, it was rebuilt and extended in 1951 and is now the largest oil refinery in the United Kingdom, and one of the most complex refineries in Europe. With a capacity of per day, Fawley provides 20 per cent of the UK's refinery capacity. Over 2,500 people are employed at the site. History The refinery was established in 1921 by the ''Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Oil Company'' on of land.Kenneth Hudson, (1984), ''Industrial History from the Air'', pp. 56–57. CUP The site was chosen because a large amount of land was available for development, and the area was not heavily populated, and because of the position on Southampton Water. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawley Chapel
Fawley may refer to: Places in the United Kingdom * Fawley, Berkshire, a village and civil parish in West Berkshire * South Fawley (or ''Little Fawley''), a village in Berkshire * Fawley, Buckinghamshire, a village in Buckinghamshire * Fawley Bottom, a small village in south Buckinghamshire * Fawley, Hampshire, a village in Hampshire ** Fawley Refinery * Fawley Chapel, a village in Herefordshire People with the surname * Ben Fawley, confessed murderer of Taylor Behl, 2006 * Willis Fawley (born 1929), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s Fictional people * Jude Fawley, the main character in the novel ''Jude the Obscure'' by Thomas Hardy Other * SS ''Empire Fawley'', the original name of SS ''Clan Mackinlay'', built in 1945 *Fawley Court Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley, Buckinghamshire, Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Its former estate once encompassed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In Herefordshire
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Herefordshire, England. A * Abbey Dore () * Abcott () * Acton Beauchamp () * Acton Green () * Adforton () * Alder's End () * Allensmore () * Almeley () * Almeley Wooton () * Altbough () * Amberley () *Archenfield () * Arrow Green () * Ashfield () * Ashley Moor () * Ashperton () * Ashton () *Aston () *Aston () * Aston Crews () * Aston Ingham () * Auberrow () * Aulden () * Aylestone Hill () * Aylton () *Aymestrey () B * Bacton () * Bagwyllydiart () * Ballingham () * Ballingham Hill () * Bank Street () * Barland () * Barnfields () * Barons' Cross () *Bartestree () * Barton Court () * Bartonsham () * Batchcott () * Batchfields () * Baysham () * Bearwood () * Beavan's Hill () * Beggars Ash () * Berrow Green () * Bicton () * Birchall () * Birchend () * Bircher () * Birley () * Birtley () * Bishon Common () * Bishops Frome () * Bishopstone () * Blacklands () * Blackmarstone () *Blackwardine () * Blakemere () * Bleak Acre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Fawley
Taylor Marie Behl (; October 13, 1987 – September 6, 2005) was a 17-year-old college freshman from Vienna, Virginia. She moved to Richmond, Virginia, in August 2005 to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. About two weeks later on Labor Day, September 5, 2005, Behl disappeared. Acting on a tip one month later, VCU police located her remains at a rural area in Mathews County, Virginia. The case was an Internet cause célèbre. Case Behl went missing on September 5, 2005. In the early morning of Saturday, September 17, 2005, Behl's car was found about a mile and a half from the VCU Campus. A tracking dog led police to Jesse Schultz, 22, who lived in the area where Behl's car was found; Schultz was eventually cleared. Police also questioned a former boyfriend of Behl with whom she had dinner on September 5, and other acquaintances. Another of the last individuals to have seen Behl alive was Benjamin Fawley, a 38-year-old amateur photographer and self-described "Goth/skater from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Fawley
Willis Fawley (22 November 1929 – 1981) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers, as an occasional goal-kicking .Bailey, Ron (1956). ''The Official History Of Featherstone Rovers R.L.F.C.''. Wakefield Express. ASIN: B00O1TLDPC Background Willis Fawley was born on 22 November 1929 in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career County Cup Final appearances Willis Fawley played in Featherstone Rovers' 15-14 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959–60 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1959–60 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 31 October 1959, and played in the 0-10 defeat by Halifax in the 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 2 November 1963. Club career Willis Fawley made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 10 March 1951.Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). ''Images of Sport - Feathersto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Fawley
''Jude the Obscure'' is a novel by Thomas Hardy which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895 (though the title page says 1896). The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his central love interest. The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage. It was Hardy's 14th and last published novel. Plot summary The novel tells the story of Jude Fawley, who lives in a village in southern England (part of Hardy's fictional county of Wessex). He yearns to be a scholar at "Christminster", a city modelled on Oxford. As a youth, Jude teaches himself Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time, while working first in his great-aunt's bakery, with the hope of entering university. But before he can try to do this the naïve Jude is seduced by Arabella Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Clan Mackinlay (1945)
''Clan Mackinlay'' was a cargo ship that was built as ''Empire Fawley'' in 1945 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1946 and renamed ''Clan Mackinlay''. She was in service until 1962 when she was scrapped. Description The ship was a cargo ship built in 1945 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, United Kingdom. She was yard number 545. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . She was assessed at , , 10,120 DWT. The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Vickers Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. It drove a single screw propeller. The engine could propel the ship at a speed of . History The ship was built by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, United Kingdom. She was launched on 25 April 1945 and completed in May. Built for the MOWT, she was placed under the management of J A Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
