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Wales, South Yorkshire
Wales is a village and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it borders to the south Derbyshire and is astride the M1 motorway (Great Britain), M1 motorway. The civil parish of Wales, which has a population of 6,455, increasing to 7,069 at the 2011 Census, encompasses the village and neighbouring settlement Kiveton Park. Etymology The village shares its name with the country of Wales, and it is likely that the two placenames share a derivation (see: Etymology of Wales). As such, the village name derives from the Germanic word *Walhaz, a term used by Germanic people across Europe to refer to the Romanised inhabitants of the former Empire. It is suggested therefore, that the name records the continuation of a Celtic Britons, "British" population in this area, which survived the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, arrival of th ...
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United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ...
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Wulfric Spot
Wulfric (died ''circa'' 1004), called Wulfric Spot or Spott, was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman. His will is an important document from the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. Wulfric was a patron of the Burton Abbey, around which the modern town of Burton on Trent later grew up, and may have refounded the Benedictine monastery there. Family He was one of the three known children of the noblewoman Wulfrun, after whom Wolverhampton is named. Wulfric's family was linked with the Wulfsige the Black to whom King Edmund I granted land in Staffordshire. As much of Wulfric the Black's estate was granted to Wolverhampton by Wulfrun, and other parts, including lands around modern Abbots Bromley passed to Wulfric, it is possible that Wulfric the Black was this Wulfric's maternal grandfather. The family was related to the Wulfgeat who is a witness to charters in the reign of King Edgar and received lands in Staffordshire and Gloucestershire from the king. Of Wulfric's father and his paternal ki ...
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B6059 Road
B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme In Great Britain, there is a numbering scheme used to Categorization, classify and identify all roads. Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was in ... for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Zone 6 (3 digits) B6000 to B6099 B6100 to B6199 B6200 to B6299 B6300 to B6399 B6400 to B6499 B6500 to B6999 References {{DEFAULTSORT:B Roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain Numbering Scheme 6 6 ...
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A618 Road
List of A roads in zone 6 in Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ... starting east of the A6 and A7 roads, and west of the A1 (road beginning with 6). Single- and double-digit roads Triple-digit roads Four-digit roads (60xx) Four-digit roads (61xx and higher) References {{UK road lists 6 6 ...
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Sea Level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised geodetic datumthat is used, for example, as a chart datum in cartography and Navigation, marine navigation, or, in aviation, as the standard sea level at which atmospheric pressure is measured to Calibration, calibrate altitude and, consequently, aircraft flight levels. A common and relatively straightforward mean sea-level standard is instead a long-term average of tide gauge readings at a particular reference location. The term ''above sea level'' generally refers to the height above mean sea level (AMSL). The term APSL means above present sea level, comparing sea levels in the past with the level today. Earth's radius at sea level is 6,378.137 km (3,963.191 mi) at the equator. It is 6,356.752 km (3,94 ...
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Brookhouse Colliery
Brookhouse Colliery was a coal mine within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was operational between 1929 and 1985. To develop coal seams in the area, the Sheffield Coal Company opened a new colliery between Swallownest and Beighton, at that time on the borders of Rotherham Rural District and Derbyshire but now just within the borough of Rotherham. The company, which became part of the United Steel Companies in 1937, already owned other collieries in the area, particularly the Birley Collieries and that at Aston Common, known as North Staveley Colliery. Brookhouse was not opened until 1929 and linked with its neighbours underground. The site also included coke ovens and by-products plants supplying metallurgical coke to the iron and steel industry, particularly those in Scunthorpe. The colliery passed to the National Coal Board The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining indu ...
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Theme Park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often featuring multiple areas with different themes. Unlike temporary and mobile funfairs and carnivals, amusement parks are stationary and built for long-lasting operation. They are more elaborate than city parks and playgrounds, usually providing attractions that cater to a variety of age groups. While amusement parks often contain themed areas, theme parks place a heavier focus with more intricately designed themes that revolve around a particular subject or group of subjects. Amusement parks evolved from European fairs, pleasure gardens, and large picnic areas, which were created for people's recreation. World's fairs and other types of international expositions also influenced the emergence of the amusement park industry. Bakken ("The ...
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Gulliver's Valley
Gulliver's Valley is a theme park and resort located in Rotherham, England. Construction began in 2018 at a planned cost of £37 million. The first phase, costing £7.5 million, was due to open in spring 2020 but the opening was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The park officially opened on 11 July 2020. Gulliver's Valley has sister parks at Warrington ( Gulliver's World), Matlock Bath ( Gulliver's Kingdom) and Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ... ( Gulliver's Land). Attractions The park is aimed at families with children aged 2 to 13. References External links Official Website Amusement parks in England Tourist attractions in Sheffield 2020 establishments in England Amusement parks opened in 2020 Wales, South Yorkshir ...
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Waleswood Railway Station
Waleswood railway station is a former railway station on the Great Central Railway's main line between Sheffield Victoria and Worksop, England. The station was opened on 1 July 1907 by public demand, where the road from Rotherham to Clowne road below the line and the Waleswood Curve, a connection from the Derbyshire Lines of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grims ... at Killamarsh, joins the east–west main line. It was adjacent to Waleswood Colliery. The station buildings were of all wood construction with flanking wooden platforms. The station booking hall suffered a major fire on 24 May 1953, when much internal damage was caused and rail traffic was disrupted. The station was closed on 7 March 1955 and has since ...
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Kiveton Park Colliery
Kiveton Park Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Kiveton Park, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. History Until 1845, Kiveton was a rural village, where the main work was in agriculture. In that year, a railway line was built through the district, which connected Sheffield with Worksop, Retford, and Grimsby. This line became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. It provided a significant freight transport connection. Within 20 years of the railway's opening, coal was being mined at many locations along the line and transported and sold to merchants in the Manchester area and in the port of Grimsby. In 1864, Carrington and Company leased rights to mine coal in the area around Kiveton. Sinking began on 6 June 1866 and the Barnsley seam was reached on 5 December 1867, just over below the surface. In 1873, the Kiveton Park Colliery Company was founded, replacing the prior trading name and operation. Initially, gas was obtained from the Bei ...
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Waleswood Colliery
Waleswood Colliery was a coal mine located between Swallownest and Wales Bar, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The colliery was adjacent to the Rotherham to Clowne road and the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about 2 miles east of Woodhouse. The first shaft was sunk in the 1860s when the colliery was owned by Skinner and Holford Limited. In 1947, the colliery and its associated by-product plant passed to the National Coal Board, the colliery being closed the following year. As the collieries in the area became interconnected, it was retained as a pumping station. The coke ovens and by-products plant closed in 1962. Many of the colliery buildings have been retained and now form the basis of an industrial estate. Locomotives During its lifetime, the colliery had four steam locomotives, never more than two at any one time. * The first locomotive, a Yorkshire Engine Company 0-4-0 Saddle Tank built in 1878, Works No. 323, carried the name ...
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Duke Of Leeds
Duke of Leeds was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1694 for the prominent statesman Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, who had been one of the Immortal Seven in the Revolution of 1688. He had already succeeded as 2nd Baronet, of Kiveton (1647)George Edward Cokayne (1900)''Complete Baronetage'' Volume 1 and been created Viscount Osborne, of Dunblane (1673), Baron Osborne, of Kiveton in the County of York (also 1673) and Viscount Latimer, of Danby in the County of York (also 1673), Earl of Danby, in the County of York (1674), and Marquess of Carmarthen (1689). All these titles were in the Peerage of England, except for the viscountcy of Osborne, which was in the Peerage of Scotland.Some sources indicate that Osborne held two Scottish viscountcies – "of Osborne" and "of Dunblane", although this may be a confusion of the full form "Osborne of Dunblane". He resigned the latter title in favour of his son in 1673. The Earldom of Danby was a revival of ...
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