Rawdon Colliery, Leicestershire
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Places

in England *
Rawdon, West Yorkshire Rawdon is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It sits on the River Aire and on the A65 road, A65 south of Yeadon, West Yorkshire, Yeadon. The northern ...
* Rawdon Colliery, Leicestershire in Canada * Rawdon, Quebec * Rawdon, Ontario, a historic township merged since 1997 into the municipality of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario * Rawdon Township, Nova Scotia, a historic township merged since 1861 into the Municipal District of East Hants


People

* The ''Rawdon Baronets of Moira, County Down'', also ''Baron Rawdon'' and ''Earl Rawdon'' or ''Earl of Rawdon'', as titles in the lineage of the Marquess of Hastings ** Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Anglo-Irish politician and military officer ** John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (1720-1793), Irish peer * James Rawdon Stansfeld (1866–1936), British army officer


Fictional characters

* Col. Rawdon Crawley and his son and namesake Sir Rawdon Crawley, characters in the 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'' by
William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his Satire, satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel ''Vanity Fair (novel), Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portra ...
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