Tanfield may refer to:
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Charlie Tanfield
Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British Track & Road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran (cycling team).
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Mens Team Pursuit.
He rode in the men's ...
(born 1996), British racing cyclist
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Elizabeth Tanfield
Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (''née'' Tanfield; 1585–1639) was an English poet, dramatist, translator, and historian. She is the first woman known to have written and published an original play in English: '' The Tragedy of Mariam''. ...
(1585–1635), English poet and dramatist
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Francis Tanfield
Sir Francis Tanfield (born 1565, date of death unknown) was Proprietary governor of the South Falkland colony (in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, his cousin's husband. Tanfield was to establish a ...
(1565–?), Proprietary Governor of the South Falkland colony in Newfoundland
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Lawrence Tanfield
Sir Lawrence Tanfield (c. 1551 – 30 April 1625) was an English lawyer, politician and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He had a reputation for corruption, and the harshness which he and his wife showed to his tenants was remembered for c ...
(), English lawyer and politician
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Peter Tanfield
Peter Tanfield (born 1961) is a British violinist.
Career
Tanfield's high school education was at Clifton College, Bristol , He studied under Igor Ozim, Felix Andrievski, Alberto Lysy, Herman Krebbers and Yehudi Menuhin. As soloist and cha ...
(born 1961), British violinist
Places
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Tanfield, County Durham
Tanfield is a former mining village in County Durham, England, near Stanley, and the location of Tanfield Railway, the Causey Arch and Tanfield School.
History
The village was first recorded in 1179 as Tamefeld, believed to be Old English fo ...
, a village in County Durham, England
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East Tanfield
East Tanfield is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013. The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor F ...
, a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
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West Tanfield
West Tanfield is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately six miles north of Ripon on the A6108, which goes from Ripon to Masham and Wensleydale. The parish incl ...
, a village in North Yorkshire, England
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Tanfield Group
The Tanfield Group, formerly Comeleon, has changed its main focus from automotive components and imaging equipment to electric vehicle manufacturing and specialist engineering. As Comeleon, the company made 3D images for mobile phones and other ...
, a manufacturer of electric trucks and work platforms based in the United Kingdom
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Tanfield Railway
The Tanfield Railway is a heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former horse-drawn colliery wooden waggonway, later rope & horse, lastly rope & loco railway. It operates preserved industrial stea ...
, a tourist attraction in County Durham, England
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Tanfield School
Tanfield School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school in Stanley, County Durham, Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. The school is part of the Eden Learning Trust and is a Specialist school, specia ...
, County Durham, England
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Tanfield Valley
Tanfield Valley, also referred to as Nanook, is an archaeological site located on the southernmost projection of Baffin Island in the Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is possible that the site was known to Pre-Columbian Norsemen, Norse e ...
, archaeological site on Baffin Island
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