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Barnside

Barnside is a hamlet on Barnside Lane approximately 3/4 mile to the southeast of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the civic parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. History In 1822 Thomas Langdale recorded that Barnside-Wood in the township of Hepworth comprised four farm houses. Barnside Colliery, approximately 1/2 mile from the current hamlet operated from c. 1855–c. 1887. References External links Barnside Colliery – Hepworth, West Yorkshire
Coventry Cross Estate

Coventry Cross Estate is a social housing estate in Bromley by Bow area of London. History The name Coventry Cross dates back to a public house by that name. Local historians have suggested that the name may have originated with a pre-Reformation cross belonging to a local convent, and that the name was corrupted over time to "Coventry Cross". 178 flats were built by the London County Council, on the east side of St Leonard's Road, opening in 1935. As well as the main block called Coventry Cross, there were three smaller blocks, Fuller, Philips and Tennant Houses. Flats in these smaller blocks originally did not have individual bathrooms, but each three flats shared one, along with an area for washing clothes. The line of St Leonards Road became a major road, the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach (BTNA), part of the A102 and now the A12. In the early 1950s, the LCC built seven blocks of flats to the west of the BTNA, and named the estate Coventry Cross West. Ownership of the estate passed in time to the Greater London Council and then to Tower Hamlets. The original Coventry Cross and adjacent blocks were demolished in the 1990s. The remaining blocks west of the A12 kept the name Coventry Cross Estate. The newer Western Coventry Cross buildings (Biscott House, etc) originally had laundry rooms on the ground floor adjacent to the lift for each building. In the late 1970s these were converted into additional flats. In the 2000s, Tower Hamlets consulted the tenants of the estate over a possible transfer to a housing association, and they voted in December 2007 to join Poplar HARCA, a locally based social landlord. Tenants expressed a 65% majority in favour, although most leaseholders opposed the move. The transfer was not completed until 2009 due to negotiations over the amount of government grant to support the required refurbishment. The works programme not only brought the houses up to the Decent Homes Standard, but achieved marked improvements in energy efficiency as well as security, landscaping and visual enhancements. Residents celebrated completion of the regeneration in October 2012. References External links Coventry Cross Estate, photos by Durkan (construction company)
Limehouse Basin Lock

Limehouse Basin Lock is a lock forming the exit from Limehouse Basin to the Thames, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It is the final lock on the Regent's Canal. The Narrow Street swing bridge sits between the lock and the river. The current lock was built in 1989 for yachts and pleasure craft, to conserve water in the Basin. It measures 100 feet (30.5 m) by 30 feet (9.1 m) and was built completely within the chamber of the former Ship Lock entrance to the basin. This measured 350 feet (106.7 m) by 60 feet (18.3 m). The original gate-recesses and one of the gates remain in situ, to demonstrate the size of the former lock. The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Limehouse. See also Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system References
Limehouse Town Hall

Limehouse Town Hall is a former town hall building on Commercial Road, in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a Grade II listed building. History The building was commissioned by the Limehouse Board of Works as a vestry hall for the benefit of the Parish of St Anne's. The site selected by the vestry had previously been occupied by a private residence belonging to a Mr. Walter. The foundation stone for the building was laid by the churchwarden, James Rollinson, on 21 October 1879. The building was designed Arthur and Christopher Harston in the Palazzo style and built by J. H. Johnson and was opened as the vestry hall of the Limehouse District on 29 March 1881. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Commercial Road; the central section featured a portico flanked by Corinthian order columns and a balcony above; there were round headed windows on the first floor and a carved pediment above. The principal rooms were the council chamber on the ground floor and an assembly room on the first floor. After the civil parish became a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1900, the town hall ceased to be the seat of local government and was used as an events venue and administrative centre. On 30 July 1909 the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George made a polemical speech in the assembly room, attacking the House of Lords for its opposition to his "People's Budget". This speech was the origin of the phrase "To Limehouse", or "Limehousing", which meant an incendiary political speech. The building was badly damaged in the Blitz during the Second World War but was subsequently restored and re-opened by the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, in November 1950. Responsibility for management of the building was transferred to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965 and it was re-opened as the National Museum of Labour History by the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, in May 1975. After the museum got into financial difficulties and then moved to Manchester in the late 1980s (it subsequently became the People's History Museum), the building in London served as the Wapping Neighbourhood Offices until 1994, when it became a training centre and winter shelter for homeless people. The building was placed on English Heritage's list of buildings at risk in 2003. Four founding organisations (Stitches in Time, the Boxing Club, Primal Pictures and the Creative Week newspaper) then established the Limehouse Town Hall Consortium Trust, secured a long lease on the building in 2004, and restored the building with support from English Heritage. It was then re-opened as a community centre in April 2012. Features and current use The building has a number of offices located on the ground floor below the assembly room. It is home to several groups, including some of founding organisations, as well as ArtSpokes, the Space Hijackers, Students for a Free Tibet and Equilibrium. The building is not generally open to the public, but participates in Open House London for guided tours of the building. References External links Limehouse Town Hall
The Pride of Spitalfields

The Pride of Spitalfields (formerly The Romford Arms) is a public house at 3 Heneage Street in Spitalfields in the East End of London, just off Brick Lane. It was associated with a Jack the Ripper suspect. History The pub has existed since at least the middle of the 19th century, if not always under that name. Heneage Street itself appears to have been created between 1802 and 1822 according to available maps. In the 1889 Post Office Trade Directory, 3 Heneage Street, on the north side of the road, was listed as a Beer Retailer, with proprietor James Stewart. The adjacent site to the east, 5 Heneage Street, now a house and artist's studio, was the site of the Best & Co. brewery, which closed in 1902. Jack the Ripper One of the suspects named by researchers, James Hardiman, a 'cats meat vendor', lived at 13 Heneage Street, and drank at the Romford Arms. Another, more notable, witness and Ripper suspect, George Hutchinson, made statements that some researchers have suggested he had been drinking at The Romford Arms on the night of 9 November 1888 prior to meeting one of the victims. Modern era The pub's name changed from The Romford Arms sometime between 1983 and 1986 according to contemporary publications. David Gray filmed his music video for Sail Away in the pub in 1998. In 2003, the pub was damaged in a petrol bomb attack. In 2013, it was awarded "East London Pub of the Year" by CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale - an award shared with the Eleanor Arms, Bow. References
The Pride of Spitalfields

The Pride of Spitalfields (antes The Romford Arms) es un pub en el número 3 de Heneage Street, en Spitalfields, en el East End de Londres, junto a Brick Lane. Estuvo relacionado con un sospechoso de ser Jack el Destripador. Historia El pub existe al menos desde mediados del siglo XIX, aunque no siempre con ese nombre. Según los mapas disponibles, Heneage Street se creó entre 1802​ y 1822.​ En el directorio comercial de la Oficina de Correos de 1889, el número 3 de Heneage Street, en el lado norte de la calle, figuraba como una cervecería al por menor, cuyo propietario era James Stewart.​ El lugar adyacente al este, el número 5 de Heneage Street, actualmente una casa y el estudio de un artista, fue el emplazamiento de la cervecería Best & Co., que cerró en 1902.​ Jack el Destripador Uno de los sospechosos señalados por los investigadores, James Hardiman,​ "vendedor de carne de gato", vivía en el número 13 de Heneage Street y bebía en el Romford Arms. Otro testigo más notable y sospechoso del Destripador, George Hutchinson, hizo declaraciones que algunos investigadores han sugerido que había estado bebiendo en The Romford Arms la noche del 9 de noviembre de 1888 antes de conocer a una de las víctimas.​ Época moderna El nombre del pub cambió de The Romford Arms en algún momento entre 1983​ y 1986,​ según publicaciones contemporáneas. David Gray rodó su videoclip Sail Away en el pub en 1998. En 2003, el pub sufrió daños en un atentado con cóctel molotov.​ En 2013, fue galardonado con el premio "East London Pub of the Year" por CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale, un premio compartido con el Eleanor Arms, Bow.<ref>"Branch Diaries". London Drinker Magazine. 35 (3): 5. 22 de mayo de 2013./ref> Referencias
All Hallows, Bow

All Hallows, Bow (also known as All Hallows, Devons Road), is an Anglican church in Bow, London, England. It is within the Diocese of London. History The church was built in 1873–1874 to the design of Ewan Christian, an eminent Victorian church architect. The construction of the church was funded by the Clothworkers' Company, who used the proceeds from the demolition in 1873 of All Hallows Staining in the City of London for the project. The church was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1954–1955 by A P Robinson who retained only the core of the original building and created a new church in the "Early Christian" style. In 2001, the nave was divided by a screen to create a church hall. The church is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Diocese of London. The church's Rector is Cris Rogers. In 2010, he led a planting team from St Paul's, Shadwell, to All Hallows, Bow. He served as a curate at the church from 2010 to 2014, while Ric Thorpe was Priest-in-Charge. An official re-licensing ceremony took place in 2015. Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, presided over the ceremony. A growing number of people had been gathering in the church to worship before this date. All Hallows is part of the Bow Group of Anglican churches, together with Bow Church (St Mary and Holy Trinity); St Paul's, Bow Common; St Paul's, Old Ford and St Barnabas Bethnal Green. References External links Official website
St John on Bethnal Green

St John on Bethnal Green is an early 19th-century church near Bethnal Green, London, and stands on the Green itself. It was constructed in 1826–1828 to the design of the architect Sir John Soane (1753–1837). It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of London. The church is near Bethnal Green tube station, on Bethnal Green Road and Roman Road. It is a Grade I listed building. The church also hosts avant garde and experimental music performances such as "White Noise 53" and Sebastian Kite's "Genius Loci". The belfry provides an exhibition space for artists. The Stations of the Cross In 2000, the painter Chris Gollon gained a major commission from the Church of England for fourteen Stations of the Cross paintings for the church. Gollon was a controversial choice, since he is not a practising Christian. In order to carry out the commission, and for consultation on theological matters, he collaborated with Fr Alan Green, rector of the church. The pipe organ The pipe organ in the church's west gallery was installed in 1950. It was made by the London firm of Rest Cartwright. The organ case was designed by Martin Travers. References
St Peter's, Bethnal Green

St Peter's Bethnal Green is a 19th-century church in Bethnal Green, London, England. History Built as the first of a group of new churches which, in a remarkable church planting movement led by Bishop Blomfied, came to be known as the '12 apostles of Bethnal Green'. This was an offshoot of Blomfield's Metropolitan Church Fund for Bethnal Green churches. Present day In the summer of 2010, the church entered into a church planting partnership with St Paul's Shadwell to re-energise the church. Since then the congregation has grown from 20 to 120. There are many community projects undertaken and three different types of Sunday service offered at 10am and 11am across a regular month. It is a 'cross-tradition' Anglican church in the Diocese of London, with a mixture of sacramental and charismatic worship, and with a strong emphasis on connecting with the parish. Architecture Built as a commissioners' church in 1840–1, its architect was Lewis Vulliamy. The Vicarage is adjacent, as is a church school, now an organ works. All three buildings are Grade II listed. As built, its general configuration was that of a typical late Georgian preaching box – broad nave with galleries, west tower and shallow chancel. It was built of stock brick with knapped flint panels and stucco and terracotta trim. The style is very free neo-Norman. St Peter's is now one of only five functioning churches to survive from Bishop Blomfield's original 1840s Bethnal Green churches, and is the only one that remains fully intact. The others were either destroyed in the Blitz or by fire or have now been converted into flats. References External links Official website Images of England: Church of St Peter, Bethnal Green, English Heritage, retrieved 16 January 2013
Madani Girls' School

Madani Girls School is a private Islamic secondary school in Whitechapel, London, and is located the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It also operates a college and alimah programme. The school opened in September 1991. Building History The main (southern) school building was originally occupied by Myrdle Street Central School. It was designed in 1905 by Thomas Jerram Bailey, the Architect of the Education Department of the London County Council. Myrdle Street was one of the first of the LCC's "central schools" that offered higher than elementary education. The building is described in the Pevsner Architectural Guide for London East as a "unique, outstanding design" featuring two semicircular staircase towers with copper domes. It became a Grade II Listed building in 1973. Notable former pupils of the Myrdle Street Central School include Hannah Billig, a British-Jewish doctor who worked in the East End during the London Blitz when she became known as "The Angel of Cable Street". Also Morris Harold Davis, the President of the Federation of Synagogues (1928–1944) and Labour Party politician. After World War II, it became a special school and changed its name to Grenfell Special School, which closed on 31 July 1999. In 1977, the school began to be used as a social centre for the local Bangladeshi community, including evening language classes. School History Madani Girls' School was founded in 1991. In 2001, Madani Girls' School leased the northern building at the school's current location from the council to use as an independent school. In 2008, they purchased the building from Tower Hamlets council. In 2013, the school attracted media criticism for its uniform policy. From the school's opening in 1991 until 2012, students were required to wear a niqab on the journey to and from school. By 2013, Pupils were required to wear a black burqa and long black coat outside the school and a green shalwar kameez on school premises. By 2016, face veils had become optional. In 2020, construction for a two storey annex building with a playground started. Construction is intended to be completed in December 2021. The building is called the Madani Hub. References External links Madani Girls School
George Green's School

George Green's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. History The school, which was originally located on East India Dock Road, was founded in 1828 by George Green, a shipbuilder and shipwright. A maritime connection with the school has been maintained since then. In 1884, the school moved from the original buildings to new premises which provided places for 200 boys and 200 girls, in separate classrooms. The pupils paid modest fees or were assisted with scholarships. Later it became a LCC maintained school and was the first to institute co-education. It remained open until 1979 when it became part of Tower Hamlets College. Today it is a voluntary controlled school supported by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. It has a comprehensive intake of pupils, and is administered by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. Grammar school It was a voluntary-controlled coeducational grammar school located on East India Dock Road Poplar. Comprehensive In 1975 it became a comprehensive, moving to a new site on the Isle of Dogs. Admissions George Green's School offers GCSEs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and the IB Diploma Programme. Notable former pupils George Green's Grammar School Prof Roderic Alfred Gregory CBE FRS, George Holt Professor of Physiology from 1948 to 1981 at the University of Liverpool, who studied gastrin Prof Kenneth Harrap CBE, Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology from 1984 to 1997 Sam Lesser, Daily Worker/Morning Star journalist, veteran of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. John Scurr, Labour MP George Green's Comprehensive Jane Martinson, journalist on The Guardian References External links George Green's School official website
All Saints' Church, Beckingham

All Saints' Church, Beckingham is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, England. History The church dates from the 13th century. It was restored by Ewan Christian in 1892. Since 2022, All Saints’ has belonged to the Oswaldbeck Benefice, a union of six parishes that also includes the following neighbouring churches: St Peter's Church, Clayworth St Peter & St Paul's Church, Gringley-on-the-Hill All Saints' Church, Misterton St Mary Magdalene's Church, Walkeringham St Mary the Virgin's Church, West Stockwith Organ The organ dates from 1847. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire References
Canute's Palace

Canute's Palace in Southampton, England, is the name given to the ruins of a Norman merchant's house dating from the late twelfth century. Despite its name, the building has no connection with Canute the Great, nor was it a palace. Name The antiquarian, Sir Henry Englefield suggested that the building had been a palace of Canute the Great, but in fact the house is unconnected with him. In April 1801, Englefield presented a very detailed paper to The Society of Antiquaries of London describing the building, in which he said: Perhaps I indulge but a fond conjecture, when I consider it possibly the hall from which Canute, surrounded by his courtiers, viewed the rising tide; and from whence he descended to the beach, according to that most interesting narrative of our old historians, to repress by a striking and impressive lesson, their impious flattery. In 1833, the building was described in The Gentleman's Magazine in which the author, "An Architectural Antiquary", says: "The remains of a very magnificent Norman mansion, improperly called Canute's Palace at Southampton, furnishes the best examples of the elliptical arch with which I am acquainted". Description Formerly known as the 'Long House', the building was constructed between 1170 and 1200 with walls of uncoursed rubble, and faced the waterfront before the southern section of the town walls was built. The house had two storeys and was built in the hall house style; the room at the eastern end of the upper storey may have been the merchant's counting house. The remains include a window with two round heads which is not original but was added later in the Norman period. Although the gable at the western end is at full height, it has been mostly reconstructed. The gable has a further round-headed window. The building was damaged during World War 2. Canute's Palace is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building, having obtained the latter status on 14 July 1953. The building is now part of Town Quay Park, which includes the remains of many historical properties in the southern section of the city. References
Barrow Court

Barrow Court is a manor house in Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England. The site was originally Barrow Gurney Nunnery and was rebuilt in the 16th and 19th centuries. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. History The Benedictine nunnery was founded in 1212 by one of the Fitz-Hardinges (or Fitzhardinge), who had been granted the Lordship of the Manor by William Rufus. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 the area and buildings were granted by Henry VIII to John Drew, of Bristol, who converted it into a private mansion, renamed Barrow Court. The house is closely attached to the original priory Church of St Mary And St Edward. The original building was converted into a country house in around 1538, largely rebuilt in 1545, and further altered and extended in around 1602 by its owner Dr Francis James into its current E shape, which is the oldest part to survive. It was sold in 1659 to William Gore, in whose family it was passed down until 1881 when it was bought by Anthony Gibbs, son of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield, who sold it to his brother Henry Martin Gibbs. He largely rebuilt the Jacobean house and the church. During the Second World War it was used as a military hospital. It became a college of education from 1949 to 1976 but remained in the Gibbs family ownership until they sold it in 1976. It was then divided into several separate dwellings. On the west of the main house is a tithe barn that dates from the 14th century but has now been turned into a house. Gardens The house is surrounded by 6 hectares (15 acres) of formal gardens and a more extensive area, around 60 hectares (150 acres), of parkland, which held a medieval deer park. In 1890 Inigo Thomas carried out extensive work. building gazebos, a balustraded garden wall and walled courts. In 1890 he added a set of gates and a wall with twelve pillars known as the twelve months of the year. They support sculptures by Alfred Drury representing the "daughters of the year", with January being a young girl at the northern end along to an elderly matriarch representing December at the south, each with flowers suitable to the particular month. The lily pond with its accompanying pedestals and urns date from the same time, along with other ornamental steps, walls, vases, a sundial, and a mock temple. References