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ARC Theatre & Arts Centre, Stockton-on-Tees

ARC Stockton Arts Centre is a multi-purpose arts centre embracing cinema, theatre, dance and music. It has five floors offering four venues: two theatres, a mixed venue called The Point, and a cinema. It is run by an independent trust called Stockton Arts Centre Limited. Overview The building is on the north east end of the Nelson Terrace and Dovecot Street crossing. ARC Theatre & Arts Centre comprises a multi-purpose arts centre which has four venues: a 246-seat theatre, a 99-seat studio theatre, a mixed venue called The Point (550 standing and 397 fully-seated), and the cinema (seating 127). It also has exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, a café and two bars. The full height glass façade shows the three-level foyer from the road. History Predecessors Opening and reopening The centre was built in 1997, at a cost of £6.85m, using funds from the National Lottery; it replaced existing arts facilities including the Dovecot Arts Centre and the Cannon cinema. It was designed by RHWL Arts Team, and won a Civic Trust Award in 2001. Richard Wilson designed the artwork 'Over Easy' which is integral to the building, consisting of a large circular section of wall which is motorised to rotate and provide a dynamic element to the building's design. It opened in 1998, but despite early success in terms of activity and audiences, struggled financially and closed in November 2001 due to large deficit built up due to over spends in construction and delays with opening. With the support of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and Arts Council England, as well as many individuals, an independent trust was formed in 2002 named Stockton Arts Centre Ltd. and ARC was bought back from the administrators. It re-opened to the public in September 2003 and has gradually recovered from its initial organisational and financial problems. Present activity In June 2012 and September 2014, ARC hosted the television show Question Time, the BBC's flagship programme of topical debate. The venue is supported and funded through Arts Council England, Stockton Borough Council and the income it generates. ARC takes part in the Stockton International Riverside Festival and Christmas in Stockton. It also has links with Stockton Riverside College, Durham University, and The Northern School of Art to increase student usage. References
Ark Putney Academy

Ark Putney Academy (formerly Elliott School) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Putney Heath area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. History It was first established as Southfields School in 1904 on Merton Road, Southfields. The school was renamed Elliott School in 1911, and in 1956 it amalgamated with Huntingfield Secondary Modern School on a new site in Pullman Gardens, to become Elliott Comprehensive School. Former pupils include a number of famous people such as Pierce Brosnan, and the school has appeared in the films Love Actually and The Kid Who Would Be King. In 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed ARK Putney Academy. The main part of school is a Grade II listed building designed in the early 1950s by G A Trevett of the London County Council architects' department. It was among the early work of John Bancroft who worked as an assistant on the project. English Heritage have described it as "perhaps the finest of the large comprehensive schools built by the London County Council architects". In 2012 Wandsworth Council decided that much of the new ARK Putney Academy's open space would be sold for housing to pay for a major refurbishment of the main school buildings. The decision, which included the demolition of some existing outer buildings, received formal planning permission in October 2013, with the refurbishment taking place the following year. References External links Ark Putney Academy official website Elliott School official website
American Museum in Britain

Das American Museum in Britain befindet sich in Claverton Manor, einem Herrensitz in der Nähe von Bath. Das Museum wurde von dem Amerikaner Dallas Pratt (* 21. August 1914; † 20. Mai 1994) und dem Briten John Judkyn (* 1913; † 27. Juli 1963) gegründet und ist seit dem 1. Juli 1961 für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Es befinden sich hier Exponate aus jeder Epoche der amerikanischen Geschichte, u. a. 200 Quilts und Decken sowie Shaker-Möbel. Da Judkyn Quäker war, sind keine militärischen Gegenstände ausgestellt. Gebäude Claverton Manor wurde ursprünglich um 1580 erbaut und lag inmitten eines kunstvoll angelegten Gartens, in der Nähe einer Kirche. Von diesem ursprünglichen Bau, der 1820 abgerissen wurde, sind noch die Terrassen mit einigen Mauern und Torpfosten erhalten geblieben. An derselben Stelle ließ John Vivian ein Landgut aus Bath-Stein, nach den Plänen von Sir Jeffry Wyatvilles erbauen. Das Gebäude steht seit dem 1. Februar 1956 als Grade-I-Bauwerk unter Denkmalschutz. Garten Der Garten, ursprünglich im Stil des 19. Jahrhunderts, wurde nach dem Erwerb des Anwesens durch das American Museum in Britain 1961, im US-amerikanischen Stil neu gestaltet. Direkt neben dem Haus befindet sich eine Sammlung von Arznei- und Küchenkräutern aus der Kolonialzeit. Es gibt einen Bestand aus nordamerikanische Gehölzen. Am Fuß der Terrassenwände befinden sich eine gemischte Rabatte, die von dem US-amerikanischen Gartenarchitekten Lanning entworfen wurde. Auch wurde eine Kopie des Gartens von George Washington auf Mount Vernon angelegt. Literatur Patrick Taylor "Englische Gärten", Dorling Kindersley Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8310-1353-1 Weblinks Homepage des American Museum in Britain Claverton Manor (The American Museum) And Screen Walls To North And South. Historic England, abgerufen am 7. März 2025 (englisch).
Abberton Reservoir

L'Abberton Reservoir est un grand réservoir d'eau douce situé dans l'est de l'Angleterre, près de la côte de l'Essex et de la ville de Colchester. La majeure partie de son eau est pompée de la rivière Stour. D'une superficie de 7 kilomètres carrés, c'est la plus grande étendue d'eau douce de son comté. Le réservoir est important pour les biodiversité locale et les oiseaux en particulier. C'est une zone humide d'importance internationale, désignée comme site Ramsar, site d'intérêt scientifique particulier et zone de protection spéciale. Au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le réservoir a été utilisé par le No. 617 Squadron RAF (The Dam Busters) pour les essais de bombardement des barrages allemands de la Ruhr, à l'instar de l'opération Chastise. Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Abberton Reservoir » (voir la liste des auteurs). Portail de la conservation de la nature Portail de l'ornithologie Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des lacs et cours d'eau
Abberwick

Abberwick is a hamlet near the River Aln, in the civil parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. History The name is derived from Old English 'Alubeorht's or Alu(h)burg's dairy farm' (Alubeorht or Alu(h)burg + wīc). It was recorded as Alburwic in 1169, Alber- or Alburckwick in 1278, Awberwyke in 1428, Averwick in 1610 and Abberwick from 1689. Abberwick is also a deserted medieval village. In the mid-19th century, Abberwick comprised four farms, a corn mill and a few houses. The population was 99 people in 1801, 142 in 1811, 125 in 1821, 135 in 1831, 170 in 1841 and 148 in 1851. It had an area of 1,678 acres and was the property of Bryan Burrell of Broom Park. Governance Abberwick is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Abberwick was formerly a township in Edlingham parish, from 1866 Abberwick was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Edlingham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 44. References
Abberwick

Abberwick är en ort i civil parish Edlingham, i grevskapet Northumberland i England. Orten är belägen 12 km från Morpeth. Abberwick var en civil parish 1866–1955 när det uppgick i Edlingham. Civil parish hade 44 invånare år 1951. Referenser Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Abberwick.﻿ ”Abberwick medieval village, tower house and field system (Edlingham)”. Keys to the Past. http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N4458. Läst 9 mars 2022.
Abbess Grange

Abbess Grange is a neo-Elizabethan house at Leckford, Hampshire, England designed by Sir Banister Fletcher, a British architect, in 1901 for George Miles-Bailey, on the site of a former grange of St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester. The house consists of a two-storey main block with attic and a projecting single-storey billiards hall on the left, and is built on a levelled platform cut out of the hillside. The Dutch-gabled right-hand three bays of the main block project forward and have, in the centre, an Ionic porch with pairs of column supporting a heavy entablature. Over the porch is a seven-light mullioned and transom window, and to either side is a three-light Ipswich window. In 1984, the interior was said to be largely unaltered. The house is now a country club for the John Lewis Partnership, and forms part of their Leckford estate. References The Architect, 25 August 1905 Building News 18 October 1901, p. 519; 20 December 1901, p. 835 A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4.
Abbey College, Malvern

Abbey College in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, is a small boarding school providing secondary education to a diverse and international student body. The present college was founded in 1979 by Mohammed Ali Kaveh and has been run by members of his family ever since. Originally named Abbey International College, it was later shortened to Abbey College. The site has been used for education since 1874. The Abbey School (a girls' boarding school) occupied the premises between 1908 and 1979. Following Mohammed Ali Kaveh’s death in 1986, the college passed to his widow, Manzar Banoo Shafie, and from 2008 to 2013 it was owned by their son, Hekmat Kaveh. In 2013 the present operating company, Abbey College in Malvern Limited, was incorporated. Hekmat Kaveh has been a director of the company since its incorporation, and since 2023 its majority stakeholder. The school sits on a 70 acres (28 ha) campus alongside the Malvern Hills between Great Malvern and Malvern Wells. It is co-educational with 33 students on its roll in 2024, and specialises in secondary and pre-university education and English as a second or foreign language (ESOL). In 2020, Daniel Booker was installed as the college's new principal. The college offers academic courses including GCSE, IGCSE, A level and foundation courses, as well as short courses and high school experience courses. It runs vacation courses for groups and individuals throughout the Summer. Abbey College also has a centre in Prague which offers pathway programmes for medical studies, with routes into universities across Europe. Abbey College Prague provides preparation courses (delivered in English), in cooperation with Charles University's Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies in Prague which are designed for international students interested in careers in medicine or dentistry. In January 2014, Abbey College was fined £24,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of Fire Regulations. References
Abbey College, Ramsey

Abbey College is a secondary school located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England. The school is around 10 miles from Huntingdon and Peterborough and offers education for 11-18 year olds in its surroundings town/areas. 1011 students attend the school (capacity only at 1250). In 2020 the school appeared in the local news due to teachers at Abbey College attaching head and shoulder photographs of more than 110 sixth-form students to a board now nicknamed the "shame board" by students due to its ranking of "effort and progress into work" and appeared once again in 2023 after allegations against a teacher. History Grammar school The school was the former Ramsey Abbey Grammar School. Also in Ramsey was the Ailwyn Secondary Modern School. Comprehensive school In 2006, Ailwyn Community College and Ramsey Abbey School joined into a single school, Abbey college. The building had been active for centuries before the school had even been founded due to being a monastery founded by monks, whereas The Ailwyn was founded in the 1950s. On 1 September 2011, the school officially gained academy status. Also in 2011, the school was labelled by Ofsted as "A good school with outstanding features". In both 2014 & 2016, it was labelled as "Requires Improvement." In 2018, the school re-obtained the status of "Good" from Ofsted. More information about the Abbey here: Ramsey Abbey Notable former pupils Charlotte Edwards, cricketer, captain of the England women's team Ramsey Abbey Grammar School Robbie Gibb, director of communications from 2017-19 for the prime minister Sir Richard Barnett (economist) vice-chancellor from 2006-15 of Ulster University Charles Joy, attended from 1923–28, became the chief designer of Handley Page from 1953 to 1968, being responsible for the Handley Page Jetstream aircraft References External links Official website
Abbey Foregate railway station

Abbey Foregate railway station was in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, south-east of Shrewsbury station, to the east of Severn Bridge Junction, on what is today the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line. Despite its name, the nearest road was Underdale Road, not Abbey Foregate. History Opened by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway in 1849, the station name was changed to Abbey Foregate Platform around 1900. It closed to passengers in 1912. Today there remains a signal box on the line to Wolverhampton called Abbey Foregate (code of 'AF'). It controls the junction and the access to Abbey Foregate Yard. No remains of the platform exist. See also Shrewsbury Abbey railway station - a station on Abbey Foregate References Bibliography Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1 Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0 Further reading Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. fig. 110. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
Abbey Gateway, Chester

The Abbey Gateway is in Chester, Cheshire, England, and leads from Northgate Street into Abbey Square. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History The gateway was built as a gatehouse around 1300 and its upper storey was rebuilt around 1800. It was formerly the main access to the precinct of St Werburgh's Abbey. It is thought that the architect was Richard Lenginour (Richard the Engineer). Architecture The gateway is built in red sandstone with gables to the front and rear. The west face has a central arch for vehicles and a smaller arch to the south for pedestrians. On each side of the central arch is a blind niche. In the upper storey is a 16-pane window in a Gothic arch. On the east face is one arch, larger than that on the west face. In the upper storey is a central window in a Gothic arch with a rectangular window on each side. In the gable end is another Gothic-shaped window. To the south of the arch is a diminishing turret containing an arched doorway with a small window above it. See also Grade I listed buildings in Chester References
Abbey Gateway, St. Albans

The Abbey Gateway, St Albans was built in 1365 and is the last remaining building (except for the Abbey itself) of the Benedictine Monastery at St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was besieged during the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, and was used as a prison following the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539. It housed the third printing press in England, from 1479. Since 1871 it has been a part of St Albans School. The gateway marks the end of Romeland and the start of Abbey Mill Lane. Located next to St Albans Abbey and also next to the bishop's Private Residence (Abbey Gate House) the gateway is a good way to spot Abbey Mill Lane. References
Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in West Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of two Church of England secondary schools in Leeds, the other being Bishop Young CE Academy. The school has 1,619 students as of November 2021 between the ages of 11 and 18, and 80 members of staff. The school was awarded Humanities College status in 2006. In August 2011 the school was changed into an academy and is now known as 'Abbey Grange Church of England Academy'. The school was judged Good by Ofsted in 2017. Abbey Grange alumni include footballer Andre Wisdom, actor and comedian Nick Mohammed, and academic and Shakespearean Emma Smith. References External links School website School radio
Abbey Hill Academy

Abbey Hill Academy and College (formerly Abbey Hill School)' is a special school located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The school was previously awarded specialist status as a SEN and Arts College. Formerly a foundation school administered by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, in November 2023 Abbey Hill School converted to academy status and was renamed Abbey Hill Academy and College. The school is now sponsored by the St Bart's Multi Academy Trust. The school comprises an upper school, a lower school and a special autistic school for challenged children. Upper school students must take on community service as part of their education. Age ranges from preschool to eighteen years for the students. Since autistic children require a very structured environment, the school has set aside half of the schools for smaller, individual classes. Age ranges from preschool to sixteen years for the students. References External links School website
Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness

Abbey House on Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England is a Neo-Elizabethan H-plan mansion designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1914 as a guest house for Vickers Ltd and a flat for the Managing Director, Sir James McKechnie. It takes its name from the adjacent Furness Abbey. In its abstracted, military echo of the Tudor style, it prefigures the style of Lutyens' Castle Drogo. In 1951, having been acquired by the County Council, Abbey House was made into an old people's home, and consequently suffered considerable neglect. Abbey House has been a Grade II* Listed Building since 1949. In 1984, it was sold by the Council and restored as a hotel. The Abbey House Hotel is now a four-star venue set in 14-acres of gardens and saw a major extension during the early 2000s. The hotel's restaurant 'Oscars' is open to public use. References C. Aslet, The last country houses, 1982, pp. 34, 310 Country Life, 1921, vol. xlix, p. 398 G. Stamp, Edwin Lutyens' country houses, 2001, pp. 32, 150-155 External links Abbey House Hotel
Abbey House, Ranton

Abbey House is an early 19th-century ruined stately home in Ranton, Staffordshire, England. History The red-brick Regency house was built in 1820 by Thomas Anson the 1st Earl of Lichfield as a second seat for his family based at Shugborough Hall. The 300-acre estate is also the site of Ranton Abbey, one of many Augustinian abbeys founded across England from the 1140s to the 1160s. Today, only the imposing 15th-century church tower survives. The Ranton Estate was purchased c. 1819 by Viscount Anson, who was created the First Earl of Lichfield in the coronation honours of King William IV in 1831. He spent large sums of money improving the estate and the house, which was used as a centre for sporting hospitality hosting great shooting parties, for distinguished guests, including Sir Francis Grant (who was to become president of the Royal Academy); Lord Melbourne, then prime minister; Lord Sefton and the Earl of Uxbridge. The house has been a mere shell since being gutted by fire in 1942, when the bodyguard of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands were stationed there. The estate was sold to the Wedgwood porcelain company in the 1950s but bought back by Patrick Lichfield, the 5th Earl, in 1987 with a view to restoring the house or building a replacement. Realisation of these plans was delayed for many years due to objections from English Heritage. Permission was finally granted in December 2005, only a month after Lichfield died. The estate was sold in 2008, and again in July 2011 for around £3.5 million. References External links Picture of Ranton Abbey Tower and Abbey House viewed from the south Photograph of Abbey House from the south, c.1912, in its heyday, with Abbey visible to left The shooting party, at Ranton Abbey, c.1840, A coloured engraving by W.H. Simmons after an oil painting of 1840 by Sir Francis Grant
Abbey Lawn

The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket, tennis, bowls, pétanque, and football clubs play their home fixtures here. The hockey club practices here, though it now plays its fixtures on an all-weather pitch elsewhere. "The Lawn" is the site of the Bourne Cricket Club and its associated facilities. Origins Though all or most of the land once formed part of the estate of the canons of Bourne Abbey and the swimming pool originated as one of their fish ponds, the present form of the Abbey Lawn and its name derive from the 18th century development of a sheep lawn as an adjunct of the house built by George Pochin, the then lord of the manor of Bourne Abbots. His house was on the site of the claustral buildings of the monastic abbey which had been dissolved in 1536. A sheep lawn was among the gentry, the equivalent of an aristocrat's deer park. While the part of the Abbey Church which had been used by the parish was retained, the buildings formerly used by the canons were demolished wholly or partially except where a current use could be found for them. Much of the site was therefore vacant around the period of landowner prosperity and investment which arose in relation to the agricultural enclosures of the 1766 Act of Parliament which related to most of the parish of Bourne. Pochin's house was known as 'The Abbey' or 'Abbey House' so that the associated sheep lawn was known as the Abbey Lawn. The house was demolished in 1879. History The grounds of the former house were remained and between 1931 and 1934 they were purchased by Bourne United Charities, at a cost of £700 (to which the cricket club made a token contribution of £20). The grounds were subsequently developed for sports, by for the benefit of the townspeople. Horace Stanton, a prominent local official on 20 North Street (demolished 1990), was commemorated with a memorial garden in 1983 (six years after his death). The garden was subsequently neglected, with no plaque remembering its dedication. It was removed in 2009 during a redevelopment project. A skatepark had long been proposed to be built on the site, although there was opposition from locals and conservationists. It was given planning permission in 2017, having been named 'Dimension Skatepark' the year before. Following the money being raised in 2020, it was opened in 2023. References External links Bourne Cricket club Petanque Bourne Tennis club Bourne Soccer club Bourne Swimming club
Abbey Mills Pumping Station

A Abbey Mills Pumping Station original, em Mill Meads, leste de Londres, é uma estação de bombeamento de esgoto projetada pelo engenheiro Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper e pelo arquiteto Charles Driver. Foi construída entre 1865 e 1868, abrigando oito motores de viga da Rothwell & Co., de Bolton. Dois motores em cada braço de um plano cruciforme, com um estilo bizantino elaborado, contribuíram para que a estação fosse apelidada de The Cathedral of Sewage (em português: A Catedral de Esgoto). Outro projeto de Bazalgette, a Crossness Pumping Station, está localizada ao sul do Rio Tâmisa em Crossness, no final do Southern Outfall Sewer. Uma estação de bombeamento de esgoto moderna (Station F) foi concluída em 1997, a cerca de 200 metros ao sul da estação original. Galeria Referências Ligações externas Fotos internas e externas da estação de bombeamento Historic England. «Edifício principal, de grau II* (1190476)». National Heritage List for England (em inglês)