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Spon Lane Locks Branch

The Spon Lane Locks Branch is an 800-yard section of the BCN Main Line canal in Oldbury, England, which forms a connecting canal "sliproad" where the Old BCN Main Line crosses the New BCN Main Line at the Stewart Aqueduct. It runs westwards from Spon Lane Junction (underneath the M5 motorway) via the three Spon Lane Locks to Bromford Junction. It was originally part of the Wednesbury branch of Birmingham Canal which opened in 1769. At the top lock, there is a rare example of a split bridge, which enabled a horse to cross the canal without being detached from the barge. The rope passed through a gap at the centre of the bridge between its two halves. However, this particular example is a modern reconstruction, dating from 1986. These are probably the oldest working locks in the country. There is pedestrian access to a tow path for its entire length, but being narrow and muddy, it is not suitable for cyclists. On the north-west corner of Spon Lane bottom lock can be found a rare example of an Ordnance Survey rivet benchmark, this one indicating a height of 140.4336 metres (460.740 ft) above sea level at Newlyn. This is one of two rivet benchmarks on this branch, the other being at Smethwick Middle Lock. References
STRI Group

STRI Group (formerly the Sports Turf Research Institute) is headquartered at a 10 hectares (25 acres) research site on the St Ives Estate near Bingley, UK. The Sports Turf Research Institute was originally established in 1929 as The Board of Greenkeeping, with a grant of £303 from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. This was only the second greenkeeping research station in the world and was founded as a non-profit trust. Post World War II, the business changed its name to the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI), allowing for more formal research and consultancy practices into all types of natural turf sport surfaces. References
Spring Hill Library

Spring Hill Library (grid reference SP055874) is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building in Ladywood, Birmingham, England. Designed in 1891 by Frederick Martin of Martin & Chamberlain with a 65-foot (20 m) clock tower on the corner of Icknield Street and Spring Hill and opened on 7 January 1893, it now stands next to a roundabout and linked via a glazed atrium to a new (2010) Tesco superstore. The site was previously the location for the turnpike gate house for Icknield Street. The library is a Grade II* listed building. It closed down for good in 2022, and as of 2025 will never reopen. See also List of libraries in Birmingham, West Midlands Notes References Birmingham Libraries – History of Spring Hill Library, archived from the original on 9 June 2008 Spring Hill Architecture – article by Joe Holyoak 1974 Pictures of Spring Hill Library in context with neighbouring buildings: Search for "Spring Hill Library" from Birmingham Images
Springfield Park, Liverpool

Springfield Park is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) park in Liverpool, England. It is located in the suburb of Knotty Ash, and lies to the north of Prescot Road. Much of the park is now occupied by the newly rebuilt Alder Hey Children's Hospital, which opened in October 2015. The park has a direct track that links to the Trans Pennine Trail. It also has a path that leads into Alder Veterinary Hospital's Car-park and then continues to Eaton Road. History Springfield was originally the estate and grounds of Springfield House, one of a number of wealthy properties on the outskirts of the city. After a succession of owners, the estate was acquired in 1907 by Liverpool City corporation as a public amenity. The house, which stood in the north-west corner of the park, and the lodge at the front entrance, are no longer standing. Features The park has a number of features, but consists mainly of green space. There is an area that is situated next to the nearby Alder Hey Children's Alder Hey Children's Hospital that mainly consists of flower Flower beds and has a lambanana . It also has a children's playground on the site of the house, though no trace of the house remains. The park also contains an obelisk commemorating the death of Lord Nelson, which stands inside the main entrance. It was made on the orders of a Mr Downward, a sugar merchant of the city, who owned Springfield House at the time. It was offered to the city as a bequest, but the city council rejected it as being too small (one councillor dismissing it as "a half-nelson"). Insulted by this, Downward had the obelisk erected in the grounds of his home, where it remains. The obelisk is 40 ft (12 m) high, of red sandstone blocks, and bore a brass plaque with an inscription to the memory of Lord Nelson. It was Grade II Listed in June 1985. Alder Hey in the Park In 2012 proposals to rebuild Alder Hey Children's Hospital were announced and the construction of the new hospital broke ground in the Springfield Park in January 2013, taking a total of two years to build. The new hospital opened in October 2015 and plans include demolishing the original Alder Hey buildings then transforming the old hospital site by be reclaiming the land as new park space for the surrounding community. References Colin Twist, Parks and Gardens of Liverpool Derek Whale, Lost villages of Liverpool External links The Friends of Springfield Park Liverpool http://www.springfieldparkliverpool.org.uk/ Media related to Springfield Park, Liverpool at Wikimedia Commons
Springfield Park

Springfield Park är en park i Storbritanniens huvudstad London. Den ligger i kommunen Hackney i grevskapet Greater London och riksdelen England, i den södra delen av landet. Springfield Park ligger 8 meter över havet. Springfield Park skapades år 1905 på tre privata tomter. Ett av husen finns fortfarande kvar och är idag ett cafe. Den 14,7 hektar stora parken är ett lokalt naturreservat. Springfield park sträcker sig från kanten av kullen Stamford Hill ner mot dragvägen till kanalen River Lee Navigation längs floden Lea. På andra sidan av floden finns en bassäng för flodbåtarna som åker på kanalen. Från de högst belägna delarna av parken har man utsikt över Walthamstow Marshes till stadsdelen Walthamstow och skogen Epping Forest. Parken och rekreationsområdet Spring Hill Recreation Ground, som ligger omedelbart norr om parken, bildar ett sammanhängande publikt område. Terrängen runt Springfield Park är platt. Runt Springfield Park är det mycket tätbefolkat, med 9 644 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är City of London, 6,9 km söder om Springfield Park. Runt Springfield Park är det i huvudsak tätbebyggt. Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 12 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 23 °C, och den kallaste är december, med 2 °C. Kommentarer Källor
Springfields

Springfields is a nuclear fuel production installation in Salwick, near Preston in Lancashire, England (grid reference SD468315). The site is currently operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of Westinghouse Electric UK Limited, on a 150-year lease from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Since its conversion from a munitions factory in 1946, it has previously been operated and managed by a number of different organisations including the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and British Nuclear Fuels. Fuel products are produced for the UK's nuclear power stations and for international customers. Activities on the site The site has been making nuclear fuels since the mid-1940s. The site is notable for being the first nuclear plant in the world to produce Magnox fuel for a commercial power station (Calder Hall). The four main activities carried out on the site are: Production of oxide fuels for advanced gas-cooled and light water reactors, as well as intermediate fuel products (uranium dioxide powders, granules, and pellets) Production of uranium hexafluoride, or "hex" Processing of fuel-cycle residues Decommissioning and demolition of redundant plants and buildings At its peak the site employed 4000 people, but reduced demand and increased automation saw this fall to about 800 by 2020. In December 2022 Westinghouse received a £13 million grant from the UK government to explore the development of Uranium Conversion Services at the site. Future of the plant Decommissioning activities have so far resulted in 87 buildings on the site having been fully demolished. A Clean Energy Technology Park (CETP) has been set up to encourage new companies to operate on the site. References
Springwell Community College

Springwell Community College (formerly Springwell Community School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Staveley, Derbyshire, England. It is a comprehensive school taking pupils from Staveley, Inkersall, Brimington, Hollingwood, Barrow Hill, and other primary schools in the Staveley-Brimington area. History Springwell Community School was formed in 1991 by the amalgamation of two secondary schools, Westwood (which was located in nearby Brimington and Hollingwood) and Middlecroft following a reorganisation of education in Chesterfield. The school was formerly housed in the old Middlecroft School 1960's building. It achieved Specialist Status as an Arts College in September 2005. In November 2010 the school relocated to new buildings as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. The school was renamed Springwell Community College at this time. In 2014 the school joined a consortium with The Bolsover School, Heritage High School and Shirebrook Academy to form 'Aspire Sixth Form', a sixth form provision that operated across all the school sites. However Aspire Sixth Form closed in 2016 due to low pupil numbers. Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council, in March 2020 Springwell Community College converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Two Counties Trust. References
Springwood High School, King's Lynn

Springwood High School is a secondary school with academy status in the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It was formed by the merger of several schools when the government began to abolish the tripartite system in the mid-1960s. Springwood has over 1700 pupils, including a sixth form with over 300 pupils and has been designated a Specialist Performing Arts College. Ofsted consistently rate the school as "yeah", the most recent inspection having been in November 2022. History Springwood was formed in 1979 by the merger of the Alderman Catleugh Secondary School and the King's Lynn Girls High School. The name Springwood was chosen for the newly formed school due to the main site being adjacent to the Spring Wood. At the beginning of the 2010–11 academic year, Andrew JohnSON took over as headteacher from Peter Hopkins, who had been part of the school since 1995. Springwood is part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, a group of four secondary schools and seven primary schools. Site There were three sites for the school, the old Alderman Catleugh at the end of Queensway with its two wings and in excess of 20 mobile classrooms, the new block of the girls High School also on Queensway and a smaller original site of the girls High School located in King Street in the town centre. The two main sites were used for 11 - 16 schooling whilst the town centre site was used for the Sixth Form, the King Street site eventually being sold off for a housing complex and the main two sites being upgraded and extended. Curriculum The school runs a three-year Key Stage 3, leaving two years for students to prepare for GCSEs. Ofsted reported in 2017:Pupils learn within a calm, orderly environment and enjoy positive relationships with their teachers and with each other. They speak articulately and with confidence, wear their uniform with pride, and treat the school site with respect. Leaders and teachers emphasise the importance of academic achievement; pupils respond to these high expectations by working diligently – often with evident enthusiasm. See also King's Lynn Academy King Edward VII Academy St Clement's High School References External links School Website Government Schools Information 2011 Ofsted Inspection Report
Sprowston Manor

Sprowston Manor Hotel is an AA 4 star hotel, part of which is the 19th-century Sprowston Hall. It is located in Sprowston, Norfolk, England, close to the city of Norwich. Location The hotel is situated within 170 acres of parkland. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north east of the centre of the city of Norwich and is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from Norwich railway station. The nearest airport is in Norwich and is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) west of the hotel. History Sprowston Hall was purchased by John Corbet II formerly belonging to the Bishop of Norwich, for £176 in 1540. On the death of John Corbet II in 1559 the manor of Sprowston was left to his wife Jane. It was sold to Sir Thomas Adams, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1645. In the 18th century the manor was acquired by Sir Lambert Blackwell, a governor of the South Sea Company, who was created a baronet in 1718. In the 19th century the manor went through a number of families until it came into the hands of the Gurney family and John Gurney, who was mayor of Norwich and blind, rebuilt the hall between 1872 and 1876. The hall is constructed in three storeys of red brick. During the Second World War the hall was commandeered by the military for use by the GOC Eastern Command. Hotel The manor house underwent major redevelopment in 1973, when it was converted to a Marriott hotel. The hotel has a total of 94 en- suite rooms of which 19 are suites. Part of the hotels 170 acre parkland is an 18-hole championship golf course. There is also an indoor swimming pool and spa. The hotel has 12 meeting rooms and frequently hosts conferences, banquets, exhibitions and is used as a wedding venue. Sprowston Manor is also home to the 1559 Restaurant which is located in the oldest part of the building, and also Cafe, Bar and Grill. The hotel was originally operated by Marriott Hotels & Resorts until March 2018 when it was taken over by Britannia Hotels. This was along with 5 other Marriott hotels across the UK. The hotel is approached along an oak lined driveway. Features of the original manor house include high ceilings and oak paneling to some of the rooms. Championship golf course The golf course at Sprowston Manor replaced the hotel's original layout in 2003, incorporating an additional 20 hectares to produce a course measuring 6500 yards, with a par of 71 and including 70 bunkers. References
Spurn Lightship

The Spurn Lightship (LV No. 12) is a lightvessel (i.e. a ship used as a lighthouse), previously anchored in Hull Marina in the British city of Kingston upon Hull, England. It was relocated to a shipyard in October 2021 for restoration, prior to becoming a display together with the Arctic Corsair. The ship was built in 1927 and served for 48 years as a navigation aid in the approaches of the Humber Estuary, where it was stationed 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east of Spurn Point. The lightship was decommissioned in 1975 and bought/restored by Hull City Council in 1983 before being moved to Hull Marina as a museum in 1987. The museum closed in June 2018, in preparation for the vessel being relocated in September, to facilitate a footbridge being constructed over the adjacent A63. Initially it was expected that the museum would reopen in 2021 after undergoing conservation work and a relocation to a new position on the marina. Restoration The ship was moved to a private shipyard in October 2021 for restoration, having been static for 34 years. Part of a £30 million project, after renovation in a dry dock with completion anticipated for 2023, it will be displayed together with the Arctic Corsair trawler. Following restoration it was returned to the marina on 9 March 2023. It was relocated in February 2024 to a newly constructed mooring in the marina near to Murdoch's Connection footbridge, and following the completion of footpath works leading to the vessel, was reopened to the public on 7 March 2026. References External links "Spurn Lightship". Hull Museums and Galleries. "Spurn Lightship". Puffinpost. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
Spurn (LV 12)

Spurn (LV 12), est un bateau-phare lancé en 1927. Il est maintenant amarré dans la Marina de Hull. Il est inscrit au Registre de la National Historic Fleet. Carrière Le navire a été construit en 1927 au chantier naval de Goole et a servi pendant 48 ans comme aide à la navigation dans les approches de l'estuaire Humber, où il était en poste à 4,5 miles (7,2 km) à l'est de Spurn point. Le 15 avril 1959, le bateau-phare a été remorqué dans la rivière Hull à Woodmansey dans le Yorkshire de l'Est. Situation actuelle Il a été désarmé en 1975 et a acheté puis restauré par le Conseil municipal de Hull en 1983 avant d'être déplacé dans la Hull Marina (en) comme bateau musée à partir de 1987. Il est généralement ouvert entre le début Avril et la fin Septembre. Voir aussi Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Spurn Lightship » (voir la liste des auteurs). Article connexe North Carr Liens externes (en) Light Vessel 1é Spurn - National Historic Ships UK Spurn Lihtship Portail du monde maritime Portail du Royaume-Uni Portail de la protection du patrimoine
Square Chapel

The Square Chapel in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, was designed by Thomas Bradley and James Kershaw at the instigation of Titus Knight, a local preacher. Construction started in 1772 and the chapel was visited by John Wesley in July of that year. The Congregationalist chapel was typical of Nonconformist design in offering an uninterrupted view of the preacher, having no internal supporting structures. As its name suggests, the chapel has a square base. Atypically for the Calderdale region, it was built of red brick rather than local stone. In the 1850s a new chapel, which became the Square Congregational Church, was built on a site to the north, adjoining the chapel; the 1772 building was then used as a Sunday school. The steeple of the Square Congregational Church survives; the rest of the building was demolished in 1976. The steeple has been incorporated into a library built on the site of the church. Since 1992 the chapel has been used as an arts centre. The steeple and the chapel are Grade II* listed buildings. References External links Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm

St Mary and St Romuald is a Catholic parish church in Yarm, North Yorkshire, England. Administratively, it is part of the Diocese of Middlesbrough. History The Church of St. Mary and St. Romuald is located on land that was at one time attached to the Black Friars monastery, which was founded at Yarm in 1260. The parish originated as a domestic chaplaincy to the Meynell family. In 1860, the parish received its own free-standing church, a gift from Thomas Meynell to his wife. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of York, Mother of Mercy, and St. Romuald, abbot and monastic founder. St. Romuald was born in Ravenna, a favourite resort of the Meynells. Between 2015 and 2023 the parish priest was Fr. Neil McNicholas (1948-2025), the author of several books on Catholicism. The current parish priest is the Very Rev. Canon Alan Sheridan. Architecture The church was designed by Hadfield & Goldie of Sheffield. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof, and is "a well-detailed example of the use of structural polychromatic brickwork, popular in the 1860s". The East window was designed by John Hardman Powell of Hardman & Co. The church is a Grade II listed building, as it "represents a relatively early and little altered church" by the Catholic architect George Goldie. References External links Diocese website Parish website
St Leonard & Mary, Malton

St Leonard & Mary Catholic Church is a medieval church situated in Malton, North Yorkshire, England, now serving a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. It is a Grade II* listed building in the National Heritage List for England, and retains at least 24 pieces of medieval figurative carving. A notice outside of the church reads: "St Leonard's with St Mary's. Founded in the 12th century as a Chapel of Ease to the Gilbertine Priory at Old Malton. This Church was transferred by way of gift as an ecumenical gesture of goodwill from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church in 1971." Dating as it does from the mid- to late-1100s, this church is the oldest currently held by Catholics in England, a distinction formerly belonging to St Etheldreda's, London, which was built c.1284-86. St Leonard's is the first English parish church to be returned to Roman Catholic use following the Reformation. History The first known mention of St. Leonard's is around 1150, when it was given, together with St Michael's, to the Gilbertine order as a chapel of ease for Malton Priory, about a mile distant in "old" Malton. The church's tower was built in the 15th century. It originally had a stone spire, which was later replaced by one of timber and slate. The church passed into the hands of the new Church of England around December 1539, when the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII closed Malton Priory. In 1768 a peal of 8 bells was added to the tower, cast by Lester and Pack (later the Whitechapel Bell Foundry). A tower clock was installed in 1897, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Over the centuries there were considerable changes to the building. In 1907 a restoration attempt was undertaken by the architect Charles Hodgson Fowler. This included a refenestration of the north elevation and a rebuilding of the south walls of the nave and chancel. In 1969, the Church of England closed St Leonard's and, in 1971, presented it to the Roman Catholic Church in a gesture of goodwill. At that time, the dedication of the church to St Leonard was extended to include St Mary: it was from the Catholic chapel to St Mary in Wells Street, Malton, that the congregation transferred. A stained glass window from that chapel was conveyed as a physical marker of this move. In 1988-9 there was a major reordering of the floor plan: a dais with an altar was placed in the middle of the nave on the south side and the seating arranged around that. The old chancel was retained as the Blessed Sacrament chapel, separated from the nave by an open screen. See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Malton, North Yorkshire (outer areas) References External links External photograph of St Leonard's RC Church, Malton Another external photograph of Saints Leonard & Mary church A Grade II* Listed Building in Malton, North Yorkshire About Malton Parish's Facebook entry Website for the Parish, with photographs of the church interior Find A Grave: St. Leonard with St. Mary Churchyard Memorials
St Agnes' Church, Freshwater

St Agnes' Church, Freshwater is a parish church in the Church of England located in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. History The church dates from 1908 and was designed by the architect Isaac Jones (1850–1917). Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson donated land for a new church in Freshwater Bay. Hallam's wife Audrey Tennyson suggested that the church be named for St Agnes. St Agnes Church was consecrated 12 August 1908. It is the only thatched church on the Isle of Wight. The stone used to build the Church came from an old and derelict farm house on Hooke Hill, Freshwater, and the date stone 1622 [sic] was incorporated into the vestry wall, thus rather misleading those who may think the Church belonged to the 17th century". Parish status The church is in a united parish with All Saints' Church, Freshwater. Organ A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Gallery References