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Verulam House, St Albans

Verulam House is located in Verulam Road, St Albans on the northwestern side between Church Crescent and Britton Avenue opposite College Street. It has previously been referred to as Diocesan House and also known as the Bishop's Palace. Named after a house built in central St Albans by Francis Bacon, it is of early nineteenth-century origin and is a Grade II Listed Building. History Originally built as a coaching inn known as ‘The Verulam Arms’ which opened in 1826 at the same time as Verulam Road which was then a new section of a super highway (post road) built by Thomas Telford (the 'Colossus of Roads') from London to the port of Holyhead. The new road bypassed a section of the town and the narrow main road northwest out of St Albans at the time: George Street, Romeland and Fishpool Street. In 1849, after the expansion of the railways and the subsequent decline in the stage/mail coach and carriage traffic for which St Albans depended upon for much of its prosperity, the inn was sold and its associated stables were demolished. The former stable area provided land for the building of an adjacent Roman Catholic church under the patronage of the local MP of that time, Alexander Raphael. Raphael died intestate shortly after commencement of construction of the church and the site was purchased by Mrs Isabella Worley, who had the church completed according to its original design in 1856 and donated it to the Church of England. This church was known as Christ Church and, although it has been converted to offices since the early 1970s, its Lombardic style tower can still be seen on Verulam Road just to the north west of the house. The house then became a private residence and was occupied in the mid nineteenth century by the Palin family who are believed to have been related to the Vyses (John Palin married Anne Vyse in 1796), operators of a straw hat factory in the Hatfield district of St Albans. John Palin married Anne Vyse in 1796. The house became the official residence of the Anglican Bishop of St Albans and became known as the Bishop's Palace in 1908 and then became a Diocesan Retreat and Conference Centre used by the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in 1926. Throughout the Second World War it was known as Diocesan House. It became a maternity hospital and a facility for training pupil midwives by the General Lying-In Hospital which had been evacuated from York Road, Lambeth, (Waterloo), in central London. During the period between September 1939 and June 1946 two thousand babies were born here. The General Lying-In Hospital was re-established at its former Lambeth premises in 1946 after the end of the war. In 1994, Verulam House was sold by the Diocese of St Albans and a trust fund set up with the proceeds. Since 1996 the House has been the site of the 'Verulam House Nursing and Residential Home'. The home is owned by Peter Jackson and Damian Tominey and trade as Verulam Healthcare. Religious services are still held in the old chapel. References External links Verulam House Website
Acampamento de Vespasiano

Acampamento de Vespasiano é uma colina da Idade do Ferro próximo da cidade de Amesbury, Wiltshire, Inglaterra. O morro está a menos de 3 quilômetros do sítio Neolítico e da Idade do Bronze de Stonehenge, e foi construído em uma colina ao lado da Avenida Stonehenge; tem o rio Avon em seu lado sul e a estrada A303 em sua borda norte. O local é um monumento programado Topônimo A terraplanagem foi nomeada "Acampamento de Vespasiano" no século XVI por William Camden, um antiquário e historiador elizabetano, durante um tour pela área. Embora o general romano Vespasiano, que mais tarde foi imperador romano de 69 a 79 d.C., tenha feito campanha através de Wessex após a invasão romana da Grã-Bretanha em 43 d.C., não há evidências que sugiram que ele veio a esta colina ou teve qualquer base militar aqui. Descrição Alinhado de norte a sul, o forte tem 730 m de comprimento e 374 m de largura em seu extremo sul, estreitando para 100 m de largura no norte. Ele inclui uma área de cerca de 14 ha (35 acres). O banco tem até 40 m de largura e até 6 m (6,6 yd) acima do fundo da vala. A vala tem até 10 m de largura com um banco de contra-carga baixo de até 18 m de largura na parte externa da vala, criando uma largura máxima das defesas do forte de 68 m (74 yd). Ocupa uma posição defensiva forte. Há duas entradas originais, uma no norte e outra provavelmente a sudeste, ao norte do ponto onde Stonehenge Road corta através do acampamento. Referências
Vestry House Museum

Vestry House Museum is a history museum in Walthamstow focusing on the heritage of the local area. The collection includes various artefacts dating from the Victorian era to the 20th century, including numerous archived documents and photographs. Situated in Walthamstow Village, the building, now Grade II listed, was constructed in 1730 to house the parish workhouse and was later used as a police station, an armoury, a building merchant’s store, and a private home. In 1931 the building opened to the public as a local history museum.. On permanent display in the museum is the Bremer Car, the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine, which was built by Frederick Bremer (1872–1941) in a workshop at the back of his family home in Connaught Road, Walthamstow. The car first ran in 1892 and was donated to the museum by Bremer in 1933. In 2023, the museum began a revitalisation led by architects Studio Weave. References
Vicarage Hill

Vicarage Hill is a cricket ground located in East Challow, Oxfordshire. Situated on the site of a park which has been in existence since the 1890s, the ground is surrounded to the west by the road from which it gets its name, to the south by the Ickleton Road and to the north and east by farmland. Oxfordshire first used the ground in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire, playing a single Minor Counties Championship match in their season, with the exception of 1997, when two matches were played there. No Minor Counties Championship match was played there in 1998, but the ground did hold its first MCCA Knockout Trophy matches in that season when Oxfordshire played the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board, Norfolk and Shropshire. The ground held a single Minor Counties Championship match in 1999, before hosting the Kent Cricket Board in an MCCA Knockout Trophy match the following season. The only List A match to be played there was played in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between Oxfordshire and Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire made 252/5 from their 50 overs, with Wayne Larkins top-scoring with 73. Oxfordshire were dismissed for 175 in their chase to lose the match by 77 runs. Since 2001, the ground has played host to one Minor Counties Championship match each season, as well as several MCCA Knockout Trophy matches since 2000. The ground is home to Challow & Childrey Cricket Club. See also List of Oxfordshire County Cricket Club grounds References External links Vicarage Hill, East Challow at ESPNcricinfo Vicarage Hill, East Challow at CricketArchive
Victoria Arms, Marston

The Victoria Arms (known locally as the Vicky Arms and formerly as the Ferry Inn) is a pub on the eastern bank of the River Cherwell at the end of Mill Lane close to Old Marston, northeast of Oxford, England. There was once a ford across the Cherwell here, in use since the 12th century. An inn was originally constructed during the 17th century and was then rebuilt in 1840. It was closed in 1958 and bought by the Oxford Preservation Trust in 1961. Publicans Fred and Ruby Elkins took over the buildings and operated the pub as a free house. During this time they added extensions to the old buildings. They also operated the small wooden line-ferry across the Cherwell for many years before the opening of the link road. It was later leased to the brewery Wadworth's, refurbished, and reopened in 1986. The pub is frequented by people out punting during the summer. It is possible to moor punts in the grounds of the pub. There was a line-ferry across the river here until 1971, when the Marston Ferry Road was built just to the south. The Victoria Arms featured in the Inspector Morse television series a number of times. Most notably, Morse recited part of the A. E. Housman poem How Clear, How Lovely Bright here in the final episode of the series. A line from the poem was used for the title of the episode "The Remorseful Day". See also The Perch, Binsey The Trout Inn, Lower Wolvercote References External links Victoria Arms website
Victoria Art Gallery

The Victoria Art Gallery is a public art museum in Bath, Somerset, England. It was opened in 1900 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It is a Grade II* listed building and houses over 1,500 objects of art including a collection of oil paintings from British artists dating from 1700 onwards. The ground floor was at one time a public library. The gallery The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. It originally was partly used as a public library but was converted in 1990 to house and display only art works. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar rendered in its upper half and occupies a corner site. It is a two storey building with an attic tower with a lead-covered dome. There are nine bays on Bridge Street and one on Grand Parade and each floor consists mainly of one large rectangular room. A flight of stone steps rises to the circular entrance hall which leads to the former library. The main stair is approached through an arch and is a seventeenth century revival stair made of mahogany with bulbous balusters. The ceiling is barrel-vaulted. The upper landing has Ionic marble columns and a coffered dome, embossed with signs of the Zodiac in relief. The Upper Gallery is lit by a range of skylights and has a coved ceiling, a copy in plaster of the Parthenon frieze, and a panelled dado with triglyphs. The exterior of the building includes niches, the central niche being larger and flanked with Ionic columns and pilasters, holding a statue of Queen Victoria, by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, and friezes of classical figures by George Anderson Lawson on either side. The council offices, the Guildhall, continue the building to the south-west. The Gallery was named to celebrate Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. It is run by Bath and North East Somerset council and houses their collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. There are two main galleries, the Upper Gallery and the Lower Gallery, linked by an imposing marble hallway and grand staircase. The collection The collection includes over 1,500 decorative arts treasures including a display of British oil paintings from 17th century to the present day including works by Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Jones Barker and Walter Sickert. Other items on display include sculptures, glassware and decorative artistic objects. Cuts to funding from central government now mean that it has introduced charges for entrance to temporary exhibitions for the first time since the gallery was opened. Either of the two galleries are available for hire as venues for wedding ceremonies or drinks receptions. Selected exhibitions Temporary exhibitions at the gallery have included: Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences (9 January – 10 April 2016) James Tower Ceramic Artist: A Centenary Celebration (21 September – 24 November 2019) Toulouse-Lautrec and the Masters of Montmartre (15 February – 26 May 2020) Freud, Minton, Ryan: Unholy Trinity (10 July – 19 September 2021) From Hogarth to Hodgkin: Our Best Prints (5 March – 4 May 2022) Gallery References External links Museum website
Victoria Bridge, Cambridge, England

Victoria Bridge is a single-arch road bridge across the River Cam in Cambridge, England. It carries Victoria Avenue. Immediately to the north is Chesterton Road and a major junction with Victoria Road and Milton Road. The bridge was built in 1889–90 to connect the then village of Chesterton (now a suburb) to the north with Cambridge to the south. At the same time, Victoria Avenue was constructed to the south, dividing Jesus Green to the west from Midsummer Common to the east. The foundation stone was laid by Frederic Wace, the mayor of Cambridge, on 4 November 1889 and the bridge was officially opened by Wace on 11 December 1890. The bridge was rebuilt for strengthening in 1992. See also List of bridges in Cambridge Magdalene Bridge to the southwest Jesus Lock footbridge to the west Elizabeth Way Bridge to the east References
Victoria Baths

Victoria Baths er en fredet bygning i kvarteret Chorlton-upon-Medlock i Manchester i det nordvestlige England. Badene blev åbnet for offentligheden i 1906 og kostede dengang £59.144 at bygge. Byrådet i Manchester lukkede badene i 1993. Herefter lå den nedslidte bygning hen indtil 2009, hvor et større restaureringsarbejde blev iværksat. Bygningen er i 2009 optaget som en del af Englands kulturarv i Englands Heritage at Risk Register. Noter Yderligere læsning Gordon, Ian; Inglis, Simon (2009), Great lengths: The Historic Indoor Swimming Pools of Britain, English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-905624-52-2 Lloyd Evans Prichard (2004), Victoria Baths Conservation Plan (PDF), Lloyd Evans Prichard, arkiveret (PDF) fra originalen 16. juli 2011, hentet 23. december 2014 Williams, Prue (2004), Victoria Baths: Manchester's Water Palace, Spire Books, ISBN 978-1-904965-01-5 Externe links Officielt website BBC Restoration website Victoria Baths Manchester Archives+
Бани Виктории

Бани Виктории (англ. Victoria Baths) — памятник архитектуры второй категории в Манчестере. Бани были открыты с 1906 по 1993 года, в 2007 году они были отреставрированы. История Бани были спроектированы городским инспектором Мидом де Корси и его помощником Артуром Дэвисом. Архитектором был Генри Прайс. Бани открылись в сентябре 1906 года. Мэр города охарактеризовал здание как «водный дворец». Функционировали частные бани, прачечная, турецкая баня, сауна и три плавательных бассейна, которые зимой были площадками для танцев. В 1952 году было открыто первое общественное джакузи. В 1993 году по решению мэрии города бани были закрыты, в дальнейшем сформировалось сообщество «Друзья Бани Виктории» (англ. The Friends of Victoria Baths). Предпринимались попытки сбора средств для реставрации бань. Часть собранных средств помогла сохранить здание от разрушения. Реставрация Примечания Литература Gordon, Ian; Inglis, Simon (2009), Great lengths: The Historic Indoor Swimming Pools of Britain, English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-905624-52-2 Lloyd Evans Prichard (2004), Victoria Baths Conservation Plan (PDF), Lloyd Evans Prichard, Архивировано (PDF) 16 июля 2011 Williams, Prue (2004), Victoria Baths: Manchester's Water Palace, Spire Books, ISBN 978-1-904965-01-5 Ссылки Официальный веб-сайт Фейсбук BBC Restoration website Victoria Baths Manchester Archives+
Victoria Bridge, Bath

Victoria Bridge in Bath, England, was built in 1836 across the River Avon. The bridge has been recognised as a Grade II* listed building. Victoria Bridge is an important example of a suspension bridge which initially carried horses and carts but later carried cyclists and pedestrians. Construction Victoria Bridge is a Dredge taper bridge, a type which modern viewers often see as a hybrid between a suspension bridge and a cable-stayed bridge, built by Motley and Dredge. It has a span of 45.7 metres (150 ft) with the chains slung from Bath stone towers. The road deck is joined to the chains by iron eyebars, which, unusually, are not vertical. James Dredge who was a brewer in Bath designed the bridge to carry beer from his brewery across the river without using a ferry or having to detour through the city centre. Construction cost £1,760. He patented the 'taper principle' based on using chains rather than cables, as is now more common in suspension bridges. Dredge's bridge design was considered "a very significant yet relatively short-lived phase in suspension bridge development". The main span chains of Victoria Bridge have 155 links each of which is 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long and supports two wrought iron hangers. The deck is made of wooden planks. Initially the bridge was used for horse-drawn carts but later only carried bicycles and pedestrians. Closure and restoration In October 2010 the bridge was closed to users, because of concerns about the safety of the beams and cables. This caused criticism from cycling groups in the city. It was reopened later in October 2010, but then closed again. Further inspections were carried out by a structural engineer in September 2011. In November 2011 the tow-path was closed and then the navigation itself was closed to all boats. The bridge was listed on the Heritage at Risk Register. Restoration costs were estimated at £3 million in 2011. Emergency work to prop up either side of the bridge and apply temporary strapping took place in November 2011. Full restoration work was originally planned to be completed by the winter of 2013. Work on restoring the bridge started in 2014, and an internal structure was fitted to render both the bridge and the canal usable during restorations. The bridge was taken apart and rebuilt with additional steel reinforcing, and repainted dark green. It officially reopened on 15 January 2015. References
Victoria Embankment Gardens

The Victoria Embankment Gardens are a series of gardens on the north side of the River Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and Westminster Bridge in London. History Between 1865 and 1870 the northern embankment and sewer was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. In 1874 gardens were created on the reclaimed land on the inward side of the roadway named Victoria Embankment. There were four sections created, the Temple Garden to the east, the Main Gardens to the west (originally known as the Adelphi Gardens), and two other sections to the south following the bend of the Thames. The gardens are now under the control of the City of Westminster. Features The gardens are fully fenced and are open during designated hours. They open at 07:30 throughout the year, but close at varying times between 16:30 during the coldest months and 21:30 at the height of summer. All gardens have gravel paths that are well lined with seats mainly given as memorials. The river side of the gardens is lined with mature trees. Grass and flower beds are spread throughout the gardens, and on warm days workers from near-by establishments can be seen having picnic lunches both on the seats and the grass. Statues In the Temple section there are statues to Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Stuart Mill. The main section has memorials Sir Arthur Sullivan, Robert Burns, Sir Wilfred Lawson, Robert Raikes and the Imperial Camel Corps. The southern section has memorials to General Sir James Outram, General Gordon, Air Marshal Lord Trenchard, and the Chindit Memorial which also commemorates Orde Wingate. A memorial to the British soldiers in the Korean War was unveiled in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London, England, in December 2014. Although not strictly a statue, there is an equatorial sundial made from stainless steel in the main garden under the Savoy, dedicated to Richard D'Oyly Carte. Other facilities In the main garden there is a café, open in the warmer periods, and a band shell where concerts are held daily in June and July. A charge is made for seats in the enclosure, but the concerts can easily be heard outside on the paths' seats. The York Water Gate can be seen adjacent to the Villier Street entrance. This marks the original bank of the Thames, which is now 135 metres away. Public toilets are outside the gardens' Embankment gate next to the underground station. References London on the Thames by Blake Ehrlich, published by Cassell & Co, 1968, pages 168–172 Times London Historic Atlas edited by Hugh Clout, published by Times Books, 1991, ISBN 0-7230-0342-4 London Statues by Godfrey Thompson, published by JM Dent, ISBN 0-460-03939-3 External links City of Westminster Parks: Victoria Embankment Gardens Chindit Memorial Savoy Sundial
Jardines Victoria Embankment

Los Jardines Victoria Embankment son una serie de jardines situados en la orilla norte del río Támesis entre Blackfriars Bridge y Westminster Bridge en Londres. Historia Entre 1865 y 1870 Joseph Bazelgette construyó el terraplén norte y su alcantarillado. Se decidió utilizar el terreno recuperado para la construcción de unos jardines, cuyo inicio de obras data de 1874. Se situaron en la parte interna de la carretera denominada Victoria Embankment. Fueron creadas cuatro secciones: el Jardín del Temple situado en el este, el jardín principal situado hacia el oeste (Originalmente fue conocido como los jardines Adelphi), y otras dos secciones, situadas al sur del recodo del Támesis. Los jardines se encuentran actualmente bajo administración de la Ciudad de Westminster. Características Los jardines están totalmente cercados debido a que existen unos estrictos horarios de apertura. Abren al público a las 07:30 durante todo el año, cerrando a las 16:30 durante los meses más fríos. Durante la época estival cierran a las 21:30. Poseen caminos de grava, y a los lados se sitúan diversos monumentos conmemorativos. La parte de los jardines más próxima al río está flanqueada por una serie de árboles de una notable antigüedad. Los empleados que trabajan en establecimientos cercanos al recinto suelen tomar su almuerzo en los bancos de este jardín. Estatuas En la sección del Temple se encuentran las estatuas de Isambard Kingdom Brunel y John Stuart Mill. La sección principal posee memoriales en honor a Arthur Sullivan, Robbie Burns, Wilfrid Lawson, Wilfred Lawson, Robert Raikes y al Cuerpo Imperial de Camellos. La sección sur del recinto posee memoriales en honor a James Outram, General Gordon, Lord Trenchard, y a Orde Wingate. Aunque no se trata de una estatua, hay un reloj de sol realizado en acero inoxidable en el jardín anexo al Palacio Savoy, dedicado a Richard D'Oyly Carte. Otras instalaciones En el Jardín Principal hay una cafetería abierta exclusivamente durante los meses más calurosos, y un escenario en el que se realizan conciertos durante los meses de junio y julio. Referencias "London on the Thames" por Blake Ehrlich, publicado por Cassell & Co, 1968, páginas 168-172 "Times London Historic Atlas" editado por Hugh Clout, publicado por Times Books,1991 ISBN 0-7230-0342-4 "London Statues" por Godfrey Thompson, publicado por JM Dent, ISBN 0-460-03939-3 Enlaces externos City of Westminster Parks: Victoria Embankment Gardens. Chindit Memorial. Savoy Sundial.