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Rayleigh Windmill

Rayleigh Windmill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Rayleigh, Essex, England which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum. History Rayleigh Windmill was built in 1809 for Thomas Higgs, a timber merchant of Rayleigh. Higgs was bankrupt in 1815 and the mill was sold to William Hart of Woodham Mortimer in 1817. Hart sold the mill to George Britton in 1845 and the mill passed to his sons John and Samuel in 1869. £150 was spent putting the mill into repair. The Britton brothers left Rayleigh in 1884 and were bankrupt in 1886. Thomas James Brown was the next miller, and the last to work the mill by wind c1907. The cap and sails were removed c1909 and the mill was worked by a steam engine then an oil engine and latterly by electric motor until at least 1937. The mill was taken over for use as a museum by Rayleigh and District Antiquarian and Natural History Society, formally opening on 16 May 1970. The capless mill stood for many years with a crenellated top but in 1972 Rayleigh Urban District Council launched an appeal to restore the mill as a landmark. By the autumn of 1974 a new cap and sails had been made and fitted by millwrights John Lawn and Philip Barrett-Lennard. In 2005, restoration work costing £340,000 was funded by the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership. Description Rayleigh Windmill is a six-storey tower mill with a Kentish cap winded by a six-bladed fantail. The mill had two single Spring sails and two Common sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The tower has no batter until second-floor level, where the stage is. The tower is 20 feet (6.10 m) diameter at base level and 11 feet (3.35 m) internal diameter at the curb. The brickwork is 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) thick at base level and at curb level it is thickened out to 3 feet (910 mm). The mill is 60 feet (18.29 m) high to the top of the cap. The mill drove three pairs of millstones. Millers Thomas Higgs 1809 - 1817 William Hart 1817 - Benjamin Ruffle 1840 George Britton 1845–1869 John & Samuel Britton 1869–1884 Thomas James Brown 1884 - Green Bros 1937 References for above:- Public access Rayleigh Windmill is open from April each year on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. External links Windmill World webpage on Rayleigh Windmill References
Raymond's Hill

Raymond's Hill is a village and residential area off the A35 road in Devon, England, right on the border with the county of Dorset. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Axminster in East Devon, and about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Charmouth in Dorset. The housing is of low density and moderate value, and is surrounded by a forest and heathland protected by the District Council. In 2002 the local MP Hugo Swire presented a 2,225 signature petition to Parliament on behalf of the residents, calling for a roundabout to be constructed at the accident blackspot at the junction of the A35 road and the B3165 at the Hunters Lodge Inn, Raymond's Hill which has claimed many lives. In 2004, the Highways Agency completed a safety improvement scheme including new signs, red anti-skid surfacing and two traffic islands, though no roundabout has been installed. In September 2013, two months after a series of car accidents in which two people were killed, local MP Neil Parish held an inquiry into the same blackspot, and vowed to ensure that the Highways Agency improved the junction. References External links Media related to Raymond's Hill at Wikimedia Commons
Raymond's Hill

Raymond's Hill es una localidad situada en el condado de Devon, en Inglaterra (Reino Unido), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 806 habitantes.​ Se encuentra ubicada en el centro de la península del Suroeste, cerca de la ciudad de Exeter y de la orilla del canal de la Mancha (océano Atlántico). Referencias Enlaces externos Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Raymond's Hill.
Raymond's Hill

Raymond's Hill är en by i Devon i England. Byn ligger 16 km från Honiton. Orten har 803 invånare (2015). Referenser ”RAYMONDS HILL”. GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/maplink?CCC=DEV,GR=SY320960,PLACE=RAYMONDS%20HILL. Läst 28 januari 2017.
Read Hall and Park

Read Hall and Park is a manor house with ornamental grounds of about 450 acres (180 ha) in Whalley Road, Read, a few miles west of Padiham, Lancashire, England. The current hall dates from the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building. The landscaped grounds date from around the same time and feature a waterfall, two lakes and woodland. There is also a rockery, rose garden and terrace, plus a fountain and gardens near the house of about 25 acres (10 ha). The hall and park are not open to the public. History The original building on the site was three storeys, built round three sides of a courtyard by Roger Nowell, who acquired the estate in the 16th century after the Dissolution of Whalley Abbey. Alexander Nowell was an English theologian who was born in Read Hall in the Elizabethan age who was also in popular story the inventor of bottled beer on a fishing expedition. Izaak Walton describes the story in the Complete Angler. A later Roger Nowell (1582–1623) was Sheriff of Lancashire in 1610 and the magistrate at the time of the Lancashire Witches in 1612 who sent them to Lancaster for trial and eventual execution. The estate passed to his grandson, Roger (1605–1695), who raised an army during the Civil War at his own expense to help defend Lathom House for the Royalists. During the Civil War a skirmish in 1643, known as the Battle of Read Bridge in the vicinity of the hall, ended in a decisive victory for the Parliamentarian forces. After several more generations of Nowells the house was eventually sold on the death of Alexander Nowell in 1772. His widow returned to London with their daughter. The current hall was built between 1818 and 1825 for Richard Fort, a wealthy partner in a Manchester Calico textile printing firm; when Richard died in 1829, the estate passed to his son John Fort, later the MP for Clitheroe. It was designed by the architect George Webster of Kendal when he was only 21. (Webster also built Underley Hall in Westmorland between 1825 and 1828 for Alexander Nowell). John Fort died in 1842 and was succeeded by his son Richard who was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1854 and MP for Clitheroe from 1865 to 1868. The rest of the park includes Home Farm and Lodge in Whalley Road, both by Webster at the same time. Home Farm was built as a model farm, and converted into living accommodation in the 20th century. Gallery See also Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire Listed buildings in Read, Lancashire List of works by George Webster References External links Historic England. "Read Hall (1164581)". National Heritage List for England. Alexander Balloch Grosart, The spending of the money of Robert Nowell of Reade hall, Lancashire, brother of Dean Alexander Norwell. 1568–1580, 1877
Reading College

Reading College is a further education college based in Reading, Berkshire, England. It has over 8,500 local learners on over 900 courses. History The Kings Road site that is the principal location of Reading College has been used for further education since 1955, when the Reading Technical College was opened. This was renamed the Reading College of Technology in 1967 and the Reading College of Arts and Technology during the 1970s. Thanks to a merger with the Berkshire College of Art and Design (in Maidenhead), it became the Reading College and School of Arts and Design in 1997. It was taken over and became part of Thames Valley University in 2004. Thames Valley University continued to offer further education courses at the site, whilst also offering higher education courses more in keeping with its status as a university.. In 1986/87 the college football team won the Berkshire County Cup. In 2009, the Thames Valley University decided to concentrate on higher education. In 2010 the responsibility for further education, along with the Kings Road site, were transferred to a relaunched Reading College. The college is a partnership between Activate Learning, (an educational group working alongside City of Oxford College and Banbury and Bicester College) and the Learning and Skills Network (LSN), a not-for-profit organisation active in education and training. Reading College and Activate Learning are lead sponsors of UTC Reading, a university technical college which opened in September 2013. November 2025 stabbing At approximately 14:20 on the afternoon of 6 November 2025, a male student at the college was stabbed and was admitted to hospital, although not much is known about the attack, the injuries were non-fatal. The college was placed on lockdown, as large numbers of police units surrounded the building. Two arrests were made. References External links Media related to Reading College at Wikimedia Commons Official website
Reading Girls' School

Reading Girls' School is a single-sex partially selective (bilateral) school in Reading, Berkshire, England. History RGS traces its history to Reading Girls' British School, established in 1818 at Southampton Street. Neither is to be confused with Reading Abbey Girls' School, attended by Jane Austen. In 1907 it transferred to the new purpose-built George Palmer School in Basingstoke Road. In 1960 George Palmer Girls' School moved to RGS' current campus at Northumberland Avenue and was named Southlands Secondary School for Girls. The boys' section had moved to the purpose-built Ashmead School in 1952. That school was later renamed Thamesbridge College before becoming John Madejski Academy in 2010 then being renamed once more to Hartland High School taking effect in September 2025. Southlands School was renamed Reading Girls' School in 1993 with the reimplementation of its selective stream. Since November 2015 RGS is undergoing a rebuild, a new campus on the same site is due to be completed by August 2016. In February 2016 RGS was placed into special measures after an Ofsted inspection rated the school as 'inadequate'. The inspection highlighted problems with leadership, management and quality of teaching at the school. Previously a foundation school administered by Reading Borough Council, in September 2017 Reading Girls' School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Baylis Court Trust. Academics Although Reading Girls' School is not categorised as a grammar school, it does have verbal and non-verbal reasoning entrance tests for the selective stream section of the school. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. References External links Reading Girls' School official website
Reading Minster

Das zu Ehren der Jungfrau Maria geweihte Reading Minster ist eine ehemalige Abteikirche in der Großstadt Reading in der Grafschaft (county) Berkshire im Süden Englands. Sie ist als Grade-I-Baudenkmal eingestuft. Lage Die Stadt Reading liegt etwa 72 km (Fahrtstrecke) westlich von London bzw. ca. 35 km westlich von Windsor. Das Minster befindet sich in der Innenstadt. Geschichte Obwohl bereits im 8./9. Jahrhundert an gleicher Stelle eine kleine Kirche existierte, geht die Gründung eines Nonnenklosters auf Elfrida, die Witwe König Edgars (reg. 959–975) im Jahr 979 zurück. Im Jahr 1121 gründete König Heinrich I. ein Männerkloster, welches eines der bedeutendsten ganz Englands wurde. Die gegenwärtige Kirche beruht wahrscheinlich auf einer Initiative des Vikars William de Lincoln im Jahr 1179; sie wurde jedoch nach der Auflösung der englischen Klöster (1536–1541) auf den Status einer Pfarrkirche herabgestuft und um die Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts stark umgebaut. Man kann annehmen, dass das Schachbrettmuster des Turms und der Außenwände in dieser Zeit entstand. Architektur Die Kirche war ursprünglich einschiffig; im 16. Jahrhundert wurden jedoch zwei Seitenschiffe angefügt. In dieser Zeit wurde auch der Glockenturm gebaut und mit einem Schachbrettmuster überzogen. Alle drei Schiffe sind von Holzkonstruktionen überspannt. Der Chorbereich schließt flach. Siehe auch Kathedralen und Minsters im Vereinigten Königreich Weblinks Reading Minster – Fotos + Infos (englisch) Reading Minster, Geschichte – Foto + Infos (englisch) Reading Minster – Fotos + Infos (englisch)
Reading Rowing Club

Reading Rowing Club is a rowing club, on the River Thames in England, on the Berkshire bank at Reading close to the town centre just above Caversham Bridge, the westerly bridge in the town on the reach above Caversham Lock. History The club was founded in 1867 at Reading where there had been an interest in rowing for several years. After its foundation the club revived the Reading Amateur Regatta and has been the driving force behind it ever since. The club was particularly successful at Henley Royal Regatta in the 1930s. The Reading Head of the River Race, originally organised by Reading Rowing Club but now organised by Reading University Boat Club, has been held since 1935. Membership and activities The only non-academic rowing club in Reading, Goring Gap Rowing Club is the nearest such club and is a semi-rival, in the west of Mapledurham, as that club take part in events for the non-racing, recreational side of the sport. Reading RC organises adult beginner coaching and provides events for the competitive and recreational sides of the sport. The present boathouse was built in 1989 replacing a succession of earlier sites. Honours Henley Royal Regatta British champions See also Rowing on the River Thames References
Reading TMD

Reading TMD is a railway motive power depot situated in Reading, England, and operated by Great Western Railway. The depot code is RG. Location The depot was situated to the west of Reading station and to the north of Reading West station until 2012. It was located within the wye formed by the Great Western Main Line to the north, with the Reading to Basingstoke Line split into the curve from Reading West to Reading to the east, and the curve connecting Reading West to the westbound main line to the west. With the rebuilding of Reading Station and the remodelling of the track, the depot was moved from the wye to a brand new facility located on the other side (to the north) of the main running lines, next to the fields where the Reading Festival is held each year. This new depot opened in mid 2012 and is home to GWR's fleet of Class 165 and 166 Network Turbos. As part of the construction, the preliminary equipment for electrification of the Great Western Main Line was installed. It is intended that this new depot will also be able to handle Crossrail stock such as the Class 345 once it is delivered. With the introduction of Class 387 and the tri-modal British Rail Class 769 (never entered service), the Depot will also be the home of the new Electrostar Fleet for GWR. The Depot will also be managed by GWR and Bombardier to carry out light maintenance/heavy maintenance and overhauling of the Electrostar fleet. The old depot was subsequently demolished apart from two Great Western Railway era water towers, one of which has been donated to the West Somerset Railway (WSR). The site is being used as part of the southern approach to the new flyover for primarily fast passenger trains so that their movements do not conflict with freight trains coming from Southampton along the future Electric Spine. Changes since 2012 The new "Reading Train Care Depot" was announced as "completed" on 31 July 2013. See also 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line Reading railway station § 2009–2015 redevelopment References Sources Baker, S.K. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland. ISBN 0-86093-553-1. Marsden, Colin J. (1987). BR Depots. Motive power recognition. Vol. 6. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 9780711017191. OCLC 18685680. Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 9780947773076. OCLC 20420397. External links An overhead view of the old depot.
Reading services

Reading services comprises a pair of adjacent motorway service areas on the M4 motorway to the south of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The two areas are on opposite sides of the motorway, with Reading West services serving westbound traffic and Reading East services serving eastbound traffic. Reading services are operated by Moto. Co-located with each of the two service areas is a Travelodge budget hotel. In 2021, consumer organisation Which? ranked Reading Services as second place on the M4, and 29th overall in the United Kingdom. The services are within the civil parish of Burghfield. There is no direct vehicular or pedestrian link between the two service areas, whilst each area has its own access to the local road network that is gated and restricted to authorised vehicles. References Further reading Crockett, A, Iron Age to Saxon settlement at Wickhams Field, near Reading, Berkshire: excavations on the site of the M4 Granada Reading Motorway Service Area, vol. 10, Wessex Archaeology Report External links Media related to Reading services at Wikimedia Commons Official website Reading East Official website Reading West
Readymoney Cove

Readymoney Cove (Cornish: Porth Mundy, meaning mineral house cove) is a sandy beach to the south of the harbour town of Fowey, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is sheltered by cliffs close to the mouth of the River Fowey estuary and bounded, on one side, by the medieval part of the town of Fowey and, on the other, by St Catherine's Castle. The beach can be covered during spring tides. The beach is cleaned daily during high season, and a bathing platform is moored in the bay. There is a small shop with public toilet facilities both of which are open all year round. Dogs are banned between 10am and 6pm during July and August. Above the cove is the former coach house which was the home of author, Daphne du Maurier, for a few years during the Second World War. Comedian Dawn French used to live in a house overlooking the cove. References External links – More information on Readymoney Cove & beach
Rebellion Beer Company

The Rebellion Beer Company in Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire, England is a microbrewery that produces regular and seasonal beers. It uses the chalky water of the local Chiltern Hills, which has high levels of minerals and salts. History It was founded in 1993 by two former students of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, and is now brewing around 125 barrels per week, serving over 200 pubs in a 30-mile radius of Marlow. In 1998 it bought Courage's former Pilot Brewery, and in 2003 acquired a pub lease, the Three Horseshoes in Marlow. The brewery hosts open evenings coupled with a tour every first Tuesday of each month for visitors and every second Tuesday of each month for the 2000 members of its beer club. Beer varieties The Rebellion brewery produces four fresh all-year ales; IPA (India Pale Ale; 3.4% ABV), 'Smuggler' (4.2% ABV), 'Overthrow' (4.3% ABV) and 'Roasted Nuts' (4.6% ABV). These names follow in a tradition of giving beers subversive or rebellious names. In addition, there are six bottled ales also available all year; 'Lager' (4.4% ABV), 'Red' (4.5% ABV), 'Blonde' (4.3% ABV), '24 Carat' (5% ABV), 'Roasted Nuts Extra' (5.8% ABV) and 'Black' (5.2% ABV). The brewery also produces various seasonal beers such as their 'Monthly' range which releases every month, or special one-off beers for certain events such as sporting events or Christmas. These beers are available in many local pubs, as well as from the Rebellion Brewery Shop. Rebellion beer is also sold in Waitrose. The company specializes in beer made with all-natural ingredients that are designed to be flavourful, as part of a marketing strategy to increase sales through supermarkets offering a greater selection of artisan beers. Awards The Rebellion Beer Company has won numerous awards from the Society of Independent Brewers at both a local and national level. Its Rebellion White won the supreme champion award in the wheat beer challenge of the Society of Independent Brewers in 2003. See also Brewery List of microbreweries References External links Official website
Recreation Ground, Banstead

The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Banstead, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when South Women Second XI played the Women's Cricket Association. It hosted its only first-class match in 1984, when Surrey played Cambridge University. Additionally, between 1983 and 2006, the ground played host to a number of Surrey Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy, hosting a combined total of 20 Second XI matches. The ground has also hosted 2 Women's One Day International's. The first came in 1986 and was played between England women and India women. The second was played between England women and Denmark women in 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup. In local domestic cricket, the Recreation Ground is the home venue of Banstead Cricket Club who play in the Surrey Premier League. The original pavilion was constructed in the 1890s and still stands to this day, although a new pavilion was built in the 1970s. References External links Recreation Ground on CricketArchive Recreation Ground on Cricinfo
Recreation Ground (Whitehaven)

The Recreation Ground (known locally as the 'Recre') and for sponsorship reasons the Ortus REC is a rugby league stadium in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. It is the home of Whitehaven R.L.F.C. The ground has witnessed many other sports such as football, boxing, speedway and whippet racing. Stadium The ground now has terracing on 3 sides with one end of ground, the Kells end, covered. The other sides are known the Popular side, the Railway end and the LLWR Grandstand which seats 556. The ground is set to have a second seated stand holding 1,100 people where the Popular side terracing now stands. The current ground capacity is 7,500. There is a disabled supporters view area in the grandstand with disabled toilets located within the ground while the JJ McKeown bar has disabled access. Matchday parking is available on the Whitehaven Miners' car park adjacent to the stadium main entrance. History The Recreation Ground was originally the playing fields for local coal miners dating back to Victorian times and was owned by the Miners' Welfare organisation. The ground was used for junior sides and hosted a Challenge Cup match when the juniors beat St. Helens 13-8 in front of 2,000 spectators. It was an enclosed field with one wooden stand and opened in 1933. Today the link with the Miners' Welfare poses a potential brake on any outside investment in the ground itself which remains an obstacle in Whitehaven's attempts to join Super League. The Recreation Ground in its current form was built in 1948 to enable the newly formed Whitehaven to play in the Rugby Football League. The ground's record attendance was set in 1960 when 18,650 spectators turned up for a third round Challenge Cup game against Wakefield Trinity. The Kells end stand steel framework was built in 1961. In 1973 the ground acquired floodlights. The old wooden grandstand was demolished in 1995 and the B&H Motors Grandstand was built to replace it. Work began on the stadium in late November 2014 to meet RFL operating rules for Championship clubs for 2015. The Kells end stand was shot blasted, the steel framework repainted and the cladding replaced with new galvanised sheeting. In addition, new changing facilities under the grandstand were built. The next phase of the work to commence later in 2005 is to upgrade the floodlights and increase the ground’s seating capacity to meet RFL requirements. Britain’s Energy Coast financed the improvements. In April 2021 the club announced that as part of a sponsorship deal with Cumbrian engineering firm Lifttech Engineering Limited the ground would be rebranded as the LEL Arena for the period of the deal - initially three years. Rugby league internationals The Recreation Ground has played host to just two rugby league international matches in its history. Rugby league tour matches The Recreation Ground has also played host to various international touring and domestic teams. References External links Recreation ground on World Stadia.com Whitehaven RLFC official site