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Stevenage Borough Council

Stevenage Borough Council is the local authority for Stevenage, a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council has been under Labour majority control since 1974. It is based at Daneshill House on Danestrete. History Stevenage's first elected council was a local board established in 1873, prior to which the town had been administered by the parish vestry. Such local boards were converted into urban district councils in 1894. The Local Government Act 1972 reconstituted Stevenage Urban District as a non-metropolitan district with effect from 1 April 1974. The district was awarded borough status on the same date, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Governance Stevenage Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level functions are provided by Hertfordshire County Council. There are no civil parishes in the borough. Political control The first elections to the borough council as reformed under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. The Labour Party has held a majority of the seats on the council since 1974: Leadership The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Stevenage, and is usually held by a different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been: Composition Following the 2026 council elections. Elections Since the last ward boundary changes in 2024 the council has comprised 39 councillors, with the borough being divided into 13 wards each electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, electing one councillor from each ward each time to serve a four-year term of office. Hertfordshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. The wards are: Premises The council is based at Daneshill House on Danestrete in the town centre. The building was built in 1961 for the development corporation which oversaw the development of Stevenage as a New Town between 1946 and 1980. The building was bought by the council in 1980 when the development corporation was wound up. Arms References
Stocklake Park Community School

Stocklake Park Community School, (formerly known as Park School), is a co-educational special school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 19. The school has approximately 65 pupils. The school caters for children with severe and multiple learning difficulties. Prior to 2007 the school also catered for children of primary school age. Charitable Connection Park School is notable in that in 1983 it received a donation of a minibus, raised from funds from a golf match. The organisers of this golf match were English rugby supporters who had watched England win the Wooden Spoon in the 1983 Five Nations Championship. They went on to found the Wooden Spoon Society which in 2007 is now a major charity in the UK and Ireland, raising funds for disadvantaged children and young people. References External links School website Ofsted Reports Department for Education Performance Tables 2011
Stockland Hill transmitting station

The Stockland Hill transmitting station is a transmitting facility of FM Radio and UHF television located near Honiton, Devon, England. It was constructed in 1961 by the IBA to transmit ITV 405-line television with transmissions commencing on Band III channel 9 from antennas at 450 m (1,475 ft) above sea level. Colour television came to the site in 1971. Channel Four started up in November 1982. Stockland Hill never radiated the analogue Channel Five service. Digital television was first introduced at this site in 1998, and digital switchover happened in May 2009. Stockland Hill was the second transmitter in the south west of England to have its analogue television transmissions shut off. BBC Two was switched off on 6 May 2009 and the rest of the analogue services were switched off on 20 May 2009 around midnight. Stockland Hill currently transmits all of the digital terrestrial television multiplexes at full planned effective radiated power. The three public service broadcasting multiplexes are at 50 kW, the other three multiplexes are at 25 kW. This transmitter mainly serves the East of Devon, West Somerset and West Dorset. This includes cities and towns such as Exeter, Sidmouth, Tiverton, Exmouth, Taunton, Yeovil, Bridport, Weymouth and Sherborne. Services Analogue television 29 April 1961 – 13 September 1971 405-line VHF ITV television arrived in the southwest with the simultaneous building of this station and Caradon Hill 60 miles (100 km) to the west in Cornwall. 13 September 1971 – 1 November 1982 UHF colour television commenced. 1 November 1982 – 3 January 1985 The UK's fourth UHF television channel started up. 3 January 1985 – 15 November 1998 The VHF 405-line system was discontinued across the UK, and from that point for the next 23 years, television from Stockland Hill was the originally-intended four channels on UHF only. Analogue and Digital television 15 November 1998 – 6 May 2009 The initial roll-out of digital television involved running the digital services interleaved (and at low ERP) with the existing analogue services. 6 May 2009 – 20 May 2009 Digital Switchover commenced at Stockland Hill, with analogue BBC2 being switched off on channel 26 and BBC Mux 1 being switched off on channel 22-. Channel 26 was reused by the new BBC A multiplex at full post-DSO power (50 kW) and using 64-QAM with 8k carriers. Digital television 20 May 2009 – 18 April 2012 Digital switchover was completed at Stockland Hill. All analogue television was switched off and the new post-DSO multiplexes took over the analogue frequencies plus a few new ones. Full power could not immediately be achieved for the COM multiplexes due to interference issues at Rowridge and in France. 18 April 2012 - present The current UHF channels that Stockland Hill is transmitting are: Analogue radio (FM) Digital radio (DAB) References External links MB21's page on 405 TV to the Southwest "405 Alive's list of transmitters" More details on 405-line ITV transmitters The Transmission Gallery: Photographs and Information Stockland Hill Transmitter at thebigtower.com
Stockport College

Stockport College is a medium-sized educational institute in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It provides further education and higher education to those aged 16 and over. It also offers educational opportunities for school leavers, adults, and businesses. The college has academic and vocational courses from pre-GCSE to degree level. It is a provider of post-16 education and training in Stockport and a centre for a range of specialist courses. Among its facilities the college has a theatre where drama and performing arts are taught; in November 1999 it was named the Peter Barkworth Theatre after the English film and television actor Peter Barkworth (1929–2006). Town centre campus The town centre campus is the original site of Stockport College of Further and Higher Education (53°24′16″N 2°09′31″W) and much of the campus dates back to the 1960s. The complete redevelopment of this site and some surrounding buildings was due for completion in 2011 to create a new educational campus for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. The total project value was estimated at approximately £100 million from various sources. It included the closure and selling off of the Heaton Moor Campus (53°25′44″N 2°11′02″W), inherited from the merger with North Area College in 2006. A town centre campus redevelopment project was set to begin in 2018. Trafford College Group On 4 April 2018, Stockport College and Trafford College announced the completion of their merger. As of November 2022, the Trafford College Group is the corporation name for the provider which has over 11,000 students and apprentices and a combined turnover of around £39 million. Stockport College and Trafford College retained their existing names and campus sites following the merger. Notable alumni Lee Boardman (born 1972), British actor Adam Gillen (born 1985), British actor known for TV series Benidorm Sarah Harding (1981–2021), English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, and actress and associated with the pop girl group Girls Aloud Alan Lowndes (1921–1978), British painter known primarily for his scenes of northern life Luthfur Rahman (born 1976), Labour politician, councillor and executive member for skills, culture and leisure for Manchester City Council Angela Rayner (born 1980), Deputy Prime Minister (2024–2025) and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (2020–2025), politician (Member of Parliament), former care worker and trade unionist Daniel Rigby (born 1982), BAFTA award-winning actor for television film Eric and Ernie (2011) See also Listed buildings in Stockport References External links Stockport College web site
Stockport Cricket Club

Stockport Cricket Club is a cricket club in Stockport, England, whose first and second teams play in the Cheshire Cricket League. Ground Stockport Cricket Club was formed in 1855, and has had 2 previous grounds before moving to Cale Green in 1883. These were on Charles Street, Higher Hillgate and on Greek Street. The Cale Green Ground was donated, along with the adjacent Cale Green Park, by Henry Bell, the former Mayor of Stockport. The cricket ground is one of the largest in the borough at 135 yards wide and 130 yards long, and the site also accommodates a lacrosse pitch, two bowling greens, the pavilion and a war memorial. History Stockport Cricket Club was a member of the Manchester Cricket Association until 1937, when the club joined the Central Lancashire League. During this time the club had a number of periods of success, notably the 1960s, when 12 trophies were won by the clubs first and second XI. While in the CLL the club had a number of well known players, with the most recognisable name being Vinoo Mankad, the Indian all-rounder. Future county cricketers including Barry Dudleston also played at the club in this period. Financial difficulties forced the club to resign from the CLL in 1998, and the club merged with Stockport Sunday School and took their place in the Derbyshire and Cheshire Cricket League. The club experienced much success in this league and both the seniors and juniors, with the club winning a league competition every season and individual players collecting numerous personal awards. The junior sides were particularly strong, especially at Under 17 level where the club had a 6 season spell unbeaten in their league division, starting in 2001 and finally ending in 2007. The club resigned from the DCCL at the end of the 2007 season, and entered into the Cheshire pyramid for the start of the 2008 season. The ground was used for shooting many scenes of play for the 2014 film Believe. Cenotaph The war memorial at the corner of the cricket field is dedicated to the memory of the 18 members who died in World Wars I and II, and has the following inscriptions:- AND THESE MEN DIED LEAVING THEIR DEATH FOR AN EXAMPLE OF A NOBLE COURAGE AND A MEMORIAL OF VIRTUE UNTO ALL THE NATION II Macabees 6 SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP Rev T E Royde THERE'S BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE WHO STANDS, IF FREEDOM FALL WHO DIES, IF ENGLAND LIVE Rudyard Kipling External links Official website References
Stocks Mill, Wittersham

Stocks Mill is a Grade II* listed post mill in Wittersham on the Isle of Oxney, in Kent, England which has been preserved. History Probably built around 1781, it was named Stocks Mill after the village stocks that stood nearby. The mill may be older and may have been moved from Stone in Oxney, with the date 1781 carved into the main post denoting its re-erection. The Mill House was at one time used as the parish Poorhouse. The mill was last worked circa 1900, and was then preserved by Norman Forbes-Robertson, who owned the mill and Mill House. The mill passed into the ownership of the artist Randolph H Sauter. and then Sir Edward Parry. The mill was repaired in 1958, and in 1968 a new stock and pair of sails was fitted by the millwright Derek Ogden. In 1980, the mill was acquired by Kent County Council and the Friends of Stocks Mill was set up to allow the mill to be opened to the public. The mill underwent a restoration programme starting in 2002 and partly funded by the National Lottery, which included two new sails amongst other work. Some of the milling machinery which had been removed over the years was recreated. The mill was reopened to the public in 2004. Description Stocks Mill is a post mill on a single storey roundhouse. It has four Spring sails mounted on a wooden windshaft with a cast iron poll end. This carries a 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 m) diameter wooden Head Wheel with 120 cogs, and a 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m) diameter Tail Wheel. The mill drove two pairs of millstones. Millers Thomas Venus 1772 - 1786 Henry Munk 1786 Thomas Howards 1792 Turner 1825 - 1831 Richard Parton 1838 John Grampton 1841 William Grampton 1841 William Proctor 1851 John Spilstead 1851 Patric Cummins 1851 - 1861 George Weller 1856 Robert Parton Peter Parton G Burch H S Hyland S Birch Thomas W Collard 1870 John Holdstock 1889 (owner, miller?) Pilbeam 1892 (occupier, miller?) References for above:- References External links Windmill World page on the mill. Visiting information
Stocksbridge High School

Stocksbridge High School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16-year-olds, in the town of Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England. In December 2017 the school gained Academy school status joining Minerva Learning Trust. History The first school established in Stocksbridge was a small single storey building constructed by a company of Independent Worshippers' on the site of the present NatWest bank in Stocksbridge. The school was named 'Ebeneezer' and was used as both a day school and a chapel. In 1927 Stocksbridge School was constructed on Shay House Lane and Ralph Ellis became the first headmaster. Between 1939 and 1945 the school played an active part in the war effort, and in March 1941 they raised a total of 91 pounds, 17 shillings and 8 pence as part of a 'War Weapons Week.' Two air raid shelters were also constructed, one on the site of the old car park and another on the site of the old sports hall. In 1971 the school became a comprehensive and was renamed to Stocksbridge High School. Today Stocksbridge High School consists of two blocks, north and south. The south block is a modern construction completed in 2014 and the north completely refurbished. At the same time of constructing a new block a sports hall was added to the site which also contains a dance studio. The school serves the local communities of Stocksbridge and Deepcar, but also has a tradition of children attending from the High Green and Chapeltown areas of the city; a bus service supports the attendance of these out of catchment pupils'. Academic performance The school was inspected in May 2022 by Ofsted, which gave a rating of Grade II 'Good' in all areas.[1] This followed a trend of improvement in all performance measures since 2017. Up until this point the school had been rated as "requires improvement" since 2014. Curriculum The school follows the National Curriculum and offers the GCSE and vocational qualifications. The core subjects are English language and literature, mathematics and science, other subjects being art, music, sports, design and technology, and "other cultural pursuits" and civic responsibility. Notable former pupils Matt Helders, musician in the Arctic Monkeys Tracy Palmer, microbiologist Alex Turner, musician in the Arctic Monkeys Oli Sykes, musician in Bring Me The Horizon Lee Malia, musician in Bring Me The Horizon References External links Stocksbridge High School official website
Stockton Riverside College

Stockton Riverside College is a further education college located in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The college offers vocational courses, apprenticeship training, higher education and professional courses. It is part of the Education Training Collective, including Redcar and Cleveland College, Bede Sixth Form College and NETA Training. The college is a partner of the Teesside University College Partnership (TUCP). External links Stockton Riverside College homepage
Stockwell Skatepark

Stockwell Skatepark, also known as "Brixton Bowls" or "Brixton Beach", is a concrete skatepark situated on the corner of Stockwell Park Walk and Stockwell Road in the borough of Lambeth in South London. Construction of the park was funded by the Lambeth Borough Council in 1978 and it has been used since then by skateboarders, BMXers, rollerskaters, and assorted other self-propelled wheeled vehicle practitioners. The park is unsupervised and free to use at all hours, and has remained consistently popular throughout its life, both with locals and with visitors from across the world. History Prior to the park's construction, the site was home to Brixton Tabernacle Baptist Church, which has since been relocated to a new brick building nearby on Stockwell Road, opposite Brixton Academy. The park was built in 1978 by skatepark builder Lorne Edwards. In the late-1990s, the council overlaid the original by then very rough grey surface with a smoother red skin of concrete. In September 2005 that overlay was seriously deteriorated and the park was resurfaced again in grey concrete, this time removing that red surface first. This new surface soon cracked though, and became dangerous in certain places. Users of the park successfully campaigned for a further resurfacing. This was carried out between September 2007 and October 2008. In addition to the new surface, a number of new features were also added during the redevelopment, including a 6-foot bowl end with coping in the north-east corner of the park, previously an empty space. In 2022, the skatepark builders Betongpark resurfaced and updated most of the skatepark, returning the newer parts of it to the red colour of the 1990s and 2000s, and adding various features. The park has been supported since 2002 by Brixton Cycles, a bike and skate shop which was located next to the park until 2015. The shop has now relocated slightly further north on Brixton Road. Brixton's Baddest skate shop is also nearby on Stockwell Road. The park is overseen by the Friends of Stockwell Skatepark user group. It is registered as an Asset of Community Value with Lambeth Borough Council. Transport links London Bus Routes 2, 196, 322, 333, 345 and Night Bus Route N2 London Underground: Brixton Station (Victoria Line) National Rail: Brixton Station (Southeastern) References External links Friends of Stockwell Skatepark - Usergroup Brixton's Baddest - Local owned and run skate shop in Pop Brixton Brixton Cycles - Local skate and bike shop on Brixton Road
Stogursey Castle

Stogursey Castle er en middelalderborg, der ligger syd for landsbyen Stogursey i Somerset, England. Den blev opført i slutningen af 1000- eller begyndelsen af 1100-tallet. Størstedelen af borgen er i dag ruiner, men en stråtækt portbygning er fortsat bevaret, og det er en listed building af anden grad. Den udlejes af Landmark Trust som feriebolig. Se også Borge og slotte i England Referencer Eksterne henvisninger
Stogursey Castle

Stogursey Castle ist eine Burgruine in der englischen Grafschaft Somerset. Das mittelalterliche Gemäuer wird heute vom Landmark Trust an Feriengäste vermietet. Geschichte Stogursey Castle ließ die Familie De Courcy vermutlich Ende des 11. oder Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts südlich des Dorfes Stogursey errichten. Der Name Stogursey ist eine Verballhornung von Stoke Courcy. Die Burg war eine Motte mit 60 Meter breitem und 2 Meter hohem Mound und zwei Vorburgen, umgeben von einem wassergefüllten Burggraben, der vom nahegelegenen Stogursey Brook gespeist wurde. Im ersten Krieg der Barone wurde die Burg von König Johann Ohneland kontrolliert. Ihre Zerstörung wurde 1215 angeordnet, aber sie blieb erhalten. König Johanns Leutnant Falkes de Bréauté übernahm die Kontrolle der Burg und nach seinem Tod wurde die Zerstörung der Burg 1228 ein zweites Mal angeordnet, aber augenscheinlich erneut ignoriert. 1300 wurde Stogursey Castle von der Familie FitzPayne in Stein erweitert, aber in den 1450er-Jahren dann von Yorkisten in den Rosenkriegen zerstört. Im 17. Jahrhundert wurde auf dem Burggelände ein Wohnhaus errichtet. Es wurde in den 1870er-Jahren restauriert, fiel aber Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts in Ruinen. Stogursey Castle ist von English Heritage als historisches Bauwerk II*. Grades gelistet und wurde vom Landmark Trust 1981–1982 als Ferienanlage restauriert. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Stogursey Castle. Videotour. YouTube.
Stogursey Castle

Stogursey Castle is a medieval castle in Somerset, England. Most of the site is in ruins, but there is a thatched gatehouse used for holiday rental by the Landmark Trust. History Stogursey Castle was built to the south of the village of Stogursey by the family of the De Courcys, probably in the late 11th or early 12th century. The name Stogursey is a corruption of Stoke Courcy. The castle was a motte-and-bailey design with a 60-metre-wide, two-metre-tall motte and two bailey enclosures, surrounded by a water-filled moat, fed from the nearby Stogursey Brook. The castle was controlled by King John of England during the First Barons' War, and was ordered to be destroyed in 1215, but survived; John's lieutenant, Falkes de Bréauté, took control of the castle, and after his death, a second order to destroy the property was given in 1228, again apparently ignored. The castle was extended in stone in 1300 by the Fitzpayne family. It was destroyed in the 1450s by the Yorkist faction during the War of the Roses, though the Victoria County History notes that "there is no evidence, either documentary or archaeological, to support the claim for its destruction in 1457." A house was built within the castle grounds in the 17th century and restored in the 1870s, but by the late 20th century, it had been ruined until restoration by the Landmark Trust. Storgursey Castle is a scheduled monument, and its gatehouse is a Grade II* listed building restored by the Landmark Trust between 1981 and 1982 for use as a holiday let. See also Castles in Great Britain and Ireland List of castles in England References Bibliography [Video Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiZSbdbjWT4] Landmark Trust. (2006) The Landmark Trust Handbook. Maidenhead, UK: The Landmark Trust. ISBN 978-0-9533124-5-0. Pettifer, Adrian. (2002) English Castles: a Guide by Counties. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5.
Stogursey Castle

Stogursey Castle är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i grevskapet Somerset och riksdelen England, i den södra delen av landet, 210 km väster om huvudstaden London. Stogursey Castle ligger 34 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Stogursey Castle är platt åt nordost, men åt sydväst är den kuperad. Havet är nära Stogursey Castle norrut. Närmaste större samhälle är Bridgwater, 11,0 km sydost om Stogursey Castle. Trakten runt Stogursey Castle består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Kommentarer Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Stogursey Castle.