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Crowngate Shopping Centre

Crowngate Worcester is a shopping centre in Worcester, England, built in part on the historic site of the Worcester Blackfriars monastery, and replacing the former Blackfriars shopping centre. It contains forty-nine stores, with a range of both large and smaller units, including House of Fraser and Primark. There are three restaurants in the recently refurbished Friary Walk: Wildwood Kitchen, Bills restaurant and Anatolian Palace. Other facilities include a 780 space, multi-story car park, Worcester's bus station and the Huntingdon Hall Theatre. In October 2009 the centre underwent a £5 million refurbishment. In 2017, plans for a new look for Crowngate were published, which were completed in 2019, and gave the existing building a brand new frontage. Construction and excavations Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1985–6, prior to the construction of the new centre. They uncovered: a Roman road and timber buildings a Saxon building and bread ovens the cloisters and friary church of the monastery, which were aligned with the Roman Road civil war defences facing towards St Johns. Nevertheless, the nine months of funding to excavate the site "proved insufficient to complete the work and analyse the finds". The small finds were repackaged by volunteers in 2010. There are plaques dotted around Crowngate, to be found, which tell the history of the site. Stores Stores present include House of Fraser, Primark, Boots, The Body Shop, Claire's, Smiggle, Ryman, Warren James, Rise, New Look, Superdrug, Iceland, and Cornucopia. Bus Station The bus station is located below the shopping centre and the main bus operator is First Midland Red. Routes serving the bus station References External links Official website
Crown Hills Community College

Crown Hills Community College (CHCC) is a secondary school in Leicester, England with more than 1500 pupils and more than 200 staff members. Crown Hills is a sports college and with a large field for sports, especially the football grounds called Goals. History The school was founded in 1950. It was subsequently redeveloped under the government's Building Schools for the Future programme, with new facilities completed in the early 2010s and the former buildings demolished in 2014. Facilities Crown Hills Community College has modern educational facilities organised into multiple learning zones, as well as outdoor study areas. The school is designated as a specialist sports college and has extensive sports infrastructure, including large playing fields and an on-site football complex known as Goals Leicester, which features all-weather pitches used for both school and community activities. References External links Official website
Crown Hotel, Liverpool

The Crown Hotel is a public house on Lime Street, Liverpool, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The Crown Hotel was built in 1905 in Art Nouveau style. It is constructed in brick with some stucco, and has marble facing on the ground floor. The building is in three storeys with an attic. It has two fronts, one on Lime Street with two bays, the other on Skelhorne Street, with three bays. Between the bays are pilasters rising to the top of the building, each surmounted by a cornice. On the ground floor are doorways flanked by windows. The Lime Street front and the middle and right bays on the Skelhorne Street front contain bow windows on each of the top two floors. Between the floors is inscribed "CROWN" "HOTEL" in elaborate lettering. The top two floors of the left bay in Skelhorne Street are occupied by a complex panel containing, in three lines, "WALKERS ALES WARRINGTON". Each of the attics contains a lunette window over which is an elaborate architrave. The interior contains moulded coffered ceilings and much engraved glass. See also Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L1 References
Crown Spa Hotel

The Crown Spa Hotel (formerly the Crown Hotel) is a large hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, overlooking the town's South Bay. Built in 1844, it was Scarborough's first purpose-built hotel and has been extensively renovated to 21st-century four-star status. They lost their four-star status in 2023. History The original Crown Hotel was reputedly designed by Malton architect John Gibson and opened by John Fairgray Sharpin on 10 June 1845. It was one of the first purpose-built hotels in the world as well as the first in Scarborough. It forms part of the Wessex Court terrace. The hotel has been a location for television and film productions, including Little Voice, Heartbeat, The Royal, and A is for Acid. The hotel lost its 1978 "four-star" rating in the 1990s and was purchased by a new owner in February 2000. Four-star status was restored in 2008. It then lost its "four-star" status again in 2023. Redevelopment controversy In 2005, the hotel overcame objections by local residents and secured approval for plans to increase its accommodation to 161 bedrooms. In 2007, there were successful public objections to decking and a gazebo erected in front of the hotel without planning permission, and to inappropriate artificial construction material. References "Scarborough 150 Years of Hospitality" by Basics Plus Scarborough; 72 page paperback book sold locally Scarborough library and information centre Vernon Road Local History section External links Official website Live webcamera feed looking over South Bay Historic England. "Wessex Court 1 to 3 Esplanade, and 4 to 19 including Crown Hotel (1258434)". National Heritage List for England.
Crown and Treaty

The Crown and Treaty is a pub on Oxford Road in Uxbridge, London, England, where Charles I and his Parliamentary opponents during the English Civil War held negotiations (the Treaty of Uxbridge) between 30 January and 22 February 1645. It is a Grade II* listed building, dating from 1576. Description The Crown and Treaty was built in the early sixteenth century as Place House, the residence of Sir John Bennett. In 1689 the Bennetts died off, with the property passing to a Wentworth Gurneys whose co-heirs in 1724 divided his properties with the building falling to a Charles Gosling. Afterwards the building remained a residence housing Sir Christopher Abdy and a Dr. Thorold. It was two thirds larger than it is today, but was reduced in size when Oxford Road was widened to accommodate the coaching traffic in the eighteenth century, and was converted into a coaching inn. The architectural conversion was overseen by Sir John Soane. Prior to becoming a pub the building had been a Thai restaurant and a venue for live music. Interior panelling On May 24, 1930, it was announced that the original wood panelling in the room where the Treaty of Uxbridge was signed was sold to Louis Allen, a resident of New York City and was installed at his art gallery at 521 Madison Avenue. At the time of its purchase the panelling was "in practically perfect condition." Allen was an antiques dealer who primarily specialized in historical English artifacts. In 1945 Industrialist and art dealer Armand Hammer bought the paneling and installed it in his private office on the 78th floor of the Empire State Building which he decorated to be a replica of the treaty room after the entire floor had to be gutted following the crash of a B-25. At the time it was a trend amongst the American ultra-wealthy to dismantle historic rooms from Europe still recovering from World War II and reinstalling them in the states. In 1953 Hammer gifted the panelling to Elizabeth II as a coronation gift. Elizabeth returned the panelling to its original building which at the time was a Thai restaurant. Popular culture Mercury Prize-nominated band Sweet Billy Pilgrim named their third album Crown and Treaty after the pub. In the 2019 general election, contesting the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, novelty candidate Count Binface proposed improvements to the pub in his manifesto: 21. The hand dryer in the gents' toilet at the Crown & Treaty, Uxbridge to be moved to a more sensible position.Moving the hand dryer has been a repeated feature of Binface's election manifestos, although as of July 2026 he has not yet been elected. The hand dryer in question is located precariously close to a urinal rendering either it, or the hand dryer, inoperable while the other is in use. References
Crownhill Fort

Crownhill Fort ist eine ehemalige Festung in der Grafschaft Devon in Großbritannien. Das Fort liegt 6 km nördlich von Plymouth. Geschichte Das Fort wurde auf Grund der Empfehlungen der Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom von 1863 bis 1872 zum Schutz von Plymouth und der Marinebasis Devonport errichtet. Die Festung war Teil eines Rings von elf Befestigungen, die ab 1860 zwischen dem Tamar River und dem Cattewater gebaut wurden, um Plymouth vor einem Angriff von der Landseite zu schützen. Innerhalb dieses Fortgürtels nahm Crownhill im Nordosten eine Schlüsselposition ein und galt als die größte und wichtigste Festung von Plymouth. Die von Edmund Du Cane entworfene Festung war zum Zeitpunkt ihres Baus auf dem neuesten Stand der Festungsbaukunst. Die Festung war mit 32 Kanonen und 6 Mörsern bestückt, die Besatzung war 300 Mann stark. Durch den Fortschritt im Artilleriewesen veraltete sie jedoch rasch. Sie wurde nie in Kampfhandlungen verwickelt, doch im Gegensatz zu den anderen Forts um Plymouth wurde sie über 100 Jahre lang militärisch genutzt und blieb so erhalten. Erst 1986 endete die militärische Nutzung. 1987 wurde das Fort vom Landmark Trust erworben. Der Landmark Trust restaurierte die Anlage, legte die alten Wehrgänge frei und entfernte Anbauten und Anlagen aus dem 20. Jahrhundert. Die als Scheduled Monument geschützte ehemalige Festung kann besichtigt und auch für Veranstaltungen und Feiern gemietet werden. Anlage Das Gelände der ehemaligen Festung ist 6,5 ha groß. Die siebeneckige Anlage liegt auf einem bewaldeten Hügel und ist von einem 10 m tiefen, in den Fels gehauenen Graben mit Kaponnieren an den Ecken umgeben. Der Zugang zur Festung erfolgte von Süden. Um den vieleckigen Innenhof liegen die mit Erde gedeckten Unterkünfte und Magazine, die zur Erbauungszeit als bombensicher galten. Weblinks Homepage von Crownhill Fort History of Plymouth: Crownhill Fort Pastscape: Crownhill Fort
Crowsley Park House

Crowsley Park House ist ein Landhaus im Dorf Crowsley, etwa 3 km nördlich von Reading im Süden der englischen Grafschaft Oxfordshire mit einem 64 Hektar großen Park. Seit 1943 gehört das Anwesen der British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), die dort und im nahegelegenen Caversham Park Signalempfangsstationen betreibt. Das Landhaus aus dem Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts liegt auf einem abgegrenzten Grundstück innerhalb des Anwesens und befindet sich auch heute noch in privater Hand. English Heritage hat es als historisches Gebäude II. Grades gelistet. Architektur Das zweistöckige Haus mit 10 Jochen ist aus roten Ziegeln erbaut und hat ein einfaches Ziegeldach. Der Mittelbau mit 8 Jochen ist von zwei Türmen mit zinnenbewehrter Brüstung flankiert. In der Mitte gibt es eine Vorhalle mit zweiflügliger Eingangstür. Über den mittleren drei Jochen befindet sich ein flacher Stufengiebel, in den ein Wappen eingelassen ist. Das Baskerville-Vermächtnis Unter der früheren Besitzern von Crowsley Park war auch die Familie Baskerville. Eines der Familienmitglieder, Henry Baskerville, war 1847 High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. Geschichten über die Familie und ihre Verbindung zu wilden Hunden inspirierten Sir Arthur Conan Doyle zu seinem Roman Der Hund von Baskerville, der 1901/1902 veröffentlicht wurde. Darin spielt Sir Henry Baskerville eine wichtige Rolle. Die Verbindung zu den Baskervilles ist in den Statuen der „Höllenhunde“ mit Speeren durch ihre Mäuler erhalten, die auf den steinernen Torsäulen der Eingangstore zum Park und über der Frontfassade des Landhauses sitzen. Ein Pub im nahegelegenen Dorf Lower Shiplake heißt The Baskerville Arms. Einzelnachweise
Croxdale Estate

The Croxdale Hall Estate at Croxdale near Sunderland Bridge, County Durham, England, has been owned by the Salvin family since the 15th century. Its principal building is the Grade I listed Croxdale Hall. Ownership The staunchly Roman Catholic Salvin family came to Croxdale by the marriage in 1402 of Gerard Salvin of Harswell, Yorkshire, to Agnes de Rissaby, heiress of Croxdale. They have held the property ever since. Records of the Salvin family are held by Durham County Record Office. Croxdale Hall The house, originally in Tudor style, dates from the 17th century. Major alterations in about 1760 were carried out for William Salvin, probably to designs by architect John Carr, including the two-storey seven-bay west entrance front. The impressive internal Rococo plasterwork dates from this time. A three-walled garden and lakes were laid out in the mid-18th century, creating a pleasure ground through which the family could demonstrate their wealth and status with the exotic plants they acquired through their gardener John Kennedy (1719–1790), his Hammersmith-based nurseryman brother Lewis Kennedy (1721–1782), and his business partner James Lee (1715–1795). The gardens have been listed at Grade II* on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens since 1993. As of 2024, they are on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register regarding the condition of walls and water features. Further alterations to the house by architect James Wyatt in about 1807 included the addition of a five-bay south wing and the insertion of a Gothic Revival-style Roman Catholic chapel into the 18th-century north wing. The house served as a military hospital from 1940 to 1945 and then as a maternity home until at least 1954. It was designated as Grade I listed in 1967. More recently, the hall has been restored as a family home. It is open to the public by appointment. Other buildings A disused 12th-century chapel which stands in the grounds is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and also a Grade I listed building. It was in use as a chapel of ease to St Oswalds, Elvet, until the new parish church of St. Bartholomew was built by the Salvins in 1845. Although it was repaired around 2021, as of 2024 the building is on the Heritage at Risk Register owing to "unresolved damp issues". Also in the grounds is an 18th-century house (Grade II* listed) which housed the priests who served as chaplains to the Salvin family. References External links Media related to Croxdale Estate at Wikimedia Commons History of the County of Durham (1928) Vol 3 pp157–174 via British History online Visit North East England entry on Croxdale Hall, archived in 2011
Canal Croydon

Le canal Croydon s'étendait sur 15 km à partir de Croydon via Forest Hills jusqu'au canal du Grand Surrey à New Cross dans le Sud de Londres en Angleterre. Il a été ouvert en 1809 (en) et fermé en 1836 (en). Il s'agit du premier canal à être abandonné par une loi du Parlement. Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Croydon Canal » (voir la liste des auteurs). Annexe Bibliographie (en) Charles Hadfield, The Canals of South and South East England, David and Charles, 1969 (ISBN 0-7153-4693-8) Portail de l’Angleterre
Croydon Central Library

Croydon Central Library is Croydon's main public library, located inside the Croydon Clocktower in Croydon, south London. It is owned by the London Borough of Croydon on behalf of Croydon Council. The library is located on four floors inside the building. There are also children's rhymetime sessions. Croydon's first central library was at 100-106 North End. The library moved to the Croydon Clocktower buildings when they first opened in May 1896, the library was located in a central wooden panelled room (later used as a local studies library and now used as the David Lean Cinema), it was then notable opening with a large collection of over 100,000 volumes and for being one of the first public libraries at the time with open access shelves. An extension was built to the Clocktower municipal buildings in the early 1990s with a new four floor library space opening in November 1993. One notable chief librarian W. C. Berwick Sayers was instrumental in advancements in library classification and children's librarianship. It was the third-most-used public library in the UK in 2010. Croydon Libraries is part of The Library Consortium (TLC) shared catalogue. The Rainbow Reading Group (run in conjunction with the Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS) meets at the library monthly. The group reads LGBTQI+ books and has been running since 2011. References External links Croydon Central Library Webpage
Biblioteca Central de Croydon

La biblioteca Central de Croydon es la principal biblioteca de Croydon, y se encuentra situada en el interior de la Torre del Reloj, en Croydon, al sur de Londres, Inglaterra.​​​ Es propiedad de la ciudad de Londres, en nombre del consejo de Croydon. La biblioteca está ubicada en cuatro plantas dentro de la Torre del Reloj. En el nivel 0 se encuentra el mostrador de servicio al cliente y el nivel incluye una gran biblioteca infantil. Fue la tercera más utilizada en el Reino Unido en 2010.​ Colecciones y servicios La biblioteca ofrece una amplia variedad de libros, revistas, CD, DVD y videos para referencia y préstamo. También incluye una amplia gama de computadores con libre acceso y conexión a Internet. Otra característica es que posee una colección WordWise de libros para niños con dislexia. La biblioteca posee locales de estudio y extensos archivos, que también están presentes en el Museo de Croydon. La biblioteca también alberga una colección extensa sobre homosexualidad, la más amplia gama encontrada en Londres. Hay un servicio de información, así como un centro de información turística, uno de los tres en el sudeste de Londres. El café de la Torre del Reloj está situado a las afueras de la biblioteca, y es muy popular. Los libros están disponibles en la mayoría de los idiomas que se hablan en la ciudad. Hay una hemeroteca grande que incluye los principales periódicos desde la década de 1990 en la planta superior.​ Referencias
Croydon Clocktower

Croydon Clocktower is an arts and museum complex located on Katharine Street in Croydon, London. History The venue, which forms part of the 19th-century Town Hall, was opened as an arts and museum complex by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. A notable early success was the Picasso exhibition in March to May 1995 named Picasso's Croydon Period. The venue contains the Museum of Croydon, Clocktower Café and the Croydon Central Library. Other facilities which can be accessed from Croydon Clocktower include the David Lean Cinema, which offers a regular programme of art house and independent films, and the Braithwaite Hall, which is used for concerts, theatre and children's shows. References External links Croydon Clocktower at Croydon Council Central Library
Croydon Minster

Das Croydon Minster ist eine zu Ehren Johannes des Täufers (St John the Baptist) geweihte Kirche der Church of England in der Diözese Southwark im Londoner Vorort Croydon. Im Jahr 1951 wurde der architektonisch sehr einheitlich gestaltete Kirchenbau als Grade-I-Baudenkmal eingestuft; 2011 erhielt er den Status eines Minsters. Geschichte Bereits in angelsächsischer Zeit gab es an gleicher Stelle eine Kirche, die im Jahr 1086 auch im normannischen Domesday Book erwähnt wird. Im 14./15. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche im damals aktuellen Perpendicular Style neu errichtet. Nach einer Restaurierung in den 1850er Jahren brannte sie am 5. Januar 1867 ab. Unter der Leitung des Architekten George Gilbert Scott wurde sie in den darauffolgenden Jahren unter weitgehender Beibehaltung des Grundrisses und der Wiederverwendung einiger erhaltener Teile neugebaut; lediglich der Chor (chancel) wurde verlängert. Die Weihe erfolgte im Jahr 1870. Architektur Der von Strebepfeilern stabilisierte Westturm hat den Brand weitestgehend unversehrt überstanden. Das Mittelschiff der dreischiffigen Basilika ist von leicht angeschrägten hölzernen Flachdecken über ebenfalls hölzernen Schwibbögen bedeckt; die Seitenschiffe sind flachgedeckt. Der vergrößerte Chorbereich hat eine gewölbte Kassettendecke und ein Fenster im Neo-Perpendicular-Style. Siehe auch Kathedralen und Minsters im Vereinigten Königreich Literatur David Morgan: Minster Tales: The Hidden History of Croydon Minster. Filament Publ. 2016, ISBN 978-1911425007. Brian Lancaster: Consumed by Fire. The Destruction of Croydon Parish Church in 1867 and its Rebuild. Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society 2016, ISBN 978-0906047316. J. Corbett Anderson: Croyden Church, destroyed by fire, January 5th, 1867. J. Russell Smith 1967. Weblinks Croydon Minster – Website (englisch)
Croydon Mosque

Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre is a mosque situated in Croydon, London. History The story of Croydon Mosque began from informal gatherings in the basement of 32 Derby Road, West Croydon in the mid-1960s. After 32 Derby Road received a compulsory purchase order to make way for the Handcroft Road Housing Redevelopment, the Croydon Mosque Association was formed in 1970, and began renting a vacant 'office area' at 45 Wellesley Road to meet and pray. A madrasah, the five times a day congregational salah, a wudhu area, regular "jalsah's," the two madrasah mini-bus system, Wing Chun classes and a youth club began; over the 13 years while at the ground floor Wellesley Road site. On the suggestion from the local Kenyan community; a Qari, who was also a Hafiz and Alim was employed. The first ever imam was Moulana Yusuf Ismail Patel, an Indian-born Islamic scholar who had relocated to Mauritius before later settling in the UK. The Muslim community were again asked to move, as now 45 Wellesley Road was to be redeveloped, and the mosque moved to its current premises at 525 London Road in 1978. However, redevelopment plans twice had to be put on hold due to lack of funds. The association was able to complete the work thanks to donations, including a gift of more than £100,000 from Shah Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, after a plea from then Croydon North East MP Bernard Weatherill. Phase one of the mosque's renovation was concluded by the completion of its dome in 1988. Within a decade, phase two was also complete, with new offices and prayer space being built. In April 2012, phase three plans were unveiled for a "green" four-storey extension, to be used as a women and children's centre and an 18-metre minaret. The new building will also increase the mosque's capacity to 4,000, reflecting the growth of Croydon's Muslim community since the centre was built in the 1980s. Members of the mosque have donated around £500,000 to fund the project. Community Originally established to serve a local Muslim community of predominantly East African Asian, Indian and Pakistani immigrants, the mosque now serves a diverse Muslim community from in and around the London Borough of Croydon. In recent years, this has included an increasing number of those of Somalian, Turkish, Afghan, Middle Eastern and Bosnian origin amongst others. The mosque is well attended with over 9,000 people passing through during an average week, increasing to over 30,000 people per week during Ramadan. See also Islam in London Islam in the United Kingdom Islamic terrorism Islamic schools and branches Islamism Islamism in London List of mosques List of mosques in the United Kingdom References External links Official website