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University Technical College Leeds

University Technical College Leeds is a university technical college (UTC) in Hunslet, Leeds, England, which opened in September 2016. The UTC is sponsored by the University of Leeds and several local employers. The college forms part of an educational hub in the north of Hunslet, with Leeds City College's Printworks Campus using the former Alf Cooke printworks building, Leeds College of Building's Cudbear Street site, and the Ruth Gorse Academy all in close proximity to each other. Since September 2023, UTC Leeds has been a part of the Rodillian Academy Trust. The college is based in a formerly disused part of Braime Pressings' factory on Hunslet Road. References External links Official website
Barelees Pond

Barelees Pond is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Northumberland, England. The site is a kettle hole, a deep pond formed in the void remaining after a submerged glacial calf block melted. Barelees Pond is illustrative of vegetative habitat evolution as peat sediment gradually fills the pond. Location and natural features Barelees Pond is situated in the north-east of England, immediately south of the Anglo-Scottish border in the county of Northumberland, some 0.95 miles (1.53 km) south-east of the town of Cornhill-on-Tweed. The pond lies within mildly undulating terrain circa 45 metres (148 ft) above sea level, and is oval in shape, some 0.11 miles (0.18 km) north to south and 0.07 miles (0.11 km) east-west. An island has formed to occupy much of the south and midsections of the pond, fringed at the south by a moat of water, the substantial remains of the pond lying to the north end. The local area has a number of other kettle hole ponds; a second, Campfield Kettle Hole, lies 0.65 miles (1.05 km) west of Barelees. Vegetation Within the perimeter of the island is a carr woodland - in part a quaking bog floating on the pond - supporting birch (Betula sp.) with a carpet of bog mosses including Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum recurvum. On this are found cotton-grasses such as Eriophorum angustifolium and E. vaginatum, with marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris) and bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata). The distinct stable central areas of the island supports Scot's pine (Pinus sylvestris) and a ground flora of ling (Calluna vulgaris) and cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). A 2009 survey found lichen (Caloplaca luteoalba ) on the birch. The perimeter of the island supports willow (Salix spp.), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) and bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara). The perimeter of the pond supports soft rush (Juncus effusus), greater pond sedge (Carex riparia) and water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica). The perimeter bank supports elder (Sambucus nigra), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), wild rose (Rosa sp.), rosebay willow herb (Epilobium angustifolium) and common nettle (Urtica dioica). The condition of the geological units of Barelees Pond was judged to be favourable in 2009. See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland References External links Natural England SSSI record for Barelees Pond
Brunton Bank Quarry

Brunton Bank Quarry is a disused quarry now designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Northumberland, North East England. The quarry exposes a base layer of the Namurian Great Limestone stratigraphic unit, including the Chaetetes Band, the fossilised fauna within which is of current geological interest. Location and natural features Brunton Bank Quarry is situated in the south-west of the county of Northumberland, some 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south-west of Chollerford and 3.8 miles (6.1 km) north of Hexham. The 2.16 hectares (5.3 acres) site at High Brunton lies to the north of the B6318 road and Hadrian's Wall, which runs immediately south of the road; it is 0.2 miles (0.32 km) north of Turret 26A. The quarry's elevation is between 150 metres (490 ft) and 160 metres (520 ft) above sea level. Brunton Bank Quarry is one of a number of SSSIs which expose the Namurian Great Limestone; others include Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs and West Rigg Open Cutting, both to the south of this site, in County Durham. An ancient tumulus is noted within the boundary of the site. Geology Brunton Bank Quarry is identified as an important geological site in the UK's Geological Conservation Review, for its stratigraphic and palaeontological characteristics. It provides an excellent exposure of the reef-like biostromic Chaetetes Band of the Namurian Great Limestone, the affinities of the flora of which is a subject of contemporary study: the quarry constitutes a leading site for such studies. The site is the type locality of the eponymous fossil species Calcifolium bruntonense. The condition of Brunton Bank Quarry was judged to be favourable in a 2013 inspection, which noted recent scrub clearance. See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland References External links Natural England SSSI record for Brunton Bank Quarry
Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen

Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen is a 155.9-hectare (385-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Fordham in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a Ramsar wetland site and a Special Area of Conservation (part of the multi-site Fenland SAC). It is managed by Natural England. The site is described by Natural England as "of national importance for its wide range of wetland habitats and associated birds and insects". It has diverse habitats and flora, with several uncommon species in damp meadows. It also has many species of breeding birds, and rare spiders and moths. Access is by permit, which is only available for people conducting research on the site. References
Godmanchester Eastside Common

Godmanchester Eastside Common is a 29.7-hectare (73-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire. The site is registered common land. There are two fields, with a disused railway line separating them. The habitats are calcareous loam and calcareous clay, both of which are unusual, and there are diverse grass species, such as crested hair-grass and meadow oat grass. The southern field has lines of medieval ridge and furrow. There is access from Common Lane. References
Harlow Woods

Harlow Woods is a 47.1-hectare (116-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harlow in Essex. It is composed of three woods, Hospital Wood Risden's Wood and Parndon Wood. They are owned and maintained by Harlow District Council, and they are part of the slightly larger Parndon Woods and Common Local Nature Reserve. The woods are mainly pedunculate oak and hornbeam, and other trees include ash, hazel and birch. There are also some elms which are regenerating from coppice following Dutch elm disease. There is grassland in ridings and clearings, and ponds and streams provide additional habitats for invertebrates. There are birds such as jays, nuthatches and great spotted woodpeckers. There is access from Parndon Wood Road. References
Mucking Flats and Marshes

Mucking Flats and Marshes is a 311.6 biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tilbury in Essex. It is part of the Thames Estuary and Marshes Ramsar site. and Special Protection Area The site is an extensive stretch of mudflats, saltmarsh and the sea wall, on the eastern side of the River Thames. Wildfowl and waders feed and roost on the site, with internationally important numbers of ringed plover, and nationally significant shelducks, grey plovers, dunlins, black-tailed godwits and redshanks. Plants include the nationally scarce golden samphire, and invertebrates the rare spider baryphyma duffeyi. The Thames Estuary Path goes through the site. Land ownership All land within Mucking Flats and Marshes SSSI is owned by the local authority. References
Thrift Wood

Thrift Wood is a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Bicknacre in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The site is an ancient semi-natural wood on acid soil. It is of two types, both unusual habitats, pedunculate oak/hornbeam and sessile oak/hornbeam. Wild service trees and elders are found in the shrub layer, and a pond has a raised sphagnum bog. Twenty species of butterfly have been recorded. There is access from Main Road. References
Thundersley Great Common

Thundersley Great Common or Thundersley Common is an 8.9-hectare (22-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thundersley in Essex. It is managed as public open space by Castle Point Borough Council. The site is in two separate areas, and has a variety of grass and heath habitats. There wet and dry heathland, both unusual in Essex, and have locally uncommon plants. Heather and gorse are dominant in areas which are not mown, and ponds which dry up in the summer provide an additional habitat. There is access from Common Approach and Kingsley Lane. Land ownership All land within Thundersley Great Common SSSI is owned by the local authority. References External links "Thundersley Common leaflet". Castle Point Borough Council.
Gormire Lake

Gormire Lake is a natural lowland lake that lies at the foot of Whitestone Cliff, a western escarpment of the Hambleton Hills in the North York Moors National Park. The lake is 1.2 miles (2 km) east of the village of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe in North Yorkshire, England. Gormire has no inflow or major outflow of water. It is thought to be fed by an underground spring and drained by a limestone channel so the water finds a way out through the base of the cliff face to the east of the lake. The lake is also known as the White Mere, Lake Gormire, or more simply, Gormire. The name Gormire translates as filthy swamp. The lake was formed over 20,000 years ago by glacial erosion. When an ice sheet pushed its way between the Pennines and the North York Moors, it bulldozed the soft earth away and carved the cliffs at Whitestone and in turn the mud left over stopped the water's egress and formed the glacial lake. Gormire Lake was a result of this process and is fourth largest of the natural lakes in Yorkshire (the other three being Hornsea Mere, Malham Tarn and Semerwater). The lake was first designated as an Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1954; however, in 1985 the area surrounding the lake was incorporated into the SSSI status with the new area being 133.5 acres (54.03 ha). The new designation incorporates the broadleaf woodlands of Garbutt Wood which encroach right up to the water's edge. The lake is the setting of several myths; one being of a knight known as Sir Harry Scriven who conned the Abbot of Rievaulx Abbey into letting him ride his horse (a white mare, the so-called derivation of White Mare Cliff (another name for Whitestonecliff)). The knight and the abbot rode on from an inn and as they did so, it turned into a race. The abbot then changed into the devil, which caused such panic in the knight that he couldn't stop the horse and himself plunging into Gormire Lake from the clifftop. The 'devil' was then seen to jump into the lake after them and the boiling effect of the devil in the water is what is said to have caused the darkness of the lake to this day. Other myths are that the lake is bottomless, that the bottom of the lake is the entrance to hell, there is submerged village underneath the water and that a goose once disappeared in the lake to emerge in a well at Kirkbymoorside stripped of all its feathers. Gormire Lake is popular with wild swimmers as it has no streams feeding it so there is very little current and the waters are described as being 'warm'. Swimmers have reported that it is seething with leeches. The Times named the lake as one of the 20 best lakes and rivers in Britain for wild swimming. References
St Katherine Westway

St Katherine Westway is a Church of England parish church in Hammersmith, west London. Its original dedication was St Catherine Coleman, named after the church of St Katherine Coleman in the City of London, whose sale funded its construction in 1922, to a design by Robert Atkinson - it was assigned a parish in 1929. Westway refers to Westway, the road beside which it stands. The original church was destroyed by bombing on 14 September 1940 and the foundation stone for the present one was laid on 25 October 1958. References External links Official website
D H Evans

D H Evans was a department store located in Oxford Street, London, England, which later became part of House of Fraser. The store was rebranded as House of Fraser in 2001. History D H Evans was opened in 1879 by Dan Harries Evans at 320 Oxford Street. Evans was a Welshman who had trained as draper and had moved to London in 1878. This store quickly grew and by 1885 he had taken on three of the adjoining stores. In 1893, the store moved into further new premises at 290-294 Oxford Street and became a limited liability company. The new company was listed as having capital of £202,000. The store was grown again with the purchase of 296-306 Oxford Street in 1895 and 308 in 1898. In 1897, Dan Evans resigned as Managing Director but stayed on the board, and was replaced by Harrods manager Ernest Webb on the advice of Harrods and D H Evans director Richard Burbridge. The business continued to expand by purchasing the business of neighbors James Goodman and Arthur Saunders, and in 1906, announced the rebuilding of the collection of buildings on the west side of Old Cavendish Street. In 1915, Dan Evans retired from the board and was replaced by Ernest Webb's son William Wallace Webb. By 1928, however, DH Evans realized they could not expand without further investment, and due to the relationship with Harrods agreed a merger with Harrods being the senior partner, with William Burbridge becoming the chairman. Burbridge realized that the business could not continue to operate from two buildings, and so, in 1935, land bounded by Oxford Street, Old Cavendish Street, Henrietta Street and Chapel Place was acquired and demolished for a new store. The architect chosen was Louis Blanc and the new store fully opened in 1937 after being built in two phases. The former East block of the store was sold to John Spedan Lewis, of the John Lewis Partnership for £848,500. After the war, D H Evans purchased the Devon business of J F Rockhey, and D H Evans was run as a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrods. In 1954, Harrods was purchased by House of Fraser, and D H Evans become a trading arm within the Harrods group. A second D H Evans store was added in Wood Green, London in 1980, and the Oxford Street store was refurbished twice between 1982 and 1985. In 2001, the store was rebranded under the House of Fraser name. The store closed permanently in January 2022. References
Soho Baptist Chapel

Soho Baptist Chapel is a church located at 166a Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on the corner of Mercer Street. It was originally a Baptist church, the community relocated to North Finchley and was renamed as High Road Baptist Church. The building is now known as the Chinese Church in London, a home for Chinese congregation. History The church was built in 1887–88 to a design by the architect William Gillbee Scott for a Strict Baptist church community that had been formed in 1791. In 1916–17, it was sold to another Strict Baptist church, after their 99-year lease on a chapel in Gower Street came to an end, and became the Gower Street Memorial Chapel. It is now the Chinese Church in London, Soho Outreach Centre. References External links Official website Media related to Soho Baptist Chapel at Wikimedia Commons
Weymouth Peace Garden

Weymouth Peace Garden is garden dedicated to peace in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, southern England. The Peace Garden is a multifaith community garden. It located to the south of Weymouth Harbour, close to Nothe Gardens and Nothe Fort. Immediately adjacent to the garden is Wellington Court, formerly Red Barracks. The garden was opened on 24 April 2010 on the site of a former Quaker burial ground. See also Hope Square Nothe Parade References External links Weymouth Peace Garden website Archived 26 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine 50.60644°N 2.45035°W﻿ / 50.60644; -2.45035
Lambeth Pier

Lambeth Pier is a pier on the Albert Embankment, near Lambeth Bridge, on the south side of the Thames in London, England. It has been part of a ferry service up to the mid-18th century, and now serves pleasure rides and cruises along the river. History Ferry services There has been a landing facility for boats here since Roman Britain. It became the primary crossing point between Lambeth Palace and Westminster Palace for the Archbishop of Canterbury. A horse ferry was in operation by 1513, as it was one of the few places along the Thames that accommodate such a service. It sank in 1633, and again in 1656 while carrying Oliver Cromwell's coach. Mary of Modena used the ferry to escape to France during the Glorious Revolution. The service closed following the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750. Leisure services Since the closure of the ferry service, the pier has been used for leisure trips along the Thames. In the 19th century there were "constant stoppages" of steamboats at the pier. In 1961 Decca Radar's training school moved to the area from Blackfriars. In 1860, the pier was moved further out into the river following the construction of the Albert Embankment. Capital Cruises were operating at Lambeth and Tower Piers by the 1980s. Today, Thames Cruises operate from the pier. Tidal Cruises has run pleasure services from Lambeth Pier since the 1980s. Incidents On 9 October 1888, a body was found floating in the Thames, from where it was taken to Lambeth Pier and identified as a woman aged about 29, before being transported to the mortuary. Although the incident occurred at the height of the Whitechapel Murders, and the similar Whitehall Mystery murder around the same time, it is not believed to be linked to any of these. On 20 August 1989, the Tidal Cruises-owned Marchioness sank when it collided with a dredger, killing 51 people. In 1999, 120 passengers and crew on the Symphony were evacuated at Lambeth Pier after the vessel struck Lambeth Bridge. There were no injuries. Charging Since November 2023 it has been home to a high-voltage Shore Power connection for recharging battery powered boats. References External links Media related to Lambeth Pier at Wikimedia Commons
Stephen Joseph Studio

Das Stephen Joseph Studio, auch bekannt als Deutsche Protestantische Kirche, Greenheys (German Protestant Church, Greenheys), gehört zur Universität von Manchester. Die Kirche befindet sich im alten Bezirk von Greenheys, England und war dort in der Wright Street zu finden, einer Straße die seit ca. 1955 nicht mehr existiert. Gegründet wurde die Kirche vor 1895, vermutlich im Jahre 1853. Im Manchester Verzeichnis (Manchester Directory) wird für 1858 erwähnt das der Pastor der Kirche H. E. Marotsky war. (Die Kirche sollte man nicht mit der Deutschen Kirche (German Church) in der John Dalton Street verwechseln, die von Joseph Steinthal im Jahre 1854 aufgebaut wurde.) Erstmals wurde die Kirche im Jahre 1949 von der Universität in Beschlag genommen und wurde zunächst verschiedentlich genutzt, bevor sie letztlich vom Department Drama verwendet wurde. Der Haupteingang, des neogotischen Gebäudes liegt auf der Westseite. Das Gebäude hat einen Seiteneingang an der Nordseite. Auf der Ostseite ist eine Fensterrose. Das Gebäude hat sieben Vorlesungsräume, mit Platz für bis zu 179 Studenten. Das Gebäude ist nunmehr benannt nach Stephen Joseph, dem Pionier des Theatre in the Round. Seit den späten 1970er Jahren steht das Mansfield-Cooper-Gebäude (Mansfield Cooper Building) auf der Süd-West-Seite der Kirche. Einzelnachweise und Anmerkungen Literatur Coates, Su (=S. D. F. Thomas) (1991) "Manchester's German Gentlemen ... 1840-1920" in: Manchester Region History Review, Band 5, Nr. 2, 1991/2; Seite 24 Weblinks Evangelische Synode Deutscher Sprache in Großbritannien - Manchester (Seite zum vorherigen Eigentümer der Kirche)
Stephen Joseph Studio

The Stephen Joseph Studio is a former German Protestant Church, now part of the University of Manchester, in Greenheys, Manchester, England. It used to lie on Wright Street (off Ducie Street), a street which no longer exists (grid reference SJ845963). It was mentioned in the Manchester Directory for 1858, with the pastor's name H. E. Marotsky (Hermann Eduard Marotsky); it should not be confused with the German Church in John Dalton Street, established by Joseph Steinthal in 1854. It was first occupied by the university in 1949 and had various uses before its use by the Department of Drama. The main entrance lies on the west side of the building, with a side entrance on the north. The east side features a rose window. The building houses seven lecture rooms, with space for up to 179 students. It is named after Stephen Joseph, the pioneer of theatre in the round. Since the late 1970s the Mansfield Cooper Building has stood to the south-west. References Sources Coates, Su (=S. D. F. Thomas) (1991) "Manchester's German Gentlemen ... 1840-1920" in: Manchester Region History Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1991/2; pp. 24 Williams, Bill (1976) The Making of Manchester Jewry, 1740-1875. Manchester: U. P. ISBN 0-8419-0252-6; p. 334 External links Evangelische Synode Deutscher Sprache in Großbritannien - Manchester (website of the former owner of the Church)
St Mark's Church, Surbiton

St Mark's Church, Surbiton, is one of two Church of England parish churches in Surbiton, London - the other is St Andrew's. It is dedicated to Saint Mark, and is situated near the top of St Mark's Hill, near the junction with Church Hill Road. History Saint Mark's is the oldest church in Surbiton, dating back to 1845. During the course of the 19th century, it was extended, and the spire added towards the end of the century. St Mark's suffered severe bomb damage during the London Blitz of 1940. Its spire survived but the roof and much of the chancel was destroyed, and the graves in the churchyard scattered. The church was closed for two decades before being reopened in 1960, after major restoration work. During this time a temporary church hall with a tin roof was used for worship. In September 2010 the church was closed for restoration again, during which the congregation worshipped at Saint Andrew's. Saint Mark's reopened its doors once more on 24 June 2012. During the restoration, a new hall was installed and the pews replaced by seats. The church has two books of remembrance scribed by the calligrapher, Mildred Ratcliffe. Building Saint Mark's has a light airy interior, with a traditional layout of chancel and nave, and also a Lady chapel. The church is orientated in the traditional way, with the high altar at the east end. The main entrance is through the south porch and door. The tower, spire and north wall were the only surviving parts of the original church which survived the bombing, although the tower has since had to be repaired. They are thus the only places where the work of the Victorian masons and stone carvers can be seen. Most of the gravestones have been removed from the churchyard, as they were broken and damaged, but some interesting monuments remain. Gallery References