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Leicester Athena

Athena is a Grade II-listed events venue in the cultural quarter of Leicester City Centre, England. Built originally as an Odeon Cinema in 1936, it closed for most of the 1990s and remained vacant up until 2005, where the building was restored as a multi-discipline events venue. History The building was originally designed and built in 1936 in the Streamline Moderne style by Robert Arthur Bullivant, and operated as an Odeon Cinema. When it was first opened, the Odeon was one of the most extravagant and largest buildings in the region, with one screen and seating 2,182 guests. The terracotta panels, which feature mermaids, were hand-moulded by William Neatby at the Lambeth premises of Doulton and Co. The cinema was opened on 28 July 1938 with a screening of A Slight Case of Murder. Seating was provided for 1,307 in the stalls and 875 in the upper circle. In 1974 it became a three screen cinema when the original auditorium was subdivided. The main Screen 1, located in the circle and front stalls, became a 1,237 seat screen, allowing for two smaller screens, 2 and 3, underneath the circle of the rear stalls which seated 123 and 111. In 1988 a fourth screen was added by converting the remaining front stalls into a 401 seat screen. The original Odeon closed on 16 July 1997 when the twelve screen Odeon multiplex opened at Freemans Park. The building has been Grade II listed since August 1997, giving it protection from unauthorised modification or demolition. The building has been restored and converted into a venue for corporate and social events. Today Since re-opening in 2005, Athena has been host to artists including Olly Murs, Kasabian, Oliver Mtukudzi, X Factor Live shows, Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson. Awards In 2017, Athena received a Silver award at the Awards Awards in the category for Best Awards Venue, and in the same year, was a finalist at The Drum UK Event Awards. In 2018 it picked up two awards at the National Venue Awards, receiving another Silver award for Best Awards Ceremony Venue and being named winner of the Best Event Venue for 500–1000 Guests category. References External links Athena official site
List of schools in Wiltshire

This is a List of schools in Wiltshire, England. State-funded schools Primary schools Non-selective secondary schools Grammar schools Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury South Wilts Grammar School, Salisbury Special and alternative schools Source: Downland School, Devizes Exeter House School, Salisbury Melksham House School, Melksham SAIL, Salisbury Silverwood School, Rowde The Springfields Academy, Calne Further education Salisbury Sixth Form College, Salisbury Wiltshire College, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Salisbury & Lackham Independent schools Primary and preparatory schools Senior and all-through schools Special and alternative schools References
Linder's Field

Linder's Field is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Buckhurst Hill in Essex. It is owned and managed by Epping Forest District Council. Linder's Field is a surviving fragment of an ancient wood called Pluckett's Wood. It is named after its former owner, Charles Linder. In 1956 he granted the site to Chigwell Council (which later became Epping Forest Council) for 35 years, and in 1963 his family handed over the site permanently. It was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2000. The site has ancient woodland, scrub, grassland and ponds. The ponds have frogs, toads and newts, and bats forage in the hedgerows. Plants include bluebells and wood anemone. It also has a wildflower meadow which is an important habitat for many species of invertebrates, birds and mammals. The main entrance is in Roebuck Lane. References
Lindow Common

Lindow Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the western edge of the town of Wilmslow, Cheshire, in the northwest of England. It is also designated a Local Nature Reserve. The Common was an area of heathland where, in centuries past, villagers could graze their cattle, but over the last century or so, birch trees have overrun many areas, so that much of the Common is covered by trees. In the middle of Lindow Common lies the Black Lake. The Welsh for Black Lake is llyn ddu, the derivation of Lindow. The name Lindow is also used for one of the historic parishes of Wilmslow, and of the adjacent Lindow Moss, much of which is covered in an ancient peat bog. It was at Lindow Moss that a bog body, Lindow Man, was discovered in 1984. Lindow Man is now on display at the British Museum. Lindow Common was managed by Macclesfield Borough Council's Countryside and Ranger Service. The common is now managed by Cheshire East Council. Current work at Lindow Common is aiming to start selective removal of birch trees, in order to promote regrowth of heather (Calluna vulgaris) to return the area to heathland. This is one of only two sites in Cheshire with areas of lowland wet heath. A racecourse once existed around the outskirts of the Common. The racecourse is no longer there, but the road around the perimeter is called Racecourse Road. The Common features (under its Welsh name Llyn-dhu) in Alan Garner's popular children's fantasy novel The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Land ownership All land within Lindow Common SSSI is owned by the local authority. References External links Lindow Common from wilmslow.org News from Lindow Lowland raised peat bog, from Cheshire Wildlife Trust Lindow Common Nature Reserve page, fromCheshire East Council Heathland local action plan Campaign to save and restore Lindow Moss
Линдоу (общинные земли)

Общинные земли Линдоу (англ. Lindow Common) — участок особого научного значения Чешира (SSSI) расположен в западной части города Вилмслоу, Чешир, в северо-западной Англии. Также считается заповедником местного значения. Линдоу ранее был пустьшью, где столетиями местные жители пасли скот, однако в XX столетии значительная часть территорий заросла берёзами, и большая часть Линду теперь покрыта деревьями. Посредине Линдоу находится озеро Блэк Лейк (Чёрное озеро). На валлийском языке «Чёрное озеро» звучит как llyn ddu, от чего и произошло название Линдоу. Название «Линдоу» также используется в названии одного из исторических приходов в Вилмслоу, и соседней территории Линдоу Мосс, большая часть которой покрыта древними торфяными болотами. На территории Линду Мосс в 1983 году было обнаружено болотное тело, человек из Линдоу, которое сейчас находится в Британском музее. Общинные земли Линдоу находился под управлением Совета Макклсфилда. На данный момент Общинные земли Линдоу управляются Советом Восточного Чешира. В настоящее время на территории Линдоу ведется селективное удаление берёзы с целью содействия распространению вереска (Calluna vulgaris), чтобы вернуть участок к состоянию пустоши. Это одно из двух мест в Чешире с участком низинной мокрой пустоши. Ранее дорога, окружающая общинные земли Линдоу, использовалась для конных соревнований, в настоящее время память об этом осталась в названии современной дороги, Рэйскорс Роад англ. Racecourse Road. Примечания Ссылки Общинные земли Линдоу на wilmslow.org (англ.) News from Lindow (англ.) Lowland raised peat bog, from Cheshire Wildlife Trust (англ.) Lindow Common Nature Reserve page, fromCheshire East Council (англ.) Heathland local action plan (англ.) Campaign to save and restore Lindow Moss (англ.)
Little Bytham railway station

Little Bytham railway station was a station in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway main line. It closed in 1959. The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway crossed just north of the station. The GNR were given powers to build a junction but never did so. The nearest station on the M&GNR was at Castle Bytham. From 1857 to 1884, Little Bytham was the junction for the Edenham & Little Bytham Railway branch line to Edenham. The public house now called The Willoughby Arms, but then The Steam Engine was built as the terminus, although the track crossed into the GNR goods yard for interchange purposes. References External links Local web site with several sub-pages about each railway
Littleheath Woods

Littleheath Woods is the collective name for Littleheath Wood, Foxearth Woods, part of Queenhill Shaw and part of Gee Wood in Selsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, with an area of 64 acres (26 ha). It is owned by Croydon Council and the Friends of Littleheath Woods assist with the management. The woods were saved from housing development of the area in the late 1920’s thanks to the campaigning and fundraising efforts of The Selsdon Resident Association and in particular local conservation hero Malcolm Sharpe. The Woods opened to the public in 1932. The woods have tall oaks above a layer of sweet chestnut, rowan and birch, and there are several areas of grassland. Plants include wood anemone, bluebell and greater stitchwort and at the southern end there is a small pond with amphibious bistort and brooklime. In the north there is acid grassland. There is access from neighbouring roads including Croham Valley Road, Littleheath Road, Edgecoombe and Foxearth Road. The wood was once used for shooting and a pheasantry was established on part of the land. Much of the low-level planting was established to provide cover for the game-birds. The soil (soft sand) is of a type suitable for badgers and there are active setts within the woodland. References External links Littleheath Woods and Edgecoombe at London Borough of Croydon website "iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Friends of Littleheath Woods
Liverpool and London and Globe Building

The Liverpool and London and Globe Building is located in Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It fills a block adjacent to the Town Hall, bounded to the northeast by Exchange Street East and to the southwest by High Street. History The building was constructed between 1856 and 1858 for the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company. The architect was C. R. Cockerell, who was assisted by his son F. P. Cockerell, and by Christopher F. Heyward. An attic storey was added to the building in the 1920s. The building was used by the Royal Bank of Scotland up until 2022. It has since been converted into a three-floor hospitality venue and office space. Architecture It is constructed in ashlar, with rusticated quoins and a slate roof. The building is in three storeys with a basement and attics. The Dale Street front has seven bays, and there are 15 bays along the sides. The entrance in Dale Street is flanked by red granite Doric columns. The windows in the ground floor have segmental arches. Those in the second floor are recessed behind a Corinthian colonnade with balconies. The building has a Mansard roof with dormers. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. See also Architecture of Liverpool References
Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel

The Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel, also known as the Dingle Extension Tunnel or variations thereof, stretches for half a mile from Herculaneum Dock to Dingle underground railway station, which was the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. History The tunnel was opened for operations on 31 December 1896. Per the inscription on the tunnel entrance, it was constructed, under the chairmanship of William Bower Forwood, by the engineer Charles Douglas Fox. Additional engineers attributed on the portal are J.H. Greathead and S.B. Cottrell. Contractors were H.M. Nowell and C. Braddock. The tunnel was approximately 0.5 miles (800 m) long, 25 feet (7.6 m) wide and 19 feet (5.8 m) high. In the station, reached after 186 feet (57 m) the width and height increased to 52 feet (16 m) and 25 feet (7.6 m) to accommodate the island platform with tracks each side. The tunnel portal at Herculaneum Dock is halfway up a cliff, so that the track seamlessly run onto the elevated section of Overhead Railway. The track was electrified using the third rail. The inscription “LOR Southern Extension” lies above the portal. Soon after the entrance the tunnel passes over the Garston and Liverpool Railway railway tunnel which links Brunswick and St Michaels. The tunnel was twin track and ended 123 yards (112 m) beyond the end of Dingle station with twin sets of buffers embedded in the end wall of the tunnel. The last trains ran on 30 December 1956. The site today The former station was used as motor repair garage until the collapse of the station entrance in 2012, leaving the tunnel and station disused. In April 2020, the private owner of the tunnel was looking to sell it, with suggestions it could be used as a wine cellar. Notes References Citations Sources Catford, Nick; Bolger, Paul (1 July 1999). "Liverpool Overhead Railway". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 16 August 2020. "The Dockers' Umbrella: End of the line". Liverpool Echo. 8 May 2013 [2008]. Retrieved 15 August 2020.: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Rosney, Mark; Rosney, Michelle (2015). Secret Liverpool. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445640860. OCLC 921191793. Weston, Alan (5 April 2020). "The amazing pictures taken down the years at Dingle Overhead Railway tunnel". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 August 2020. External links Media related to Dingle extension tunnel at Wikimedia Commons
Ліверпульський Плейхаус

Ліверпульський Плейхаус — це театр у Вільямсон Сквер, Ліверпуль, Англія. Він був заснований у 1866 році як м'юзік-хол, а у 1911 році перетворився на репертуарний театр. Театр сприяв розвитку кар'єр багатьох акторів і актрис, які згодом здобули національну та міжнародну популярність. Протягом років будівля зазнавала архітектурних змін, остання з яких була здійснена у 1968 році, коли до північної частини театру було додано сучасне розширення. У 1999 році був створений траст, який об'єднав управління Плейхаус із театром Еврімен. Історія Театр на цьому місці був спроєктований Едвардом Девісом і відкритий у 1866 році, замінивши попередній театр під назвою Star Concert Hall. Спочатку театр мав назву Star Music Hall. У 1895 році його перейменували на Star Theatre of Varieties. У 1898 році театр був модернізований Гаррі Персивалем із новою аудиторією, фойє та електрикою. У 1911 році була заснована компанія Liverpool Repertory Theatre Limited під керівництвом Базіла Діна. Театр був придбаний за £28,000. Це зробило її першою репертуарною трупою у Британії, яка отримала у власність театр у вільне володіння. Компанія витратила ще 4 000 фунтів стерлінгів (еквівалентно 510 000 фунтів стерлінгів у 2023 році) на редизайн та модернізацію театру. Глядацька зала та підвальне фойє були переплановані Стенлі Адсхедом, професором громадського дизайну Ліверпульської школи архітектури. Протягом багатьох років театром керувала Мод Карпентер, а Рональд Сеттл був музичним керівником з 1945 по 1971 рр. Театр був перейменований на Ліверпульський репертуарний театр, а в 1916 році знову перейменований на Ліверпульський театр «Плейхаус». Незначні структурні зміни були внесені до театру в 1961 та 1966 роках. У 1968 році до північної частини театру була прибудована прибудова в сучасному стилі для розміщення нових фойє, барів, гримерних та майстерні. У 1990-х роках театральна компанія була ліквідована. У 1999 році була створена благодійна організація Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Limited, і театр знову відкрився. Управління театром здійснюється спільно з театром «Еверман» міською владою Ліверпуля. Архітектура Стара частина Екстер'єр старої частини театру оштукатурений, дах вкритий сланцем. Фасад має сім бай та три поверхи. Центральні три байи виступають уперед та увінчані зламаним педиментом. У середньому ярусі центральні байи мають балюстраду та вікна з тимпаном. Бічні частини містять аркові та прямокутні входи. Інтер'єр оформлений у стилі грецького відродження. Нова частина Нова частина побудована з бетону та облицьована склом. Головний елемент – три циліндричні секції. Найбільша з них охоплює два поверхи і кріпиться на центральній колоні. Ліва секція менша та взаємодіє з основною. Усередині є порожня колона зі сходами. Джерела Зовнішні посилання Офіційний сайт театрів Playhouse та Everyman
List of schools in Slough

This is a list of schools in Slough in the English county of Berkshire. State-funded schools Primary schools Non-selective secondary schools Grammar schools Herschel Grammar School Langley Grammar School St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Upton Court Grammar School Special and alternative schools Arbour Vale School Haybrook College Littledown School Further education East Berkshire College Independent schools Primary and preparatory schools Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation St Bernard's Preparatory School Senior and all-through schools Langley Hall Arts Academy Long Close School Special and alternative schools Darul Madinah
Lostwithiel signal box

Lostwithiel signal box is a Grade II listed former Great Western Railway signal box, located on Lostwithiel railway station in Cornwall, England. The signal box is situated at the northern end of Platform 1, adjacent to the level crossing. Area of control The signal box opened in 1893 with just 35 levers. A separate signal box at the south end of the station controlled the junction with the Fowey branch line but this closed on 16 December 1923 when the station signal box was enlarged to 63 levers. It exchanges trains with Liskeard signal box (Bodmin Road until 1985) to the east and Par (Treverrin until 1956) to the west. It also used to work with the signal box at Carne Point or Fowey but this line has operated without signal boxes since 1968. Grade II listing In July 2013, it was one of 26 "highly distinctive" signal boxes listed by Ed Davey, Minister for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, after a joint initiative by English Heritage and Network Rail to preserve and provide a window into how railways were operated in the past. Historic England list the reasons for its designation as; intactness (it remains one of the best-preserved examples of what was once a standard signal box on the GWR network; date (it is considered to be the earliest known surviving GWR-designed type 5; and fittings (it retains original operating equipment including a lever frame and some train control instruments). Closure The signal box will be closed and its semaphore signals replaced during 2023-24 with new electric signals installed and controlled from Exeter. References
Loughwood Meeting House

Loughwood Meeting House is a historic Baptist chapel, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Dalwood, Devon in England. There was a meeting house on this site in 1653, although the current building may date from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is one of the earliest surviving Baptist meeting houses. Since 1969 it has been owned by the National Trust. English Heritage have designated it a Grade II* listed building. Origins The meeting house was founded by the Baptists of Kilmington, Devon, a village 1 mile (1.6 km) away to the southeast. Prior to the Act of Toleration 1689, the meeting house was illegal, but its location made it suitable as a refuge. It was built into a hillside, at that time surrounded by woodland and accessible only by narrow paths. Furthermore, it lay within a detached outlier of the county of Dorset, as the parish of Dalwood belonged to Dorset until 1842. From the outside it resembled a farm-worker's cottage apart from the gravestones surrounding it. It is still used for worship twice a year by the congregation of nearby Kilmington Baptist Church. Architecture The building is of stone rubble with buttresses and a thatched roof. The interior dates from the mid 18th century to early 19th century. The interior is set up as a preacher's house with a high pulpit at the centre front. On the left are box pews at right angles to the wall, and on the right some are square pews and the others are parallel with the wall. The musicians sat in the front pews of the gallery where they had their music rests. A notch in the floor was used for the foot of the bass viol. Two small rooms at the back of the meeting house were used for cooking the midday meal when the congregation met on Sundays for the entire day. Outside is the graveyard, the first interment being in 1659, and in the corner of the graveyard is a stable for the horses of those members who had come from far afield. There was also a baptismal pool. Membership The earliest records go back to 1653, but the church had been in existence for some time before that. Two of the earliest members were John Vernon and William Allen who had been part of the victorious Parliamentary forces under General Fairfax in the English Civil War in 1645. Other early members had escaped from France, mostly being Huguenots, and because their names were difficult to pronounce, were known as "French". This remains a common surname among church members and in the vicinity. References External links National Trust Visitor Information Media related to Loughwood Meeting House at Wikimedia Commons
Low Dinsdale Manor

Low Dinsdale Manor is a privately owned, much altered, and extended medieval moated fortified manor house situated on the north bank of the River Tees at Low Dinsdale, near Darlington, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The manor was owned by the Surtees family from the 12th century. Several members of the Surtees of Dinsdale family served as High Sheriff of Northumberland. In 1511 on the death of the last male of the family it passed to his daughter Katherine Place. Rowland Place was High Sheriff of Durham in 1654. The house was the birthplace of his son artist Francis Place (1647–1728). In 1718 the manor was sold to Cuthbert Routh and in 1770 to John Lambton of Lambton. In 1789 a mineral spring was discovered on the estate and a Spa was established. Lambton's son John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham built Dinsdale Spa Hotel in 1829. In 1844 the Earl sold the manor to Henry George Surtees (High Sheriff of Durham 1862) a descendant of the ancient family. He substantially extended and altered the house in 1876 adding new bays to the medieval core and two cross-gabled wings. In 1914 the manor was sold to Sir Henry Havelock-Allan Bt. A large part of the estate was sold for the creation of a golf course. References English Heritage: architectural description of listed building A History of the County of Durham Vol 3 (1928) p217-222 Low Dinsdale from British History Online