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Broomhill Park

Broomhill Park is a semi-natural woodland park between Sherrington Road and Valley Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. In older times it was called Broom Hill. The park contains many fine historic oaks and an abundance of Scots Pines. The park contains Broomhill Pool, a Grade II listed lido, which the Broomhill Pool Trust is campaigning to re-open. History For many years this was a privately owned hilltop wood on the outskirts of Ipswich called Broom Hill. In the 19th and early 20th century the land between the hill and Norwich Road was sold for housing. Broom Hill Road for example was built in 1888. In 1925 George Sherrington sold Broom Hill to Ipswich Borough Council. A ring road around Ipswich was built in 1926 and Valley Road then divided the woodland in half, with a larger piece to the North of Valley Road, and a smaller piece to the South. Football ground The park has historical importance for Ipswich Town Football Club. Ipswich Town Association Football Club played their first matches from 1877 to 1883 at Broomhill. The land was owned by George Sherrington, who was a driving force in forming and administering the club in its first 20 years. George Sherrington and his brother, William, who were educated at Ipswich School, both played for Ipswich Town Association FC in the 1870s and 1880s. The players used a shed at the Inkerman Pub across the road as a dressing room. In 1883 when Ipswich Town AFC moved to its ground at Portman Road, the Broomhill ground was used by the rugby club. In 1888 ITAFC merged with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town Football Club. Facilities The park has no facilities as such, as it is just semi-natural woodland. The park is popular for walkers, dog walkers, bird and insect spotting; and for children, who can play in natural sandpits, tree roots, and lush grass. A public library called Broomhill Library, on Sherrington Road, backs onto the park. The building is believed to have been built as a decontamination unit in 1938. References
Broomhill Pool

Broomhill Pool is a Grade II listed lido on Sherrington Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Status Broomhill Pool opened on 30 April 1938 and closed in the autumn of 2002. The pool is the deepest lido in Britain (jointly with Hilsea Lido) at 15ft deep. At 55 yards x 20 yards and 8 lanes wide, the pool volume is 464,000 gallons/2.1 million litres of water. The lido was built in 1938 for £17,000 by the County-Borough of Ipswich. It was designed by E. McLauchlan, the County-Borough Engineer and Surveyor. Broomhill Pool became a Grade II listed building on 23 August 2001. The lido is built within Broomhill Park. It is close to Broomhill Library which was built in 1942 as a WW2 bomb-proof decontamination unit. Broomhill Library was Grade II listed in 2012. English Heritage highlighted the "Group value: the relationship between the former gas decontamination centre and the adjacent Broomhill lido holds important group value; the style of the decontamination centre was designed to mirror the facade of the adjacent Broomhill Lido (listed at Grade II), and both were designed by Borough Engineer E. McLauchlan." Broomhill Pool is a founding member of Historic Pools of Britain: "Established in 2015, Historic Pools of Britain is the first body ever to represent historic swimming pools in this country. These unique indoor and outdoor pools make a significant contribution to the social and architectural history of Britain and play a hugely important role in our communities." Janet Smith wrote in her definitive book, "Liquid Assets" (Published 2005): "Broomhill may lack the national profile accorded to Saltdean, Tinside or Penzance, but it is arguably their equal in architectural significance." Proposed restoration The Broomhill Pool Trust is a registered charity (No.1102659) which aims to restore Broomhill Pool; the last remaining Olympic length, grade II listed lido in Suffolk & Norfolk for full public use. In December 2017, Fusion Lifestyle secured Heritage Lottery Funding stage 2 full grant of £3.4m. Fusion will invest over £2m. In August 2018 Ipswich Borough Council increased their commitment to £1.5m to secure the scheme. The £7.25m restoration commenced in 2020 and the pool was due to reopen in 2021, however this was delayed and the project now faced a shortfall in funding. In January 2024, a funding deal was finally struck between stakeholders Ipswich Borough Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Fusion Lifestyle. The restoration is now looking toward completion in 2026. On 12 December 2024, the restoration project's plans were approved by Ipswich Borough Council's planning department. References External links The Broomhill Pool Trust Historic Pools of Britain Youtube Broomhill Pool 1947 and 2001 footage https://web.archive.org/web/20160317123721/https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/major-national-lottery-grant-restore-and-reopen-ipswich%E2%80%99s-grade
Broomlee Lough

Broomlee Lough is an inland lake in Northumberland, England at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park. The lough lies immediately north of the course of Hadrian's Wall. Old legends portray the lake as a repository of hidden treasure. Protected species The White-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes is present in the Lough. The species is in decline in Europe, Great Britain, and in northeast England, and is the only crayfish native to the British Isles. It is likely that crayfish have never been widespread in Northumberland National Park as their preferred habitat of calcareous burns, rivers, and lakes is very limited. See also Crag Lough Greenlee Lough Halleypike Lough References
Brougham Hall

Brougham Hall er et country house i landsbyen Brougham umiddelbart uden for Penrith, Cumbria, England. Den ældste del af bygningen er porten, som stammer fra 1200-tallet, og herefter storsalen i tudorstil fra omkring 1480–1520. Vagtbygningen blev bygget af James Bird. Det er en listed building af anden grad. Se også Liste over borge og slotte i England Referencer Eksterne henvisninger
Broughton Hall, Merseyside

Broughton Hall is a Gothic Revival house at Yew Tree Lane in West Derby, Liverpool, England. It was built in 1860 for Gustav Christian Schwabe, a Liverpool merchant originating from Hamburg, Germany. The conservatory added between 1870 and 1880 is of special interest. The hall was Grade II* listed in 1975. The house was used as a preparatory school run by Roman Catholic nuns, but now Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls Roman Catholic comprehensive school with boys in the sixth form. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – Suburbs References External links Broughton Hall High School Technology College Morton, B. (1995), "Supporting Columns: Restoring a Cast Iron Conservatory", Context 48 (December 1995), Institute of Historic Building Conservation, accessed 21 November 2007. Sisters of the Community of Our Lady of Mercy at Broughton Hall
Broughton Hall High School

Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls', Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England. It shares sixth form facilities with the neighbouring boys' school Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School. History Broughton Hall was built in 1860 for Gustavus C. Schaube of Hamburg, a prominent Liverpool merchant and the conservatory was added between 1870 and 1880. Broughton Hall High School was founded in 1928 under the Trusteeship of the Sisters of Mercy. It was previously known as Convent of Mercy Girls' High School. Broughton Hall Convent The Broughton Hall Convent is a 19th-century grade II* listed building. The Sisters of Mercy purchased Broughton Hall in 1925, a former grand mansion in West Derby, as the site for a large school set in extensive grounds. As the school was developed in future years, teaching at the convent became less frequent until teaching was moved completely to the new school buildings. The convent is still home to the Sisters of Mercy. Alumnae Irene Desmet (1928–2020) – paediatric surgeon Angela Topping (née Lightfoot) (b. 1954) – poet, author and critic Gail McKenna (b. 1968) – glamour model Natasha Hamilton (b. 1982) – musician, Atomic Kitten Jennifer Ellison (b. 1983) – actress, played Emily Shadwick in Brookside Bianca Walkden (b. 1991) – taekwondo competitor References External links School website
Browne's Folly

Browne's Folly, or Brown's Folly (grid reference ST793662), is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the English village of Bathford in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh (sometimes Farly) Down Stone Quarry and is managed as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT). The tower was built in 1848 and is a Grade II listed building. The site is situated on steep west-facing slopes which overlook the River Avon. The calcareous soils have developed on Lower Lias clays, fuller's earth and oolitic limestone strata of Jurassic age. The local geology is of major importance in the context of the British Bathonian stratigraphy. The site forms part of the Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation and includes the remains of quarries used for the extraction of Bath Stone. These provide a rich variety of wildlife habitats. Downland flora has covered the spoilheaps where wild thyme, harebell and nine species of orchid (including the rare Fly Orchid) are found. Yellow Bird's-nest occurs here. The damp cliff faces support a variety of ferns, fungi and spiders. Pockets of ancient woodland on the lower slopes are home to woodpeckers, and unusual plants such as Bath asparagus. Old quarries The quarry workings provided stone for the façade of Buckingham Palace. The underground workings are of great speleological and historical interest; they are well decorated and contain many delicate stalactites and examples of gull formation (caves features formed by land slippage). The disused underground quarries are used for roosting by the Greater Horseshoe Bat, and five other bat species are present at the site. The main bat roost area is clearly marked on the survey created by the SMCC, and everyone is asked to avoid the area. Boris, the oldest Greater Horseshoe Bat ever recorded in Britain, was discovered at Browne's Folly in January 2000. The SSSI forms part of the Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats Special Area of Conservation. Access In 2000, access was unilaterally withdrawn by the Avon Wildlife Trust pending the results of a mine inspector's report on the safety of the mines. This report was required because of the Health and Safety at Work Act which affects employees and volunteers of Avon Wildlife Trust who might have to enter the mine to count the bats. These legal requirements do not affect leisure access by cavers. Prior to 2000, access to the mine was controlled by the Council of Southern Caving Clubs and cavers coexisted with a thriving bat population with voluntary restrictions on access during the bat roosting season. References
Brown's Gatehouse, Wells

Brown's Gatehouse (also known as the Dean's Eye) in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Close and the residences of the clergy who serve the cathedral. Brown's Gatehouse has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. The Brown's Gatehouse was built around 1451, by Bishop Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckyngton), at a cost of 200 marks. It provides an entrance to the Cathedral Precincts from Sadler Street. It is named after the shoemaker Richard Brown, who was the next door tenant in 1553 In the 19th century it was known as The Dean's Eye. It is a two-storey archway of Doulting ashlar stone, with a Welsh slate roof with coped gables behind parapets. The arch has a ribbed vault. There is a doorway within the porch to a staircase to the first floor. References External links Media related to Brown's Gate, Wells at Wikimedia Commons
Brown's Gatehouse

Brown's Gatehouse is een poort in het Britse Wells. Ze geeft toegang tot de Liberty of Saint Andrew, het terrein met de kathedraal van Wells, Vicar's Close en het Bishop's Palace. De poort werd opgetrokken rond 1451 voor bisschop Thomas Beckington. De poort is beschermd als Grade I-bouwwerk en ontleent haar naam aan de bedelaars die bij de poort zaten.
Browns Restaurants

Browns Brasserie & Bar is a British chain of restaurants owned by Mitchells & Butlers, with sites mostly located in the south of England. Browns was the first hospitality venture established by Jeremy Mogford, who in 1973 invested £10,000 (of which £2,500 was borrowed from his father) in the first Browns Restaurant and Bar in Brighton, East Sussex. He established a chain of seven restaurants, mostly in university towns such as Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford, with an annual turnover of £15 million. In 1996, Mogford sold the Browns chain to Bass Brewery for £35 million. Mogford was regarded as one of the industry's best and most enlightened employers, which was reflected in a low staff turnover rate. He and his restaurants were used as a case study in a hospitality and entrepreneurship textbook illustrating commitment to employees. In addition, Browns was profiled in a widely used capacity management study by Deterministics Inc. for Cornell University's Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly journal. References External links Official website
Brown Knowl Methodist Church

Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England. The church, together with the former Sunday school, is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History The church was built in 1913 to replace an earlier Primitive Methodist chapel of 1836 that was located nearby. Architecture Constructed in red-brown brick with stone dressings, the church has a grey slate roof. The architectural style is Perpendicular. The church and the Sunday school together have an L-shaped plan, and in the angle between them is a tower and a vestry. Facing the road, the church on the right has a five-light window. To the left is a crenellated tower with traceried pebbledashed panels instead of bell openings. Further to the left is the former Sunday school, with two gables, each of which contains a three-light window. On the rear of the building is a date stone carrying the date of 1836. External features In the churchyard is the tomb, dating from about 1869, of John Wedgwood and his wife. John Wedgwood was a local preacher who did much to promote Primitive Methodism locally, and was a distant relative of Josiah Wedgwood. The tomb is listed at Grade II. See also Listed buildings in Broxton, Cheshire References Further reading Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 188, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Browns (fashion boutique)

Browns Fashion is a London-based brand founded in 1970 by Joan Burstein and her husband Sidney. Browns was instrumental in launching brands such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein in the UK market. The brand and its flagship boutique was acquired by Farfetch in 2015. Today, the housed within a Grade II listed building at 39 Brook Street in Mayfair is the destination for a full experience of fashion, fine jewllery and plant based food by Alexis Gauthier. History Joan Burstein founded Browns with her husband Sidney in 1970. Initially a small boutique housed on the ground floor at 27 South Molton Street, Browns grew rapidly expanding through five connecting Georgian townhouses. Their daughter Caroline Burstein founded Molton Brown before joining Browns as creative director in 1993. Their son Simon Burstein became CEO. Known for discovering John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, and Christopher Kane, it also brought designers such as Calvin Klein, Sabine G., Armani, Ralph Lauren and Jil Sander to London. Browns has continued to support both young and established fashion designers. In 2006, Joan Burstein (known in the fashion industry as Mrs B) received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to fashion. Sidney Burstein died in April 2010. In May 2015, Browns passed from family ownership when it was acquired by the fashion website Farfetch. Joan Burstein stayed on as honorary chair and her son and daughter Simon and Caroline retained seats on the board. Stores Browns moved from South Molton Street to 39 Brook Street in Mayfair, London. It also operated Browns East at 21 Club Row in East London which operated from October 2017 before closing September 2022. Pop-up retail Browns had a pop-up shop in Los Angeles at the Fred Segal flagship on Sunset Boulevard for eight weeks in 2018. Browns took over an abandoned supermarket in the Mitte borough of Berlin for three days in November 2019. References External links Official website
King's Academy Brune Park

King's Academy Brune Park, formerly Brune Park Community School, is a coeducational secondary school on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, England. History The name comes from the Prideaux-Brune family, who donated the land on which the school is built to the local education authority for the purpose of establishing a school. The school's crest is based on the Prideaux-Brune coat of arms. The motto is toujours prêt (always ready). The school was opened at its current location in 1965, amalgamating the existing Central School with the Grove Boys' and Girls' Secondary Modern Schools. Its sixth form was removed in 1987, and replaced by the nearby sixth form colleges St Vincent College and Fareham College. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) rated the school as 'inadequate' in June 2016. Following this report, Ofsted placed the school in special measures, In 2017, the school was converted to an academy under the Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust. In November 2023, it was announced on the Brune Park website that the Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust (GFM) was joining the King's Group academies. This included all other schools previously within the GFM, including schools such as Bay House School. The school's name, uniform, and logo were changed to King's Academy Brune Park in May 2024. References External links Official website The school's Ofsted report page Archived 31 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Brunswick Dock

Brunswick Dock is also the name of a dock in London, which became part of the East India Docks. Brunswick Dock is a dock on the River Mersey, in England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Coburg Dock to the north, Toxteth Dock to the south. History First suggested in 1809, the dock was built by Jesse Hartley between 1827 and 1832, when it opened, specifically for importing timber. The dock was Hartley's first. It consisted of two lock entrances from the river. In 1854, Cato, Miller & Company built ships at Brunswick Dock. The dock was rebuilt with a southern extension in 1905 by Anthony George Lyster. The dock closed in 1975, although one lock was reopened in 1987 for small watercraft. Present The Royal Navy Headquarters for the North of England (RNHQ NE) is on Brunswick Dock, which includes the Royal Naval Reserve shore establishment HMS Eaglet. The Archer-class patrol vessels HMS Biter and HMS Charger are based in the dock. Due to tidal restrictions at Brunswick, however, the two ships spend most of their time at Langton Dock in the North dock system in order to enable them to carry out their University Royal Naval Unit training programs more effectively. This and the other docks in the southern system are owned by the Canal & River Trust, with part of the dock set aside for moorings within Liverpool Marina. References Sources Ashmore, Owen (1982). The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719008207. OCLC 8555887. Baines, Thomas (1859). Liverpool in 1859. London: Longman & Co. OCLC 43484994. Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South West. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300109108. OCLC 63396571. Further reading McCarron, Ken; Jarvis, Adrian (1992). Give a Dock a Good Name?. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios. pp. 18–20. ISBN 9780951612941. OCLC 27770301. External links "Liverpool South Docks diagram". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Brunswick Dock aerial photo
Brunswick Square

Brunswick Square is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) public garden and ancillary streets along two of its sides in the King's Cross area of the former parish and borough of St Pancras, in the London Borough of Camden. It is overlooked by the School of Pharmacy and the Foundling Museum to the north; the Brunswick Centre to the west; and International Hall (a hall of residence of the University of London) to the south. East is an enclosed area of playgrounds with further trees, Coram's Fields, associated with charity Coram Family which is just over double its size; next to that area Brunswick Square is mirrored, symmetrically by Mecklenburgh Square, likewise of 3 acres including roads. The squares are named after contemporary Queen consorts (the wife of George III and the wife of his eldest son George IV). Layout Bloomsbury is notable for its garden squares, literary connections, and numerous cultural, educational and health care institutions. Mecklenburgh Square is a matching square to the east covering three acres. Between the two, east of this square, is an enclosed area of playgrounds with further trees, Coram's Fields (associated with charity Coram Family) which occupies just over seven acres. Russell Square is the nearest tube station to the south-west. Protection Brunswick Square and Mecklenburgh Square and Coram's Fields are jointly listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History What is now the square (apart from the longer of the two roads bounding it and sharing in its name which is older) including the nearer part of buildings facing it was originally part of the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. It was planned to be leased for housebuilding, along with Mecklenburgh Square, to raise funds for the hospital in 1790. Brunswick Square, named after Caroline of Brunswick, was finished first, being built by James Burton in 1795–1802; none of the original houses remains. The bronze sculpture of a child's mitten, by Tracey Emin, sits on top of one of the railings outside the Foundling Museum. In literature, arts and the media In Jane Austen's Emma, John and Isabella Knightley live in Brunswick Square. In William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Mr. Osborne lives in Brunswick Square. Notable residents John Ruskin was born at 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square in 1819. The Minerva Club was founded here by Dr Elizabeth Knight and Alice Green in 1920. The club was used for Women's Freedom League meetings and as a hostel for suffrage activists and fund-raising annual birthday parties for Charlotte Despard. Despard travelled from Ireland each year to attend. The writer E.M. Forster used 26 Brunswick Square as his London base from 1930 to 1939. References External links Brunswick Square information from Camden Council LondonTown.com information