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Rye College

Rye College, formerly Thomas Peacocke Community College and Rye Grammar School, is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Rye, East Sussex, England. History The school developed from earlier schools in Rye such as Rye Grammar School which was founded by Sir Thomas Peacocke in 1636. It became a comprehensive school in (or before) 1969. In November 2018 Rye College joined the Aquinas Church of England Education Trust, whilst retaining its community school terms of reference. It is a non-faith school. Ofsted judgement and academic performance The school was judged Good by Ofsted in 2023. Performance at GCSE in 2017 was average compared to national results, based on the Progress 8 measure. Notable former pupils Of Thomas Peacocke Community College: Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson Mark Edwards, best-selling fiction writer James McCartney, musician and songwriter Mary McCartney, photographer and vegetarian cookery writer Stella McCartney, fashion designer Of Rye Grammar School: Prof Percival Allen, Professor of Geology from 1952–1982 at the University of Reading, and President from 1978–1980 of the Geological Society of London Prof Ted Paige, expert on surface acoustic waves at the Royal Radar Establishment from 1955–1977, and Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1977–1997 at the University of Oxford. His research had great use for airborne radar used by the RAF from the 1970s. Harry Peulevé DSO MC Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, chaired the Bloody Sunday Inquiry References
Rye House, Hertfordshire

Rye House in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire is a former fortified manor house, located in what is now the Lee Valley Regional Park. The 15th-century gatehouse is the surviving part of the structure and is a Grade I listed building. The site is a scheduled monument. The house gave its name to the Rye House Plot of 1683, an alleged plan to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James. History The ownership of Rye House was very stable over four centuries; but the fabric gradually ran down, and the buildings diminished. Foundation Andres Pedersen, a Danish soldier who took part in the Hundred Years' War, was denizenised in England in 1433, becoming Sir Andrew Ogard. In 1443 he was allowed to impark part of the manor of Rye, the area then called the Isle of Rye, in the parish of Stanstead Abbots, and was given licence to crenellate what became Rye House. Over 50 types of moulded brick were used in its construction. Early Modern period In 1517 William Parr was living at Rye House; it was the main family home for the Parrs, Catherine Parr and Anne Parr also, after their father's death, until 1531. It passed in 1577 to Joyce Frankland from her husband William. The Frankland family sold it to the Baeshe family, in 1619. It was later the setting of the Rye House Plot. In 1683, when the putative plot was actively being discussed, it was occupied by Richard Rumbold, one of the conspirators. It was bought by the Fieldes family in 1676, in the person of the Hertford MP Edmund Feilde (or Field). A short film was made about the Rye House Plot in the late 1920s. From the 19th century By 1834 Rye House had become a workhouse. Subsequently (William) Henry Teale developed it into a tourist attraction, buying the house and 50 acres in 1864. There were a maze and a bowling green, among other features. An affray there in 1885 between Catholic excursionists and Orangemen led to a question in the House of Commons. In 1870, Teale acquired the Great Bed of Ware and put it to use in his pleasure garden. In 1911 it was described as a hotel. After interest in the garden waned in the 1920s, the bed was bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1931. The moat was put to uses including growing water cress. The part that had been filled in was excavated in the 1980s. Geography The local geography played a significant part in the history of the house. At Hoddesdon the River Stort runs into the River Lea, and the area was often flooded. The lord of the manor of Rye maintained a bridge over the Lea, and a causeway. The causeway became part of the coaching road via Bishop's Stortford into East Anglia. Gallery See also Rye House railway station References External links Gatehouse page
Rye Meads

Rye Meads is a 58.5-hectare (145-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Rye House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. It is one of series of wetlands and reservoirs situated along the River Lea, to the north-east of London. It is part of the Lea Valley Ramsar site (a group of internationally important wetland sites) and a Special Protection Area. Operations and access The SSSI is divided into three areas: North of Rye Road is the Rye Meads nature reserve, which is open to the public. The western half of this nature reserve, next to the River Lea in the Lee Valley Regional Park, is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The RSPB reserve has ten birdwatching hides, trails and a visitor centre. Birds include kingfisher, snipe, green sandpiper, shoveler, gadwall and tufted duck. The eastern half is managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT). The HMWT site is an ancient flood meadow which has a variety of habitats including reedbed, marshy grassland and fen. It is grazed by ponies and water buffalo. The SSSI also includes a meadow and lagoons owned by Thames Water, south of Rye Road, which are not open to the public. The entrance to the nature reserve is on Rye Road. There is a path around the site, but a one-way turnstile blocks wheelchairs and pushchairs, and only allows access from the RSPB half to the HMWT area, not vice versa. References
Ryedale School

Ryedale School, opened in 1953, is a coeducational secondary school located in Beadlam, North Yorkshire, England. The school provides for pupils aged 11 to 16, and has a capacity enrolment of 750. The school achieves higher than average GCSE results. In 2012 the school was inspected by Ofsted and was rated Grade 1 (outstanding) for overall effectiveness. The school has represented both the County and Region at sport, music and interpretive dance; including National Youth Orchestras. Every year the school performs a carol service in the Church of All Saints, Helmsley. Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire County Council, in February 2021 Ryedale School converted to academy status. References External links Ryedale School Rydale School, Ofsted 2010 Interim Assessment statement (pdf download required). Retrieved 25 November 2011
Ryhope Engines Museum

The Ryhope Engines Museum is a visitor attraction in the Ryhope suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The Grade II* listed building is a popular landmark in Ryhope and is based at The Ryhope Pumping Station, operational for 100 years before closing in 1967. The building is more or less Jacobean in style with curving Dutch gables, and a tapering octagonal brick chimney. The historian of British industrial architecture Hubert Pragnell calls it a "cathedral of pistons and brass set within a fine shell of Victorian brickwork with no expense spared". The volunteer-run museum contains two Victorian beam engines, which are kept in working order by members of the Ryhope Engines Trust. The site is owned by Northumbrian Water, successors to the Sunderland & South Shields Water Company which built the complex in the 1860s. The engines are a near identical pair of double-acting compound rotative beam engines by the local North East firm R & W Hawthorn of Newcastle - 'possibly the finest pair of compound beam engines in Great Britain'. Each beam weighs 22 tons and each flywheel 18 tons. Both engines can be seen fully operational and in steam on various weekends and bank holidays each year. The museum also contains three 1908 Lancashire boilers (two of which are still in regular service), a blacksmith's forge, a waterwheel, numerous steam engines and pumps, a replica plumber's shop, and many items associated with waterworks. In addition, visitors arriving in the engine house are now able to see to the bottom of the 250-foot well shaft by means of a viewing panel inserted in the floor. See also Tees Cottage Pumping Station for another working example of preserved waterworks engines in County Durham. Dalton Old Pump House a nearby former pumping station, also by Hawksley, which houses a pair of Cornish engines (no longer in steam). References External links Official website
Rylands Building

The Rylands Building is a Grade II listed building and former department store on Market Street in Manchester, England. It is situated in the Smithfield conservation area, which was known for its markets and textile warehouses, close to the Piccadilly area of Manchester city centre. History Warehouse The building was originally built as a warehouse by J. Gerrard & Sons of Swinton for the Rylands textile company (Rylands & Sons Ltd) which was founded by the entrepreneur John Rylands. That firm had occupied warehouses in High Street ever since 1822; its west-facing side is on High Street. The building was designed by the eminent Manchester architects, Fairhursts (Harry S. & P. G. Fairhurst), in an Art Deco style. It is clad in Portland stone and features a decorative corner tower and eclectic 'zig zag' window lintels. The work was completed in 1932. Department store Following a fire in 1957 which destroyed the premises of Paulden's Department Store in All Saints, the company acquired the Rylands warehouse building and converted it to a store. (However at that time the topmost floor remained in the possession of Rylands & Sons Ltd., which was sometime later acquired by Great Universal Stores.) This was then a direct rival to the Lewis's store, on the opposite side of Market Street. In 1973 Debenhams, the owner of Paulden's, rebranded the store in their name. It remained Debenhams until its closure in 2021, outlasting other Manchester department stores including Lewis's, Affleck & Brown and C&A. Redevelopment In 2023 the developer AM Alpha published plans to redevelop the Rylands Building to provide office, retail, and leisure spaces, as well as a four storey roof-top extension. The plans by Jeffrey Bell Architects were approved by Manchester City Council in May 2021 and construction is expected to be completed in 2025. In popular culture The Rylands Building can be seen in the background of L. S. Lowry's 1954 painting, Piccadilly Gardens. See also Listed buildings in Manchester-M60 References
St Anselm's School, Bakewell

S. Anselm's Preparatory School is a private school located in Bakewell, Derbyshire, in the heart of the Peak District. It offers flexi, weekly and full boarding for pupils aged 3–13. History S Anselm's was founded in 1888 by William Storrs Fox. In the first years it was a boys' boarding preparatory school. Storrs Fox was a graduate of Cambridge and a naturalist. He quickly established the reputation of the school. He took as a motto for the school 'Esse quam videri' (to be, rather than to seem). Already after a year he constructed an aviary in the school garden. In 2023 it was announced that S.Anselm's will join the Birkdale family of schools. In March 2025, it was announced that the school would close at the end of the 2025 year. It was later reported, in May 2025, that the school would be saved. The school is now independent with a new interim head in place for the September 2025 term. References External links School Website Profile on the ISC website
SATRA

SATRA Technology Centre (SATRA) is a research and technology centre, employing over 180 scientific, technical and support staff across three sites one in each the UK, Ireland and China. Founded as the British Boot, Shoe and Allied Trades Research Association in 1919, it has since extended its expertise to cover other consumer product industry sectors including furniture, safety products, clothing, floorcoverings, leathergoods, homeware, and cleaning technology. It is partly funded through membership, which includes 1,600 companies in over 70 countries. SATRA is also a Notified Body for EU Directives on personal protective equipment, toys and construction products. SATRA's activities include research, material and product evaluation, consumer product and personal protective equipment testing, management systems and consultancy, international quality systems, quality assurance, publications, information services, and the production and sale of test equipment. Its facilities include testing capability for fall arrest harnesses, fireproof suits, safety eyewear, chain saw protection, and horse riding protective equipment. It also undertakes footwear durability testing, footwear fitting, chemistry laboratory testing and furniture durability testing. Awards SATRA won the Queen's Award to Industry (Now Queen's award for Enterprise) in 1969 for its Heat Setting Process SATRA won Interiors Monthly award for Best Product Testing Provider 2024 for its Furniture and Flooring testing Everest boots SATRA played a role in the successful expedition to the top of Mount Everest in 1953 in which Sir Edmund Hillary, along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first person to 'stand on top of the world'. In 1952, SATRA was approached by The British Expedition to produce 34 pairs of boots to meet the challenge of climbing in one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet. The boots were designed to provide a high level of thermal insulation for use in high altitude and saw a combination of inner vapour barrier, mesh insoles and an integrated rubber outer gaiter: the water resistant vapour barrier's inner layer stopped the boots becoming soaked with sweat then freezing; the mesh insole allowed sweat to disperse from the socks; the outer gaiter prevented melting snow soaking in to the boot itself. There were five layers of Ceiba pentandra•kapok insulation, a naturally hollow fibre and a forerunner of synthetic versions. The boot lasting technique helped prevent compression of the vital insulation material and microcellular resin soles further improved insulation and decreased weight. The result was boots that weighed only 4 lb 4oz (1.9kg) almost 1kg lighter than comparable footwear at the time, and a successful expedition in which no-one who wore the boots got frostbite – a remarkable achievement. External links SATRA Technology Centre website SATRA Technology Europe website References
SELCHP

South East London Combined Heat and Power, better known as SELCHP, is a major energy from waste incineration plant in Bermondsey, London. It was designed to generate both heat and electricity. The plant can generate up to 35 MegaWatts of power using a steam turbine in electricity only mode. It can incinerate up to 420,000 tonnes per year of municipal solid waste. History In 1986, faced with the increasing scarcity and the environmental problems of landfill, the local authorities of Lewisham, Southwark, and Greenwich came together to identify an alternative. In 1988, they formed an organisation - the South East London Combined Heat and Power Consortium - from which SELCHP now takes its name. The plans were taken forward by several Councillors, notably David Sullivan and Angela Cornforth of Lewisham and Len Duvall of Greenwich. A Lewisham Officer, Richard Siggers, was appointed as the first Project Manager. SELCHP was eventually established as a Limited Company in 1991, with the original shareholders being the London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham (Southwark did not invest), AHS Emstar (now Veolia), Martin Engineering Systems, John Laing, London Electricity and Mainmet. SELCHP Limited's first Chairman was Professor Gerald Atkins and its first Managing Director was Robert Wheatley. The two main shareholders (Martin Engineering Systems Limited and AHS Emstar) went on to obtain funding of £95 million and underwrote the construction of this first environmentally compliant (with EU regulations) Energy from Waste facility in Britain. Planning Permission for the development was obtained after a long public consultation phase which has been labeled a model of local public involvement. The SELCHP Facility was opened in November 1994 by the Prince of Wales. Originally, the Plant extracted energy from all of the post-recycling waste of Lewisham and Greenwich, and it now processes waste from several other London Boroughs as well. In 2024, more than 50 of these plants now operate in the British Isles. In 2002 SELCHP was subject to direct action by Greenpeace UK. They were concerned about the potential negative health effects of the dioxins produced during the incineration of waste at the site. The plant was shut down for three and a half days when protesters entered the main tipping hall and climbed the chimney. The standoff was resolved when bailiffs entered the building and removed the protestors. As a result of the action both Liberal Democrats on Lewisham Council and the Shadow Environment Secretary Peter Ainsworth pledged their support to the campaign. Records of emissions are publicly available, as is the case with all similar Energy from Waste Plants. SELCHP is currently operated by Veolia Environmental Services. See also List of incinerators in the UK References External links SELCHP Information Page SELCHP location
Olympia London

Olympia er et messe- og konferencecenter i West Kensington i London. Olympia åbnede i 1886 under navnet National Agricultural Hall. Centret kaldte sig herefter 'Olympia'. Bygningen er opført af industrimagnaten Andrew Handyside fra Derby og dækker et areal på 16.000 m². 'The Grand Hall' måler 140 meter i længden og 250 meter i bredden, og var ved opførslen den største bygning i England alene med et spænd af glas og stål. Bygningen indeholder nu fire messehaller og et konferencecenter. Messehallerne er Olympia Grand (19.325m²), Olympia National (8.730m²), Olympia Central (tidligere Two) (7.850m²) og Olympia West (7.688m²). Centret drives af EC&O Venues, der også driver Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Olympia afvikler det traditionsrige årlige Olympia London International Horse Show. I januar 2013 skiftede Olympia navn til Olympia London. Noter Eksterne links Olympia London website The Olympia London website
Olympia Events

Olympia Events bzw. Olympia Exhibition Centre (ursprünglich National Agricultural Hall, später Olympia London) ist eine Ausstellungshalle in London im Stadtteil London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Bauherr war die National Agricultural Company. Im Juni 1885 begannen die Bauarbeiten. Bauausführende Gesellschaft war Andrew Handyside, der Architekt war Henry E. Coe. Sie wurde am 26. Dezember 1886 eröffnet. Die heute Olympia Grand Hall genannte Halle galt zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Fertigstellung als das größte aus Stahl und Glas gebaute Gebäude in Großbritannien. Die Zentralhalle hat eine Länge von 138,15 Meter und eine Breite von 76,2 Meter. Der Baupreis betrug 131.573 Pfund Sterling. 1896 gab es einen ersten Erweiterungsbau, der die Pillar Hall genannt wird. 1909 fand hier die erste britische Luftfahrtausstellung statt. Sie wurde von der Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders organisiert und am 19. März 1909 eröffnet. 1923 wurde eine zweite Halle gebaut, die heute Olympia National Hall genannt wird. 1929 kam die Halle Olympia Two hinzu, die ursprünglich Empire Hall genannt wurde. 1959 kam eine West Hall genannte Erweiterung der Grand Hall hinzu. 1987 wurde das Konferenzzentrum Olympia Conference Centre in der Olympia Two eröffnet. Die heutige Betreibergesellschaft ist EC&O Venues, die auch das Earls Court betrieb. Das Olympia ist seit 1907 Austragungsort der Olympia London International Horse Show, eines der größten Reitturniere des Vereinigten Königreichs. Weblinks Geschichte der Halle auf der Website von EC&O (englisch) Einzelnachweise
Olympia de Londres

El Olympia es un centro de convenciones, conferencias y exhibiciones en West Kensington, en el límite entre el Borough real de Kensington y Chelsea y el Borough londinense de Hammersmith y Fulham, en Londres, Inglaterra. Fue inaugurado en el siglo XIX e inicialmente se denominaba El Hall Nacional de Agricultura. Inaugurado en 1886, fue construido por Andrew Handyside de Derby​ tenía una superficie cubierta de 16,000 m². Se decía que el Gran Hall con 137 m de longitud, y 76 m de ancho, era el mayor edificio del reino cubierto por un techumbre de hierro y vidrios. En la actualidad, aloja tres recintos de exhibiciones denominados el Olympia Grand Hall (19,325m² en dos niveles), el Olympia National Hall (8,730m²), y el Olympia 2 (7,850m² en tres niveles). Junto con el Earl's Court, estas salas son gestionadas por EC&O Venues. Exhibición internacional de automóviles Entre 1905 y 1936, se realizó anualmente en el Olympia la Exhibición Internacional de Automóviles.​​ Referencias Enlaces externos Earls Court and Olympia website The joint Earls Court and Olympia website Satellite Image Google Maps satellite image of London Olympia
SPACe Centre

The Hackney SPACe Sports Centre ("Sport and Performing Arts Centre") is a leisure centre in Hoxton in London Borough of Hackney, England. It is part of Hackney Community College and was opened in February 2001 following grants from Sport England with the intention that it would become the venue for Centres of Excellence in basketball, netball and cricket. The centre's main hall (dedicated to Malcolm Williams, whose work and vision were instrumental in getting SPACe built) can accommodate a range of indoor sports, and was the home venue in 2006/07 for the professional basketball team London United, who moved there from Brunel University in 2006. SPACe is also home to Hackney Community College Basketball Academy and Cricket Academy programmes. It is also home to many basketball teams that play in the London Metropolitan Basketball League (LMBL), the largest regional basketball league in the UK. SPACe has a gym and weights facility housing Olympic free weights and CV equipment as well as three dance studios. One of these has been named after Margaret Shepherd, who taught performing arts at the nearby Hoxton Hall. The main hall has tiered seating for around 600 people. SPACe is managed by Lee Perkins who was instrumental in the sporting development of the centre. References External links Official website Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine