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Dulwich Cranbrook

Dulwich Cranbrook is a co-educational independent school for children aged 2–16 at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook, Kent. Since September 2023, the Head has been Sophie Bradshaw. History In the autumn of 1938, John Leakey, the Headmaster of what was then called Dulwich College Preparatory School in Dulwich, London, organised an emergency evacuation camp to be constructed in the orchard on his father-in-law’s land at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook, Kent. Originally there were 6 wooden huts, some bell tents, a marquee and some camp kitchen equipment. After much preparation, on 1 September 1939, the train taking the 135 boys aged 5–13 set off from West Dulwich Station, arriving at Cranbrook Station after 9pm in the pouring rain and were transported by car, sheep lorry and on foot to the camp three miles away at Coursehorn. The smallest boys (five and six year olds) were educated in the waiting house at Benenden School under Miss Dickson who remained at the school until she retired. Staff were able to find some accommodation nearby. An extract from “The Kentish Express” at that time states: “The only School Evacuation Camp at present fully established and working in England is to be found in the rural district of the Weald at Coursehorn, Cranbrook, where two hundred boys of Dulwich College Preparatory School have an encampment on most modern and up-to-date lines on an eighteen acre estate. The encampment is composed of fifteen huts, or what can more suitably be described as temporary wooden buildings. A large Oast house has been converted into a recreation room where the boys can occupy their leisure in billiards, ping pong etc. while one hut has been set aside for draughts and other table games. Work is carried on at Cranbrook School, where the boys attend daily and where separate accommodation has been provided.” Eventually, because of the increasing danger from enemy aircraft and parental anxiety, a move to the West Country was planned. Plans to move close to Lynton, Devon were thwarted so the Royal Oak Hotel at Betws-y-Coed was used instead. This was the school’s base until the end of the war. Meanwhile, in 1944, the school at Coursehorn was used as a garrison for troops in preparation for the D-Day landings. The army vacated the school premises at the end of the war, and in September 1945 both schools in London and Coursehorn were re-opened. Notable alumni Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, actor and director Will Gompertz, Arts Editor of BBC News Ellie Kendrick, actress; Anne Frank, Game of Thrones Tana Ramsey, cookery author and TV broadcaster Tom Ransley, Olympic and World Gold Medallist Rower Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, wife of Prince Edward and member of the British Royal Family References External links Dulwich Cranbrook's Website
Dumpton School

Dumpton School is an independent day school in Wimborne, Dorset, South West England, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years. History The school was founded as a boys' preparatory school at Dumpton Park in Kent in 1903 and evacuated to Cranborne Chase in Dorset to avoid bombing raids at the outset of the Second World War, (as were many schools from south-east England). In 1945, the school moved to Gaunt's House, near Wimborne, and flourished under the Headmastership of Colonel Trevor Card. Unusually, the dormitories were named in memory of former pupils who had died on active service; (these included Cock, Pollard, Brown, York, Dutton and Fanshawe). Trevor Card was succeeded by Messrs Carter and Monkhouse as joint heads in 1958 and subsequently by Major General Frank Thompson. In 1988 the school moved again to its present site at Dean's Grove House nearer to Wimborne. Notable Old Dumptonians Sidney Boucher, (1899–1963) Royal Naval officer and first-class cricketer Toby Buchan, 4th Baron Tweedsmuir Admiral Jeremy de Halpert Duncan James (born 1978), pop singer (Blue) Ore Oduba (born 1986), children's TV presenter (CBBC), 2016 winner of Strictly Come Dancing References External links Dumpton School website Profile by the Good Schools Guide ISI Inspection Report, 2013
Dumsey Meadow

Dumsey Meadow is a 9.6-hectare (24-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chertsey and Shepperton in Surrey. It is the only piece of undeveloped water meadow unfenced by the river remaining on the River Thames below Caversham. This unimproved and species-rich meadow is grazed by ponies and cattle. The most common grasses are rye-grass, common bent, red fescue and Yorkshire-fog, and there are herbs such as creeping cinquefoil, ribwort plantain and lesser hawkbit. There was formerly reference to "Dumsea Bushes", "Dumsea Corner" and "Dumsea Deep" at this point of the river, the bushes, which may have been a clump of willows, also going by the name of "Domesday Bushes". The Chertsey and Shepperton Regatta, which has taken place for over 150 years, is held at Dumsey Meadow in July/August. Land ownership All land within Dumsey Meadow SSSI is owned by the local authority References
Dunham Bridge

Dunham Bridge is a toll bridge across the River Trent in England. It spans the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the west and east respectively. It forms part of the A57 road, in the section between the Great North Road and Lincoln. It takes its name from the nearby village of Dunham-on-Trent. History Until the bridge was built and opened in 1832, the crossing of the river was by Dunham Ferry. This was an important crossing of the Trent. It was used by King William III in 1695 when he was met at Dunham by the Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1814, the fare was reported at half a crown. The bridge was established in the 1830s, under the powers of the Dunham Bridge Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxvi), when a group of local businessmen organised the original four-span, cast-iron construction by the civil engineer, George Leather (1786–1870). The first person to cross the bridge was Eliza Woolas of Laneham, who used a sixteen-inch batten to span the remaining gap on a Sunday – presumably when no workmen were present. The superstructure was rebuilt on its original piers in 1977–79 to trunk road standards. A new toll plaza was opened in 1994 by the Right Honourable Mr. Michael Dennis, doubling the number of lanes through the booths from two to four. During the rebuilding, a temporary bridge was built with single lane usage, controlled with temporary traffic signals. Tolls In June 2023, it was confirmed that tolls would be increased for the first time since 2013 by the Dunham Bridge (Revision of Tolls) Order 2023 (SI 2023/644). Tariffs are regulated by the Department for Transport. Passage is free at all times for pedestrians, cyclists, motor-cyclists and three-wheeled invalid carriages. On Christmas Day and Boxing Day, passage is free for all traffic. Dunham Bridge has been closed several times due to flooding, mainly on the Lincolnshire side: in 1897, 1977, 2001, 2012, and in January 2024. Further reading Office of Public Sector Information. "Dunham Bridge (Amendment) Act 1994". 1994 c.4. Retrieved 3 May 2008. See also List of crossings of the River Trent References External links Dunham Bridge Toll Company
Dunottar School

Dunottar School is a co-educational private secondary day school in Reigate, Surrey, England, established in 1926 as a girls' school. History The school was established in 1926 by Jessie Elliot-Pyle in Brownlow Road with three pupils, and was named after Dunnottar Castle in Scotland. She gave it the motto Do ut Des, which is translated as I give that thou may'st give. She chose for the school's crest a pelican mother nurturing her young. In 1933, the school moved to the High Trees Estate in a mansion called "High Trees" which had been built by Walter Blanford Waterlow, fourth mayor of Reigate, in 1867. In 1874, Waterlow remarried his younger brother's widow, Maria Waterlow (née Cross), mother of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow. Additions had been made to the mansion in about 1908. In 1961, it changed from private ownership to being owned by a charitable trust. In 1975, it joined the Association of Governing Bodies of Girls' Public Schools, which is now called the Girls' Schools Association. In March 2014 the school became part of United Learning and announced that it would become a co-educational school for ages 11 to 18 from September 2014. In early 2018, the school launched a partnership with Surrey Cricket to create a Surrey Cricket Development and Performance Centre at Dunottar. Other recent developments include a £2.2 million Sixth Form Centre, opened in April 2019, and the £4.5 million construction of The Castle Theatre and Performing Arts Centre, completed in January 2021. Location The school premises is a grade II listed building, and the grounds are adjacent to Redhill Common. The nearest railway station is Earlswood. Notable former pupils Gillian Avery, children's novelist and literary historian Sue Hamilton, archaeologist Kate Maberly, actress and musician Polly Maberly, actress Vivien Noakes, biographer, editor and critic Joanna Trollope, author References External links Official website Profile at the Good Schools Guide Profile on ISBI ISI Inspection Reports United Learning
Dunstable Downs Golf Club

Dunstable Downs Golf Club is a golf club in the southwest of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1906. As of 1995 the course measured 6251 yards. The club has hosted the British PGA Matchplay Championship. The present layout after 24 years of its formation was designed by five times Open Champion, James Braid. The course sits at an elevation of about 800 feet above the sea level. References External links Official site
Dunstable Downs

Dunstable Downs är en klint i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Central Bedfordshire i England, i den södra delen av landet, 50 km nordväst om huvudstaden London. Dunstable Downs ligger 243 meter över havet. Närmaste större samhälle är Luton, 8 km öster om Dunstable Downs. Trakten runt Dunstable Downs består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Källor
Dunstable Priory

A Igreja do Priorado de São Pedro com seu mosteiro (Dunstable Priory) foi fundada em 1132 por Henrique I para os Cônegos Agostinianos em Dunstable, Bedfordshire, Inglaterra. Hoje, a Basílica de São Pedro é somente a nave do que resta de uma igreja originalmente muito maior do priorado agostiniano. Os edifícios monásticos consistiam em dormitório para os monges, enfermaria, estábulos, oficinas, padaria, cervejaria e despensa. Tinha também um albergue para peregrinos e viajantes, cujos restos mortais é conhecido hoje como Casa do Priorado. Em frente ao Priorado estava um dos palácios reais pertencentes a Henrique I, conhecido como Kingsbury. A atual igreja e o decano fazem parte da arquideaconaria de Bedford, situada na Diocese de St Albans. Tornou-se um edifício listado como Grau I em 25 de outubro de 1951. Referências
Dunstall Hall

Dunstall Hall is a privately owned 18th century mansion house near Tatenhill, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The manor is recorded as the property of the Earl of Derby in 1145 and the first house on the site of the hall was probably a hunting lodge in the Royal Forest of Needwood. In 1814 the estate was bought by Richard Arkwright junior, (son of Sir Richard Arkwright) for his son Charles who lived there and who was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1849. Charles died in 1850 childless and the estate was sold to John Hardy, later Sir John Hardy Bt. Hardy and later his son, Sir Reginald Hardy (High Sheriff 1893) carried out extensive alterations and improvements to the property. New building works included a new entrance front with a portico and new wings. After the death of the 3rd Hardy Baronet in 1953 the estate was sold to wealthy Midlands civil engineer Sir Robert McCallum Douglas and on his death in 1997 it was sold to property developer and race course owner Sir Stanley Clarke. In 2006, two years after the death of Sir Stanley Clarke, the estate was sold to bookmaker Barry Morgan, who sold Needwood Racing to Coral for several million pounds in 2005. In 2007, following renovation and refurbishment, Morgan opened the house for corporate and business events. In 2013 the house and 85 acres were for sale for £5 million. In July 2014 former Nottingham Forest Football Club's owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi bought the house for £4 Million. See also Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire Listed buildings in Dunstall References External links Dunstall Hall - official website Images of England - Dunstall Hall
Dunstall Hall

Dunstall Hall est un manoir anglais du XVIIIe siècle près de Tatenhill, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. Il s'agit d'un bâtiment classé Grade II*. Histoire Le manoir est enregistré comme propriété du comte de Derby en 1145 et la première maison sur le site est probablement un pavillon de chasse dans la forêt royale de Needwood. En 1814, le domaine est acheté par Richard Arkwright Junior (fils de Richard Arkwright) pour son fils Charles qui y vit et qui est haut shérif du Staffordshire en 1849. Charles meurt en 1850 sans enfant et le domaine est vendu à John Hardy. Lui et plus tard son fils, Reginald Hardy (haut shérif 1893) procèdent à d'importantes modifications et améliorations de la propriété. Les nouveaux travaux de construction comprennent une nouvelle façade d'entrée avec un portique et de nouvelles ailes. Après la mort du 3e baronnet Hardy en 1953, le domaine est vendu au riche ingénieur civil des Midlands, Robert Douglas, et à sa mort en 1997, il est vendu au promoteur immobilier et propriétaire de l'hippodrome, Stanley Clarke (homme d'affaires) (en). En 2006, deux ans après le décès de Stanley Clarke, le domaine est vendu au bookmaker Barry Morgan qui vend Needwood Racing à Coral pour plusieurs millions de livres en 2005. En 2007, après rénovation et rénovation, Morgan ouvre la maison pour des événements d'entreprise et d'affaires. En 2013, la maison et 85 acres sont à vendre pour 5 millions de livres sterling. En juillet 2014, Fawaz Al-Hasawi, ancien propriétaire du Nottingham Forest Football Club, achète la maison pour 4 millions de livres sterling. Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Dunstall Hall » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Dunstall Hall

Dunstall Hall é um palácio rural, do século XVIII, situado nas proximidades de Tatenhill, Burton upon Trent, no Staffordshire, e é um listed building classificado com o Grau II. Encontra-se em mãos privadas mas está disponível para funções coorporativas e negócios. História O solar é registado como propriedade do Conde de Derby em 1145 e a primeira casa no local do palácio foi, provavelmente, um pavilhão de caça na Floresta Real de Needwood. Em 1814, a propriedade foi comprada por Richard Arkwright Junior (filho de Sir Richard Arkwright) para os seu filho Charles, que viveu ali e foi Alto Xerife de Staffordshire em 1849. Charles faleceu em 1850 sem filhos e a propriedade foi vendida a John Hardy, mais tarde Sir John Hardy, 1º Baronete Hardy. Hardy e, mais tarde, o seu filho, Sir Reginald Hardy (Alto Xerife de Staffordshire em 1893) empreendeu extensas alterações e melhoramentos à propriedade. Os novos trabalhos de construção incluiram uma nova frente de entrada com um pórtico e novas alas. Depois da morte do 3º Baronete Hardy, em 1953, a propriedade foi vendida ao rico engenheiro civil das Midlands Sir Robert Douglas e, aquando da morte deste último, em 1997, foi vendida ao promotor imobiliário e proprietário de circuito de corrida Sir Stanley Clarke (Alto Xerife de Staffordshire em 2003). Em 2007, o actual proprietário, depois de operações de restauro e remodelação, abriu o palácio a eventos coorporativos e de negócios. Ligações externas História de Dunstall Hall Imagens de Inglaterra: Dunstall Hall
Dunster Dovecote

The Dovecote in Dunster, Somerset, England was probably built in the late 16th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Monument. It is situated on Priory Green opposite the Tithe Barn and close to the walls of the Priory Church of St George. It is approximately 19 feet (5.8 m) high and 19 feet (5.8 m) in diameter, with walls around 4 feet (1.2 m) thick. There are five hundred and forty nest-holes. There is no documentary evidence for the dovecote's date of construction but it some of the architectural features suggest it may have been as long ago as the 14th century. It would originally have belonged to the Benedictine Priory of Dunster which was a cell of Bath Abbey. Domestic pigeons were kept to provide squabs a luxury food from the breast meat of young pigeons. From the 12th century until 1619, only lords of the manor and parish priests were allowed to keep them. The priory was abolished in the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, and property belonging to it was sold to the Luttrell family of Dunster Castle. In the 18th century the floor level and door were raised among several major alterations. The lower tiers of nest holes were blocked to protect against brown rats which had arrived in the Britain in 1720 and reached Somerset by 1760. A revolving ladder, known as a "potence", was installed to allow the pigeon keeper to search the nest holes more easily. In the 19th century two feeding platforms were added to the axis of the revolving ladder. When the ladder was installed in the 16th century the base rests on a pin driven into a beam on the floor. The head of the pin sits in a metal cup in the base of the wooden pillar, which means the mechanism has never had to be oiled. When the Dunster Castle estate was sold the dovecote was bought by the Parochial church council and opened to the public. Extensive repairs were undertaken in 1989. References
Dunston Pillar

Dunston Pillar is a Grade II listed stone tower in Lincolnshire, England and a former 'land lighthouse'. It stands beside the A15 road approximately 6 miles (10 km) south of Lincoln near the junction of the B1178 (also known as Tower Lane), in the parish of Dunston, north of Sleaford. Closed to the public. On private land. History The original land lighthouse was commissioned by Sir Francis Dashwood (better known as the founder of the Knights of St Francis, which became the Monks of Medmenham, later called a Hellfire Club) in 1751 as a gift to his wife Sarah (Ellys) Dashwood, who feared crossing the dark heath near her childhood home, Nocton. The purpose of the land lighthouse was to improve the safety of 18th-century travellers crossing a particularly treacherous area of the county known for its many incidents of robbery by highwaymen. In the 1843 Journal of the Agricultural Society it was described as the "only land light-house ever raised". The structure originally stood 92 feet (28 metres) high, with a staircase inside the tower and a large octagonal lantern on top to aid travellers crossing the wild heathland south of Lincoln. The lantern was regularly lit until 1788 and was used for the last time in 1808 by which time improvements in the local road network had made it effectively obsolete. Sir Francis landscaped the base of Dunston Tower with a plantation of trees and a bowling green. It became a popular gathering place for picnics, tea parties, quoits and cards. A two-storey dining hall was later added. The vicar of Welbourn called it "the Vauxhall" of Lincolnshire, and the Lincoln Club was formed to arrange entertainments there. In 1808, the lantern was destroyed in a storm and was replaced in 1810 by the 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of George III, with a Coade stone (lithodipyra) statue of King George III sculpted by Joseph Panzetta for Eleanor Coade. In 1940, the pillar was considered to be a hazard to low-flying aircraft approaching nearby RAF Coleby Grange, and the tower's height was lowered by 40 feet (12 metres) to reduce the risk of accident. At this time the oversize statue of George III was removed and broken up; the surviving bust can be seen in the grounds of Lincoln Castle. The statue is a listed building in its own right. The tower remains a well-known landmark and to this day is clearly visible beside the busy road at grid reference TF008620. See also Pelham's Pillar Grimsby Dock Tower References External links Local village website Lincolnshire Heritage website Archived 4 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Local author's description Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Dunwich Forest

Dunwich Forest is an area of forest and lowland heath around 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the village of Dunwich in the English county of Suffolk. The forest covers an area of approximately 9 square kilometres (900 ha; 3.5 sq mi) and was originally planted by the Forestry Commission. The forest is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is in the area known as the Suffolk Sandlings. South of the reserve is the National Trust property of Dunwich Heath, one of the largest remaining areas of lowland heath on the Suffolk coast, and the RSPB reserve at Minsmere. To the north and east of the forest are Dingle Marshes, part of the Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve. The Forestry Commission (now Forestry England) purchased land from the Dunwich and Westleton estates during the 1920s. Following the acquisition of this land, they began an afforestation programme to develop a conifer plantation, which became Dunwich Forest. The forest is now a mix of broadleaved and coniferous woodland with some areas of more open heath. In 2006 Forestry England began work on a rewilding programme at Dunwich. Working with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, they plan to gradually replace conifers in the northern area of the forest with broad-leaved trees and to convert areas in the south of the forest to lowland heath, one of the rarest British habitats. Suffolk Wildlife Trust has introduced Dartmoor ponies to the northern area which it manages as a reserve 270 hectares (670 acres) in size. References
Dunwich Heath

Dunwich Heath is an area of coastal lowland heath just south of the village of Dunwich, in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB, England. It is adjacent to the RSPB reserve at Minsmere. It lies within the area of the Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1968, when it was bought with the help of a donation from the Heinz company as part of Enterprise Neptune. Dunwich Heath is a rare survival of coastal lowland heath; the Suffolk Sandlings used to form a lot of the Suffolk coast, but have mostly been developed for agriculture or built upon. The heath is mostly covered with heather, both Common Heather and Bell Heather, and European and Western Gorse but there is also some woodland and grassland included in the reserve. The heather and gorse flower from June until September; the heather is purple and pink while the gorse is yellow. A variety of birds, animals and reptiles live on the heath; red deer, muntjacs, Dartford warblers, European stonechats, and European nightjars, as well as adders, slowworms, grass snakes and common lizards. It supports many unusual invertebrates as well, such as ant lions, digger wasps, mining bees, as well as the true lover's knot moth, and the emperor moth. Dunwich Heath Cliff Dunwich Heath Cliff is designated a regionally important geological site. The cliffs are formed of Norwich Crag Formation. The layers of large flint cobbles are known locally as the "Westleton Beds". References External links Dunwich Heath information on the National Trust website Article by the then Warden of the Heath Article about the Suffolk coast