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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is in Bethesda Street, Hanley, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Admission is free. One of the four local authority museums in the city, the other three being Gladstone Pottery Museum, Ford Green Hall and Etruria Industrial Museum, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery houses collections that bring together the identities that went into forming the area known as the Potteries. The museum holds a collection of Staffordshire ceramics. All the collections at this museum are categorized as Designated Collections. Galleries display fine and decorative arts, costume, local history, archaeology and natural science collections. There is a Second World War aircraft on permanent display, a Supermarine Spitfire whose earlier Marks were designed by R. J. Mitchell who came from nearby Butt Lane. History The museum opened on its current site in 1956 as the Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery. The building was designed by the city architect; J. R. Piggott. The museum's Spitfire, was received from the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1972. Over the winter of 1985/86 the Spitfire was moved from its previous home in a glasshouse outside the museum to a specially constructed gallery within the museum. In 1981 the museum opened a new building to a design by the firm Wood, Goldstraw and Yorath. The museum won the Museum of the Year award in 1982. Since February 2010, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery has been the home of a number of artefacts from the Staffordshire Hoard. 52,500 visitors viewed 118 items at the Potteries Museum during a 23-day exhibition in February 2010. Since Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Stoke-on-Trent Museums have purchased the Hoard, items have been on permanent display at both venues. Over 80 pieces can be seen in The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery's archaeology gallery. Redevelopment of the Saxon part to this gallery in the latter half of 2010 has set the Hoard within a more tangible context, using existing pieces from the museum's collection of Staffordshire archaeology. In 2012 the museum ran an exhibition on the subject of connections between Stoke-on-Trent and the Titanic. It included information on people from the area who died in the sinking and archive footage of Captain Edward Smith who was born in Hanley. On 28 February 2017, the Leekfrith torcs, believed to be the oldest Iron Age gold jewellery found in Britain, were unveiled to the public for the first time, at the museum. From the following day, they were placed on public display. In June 2017 a bronze statue of Arnold Bennett was located on the pavement just next to the front entrance to the museum. In the 2010s the museum's Spitfire underwent a three-year restoration program before returning to a new gallery at the museum in September 2021. It is planned that the museum will close for a refit from 20 December until March 2026. See also Mercian Trail List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires References
Potteries Shopping Centre

The Potteries Shopping Centre (formerly Intu Potteries) is an indoor shopping centre in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in the Staffordshire Potteries. Stores and facilities The centre houses anchor outlet Primark, as well as a Starbucks coffee shop, a The Entertainer toy and entertainment store, a H&M clothing store and HMV entertainment store. On site facilities include a Customer Service Desk, information and traffic kiosks, and public toilets. The Hive The Hive is an outdoor leisure complex connected to the centre via the multi-storey carpark. It consists of a number of restaurants including Bon Pan Asian, Nando's. The facility also includes a nine screen Cineworld multiplex movie theatre. Hanley Market Hall The centre also contains access to the Hanley Market Hall, which dates back to the 17th century. The market opened at its current location in 1987, although it still stands on the grounds of the 1849 market hall. References External links Official website
Potterspury Lodge School

Potterspury Lodge School is a Cambian Group school in Northamptonshire, England. It is a co-educational Independent School for 8-18 year olds that caters to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) alongside behavioural, SEMH, or barriers to learning. In 2024 the school achieved a "Good" rating from Ofsted. In August 2020 students achieved the best-ever grades in the school's 64-year history. The grades achieved far exceeded the national averages for special schools, with 25% of all passes in English and Maths achieved at Grades 9-5 against the national average for special schools of just 1% (DfE 2018/19 data). In January 2021 Ofsted awarded the residential provision Children's Home status; this has allowed the school to expand the capacity for the provision to admit 38 and 52-week students. Location Potterspury Lodge School is set in the countryside near where Northamptonshire borders Buckinghamshire. It is located on the A5 road between Towcester and Milton Keynes, and is roughly five miles away from Silverstone (where the British Grand Prix is held). Sports The school's grounds contain a sports field, an adventure playground, a fishing lake, a sports hall, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a skate park. Curriculum As an independent school, Potterspury Lodge sets its own curriculum which is constructed around students' needs and starting points. Students follow a broad and balanced curriculum with a core offer of English, Maths, and Science together with options such as Art, Food Technology, Geography, History, Media, Music, Physical Education, and Project Qualification. Students generally follow GCSE pathways at KS4 although some will engage with an Entry Level offer. At Sixth Form students follow a pathway to adulthood model with some engaging in college courses alongside their studies at the school to fully prepare for a successful transition post-18. Special needs Previously the school was mostly used for children who had problems behaving or being in a classroom situation but recently the profile of students is ASD hence students who are on the autism spectrum. The school employs a clinical psychologist, mental health nurse, highly specialised speech and language therapist, and occupational health practitioner. The school also benefits from a visiting consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist. Acquirement by Cambian In July 2015, Cambian Group bought the school. Cambian was then bought by US firm Caretech in 2018. Gallery References External links Homepage [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/122136 Ofsted information Ofsted information part 2 Ofsted notice to improve services July 2018
Potton Island

Potton Island is a sparsely populated island west of Foulness in Essex, England. It is connected to the mainland by a swing bridge with a traffic light system, and the road leads to Great Wakering. Unlike some of the other nearby islands which were formerly marshland, Potton Island has been inhabited at least since the Neolithic era. It was home to several arable farms until it flooded in 1884, leading to its temporary abandonment and longer-term use as pasture. The island was reclaimed in the 1940s but some time after being acquired by the Ministry of Defence in 1955 it reverted to pasture. In June 2005, it was disclosed that Potton Island was considered by John Major's Conservative government in the 1980s or 1990s as a potential long-term storage site for high-level nuclear waste. Local government (Rochford District Council) subsequently expressed their surprise and concern that they had not been party to any consultation on the matter. External links
Poundbury Hill

Poundbury Hill (grid reference SY682911) is the site of a scheduled Prehistoric and Roman archaeological remains and includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement, a substantial Bronze Age occupation site and an Iron Age hillfort. There are also late Iron Age burials and a section of Roman aqueduct. On the eastern side is an earlier Romano-British farmstead; and an extensive later (possibly Christian) cemetery, belonging to the Roman town Durnovaria. Further buildings and enclosures of the 5th-8th centuries overlie the Roman cemetery. It is roughly rectangular and it is likely that it was designed to command views over the River Frome and the Frome valley to the north. The main entrance to the fort is on the eastern end. It overlooks the county town of Dorchester, Dorset, England. Excavation The site was first excavated in 1938. Details of the fort's serial development were discovered. In the 4th century BC, the banks were faced with timber and a deep V-shaped ditch was dug. The banks were enlarged and strengthened and a limestone revetment was added, in circa 50 BC. Nearby features Cemetery Just outside the fort was a large Romano-British cemetery. The majority of burials date to the late Roman era of the 4th century AD, although the cemetery was in use from the Neolithic times to the Middle Ages. The cemetery, located on the northeast side of the hill fort, was excavated during the 1970s. Aqueduct The northern and eastern sides of the hillfort's outer defences were damaged by the construction of the Roman aqueduct which supplied the settlement of Durnovaria (Dorchester) with fresh water from a reservoir around 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away. The aqueduct terrace, situated on the northeast-facing slope of the Frome valley, has a very slight gradient (averaging 1:1750), achieved by a winding route almost 9 km (5.6 mi) long. This aqueduct (80 cm wide by 30 cm deep) was a small closed channel with clay bottom and wooden sides. It had a wooden cover with a protective covering of soil and grass, to prevent contamination of the water, which was brought from a dam and lake by what is now Littlewood Farm in Frampton. The water was later used for the new town of Dorchester and its public baths. The aqueduct was abandoned in about 160 AD, following the collapse of the reservoir dam in Frampton. Railway line The main Dorchester to Yeovil railway line (now called the Heart of Wessex Line) was tunnelled beneath the hill fort, thereby minimising damage to the ramparts. Brunel originally wanted to put the tracks in a cutting through the site, but local outrage at the plan meant that the more expensive tunnel was chosen. The protest against the Poundbury cutting plan also led to the formation of the Dorset archaeological society. See also Maiden Castle, Dorset References External links Poundbury hillfort site page on The Megalithic Portal. The Roman aqueduct at Dorchester, Dorset
Powdermill Reservoir

Powdermill Reservoir lies to the east of Sedlescombe, East Sussex, England. The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers. History Originally forming part of the Great Sanders Estate, the name is derived from the fact that there was an 18th-century black powder (gunpowder) manufacturer on the site. The mill used to grind the powder was driven by water from a mill pond formed by a dam across the original stream. The mill was the scene of three explosions, before its eventual closure, in which several workers died (one of whom, according to a rather ghoulish contemporary newspaper report, was blown into five, named, pieces). One of the original pair of mill stones may be seen, half buried, at the eastern end of the dam. Prior to its use as a powdermill the site held an iron foundry which pre dated the attempt by the Spanish Armada to invade Britain. Under the direction of Sydney Little, "The Concrete King", the reservoir was constructed between 1929 and 1932 . The dam is of earth with a concrete slab facing and a puddle clay core and is 370 yards (340 m) long with a height of 40 feet (12 m). The construction of the dam required 170 men working for nearly 40 months and, due to unforeseen difficulties caused by underlying and extruding sandstone strata, the estimated construction costs were exceeded by a considerable margin. A number of the workers employed on the site were of Welsh origin and several married local girls and settled in the area giving rise to a fair proportion of Welsh surnames in the Sedlescombe community. Filling of the reservoir began on 5 November 1931 and was complete in March 1932. Fishing Once the reservoir was completed in March 1932, the Hastings Corporation (the original owners) were approached for the lease of the fishing rights. A seven-year lease was granted to the Hastings Fly Fisher's Club for a fee of £5 per annum and with the undertaking to stock the waters with two thousand fish per season. Since then the lease and the number of fish stocked has risen by a considerable margin . External links Powdermill Water Level (Southern Water). Hastings Fly Fisher's Club.
Powis Square, London

Powis Square is a garden square and locality in Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. History It was planned in the mid-19th century by noted local architect Thomas Allom. There is conflicting information as to whether the square was named, along with nearby Arundel Gardens and Talbot Road, after the Talbot family of the Earls of Shrewsbury, or after Powis Castle owing to the Welsh Marches origins of the land's leaseholder, W. K. Jenkins. Originally built as upper-middle class residences, the area experienced dramatic social decline in the 20th century and was described as being "largely a slum area" by the 1930s. The square and surrounding areas were later exploited by the notorious slum landlord Peter Rachman who, in the 1950s and 60s, had acquired many properties on the square and in the surrounding area. In 1968, Kensington and Chelsea Council bought the garden square after a series of 'break-ins' by activists campaigning for social change towards the end of slum-era Notting Hill. Today, Powis Square Gardens is now one of three publicly-accessible pocket parks in the Portobello Road area, along with Tavistock Gardens and Colville Square Gardens. The Tabernacle, a local community arts centre with a long association with the Notting Hill Carnival, is located there, and the square itself features in the carnival. Roy Stewart ran a basement gymnasium at 32A Powis Square, which was opened in 1954. In 1962, The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones lived on the west side of the square. 25 Powis Square was used for exterior scenes in Nicolas Roeg's 1970 film Performance, starring James Fox and Mick Jagger. The square is also referenced in the 1985 song "E=MC²" by Big Audio Dynamite, which was partially inspired by the film. Lemmy Kilmister made his debut as a bass player for Hawkwind at a free open air concert at a park on Powis Square in August 1971. Access The closest London Underground station to the square is Westbourne Park tube station. References External links "The Battle for Powis Square". London Community Video Archive. Goldsmiths, University of London. 1974.
Prebends Bridge

Prebends Bridge, along with Framwellgate and Elvet bridges, is one of three stone-arch bridges in the centre of Durham, England, that cross the River Wear. The bridge forms part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Prebends Bridge was designed by George Nicholson and built from 1772 to 1778. The bridge was built on the instructions of the Dean of Durham and served as a private road for the Dean and Chapter of Durham, giving access from the south through the Watergate. It replaced a temporary bridge built after the footbridge, built in 1574, was swept away during a flood in 1771. The bridge is situated below the Watergate at the end of South Bailey (with which it is in concurrence), just after St Cuthbert's Society. Although the bridge is wide enough for vehicles, it is mainly used as a footbridge as it only leads to the Riverside paths and up to a closed road barrier to South Bailey. The bridge was restored from 1955 to 1956. In autumn 2010 the bridge was temporarily reopened to road traffic under 3 tonnes while Saddler Street was closed because of extensive repaving works as part of the Heart of the City project, sponsored by Durham City Vision. The current bridge affords an excellent view of the cathedral and was built specifically with aesthetic considerations in mind - it was built slightly north of the prior bridge, at a wider part of the river, to improve the views available. Trees were planted along the riverbank to complete the Romantic picture. Part of the estate of Durham Cathedral, the bridge is a Grade I listed building and is included in the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site. Plaque Prebends Bridge has a plaque to display Sir Walter Scott's words about Durham: Gallery References External links Durham City Tourism
Prenton High School for Girls

Prenton High School for Girls is an academy school for girls between the ages of 11 and 16 in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, England. Overview This school is smaller than average and serves approximately 750 female students in an area of significant social and economic disadvantage. About one-third of students are selected for grammar school education. The school became a specialist college for science, maths and the visual arts in July 2007. The school converted to academy status in August 2011. The school is divided into three houses, each defined by its own colour: Bedford (green), Hesketh (yellow) and Riviera (red). Performance In October 2007 and 2010/2011 the school was described as "an outstanding school" and received ratings of good or excellent in all areas rated by the Ofsted inspection team. References External links Prenton High School homepage Ofsted - Preston High School for Girls Secondary School (GCSE and equivalent) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006
Prescott Channel

Der Prescott Channel wurde zwischen 1930 und 1935 als Teil eines Flutkontrollsystems für den kanalisierten River Lea im East End von London, England gebaut. Er ist nach Sir William Prescott, dem damaligen Vorsitzenden des Lee Conservancy Board, benannt. Teile des abgerissenen Euston Arch wurden 1962 benutzt, um den Kanal zu verbessern. Einzelheiten Das Three Mills Lock ist eine Schleuse im Kanal, die den Gütertransport zu den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2012 durch den Flussbau ermöglichte, in dem die Gezeiten in diesem Bereich und weiter nördlich im River Lea gestoppt wurden. Die Schleuse wurde zwischen März 2007 und Juni 2009 gebaut. Der Bau sollte dazu beitragen, dass nicht nur Gütertransport möglich wurde, sondern auch mehr Möglichkeiten für die Freizeitnutzung des Wasserweges schaffen. Eine wesentliche Verbesserung wurde darin gesehen, dass angrenzendes Land nicht mehr dem Risiko der Überflutung ausgesetzt ist, was dessen Wert erhöht und die Kosten für den Bau mehr als aufwiegt. 2009 wurden beim Bau der Schleuse, 29 Steine vom Euston Arch aus dem Wasserlauf geborgen. Ein weiterer Stein war bereits 1994 von dort geborgen worden. Kritik am Ausbau Das Three Mills Lock wurde zehn Monate nach dem ursprünglichen Termin fertig und war damit nur von begrenztem Nutzen für die Bauarbeiten am Olympiapark. Weiterhin sollte der Gütertransport für das Crossrail Projekt hier abgewickelt werden. In der Realität verlief aber sehr wenig kommerzieller Schiffsverkehr über die Strecke. Im August 2013 folgte auf eine lange heiße Trockenperiode heftiger Niederschlag, der viel verschmutztes Oberflächenwasser in den Wasserlauf spülte. Dies führte zu einem Sauerstoffdefizit und einem damit verbundenen Fischsterben, was die Folgen des nicht mehr vorhandenen Gezeiteneinflusses deutlich machte. Weblinks Einzelnachweise
Presdales School

Presdales School is a girls' secondary school with academy status, located in Ware, Hertfordshire in the East of England. The school also operates a coeducational sixth form. The current headmaster is M Warren, who took the post in 2016. History It was founded as Ware Grammar School for girls in 1906 at nearby Amwell House, and moved to its present site of Presdales House in 1964. It became a comprehensive in 1975. It was awarded specialist college status three times by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, namely as: a Language College, in 1995; an English and Music College, in 2003; and as a Mathematics & Computing College, in 2009. The school converted to academy status in April 2012. Presdales made the news in December 2020 when its plan to switch to remote learning for the last week of the autumn term was thwarted by Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, who threatened to use legal powers to make the school stay open. The intention had been to keep staff and students isolated and safe from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic ahead of Christmas. Notable former pupils Kacey Ainsworth, actress who played Little Mo Mitchell from 2000-06 in EastEnders Nicola Fibbens, Olympic swimmer, who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster Bianca Gascoigne, British glamour model and television personality Grace Harvey, British Paralympic swimmer who won gold in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games in SB5 100m Breaststroke Ware Grammar School for Girls Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone Ann Dummett (née Chesney), Director from 1984-87 of the Runnymede Trust Kim Wilde, 1980s singer and DJ References External links Presdales School official website
President (narrowboat)

President is a historic, steam-powered narrowboat, built in 1909 by Fellows Morton & Clayton (FMC) at their dock at Saltley, Birmingham, England. It is now owned by the Black Country Living Museum, where it is based. President is registered by National Historic Ships as part of the National Historic Fleet. Early years The 71 feet (22 m) long President was constructed in 1909 at FMC's company dock in Saltley, and cost £600 (equivalent to £61,700 in 2025). She was registered on 23 June that year. Her riveted, wrought iron hull is shaped in the 'Josher' style, named for FMC director Joshua Fellows. In 1925, the Ruston, Proctor and Company steam boiler and engine were replaced by a 15 hp Bolinder crude oil engine. Ernest Thomas, a director of FMC, and a Walsall-based coal carrier, acquired the boat in 1946. She was sold to George and Matthews of Wolverhampton in 1948, but that year the UK's canals were nationalised and she finished her working days as part of British Waterways' northern maintenance fleet, on the Trent and Mersey, Macclesfield and Shropshire Union canals, from a base at Northwich. Preservation President was bought by Nicholas Bostock and Malcolm Braine in 1973, as a derelict hull. They restored the hull and constructed a replica cabin and boiler room. A 1928 Muir and Findley "Scotch" return boiler, similar to that originally used, but operating at 100 PSI was acquired and fitted, as was a twin cylinder steam engine, originally used in a Thames launch. The boat returned to service in 1978. Black Country Living Museum President was purchased by the Black Country Living Museum in January 1983. The boiler was replaced by a Cochran dryback return flue boiler in 1990. A major refit took place from 2001 to 2003, including the provision of a new steam engine, pipework and cabin, plus major hull repairs. President, in FMC livery, normally operates with a butty boat, Kildare. In 1992 she paired with Kildare on a 257 mile journey through Cheshire and Staffordshire to raise money for orphaned children in Romania. On 3 June 2012, President took part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London, representing the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, having spent three weeks making the journey from Etruria Industrial Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, at an average speed of 3 mph. Her boiler failed an inspection in 2018 and is beyond economical repair. References Bibliography Ratcliffe, Neil J. (May 2009). Steam Narrow Boat "President": The First Hundred Years. Black Country Museum Trust Ltd. ISBN 0956203108. External links Harald Joergens. "Virtual tour inside President". Steam Narrow Boat President crew blog National Historic Ships website