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The Lace Guild

The Lace Guild is a registered charity, accredited museum and educational organisation based in the UK for lacemakers and those interested in lacemaking. Its aims are to provide information about the craft of lacemaking, its history and use, to promote a high standard of lacemaking, and to encourage the design, development and professional presentation of lace. It is a registered educational charity. History The Lace Guild was founded in 1976, following a resurgence in interest in a craft that had existed in Britain since the sixteenth century. The first chairman was Doreen Wright (1907–2003). In 1985 The Lace Guild acquired permanent headquarters, ‘The Hollies’, administered by paid staff at Stourbridge in the West Midlands. The organization celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2001 with the publication of a book containing a short description of its history. In 2009 The Lace Guild Museum achieved Accredited status. Membership and organization Although The Lace Guild is based in Britain, there are no national restrictions on membership. Members elect an executive committee, who are Trustees of the charity, and serve for a three-year period. The committee reports to members each year at an AGM which is held during the annual convention. Activities The Lace Guild publishes a quarterly magazine, Lace, which members receive as part of their membership. The Lace Guild publishes books, especially instruction books on various laces, the development of which it also fosters through an assessment scheme. It has a large library, from which British members may borrow in person or by post, and its website includes pages with information on the history of lacemaking. It organizes courses, a summer school, an annual convention, and a triennial open competition. Museum The Lace Guild headquarters, ‘The Hollies’, houses the organization's extensive museum collection of lace and related artefacts. Themed exhibitions of selections of lace from the collection or elsewhere are shown in the display room. These exhibitions change quarterly and are open to the public (not just Lace Guild members) on Fridays. On other days of the week and for large groups it is necessary to make an appointment before visiting. Viewing of specific items in the collection can also be arranged. The Lace Guild has an email service, ‘Artefact of the Month’, through which one may receive a monthly image from the museum collection. References External links The Lace Guild
The Lamb Ground

The Lamb Ground is a football stadium in the district of Kettlebrook, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England and is the home of Tamworth Football Club. It has a capacity of 4,000, and is approximately half a mile south of Tamworth railway station. History Tamworth spent their first year as a football team at Jolly Sailor ground before making the short move across the River Tame to start the 1934–35 season in the Birmingham Combination at the Lamb Ground. Tamworth have continued to play at the same site ever since, steadily improving the facilities as the Lambs progressed up the non-league football pyramid. The ground was named after the "Lamb Inn", which stood for many years at the entrance to what is now the ground's car park. The first known use of the site was as a pig farm at the turn of the 19th century. Before Tamworth arrived at the Lamb Ground it is believed that Kettlebrook Oakfield F.C. used the ground. In those early days, players had to change in the Lamb Inn and run down to the pitch, but facilities have been slowly built up to include changing rooms and a clubhouse, as well as 'cover' and seating for spectators. In 1969 the Lamb Ground acquired its floodlights from Scarborough, (these floodlights have now been replaced). Gillingham were invited to play a friendly fixture to mark the official switch-on of the old floodlights owing to the Gills being Tamworth's first Football League opposition in the FA Cup. Construction of the current Main Stand took place in 1997. The Main Stand holds 518 while the terraced "Shed" is home to the "Shed Choir" which sometimes provide the team with vocal support. Planning permission has been sought for a new 1,800 seater stand incorporating VIP boxes to take the place of the current Main Stand, its thought the current Main Stand would then be moved to the Castle End of the stadium. References External links Club Information – The Lamb Ground
The Lamb Ground

The Lamb Ground is een voetbalstadion in de Engelse stad Tamworth (Staffordshire) dat plaats biedt aan 4.065 toeschouwers. Het stadion vormt sinds 1934 de thuisbasis van Tamworth FC, dat haar wedstrijden sinds het seizoen 2014-15 afwerkt in de National League North, en sinds 2017 ook van Aston Villa LFC uit de FA Women's Super League.
The Lamb Ground

The Lamb Ground är en fotbollsarena i Tamworth i England. Den kan ta 4 065 åskådare och är hemmaplan för Tamworth FC. Tamworth spelade sitt första år på Jolly Sailor-arenan innan de flyttade till Lamb Ground för säsongen 1934–1935 för att tävla i Birmingham Combination. Klubben har varit baserad på Lamb Ground sedan dess, och arenans faciliteter har stadigt förbättrats. Laget är känt som "Lammen". Referenser
The Lamb, Bloomsbury

The Lamb is a Grade II listed pub at 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, in the London Borough of Camden, London. The Lamb was built in the 1720s and the pub and the street were named after William Lamb, who repaired the Holborn Conduit, later renamed Lamb's Conduit in his honour, a few metres to the south, in 1577. The Lamb was refurbished in the Victorian era and is one of the few remaining pubs with 'snob screens' which allowed the well-to-do drinker not to see the bar staff, and vice versa. Charles Dickens lived locally and is reputed to have frequented The Lamb. Other writers associated with the pub include Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Hughes, who was a regular at the pub, arranged to meet Plath there in the early days of their relationship. See also List of pubs in London References
The Lamb (Bloomsbury)

The Lamb é um pub histórico localizado na Lamb's Conduit Street, Bloomsbury, Londres. O prédio foi construído na década de 1720. A rua e o pub foram renomeadas depois que William Lamb ergueu um tubo de água encanada ao longo do logradouro no ano de 1577. Charles Dickens residiu na rua e teve a fama de ter frequentado o pub. Outros escritores associados ao local incluem Ted Hughes e Sylvia Plath. Hughes, que era um regular no bar, combinou um encontro com Plath, lá nos primeiros dias de seu relacionamento. Referências
Lammas School

Lammas School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Leyton area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England. Previously a community school administered by Waltham Forest London Borough Council, in December 2018 Lammas School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Griffin Schools Trust. References "League Tables: Lammas School". BBC News. BBC. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2009. External links Official website
The Landmark London

The Landmark London is a five-star hotel on Marylebone Road on the northern side of central London, England, in the City of Westminster. It was originally opened by the Great Central Railway, as the Hotel Great Central. As one of London's railway hotels, it declined after the advent of the motor car. It served as a military convalescent home during the Second World War, and later as the headquarters of the British Railways Board. It reopened as a hotel in 1993. History Early years The hotel was originally one of London's Victorian era railway hotels, the Hotel Great Central. It was first proposed by Sir Edward Watkin of the Great Central Railway, who envisaged Marylebone station, which the hotel was to serve, as the hub of an international railway that would run through a channel tunnel. Sir Edward's aspirations proved to be overly ambitious (not for the only time, as he was behind the Watkins' Tower, a failed attempt to outdo the Eiffel Tower), and after the Great Central ran into financial difficulties, the site of the hotel was sold to Sir John Blundell Maple of the furniture company Maples, who opened the hotel in 1899. Marylebone station is one of the smallest of the central London termini, but its hotel was among the grandest of the London railway hotels. It had a clock tower and was built around a large central courtyard. There were two main entrances, one on the northern side facing the station and the other on the southern side towards Marylebone Road. The architect was Colonel Sir Robert William Edis and the style was eclectic and opulent. The Ladies' Alpine Club rented rooms in the hotel and held its annual dinner there. Decline and military usage In the 1920s the central courtyard became a winter garden, but the building's first period as a hotel was drawing to a close. With railway traffic falling due to the advent of the motor car, London's railway hotels were among the most vulnerable of the city's grand hotels as they were not in the most fashionable districts. The Great Central fell out of hotel use for over forty years. It was a convalescent home during the Second World War and served as a military office building for many years afterwards as well as the headquarters of the British Railways Board, and was referred to by railway staff as "The Kremlin". Restoration In a pattern that was followed by several of the railway hotels, it later returned to its original use, as demand for luxury hotels in London grew and the city centre expanded during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The building was purchased by a Japanese company in 1986, and it was restored and reopened as a hotel in 1993 as The Regent, London. In 1995, it was purchased by the Lancaster Landmark Hotel Company Limited, and renamed The Landmark London. The Landmark Group is a Thai company that opened its first hotel in 1987, and it owns several other hotels in London. The hotel now has 300 rooms and suites. References External links Official website
The Lanes

The Lanes are a collection of narrow lanes in the city of Brighton and Hove, famous for their small shops (including several antique shops) and narrow alleyways. The Lanes are commonly taken to be bounded by North Street to the north, Ship Street to the west and Prince Albert Street and the north side of Bartholomew Square to the south. The eastern boundary is less well-defined and can be considered either East Street or Market Street. Meeting House Lane is one of the wider lanes which meets with the busy shopping road of North Street and eventually winds around to Market Street. The north end of Meeting House Lane meets North Street a few yards down the road from the southern end of North Laine which is not part of the Lanes. History The area that is now the Lanes was part of the original settlement of Brighthelmstone, but they were built up during the late 18th century and were fully laid out by 1792 which was after the supposed benefits of sea water had been publicised by Dr Richard Russell of Lewes, but before the Prince Regent made Brighton one of his homes by developing the Royal Pavilion. Unlike many of the other lanes in this oldest part of Brighton, Dukes Lane, which leads off of Duke Street, was a "reproduction street" constructed in 1979 and is relatively new. References
The Lanesborough

The Lanesborough is a 5-star hotel on Hyde Park Corner in Knightsbridge, central London, England. The hotel is operated by Oetker Hotels. It occupies the neoclassical former building of St George's Hospital, which is listed Grade II*. The hotel is situated next to Hyde Park Corner tube station. History St George's Hospital was opened in the original Lanesborough House, the home in London of the Viscounts Lanesborough, in 1733. By the 1800s, the hospital was falling into disrepair. Lanesborough House was demolished to make way for a new 350-bed facility. Building began in 1827 under architect William Wilkins. The new building was operational by 1844, and served continuously as a hospital until the hospital transferred in the 1970s to Tooting, south London, leaving the Hyde Park Corner premises vacant in 1980. When the health service decided to shut St George's Hospital, as the building then was, it was found that when the former Duke of Westminster sold the building to the state, he had inserted a clause in the agreement allowing his estate to buy it back at the same price if the building ever ceased to be a hospital. The Duke of Westminster duly took up the option to buy the building for its 19th-century price, £6,000. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts refurbished and re-opened the building as a hotel in 1991. Furniture was supplied by Arthur Brett and Sons. In May 2002, the management contract passed to Starwood's St. Regis brand. In November 2014, Oetker Hotels assumed management, the group's first hotel in the United Kingdom. The Lanesborough was closed for renovation in December 2013 and re-opened in 2015. In 2015, it was reputedly the most expensive hotel in London. Culinary awards In 2009, the Lanesborough announced the launch of 'Apsleys – a Heinz Beck Restaurant', under chef Heinz Beck, who had won three Michelin stars for his cuisine at La Pergola in Rome. The restaurant began service in September 2009 and was awarded its first Michelin star less than five months later in January 2010, the fastest time for a new London restaurant to achieve a star. The dining room was subsequently rebranded as Céleste for the 2015 opening, and was again awarded a Michelin star in 2016, but lost it in 2022. It was subsequently relaunched as the Lanesborough Grill. See also Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster (A–Z) Earl of Lanesborough References External links Official website The Lanesborough history, photos, review in cosmopolis.ch History of St George's Hospital from St George's, University of London About our History Archived 10 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine from the St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
The Lanesborough

The Lanesborough est un hôtel 5 étoiles situé dans le centre de Londres et ouvert en 1991 dans l'ancien palais du duc de Lanesborough. De style néo-classique, c’est un bâtiment classé de Grade II *. Situation et accès L’hôtel se trouve sur la place de Hyde Park Corner, à Belgravia, dans le centre de Londres. En face se trouvent Hyde Park et Apsley House, la maison londonienne des ducs de Wellington. Le quartier est desservi par les trains de la ligne Piccadilly à la station de métro Hyde Park Corner. Origine du nom Le bâtiment évoque la mémoire de James Lane (1650-1724), dernier vicomte de Lanesborough. Historique En 1719, le vicomte de Lanesborough fait construire une vaste demeure à cet endroit, alors situé en pleine campagne. Quelques années après sa mort, en 1733, l’hôpital St George s’installe dans ses murs. En 1827, la maison est démolie et l'architecte William Wilkins construit un nouvel établissement à ce même emplacement, comprenant 350 lits. Les travaux sont achevés en 1844 et le nouvel hôpital, dès lors opérationnel, reste en service jusqu'à son transfert à Tooting, dans le sud de Londres, dans les années 1970, laissant les locaux de Hyde Park Corner vacants. En 1980, grâce à une clause contenue dans l’acte de vente initial, le duc de Westminster rachète le bâtiment au prix de 6 000 £ (sa valeur au XIXe siècle). En 1991, le Rosewood Hotels & Resorts rouvre le bâtiment, transformé en hôtel. Celui-ci passe ensuite entre les mains du groupe Oekter Collection - qui détient également Le Bristol à Paris et l’Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc à Antibes -, qui le gère depuis novembre 2014. Le Lanesborough ferme pour rénovation en décembre 2013 et rouvre ses portes en 2015. La décoration des 93 chambres de l’hôtel, dont 43 suites, est assurée par le studio d’architecture Alberto Pinto. En 2015, il est réputé être l'hôtel le plus cher de Londres. Personnalités liées au Lanesborough La presse rapporte qu’une entrée privée a été aménagée pour la reine Élisabeth II. Madonna et Johnny Depp sont des fidèles de l'hôtel. Notes et références Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Ressource relative à la musique : MusicBrainz (en) Site officiel de l’hôtel. (en) L'histoire du Lanesborough sur cosmopolis.ch. (en) Histoire de l'hôpital St George's, Université de Londres. Portail de Londres Portail de l’hôtellerie Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
The Lawn, Lincoln

The Lawn is an early nineteenth century Greek revival building on Union Road, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) to the west of Lincoln Cathedral. The complex features a walled garden and children's play area. The building, which is a Grade II* listed building, housed The Lawn Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases from 1921 until 1985. History The hospital's origins lie in a bequest by Dr Paul Parnell to establish an asylum in Lincoln. After delay caused by indecision by the management of the asylum, the project went ahead in 1817, and a facility designed by Richard Ingleman in the Greek revival style opened as the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum in April 1820. It was at the asylum that, in the 1830s, Robert Gardiner Hill, with the support of Edward Parker Charlesworth, pioneered a mode of treatment that suited "all types" of patients, so that mechanical restraints and coercion could be dispensed with—a situation he finally achieved in 1838. In 1839 Sergeant John Adams and Dr. John Conolly were impressed by the work of Hill, and introduced the method into their Hanwell Asylum, by then the largest in the country. Hill's system was adapted, since Conolly was unable to supervise each attendant as closely as Hill had done. By September 1839, mechanical restraint was no longer required for any patient. The facility became known as the Lincoln Lunatic Hospital in 1905 and The Lawn Hospital in 1921. Patients were to be "persons of the superior class who shall contribute to the general expense of the establishment according to their ability and persons in more limited circumstances whose payments shall be relieved, when an opportunity may offer, out of the disposable funds of the charity." Mary Barkas, a respected psychiatrist, worked as Medical Superintendent at the hospital between 1928 and 1933. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, following the introduction of Care in the Community, closed in 1985. City of Lincoln Council acquired the hospital and operated it as an events venue until August 2016 when it sold it to R. W. Stokes & Sons who have redeveloped the property as a new business headquarters, cafe, restaurant and theatre. A tropical glasshouse, the Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory, was moved from the site in late 2016. See also Weekend at the Asylum References
The Leventhorpe School

Leventhorpe School is a mixed, 11-19 secondary school and sixth form in the town of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. The school became an academy in August 2011, and is part of the Rivers Multi-Academy Trust. As of 2025, the school's last inspection was in 2024 when it was judged good. In 2017, the school's Progress 8 score at GCSE was -0.08, in line with the England average, and the Attainment 8 score was 53 points, above the England and Hertfordshire averages. In 2018, GCSE results "exceed[ed] national targets". The average grade at A level in 2018 was C, just below the England and Hertfordshire averages of C+. Absence and persistent absence were better than the England average for 2016/17. Notable former pupils Dodie Clark, YouTuber and musician Andrew Osagie, athlete Jack Porter, footballer References
The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham

The Lifeboat Inn is a public house and inn in Ship Lane, Thornham, Norfolk, England. It lies near the wooded grounds of Thornham Manor. The white-painted pub was originally built in the 16th century and was a simple cottage with two outhouses, and was sometimes used in the 18th century as a convenient smugglers' store. Contrary to modern popular myth, the premises were not licensed until 1832, when one of the ground floor rooms was set aside for the consumption of home-brewed beer. The beer house was known as Pointers, after the first licensee Francis Pointer. In 1869, forebears of the Thornham Sadler family, John and Nellie Sadler became the landlord and lady, it was named the Lifeboat presumably in commemoration of the first RNLI Hunstanton lifeboat launched two years previously. On 31 December 1782 the militia of the local smugglers baron, Thomas Franklyn with a band of 80 smugglers lured a small force of dragoons led by the Excise Superintendent, Robert Bliss into a trap as they attempted to search the cottage and outbuildings. The property was then owned by William Southgate and the bloody encounter left many villagers wounded and incapacitated and had far-reaching consequences in the local area. Today the Inn consists of two main buildings; the main inn having 14 double rooms. References External links Official site
The Light, Leeds

The Light is a leisure and retail centre in central Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It occupies the rectangular space between The Headrow on the south, St Anne's Street on the north, Cookridge Street on the west, and Albion Street. Two former streets divide it: Upper Fountaine Street (east-west) and Cross Fountaine Street (north-south) now covered with a glass roof. It incorporates two listed buildings Permanent House and the Headrow Buildings. Structure The Light opened in 2001 with a retail area of 32,515 square metres (349,990 sq ft). In 2002 the £100 million development won two City of Leeds Awards for Architecture and Lighting: the Altered Building Award and The People's Award. The retail and leisure centre was created by building a glass roof over Upper Fountaine Street and Cross Fountaine Street to create an arcade between two listed buildings, Permanent House and the Headrow Buildings. New construction on two levels created a first level promenade with a multi-screen cinema. Above the ground floor shops and restaurants are a nightclub and health club. It was designed by DLG Architects. Permanent House and the Headrow Buildings are of the same style in Portland stone and brick by Sir Reginald Blomfield and local architect C. W. Atkinson. The Headrow Buildings fronts the Headrow and Permanent House is on the corner with Cookridge Street. The Headrow Buildings have five stepped stages to accommodate the slope of the Headrow and an arch surmounted by Doric columns over Cross Fountaine Street. The height of the cornices was set to match that of Lewis's department store building. It had nine shop units and four floors of offices. Permanent House, which houses the Radisson Blu Hotel, was constructed as two linked buildings on Cookridge Street, separated by Upper Fountaine Street which was bridged and the buildings are joined by a carriage arch. The headquarters of the Leeds Permanent Building Society was opened 15 May 1930 on the corner of Cookridge Street and the Headrow. The north part was opened 31 December 1931 as shops and offices. Browns Restaurant occupies the former banking hall. Gallery References External links The Light website