NoeFlandre/osm-polygon-wikidata-only huggingface dataset:
Askerton Castle

Le château d'Askerton est un manoir médiéval fortifié de Cumbria, en Angleterre. Historique Le château d'Askerton est construit dans la paroisse d'Askerton en Cumbrie vers 1290. À l'origine, le château est un manoir non fortifié, mais à la fin du XVe siècle, Thomas Lord Dacre, le deuxième baron, construit deux tours crénelées à chaque extrémité du manoir, probablement dans le but d'augmenter l'espace de vie de la propriété plutôt que simplement pour des raisons de défense. Une troisième tour a peut-être été construite à l'angle nord-ouest de la propriété, cette fois à des fins défensives, mais a depuis été perdue. Le château est rénové par l'architecte Anthony Salvin dans les années 1850. Le château d'Askerton est un bâtiment classé Grade I. Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Askerton Castle » (voir la liste des auteurs). Bibliographie (en) Anthony Emery, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 : Northern England, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 1996 (ISBN 978-0-521-49723-7, lire en ligne). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des châteaux Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Askerton Castle

Askerton Castle är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i grevskapet Cumbria och riksdelen England, i den centrala delen av landet, 400 km norr om huvudstaden London. Askerton Castle ligger 140 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Askerton Castle är huvudsakligen platt, men norrut är den kuperad. Närmaste större samhälle är Carlisle, 20,0 km sydväst om Askerton Castle. Trakten runt Askerton Castle består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Kommentarer Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Askerton Castle.
Astbury Hall

Astbury Hall is a stately home, with a 320-acre estate, at Chelmarsh, near Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, England. The building was destroyed by fire in 1889, and rebuilt by Edmund Southwell (mayor of Bridgnorth, 1895-1897) in 1891. John Arthur Buston, Master of the Wheatland hunt, lived at Astbury from c. 1911-c. 1937. From 1985 and until 2019, Astbury Hall was the home of K. K. Downing, former guitarist with Judas Priest, who had a championship-standard golf course built in the grounds. In 2012 there were plans to open a hotel and luxury residential lodges funded by Regentsmead. In October 2017 the stately home went into administration. Administrators, FRP Advisory, blamed “tougher economic times within the wider corporate hospitality market” which had put "unsustainable pressure on the cashflow of the estate under its current financial structure." It is currently for sale with an asking price of £10 million. On Tuesday 24 April 2018 The Astbury announced it would reopen soon. The launch party took place on 1 July 2018. In March, 2019, it was reported that there was a £50m plan set for approval at The Astbury. Shropshire Council's planning officers set Downing's estate to be transformed into a huge leisure complex including a leisure and spa building, two swimming pools, a farm shop, a function room, restaurant and spa, an outdoor lido pool, tennis courts, bowling greens, a new nine-hole golf course and an 18-hole putting green; with the addition of 300 wooden lodges. Local residents expressed concerns about the impact of the development on the nature of Eardington and added traffic on small nearby roads. The National Trust expressed their own worries of the work on the nearby Dudmaston Hall, but Shropshire Council's planning team decided that there were no grounds on which the development should be refused. Case Officer Richard Fortune said that the report recommending the application was approved, and that the extra traffic on the B4555 would be acceptable. He also noted that it would not generate a significant amount of trips compared to the already existing number of vehicles travelling along the highway. Fortune also said that Shropshire Council as highway authority "would need to demonstrate that the B4555 and surrounding highway network do not have the capacity to support a development of this nature. It is not considered a highway objection could be sustained on this basis." The impact of the volume of traffic on some junctions in Bridgnorth, most notably B4555/B4363 and Oldbury Road/Hollybush Road, have raised concerns. The report backing from the council's economic team claimed that the development could bring as much as £15 million ($19 million) of investment into the county. In a statement released from FCFM Group Limited in December 2018, they said that when they announced the plans at the time, they claimed that the development could be worth more than £3.5 million ($4.6 million) a year to the local economy. References External links Website
Millwall Dock

Das Millwall Dock ist ein Hafenbecken in Millwall südlich der Canary Wharf auf der Isle of Dogs in London. Geschichte Das Millwall Dock wurde von John Aird & Co. nach den Plänen von Sir John Fowler gebaut und 1868 eröffnet. Das Hafenbecken hat eine L-Form, wobei sich das Äußere Hafenbecken in Ost-West-Richtung erstreckt und das Innere Hafenbecken von dessen östlichem Ende nach Norden verläuft. Es hatte ursprünglich eine Wasserfläche von 14 ha und eine Grundstücksfläche von 81 ha. Das westliche Ende des Äußeren Hafenbeckens war ursprünglich in Millwall durch einen 24 m breiten Kanal mit der Themse verbunden. Der Aushub des Hafenbeckens bildete ein Stück Brachland, das Mudchute genannt wurde. Ein Schwimmdock für Schiffsreparaturen wurde in der SO-Ecke des Äußeren Hafenbeckens gebaut; es war eines von ursprünglich sechs geplanten Schwimmdocks und wurde später auf 169 m verlängert. Im Rahmen der Umstrukturierung nach Übernahme durch die Port of London Authority in den 1920er-Jahren wurde das nördliche Ende des Inneren Hafenbeckens mit den West India Docks durch die Millwall Passage verbunden und die direkte Verbindung zur Themse wurde verfüllt. Das Hafenbecken wurde hauptsächlich zum Löschen von Holz- und Getreideladungen genutzt, ein Handel, der später flussabwärts zum Hafen Tilbury verlagert wurde, als dort in den 1960er-Jahren ein großes Getreideterminal entstand. Eine Mehlmühle von McDougall’s an der Südseite des Äußeren Hafenbeckens wurde 1980 abgebrochen. Das Gelände heute Das Millwall Dock liegt fast in der Mitte der Isle of Dogs, südlich anschließend an die umgebaute Canary-Wharf-Geschäftsmeile. Ein großes Grundstück an der Nordseite des Äußeren Hafenbeckens wird von den Westferry Printworks eingenommen, die 1984 bis 1986 errichtet wurden und als größte Zeitungsdruckerei Westeuropas galten. Das Millwall Dock ist heute ein Gewerbegebiet mit Hochhäusern, in denen sich Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) für technische Produkte, Rechtsanwaltskanzleien und Finanzdienstleister niedergelassen haben. Auch entstanden dort Wohngebäude und elegante Appartementblocks. Das Wohngebiet Clippers Quay ist am ehemaligen Trockendock angeordnet, während das Wohngebiet Mill Quay sich am Standort der alten Mühle befindet. Der Unterschied zwischen den neu entstandenen Geschäfts- und Wohnvierteln und der anschließenden alten Bebauung ist deutlich erkennbar. Das Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre liegt ganz am Westende des Hafenbeckens, wo dieses ursprünglich mit der Themse verbunden war. Es wurde 1989 von der London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) und dem Sports Council für £ 1,2 Mio. gebaut. In diesem Hafenbecken wurden 1999 die Bootsstunts zum James-Bond-Film Die Welt ist nicht genug durchgeführt. Vom Millwall Dock aus sind drei Stationen der Docklands Light Railway (DLR) zu erreichen: Mudchute, Crossharbour und South Quay. Weblinks Docklands Light Railway Quellen The Millwall Docks: The docks. English Heritage. Survey of London: Bände 43 und 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994). S. 353–356 Dockland: An illustrated historical survey of life and work in east London, NELP/GLC, (1983). ISBN 0-7168-1611-3 Einzelnachweise
Badminton School

Badminton School is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years situated in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. Named after Badminton House in Clifton, Bristol, where it was founded, the school has been located at its current site since 1924 and consistently performs well in the government's league tables, particularly at A-Level. In 2008 the school was ranked third in the Financial Times top 1,000 schools. In the 2023 A-Levels, the school saw 48.5% of its candidates score A*/A. According to the Good Schools Guide, "The secret of the school's success is in its size and a good deal of individual attention." School history Miriam Badock established a school for girls in 1858 at Badminton House in Clifton, Bristol. By 1898 it had become known as Miss Bartlett's School for Young Ladies. The school developed a broad curriculum, and extracurricular activities, including sports, were encouraged which was unusual for the time. The school grew steadily in size, and in 1924 moved to the present site, under the headship of Beatrice May Baker (1876–1973). Baker, known as BMB, was fundamental in shaping Badminton's ethos and had a deep personal influence on individual pupils. She encouraged the girls to be aware of world affairs and internationalism. A pioneer in many educational fields, she established Badminton as a much-admired progressive school. She insisted on the rights of young people to freedom of expression and encouraged a questioning approach to learning: "in chapel 'Jesus often had to share the stage with Lenin'". The international outlook she pioneered continues today. In 1958, the school celebrated its centenary with the opening of a new Science Centre by Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Dame Sybil Thorndike was president of the school at that time, and a new cantata called "The Crown of the Year" by Michael Tippett was specially commissioned to mark the event. By the late 1960s, the progressive aspects of the school had all but vanished (Royston Lambert speech at Exeter University, 19 November 1971) and it had become a standard independent academic school. Old Badmintonians Alumnae of the school are known as Old Badmintonians. Claire Bloom – actress Midge Bruford – (9 April 1902 – 1958) Mary Fedden – artist Indira Gandhi – Prime Minister of India Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein – daughter of King Hussein I of Jordan Jenny Joseph – poet Charlotte Leslie – Conservative Party MP for Bristol North West, 2010–2017 Phyllida Law – actress Dame Iris Murdoch – writer Rosamund Pike – actress Unity Spencer (1930–2017), British artist Shirley Teed – artist Polly Toynbee – journalist Shirley Hopkins Civil – musician , French Horn, Wagner Tuba specialist. Born 1933. References External links Official website Profile on the ISC website
Bank Chambers

Bank Chambers is an office building on Portland Street, Manchester, England. Its heavy and imposing appearance gives away its previous use as a bullion bank vault by the Bank of England. The Bank of England vacated the building in the 1990s and the building is now used as offices. Background The building was built in 1971 and designed by the architecture practice Aukett Fitzroy Robertson. The building is bomb-proof with a 16-inch exterior wall of concrete and wide cavity existed for security patrols. Every Tuesday the surrounding roads would be temporarily closed to allow the transporting of money. The building was vacated in the 1990s and office developer Bruntwood bought the building. It was subsequently renovated with Grade A office space. The existing vault space has since been converted into space for servers and data farms for companies. References External links
Bartlow Hills

Bartlow Hills is a Roman tumuli cemetery in Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, England. Four of the original seven tumuli or barrows remain; the largest three are accessible to the public, the northernmost and smallest is on private property and is not easily visible. The remnants of two more are visible as low mounds west of the three largest barrows. The tallest barrow is 15 metres (50 ft) high, and is the largest Roman barrow north of the Alps. The barrows date from the 1st or 2nd centuries AD. Excavations were undertaken in the 19th century (chiefly in 1832–40), discovering walled graves containing human cremains within glass vessels, which were stored in large wooden chests. Decorated vessels in bronze, enamel, pottery and an iron folding chair were also found among other funerary goods (most of which were lost in a fire at Easton Lodge in 1847). A small Roman villa, occupied until the late 4th century, was situated north of the mounds and was excavated in 1852. The site saw no further work until a geophysical survey in 2006 and further excavations in 2007, but this work did not establish the location of the villa. References External links 2007 excavations at Bartlow Hills by the University of Reading Bartlow Hills page at sheshen-eceni.co.uk Bartlow Hills on megalithic.co.uk A picture showing Bartlow Hills during the construction of the railway in about 1864 is available on this page. A set of aerial photographs of Bartlow Hills by Bill Blake is available on Flickr. Ashdon on british-history.ac.uk with information on Barlow Hills Bibliography Eckardt, H., Brewer, P., Hay, S. and Poppy, S. (2009) Roman barrows and their landscape context: a GIS case study at Bartlow, Cambridgeshire. Britannia, 40 (1). pp. 65–98. ISSN 1753-5352 [1] Eckardt, H., Clarke, A. S., Hay, S., Macaulay, S., Ryan, P., Thornley, D. M. and Timby, J. (2009) The Bartlow Hills in context: report on recent excavations. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, XCVIII. pp. 47–64. [2] Astin, T., Eckardt, H. and Hay, S. (2007) Resistivity imaging survey of the Roman barrows at Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, UK. Archaeological Prospection, 14 (1). pp. 24–37. ISSN 1075-2196 [3] The 19th century excavations were published in the journal Archaeologia in the years 1834, 1836, 1840, and 1842.
Phare de Beachy Head

Le phare de Beachy Head est un phare construit au pied de la falaise de Beachy Head dans le comté du Sussex de l'Est en Angleterre. Ce phare est géré par la Trinity House Lighthouse Service de Londres, l'organisation de l'aide maritime des côtes de l'Angleterre, jusqu'au 1er juillet 1976 par l'autorité portuaire. Il est maintenant protégé en tant que monument classé du Royaume-Uni de Grade II depuis 2010. Histoire Le phare a été construit de 1900 à 1902 sous la direction de sir Thomas Matthews, ingénieur en chef de la Trinity House. Il est situé à environ 165 mètres en mer depuis la base des falaises. Pour sa construction, un téléphérique provisoire a été installé du haut de la falaise pour le transport des ouvriers et des pierres menant à une plate-forme métallique adjacente au phare. 3 660 tonnes de granit de Cornouailles ont été utilisées dans la construction de la tour. Pendant plus de 80 ans, la tour peinte en blanc avec des rayures rouge a été occupée par trois gardiens de phare. Leur travail était de maintenir la lumière tournante, émettant deux flashs blancs toutes les 20 secondes. Cette lumière était alors visible jusqu'à 48 km en mer. Le phare a été entièrement automatisé en 1983 et les gardiens ont été retirés. En juin 2010, Trinity House a annoncé dans le cadre de l'étude quinquennale Aids to Navigation Review que la portée de la lumière serait réduite à 15 km et que le signal de brouillard serait interrompu. En février 2011, les travaux ont été entrepris et la portée de la lumière a été réduite grâce à l'installation d'un nouveau système de feux de navigation à LED. L'ancienne lentille, bien qu'elle ne soit plus utilisée, a été laissée in situ. Le signal de brouillard a également été interrompu à ce moment. Trinity House a annoncé en 2011 qu'il ne pouvait plus se permettre de repeindre les rayures distinctives rouge et blanc et qu'il faudrait laisser la tour revenir à son gris granit naturel. Il a déclaré aussi que, parce que les bateaux ont maintenant des systèmes de navigation de haute technologie, le marquage de jour avec les rayures n'était plus essentiel. Cependant, une campagne parrainée pour garder les rayures a été lancée en octobre de 2011. Les 27 000 £ exigés ont été soulevés. La tour a été repeinte en octobre. Cinq couches de peinture ont été appliquées à la lanterne de cuivre au sommet et trois sur chaque cerceau de la tour. Identifiant : ARLHS : ENG-005 - Amirauté : A0840 - NGA : 1140 . Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Beachy Head Lighthouse » (voir la liste des auteurs). Voir aussi Lien connexe Liste des phares en Angleterre Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England (en) Lighthouses of Southern England (Sussex, Hampshire, Wight et Dorset) (en) Beachy Head Lighthouse - Trinity House (en) Beachy Head - Site Worldwide Lighthouses Portail des phares Portail de l’Angleterre Portail de la Manche Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Latarnia morska Beachy Head

Latarnia morska Beachy Head – latarnia morska położona na skale kilkadziesiąt metrów w głąb morza od urwiska Beachy Head. Oddalona jest około 3 kilometrów na południowy zachód od Eastbourne w hrabstwie Sussex. W 2010 roku latarnia została wpisana na listę zabytków English Heritage. Latarnia została wybudowana w 1902 roku pod kierownictwem naczelnego inżyniera Trinity House Sir Thomasa Matthewsa. W celu zbudowania leżącej około 160 metrów poniżej brzegu latarni, skonstruowano najpierw stalową platformę, którą połączono z lądem kolejką linową do przewozu robotników oraz materiału. Łącznie przetransportowano około 3660 ton granitu. Zasięg światła wynosił 26 Mm. W 1983 roku zmodernizowano i zautomatyzowano latarnię. Stacja jest monitorowana z Trinity House Operations & Planning Centre w Harwich. W 2011 roku zasięg światła został zmniejszony do 8 Mm, a właściciel Trinity House ogłosił, że w związku z rozwojem przyrządów nawigacyjnych, wyłączony zostaje sygnał mgłowy, oraz że nie będzie kontynuować malowania latarni na biało czerwone pasy, aż powróci na naturalnego granitowego koloru. W celu zachowania oryginalnego wyglądu latarni został zorganizowana akcja społeczna w celu uzbierania 27 tysięcy funtów, na pomalowanie latarni. Operacja malowania latarni została rozpoczęta w połowie września, a zakończona w październiku 2013 roku. Przypisy Bibliografia Beachy Head lighthouse. Lighthouses of England. [dostęp 2014-01-05]. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2014-01-06)]. (ang.).
Beeston Hydro

Beeston Hydro is a small hydroelectric scheme, in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It is located on the River Trent, and generates up to 1.66 MW of electricity. History During 1999, Hyder Industrial Ltd. built the UK's largest "run-of river" hydro-electric plant at Beeston Rylands Weir. The plant was commissioned on 4 January 2000 and later sold on to United Utilities in 2001. Description The plant has a design life of twenty years. At the maximum consented flow rate, 60 m3/s of water passes through the pair of turbines. Upstream of the weir and during the salmon migratory period, the plant utilises a bio-acoustic fish-fence—a bubble curtain in which the bubbles contain a sound that the fish do not like. This fish fence steers migrating fish away from the fast-flowing turbine intakes and into the fish ladder, by which the fish can safely negotiate the weir. The power generated supplies enough electricity (1.5 MW–1.66 MW) for two thousand homes, a total of 5.26 GWh annually. In 2013 it was run by Infinis and as of 2025 it is operated by H2O Power producing 1.4MW. References
Belgrave Hospital for Children

The Belgrave Hospital for Children in Kennington, London, United Kingdom was a voluntary hospital founded in Pimlico, London in 1866. A new hospital building was constructed between 1899 and 1926 at 1 Clapham Road from a design by Charles Holden. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1981 and is currently residential flats. History The hospital was founded in 1866 and was originally sited in Gloucester Street, Pimlico. The Kennington building was designed by Charles Holden, on a site plan by H. Percy Adams, and was built in stages between 1899 and 1926. The foundation stone was laid by Princess Beatrice on 27 June 1900. Panels of picture tiles of nursery rhymes, made by W.B. Simpson and Sons, which decorated hospital walls were according to John Greene possibly re-sited to another King's College hospital when the hospital closed. It joined the National Health Service in 1948 as part of the King's College Hospital Group. It closed in 1985 and remained disused until it was converted into residential accommodation in the 1990s. Notable staff Arthur Bankart, orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation. Frances Ethel Barwell RRC, (1868–1963), Matron 1899– until at least 1928. Barwell trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1894 and 1896. She was given leave of absence to serve in France, March 1915 – April 1919 as a Sister in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military nursing Service Reserve. Sir Farquhar Buzzard, prominent British physician and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1928–1943). Clinton Thomas Dent, surgeon, author and mountaineer. Robert Farquharson, Scottish doctor and Liberal politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire West. Alfred Morcom, medical doctor and first-class cricketer. Flora Murray, Scottish medical pioneer, and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes. Dan Leno On 20 October 1904, the music hall star Dan Leno donated £625 to the hospital after his last show. He died 11 days later. See also List of hospitals in England References