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Blackwell Farm

Blackwell Farm is the name of one of the estates situated on the Hog’s Back, on the West side of Guildford. Located in the parish of Compton, the historical farm is currently a controversial issue as part of the Guildford Borough Council’s Local Plan consultation. History A farm already stood at Blackwell in the 17th century while the estate was included in the Down Place estate (also called Down Farm). Notable owners Bought by the railway engineer William Frederick Faviell in 1859, the area of Blackwell Farm was then 345 acres. Faviell decided to farm the land himself and hired Henry Peak to design his Model Farm in an industrial form unusual for this part of the country. In 1905, the estate was 636 acres. It became the property of John Cawsey Dennis, co-founder of Dennis Specialist Vehicles, a vehicle manufacturer in Guildford. The property during the Second World War After 1940, the Royal Army Service Corps which trained at Aldershot occupied the building. Also used by the Canadian Army, the farm was finally converted into flats for wartime evacuees by the Guildford Rural District Council. Aircraft crash In 1952 a United States Air Force North American F-86 Sabre and a Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor collided at 25,000 ft over Guildford. The two Cold War jet fighters were exercising when the collision occurred. The Sabre had taken off from Soesterberg in the Netherlands and was simulating a Soviet bomber attacking London. The Sabre crashed into a field of growing rye at Blackwell Farm about 150 yards from the nearest building and left a crater 30 feet in diameter. Capt. Milton Gray Whitford, the pilot, ejected from his aircraft before the crash and landed in the garden of a house in Ripley with only cuts on his face. Recent controversies Bought in 1986 by the University of Surrey to become the residence of the Vice-Chancellor, the estate of Blackwell Farm is now a controversial topic since its owner has announced its plan to build approximately 2,000 new homes on the green belt land. As part of the Guildford Borough Council’s Local Plan, the university has submitted its idea for a “Garden Neighbourhood” in the west of Guildford. The proposal includes a railway station and a park-and-ride along with new houses. It has been criticized by local residents such as the Save Hogs Back campaigners who see the development plan like a threat for the Hog’s Back given the southern part of the site is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. References External links Guildford Borough Council Save Hogs Back University of Surrey
Hope Chapel, Horsham

The Hope Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the town of Horsham in the English county of West Sussex. The chapel was built in 1903. Horsham's second Strict Baptist chapel had its origins in meetings in a public hall in March 1900. The congregation moved several times, but on 2 December 1903 their new red-brick square-windowed chapel on Oakhill Road was inaugurated, and worship has continued there ever since. The three founders were from Kent. See also List of places of worship in Horsham (district) List of Strict Baptist churches References
Bradgate House (um 1490)

Bradgate House ist die Ruine eines Landhauses im Bradgate Park in der englischen Grafschaft Leicestershire. Geschichte Edward Greys Sohn, Sir John Grey of Groby, heiratete Elizabeth Woodville, die nach Sir John Greys Tod den König Eduard IV. zu ihrem zweiten Mann nahm. Ihr Sohn, Thomas Grey, 1. Marquess of Dorset, schickte sich Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts an, das erste Bradgate House bauen zu lassen, verstarb aber noch vor Beginn der Arbeiten. Sein Sohn, Thomas Grey, 2. Marquess of Dorset, führte dann den Plan seines Vaters um 1490 durch und so wurde das erste Haus um 1520 fertiggestellt. Die noch der Gotik angehörende Anlage ist einer der ersten unbefestigten Landsitze in England und einer der ersten Backsteinbauten nach der Römerzeit. Die Familie Grey lebte darin die folgenden 220 Jahre. In dem Haus soll auch Lady Jane Grey geboren worden sein, die später englische Königin für 9 Tage war und von der nachmaligen Königin Maria I. gestürzt wurde. Jane Grey wurde 1553 hingerichtet und, als auch ihr Vater ein Jahr später hingerichtet wurde, fiel das Anwesen an die Krone. In der Gegend erzählt man sich die Geschichte, dass örtliche Platzwarte an die Hinrichtung Janes durch Schneitelung der Eichen im Park im Stil einer Köpfung erinnerten. Noch heute kann man so beschnittene Eichen im Park sehen. 1563 errang die Familie Grey wieder die Gnade des Königs und die Grundherrschaft von Groby einschließlich Bradgate Park wurde an Jane Greys Onkel, Lord John Grey of Pirgo, zurückgegeben. Sein Urenkel wurde zum Earl of Stamford ernannt. Spätere Earls erwarben Anwesen in Enville in Staffordshire und in Durham Massey in Cheshire. Irgendwann nach 1739 verließen die Greys Bradgate House, das danach langsam verfiel. Die spektakulären Ruinen des Hauses kann man auch heute noch in der Mitte des Bradgate Park sehen. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, als die Familie Grey erneut in dieser Gegend wohnen wollte, ließen sie ein neues Haus etwa drei Kilometer südwestlich der alten Ruine errichten. Es hieß ebenfalls Bradgate House und wurde in den 1920er-Jahren abgerissen, als die Familie das Anwesen verkaufte. Beschreibung Das Haus war etwa 60 Meter lang und hatte einen Rittersaal von 24 Metern × 9 Metern. Heute sieht man noch umfangreiche Ruinen von Mauern und offenen Kaminen sowie vier abgebrochene Türme. Die Kapelle ist noch intakt. Sie enthält die Gräber von Henry Grey, 1. Earl of Stamford, und seiner Gattin, deren Bildnisse auf den Grabplatten zu sehen sind. Einzelnachweise Weblinks
Bradgate House, Bradgate Park

Bradgate House is a 16th-century ruin in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England. History Edward Grey's son Sir John Grey of Groby married Elizabeth Woodville, who, after John's death married King Edward IV. Their son Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, made preparations for building the first Bradgate House in the late 15th century but died before work began. It was his son, the 2nd Marquess of Dorset, who built the first Bradgate House, completing it circa 1520. This is one of the first unfortified great houses in England and one of the earliest post-Roman use of bricks. It was lived in by the Grey family for the next 220 years. It is believed that the house was the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, later Queen, ruling for a mere 9 days before being overthrown by Mary I. After Jane and her father, the 1st Duke of Suffolk, were executed in 1554, the estate passed to the Crown. Local history claims that groundskeepers marked the occasion of Jane's execution by pollarding the estate's oak trees in a symbolic beheading. Examples of pollarded oaks can still be seen in the park. In 1563 the family regained favour, and the Groby manor, including Bradgate, was restored to Jane's uncle, Lord John Grey of Pirgo. His great-grandson was made Earl of Stamford. Later earls acquired estates in Enville, Staffordshire, and Dunham Massey, Cheshire. Sometime after 1739 they moved out of Bradgate, which began a long decline. The spectacular ruins of the house are still visible at the centre of the park. The house was approximately 200 feet (61 m) long, featuring a main hall measuring 80 by 30 feet (24.4 m × 9.1 m). As well as considerable remains of walls and fireplaces, it has four truncated towers and the chapel is still intact, containing a tomb effigy to the 1st Earl of Stamford and his wife. In the mid-19th century, George Harry Grey and the 7th Earl of Stamford and Warrington commissioned a new house to be built designed by the architect Mr M.J. Dain of Dain and Parsons, London, and built by the local builder Mr Thomas Rudkin. The new Bradgate House was completed in 1856 near the village of Groby, Leicestershire, and built in the Jacobean style. It has been referred to as the Calendar House because it had 365 windows, 52 rooms, and 12 main chimneys. The new house was demolished in the mid-1920s when the Leicestershire estates were sold by the late Earl's niece Katherine Henrietta Venezia Grey, who incidentally changed her surname to Grey on the condition of her inheritance of the estates from her deceased uncle. The new Bradgate House near the village of Groby is frequently confused with the 16th-century ruined house of the same name in Bradgate Park 2 miles in distance. See also Bradgate House (19th century) References Bibliography Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books) External links Media related to Bradgate House at Wikimedia Commons Digging for Britain - Series 8: 2. North at bbc.co.uk
Bramley Bank

Bramley Bank is a 10.3 hectare local nature reserve in Upper Shirley in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned by Croydon Council and managed by London Wildlife Trust. The site has acid grassland, woodland and a pond. Flowers include common violets and enchanter's nightshade, and there are displays of bluebells in the spring. The woodland is mainly oak, ash and sycamore. The margin of the pond has yellow flag and flote grass. Wildlife includes nuthatches, song thrushes, purple hairstreak butterflies, yellow meadow ants and pipistrelle bats. There is access from Riesco Drive and Broadcombe. References
Huish Episcopi Academy

Huish Episcopi Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Huish Episcopi near Langport, Somerset, England. The school has a specialist status as a Science College, Language College and Applied Learning College. In 2017 it had 1,508 students. A range of subjects are offered, including Design Technology in Food, Textiles, and Resistant Materials, Modern Foreign Languages, and Information Technology and computer science . History The academy can be traced back to 6 December 1675 when the original grammar school was created by Will of Thomas Gillett. The Ofsted inspection in March 2007 gave the school an overall grade of "Outstanding". Huish Episcopi converted to academy status in September 2010. In September 2012, the school was inspected by Ofsted and its rating was downgraded to good. In January 2023, its Ofsted rating was downgraded to inadequate in all areas. A new temporary headteacher was appointed. In June 2023 the school joined the United Learning group of schools. Notable alumni Matt Chorley (born 1982), journalist, broadcaster and comedian Alice Temperley, fashion designer References External links Official website
New Cross Gate Cutting

New Cross Gate Cutting is a 4.2 hectare nature reserve in Brockley in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation managed by the London Wildlife Trust. This designated green space runs alongside the London Bridge branch of the Brighton Main Line between Brockley and New Cross Gate, on the forest site that once lay on the Kent and Surrey border known as Hatcham Wood. The entrance is on Vesta Road situated between Barriedale in Brockley and Sandbourne Road, Telegraph Hill. The wood is a remnant of The Great North Wood and is currently managed by The London Wildlife Trust. The reserve sustains a natural rare habitat for flora, fauna and wildlife including deer, however, it is mostly characterised by woodland such as sycamore, English & Turkey Oak, hawthorn and silver birch. The site is generally closed to the public but there are regular open days and volunteer workdays facilitated by London Wildlife Trust. References
Ilkley Playhouse

Ilkley Playhouse is a live theatre in Ilkley, Bradford, England. It is owned and run by Ilkley Players Ltd a not-for-profit charitable organisation. Ilkley Playhouse is run by an Executive Committee and is staffed almost entirely by volunteers drawn from its membership. Ilkley Playhouse is dedicated to the presentation of live amateur theatre and other arts activities within the community and welcomes members and visitors to a season of ten main-house and three studio productions per annum, plus many other events including touring productions and special events. It also hosts community arts events such as the Ilkley Film Society and the Ilkley Literature Festival. Ilkley Players Ltd is a member of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain. (LTG) The Ilkley Playhouse also runs Greenroom classes for younger students who annually perform their own productions. In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ilkley Playhouse was awarded a much-needed grant from Arts Council England of £60,454. References External links Ilkley Playhouse Archived 14 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Titanic Brewery

The Titanic Brewery is an independent producer of bottle conditioned and cask ales in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Titanic's beers are generally notable for their light colour, low malt, and high hop content, giving a very dry bitter taste, although Captain Smith's and some of their seasonal beers are dark and malty, though still extremely hoppy. Their seasonal ranges also include lighter and fruity ales such as 2019 seasonal beer, Kiwi Fleet, which is made with New Zealand hops. History The brewery was founded in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1985 by John Pazio, and is now run by brothers Keith and Dave Bott, and takes its name from the ill-fated steam liner Titanic. It is in honour of its captain Edward Smith (who came from Stoke-on-Trent) that the brewery is named. One of the owners, Keith Bott, was formerly the chairman of SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers. Products Its 'Fleet' range of beers include: Plum Porter (4.9% abv) Titanic Mild (3.5% abv) Steerage (formerly Titanic Best Bitter) (3.8% abv) Anchor ABV (4.1% abv) Iceberg (4.1% abv) Titanic Stout (4.5% abv) White Star (4.5% abv) Captain Smith's Strong Ale (5.2% abv) All of these, bar the Mild are available in bottles from the brewery, the brewery tap, and supermarkets. They produce over 4 million pints every year. Titanic have also branched out into distilling their own gin. Pubs Titanic Brewery presently runs nine pubs in North Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Oxfordshire: The Bull's Head in Burslem, The Greyhound in Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Roebuck in Leek, The Royal Exchange in Stone, The Sun Inn in Stafford, The Cheshire Cheese in Buxton, The Royal Blenheim in Oxford, Old Poets Corner in Ashover and The Beacon in Lichfield. Café bars Titanic Brewery also runs eight 'Bod' café bars in the Staffordshire area: in Alsager, Lichfield, Matlock, Newport, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent railway station, Stone and Trentham. Awards The Titanic Brewery has won many awards, including some from CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale), from the 1990s to the present day. The Titanic Brewery's bottled Stout beer's first award was Gold in the 1994 Guardian Bottled Beer of Britain, and more recently it won first place in the CAMRA West Midlands Beer of the Year 2009 (Stout Category). Titanic's Iceberg Beer won its first award in 2002, achieving Gold in the CAMRA Champion Beer of the West Midlands category, and again more recently achieved first place in the CAMRA West Midlands Beer of the Year (Speciality Category). References
Bull & Gate

The Bull & Gate is a Grade II listed public house and former music venue at 389 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, London. The pub had a long history as music venue, with bands such as The Pogues, Coldplay, Blur, and Suede playing there towards the start of their careers. History It was built in 1871 on the site of a former inn called the Boulogne Gate named after Henry VIII's victory in France. In 1979 Margaret and Pat Lynskey took over the pub. In the 1980s the music events in the backroom, accessed via doors to the left of the pub's frontage, were run by promoter Jon Beast (who was also a warm-up act for Carter USM) who ran events under the name Timebox, and later as Hype! From then until the early 2000s the venue saw performances by acts such as Blur, Suede, My Bloody Valentine, Huggy Bear, Jesus Jones, Pop Will Eat Itself, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Pogues, The Housemartins, PJ Harvey, Ash, The Darkness, The Libertines, Muse, Manic Street Preachers, Keane, and more. From 2010 to 2013 Club Fandango booked events at the pub. This was co-run by Simon Williams, co-founder of independent record label Fierce Panda Records, and Andy MacLeod, founder of Pointy Records. It ceased operations as a venue in 2013, after being sold by previous owners to the Young's pub chain. As of 2020 an open kitchen now occupies the former stage area. Some of the music video for the Taylor Swift song End Game was shot at the pub in October 2017. References
Carey Baptist Church, Preston

Carey Baptist Church, is a Baptist church in Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain. History The church was built in 1826 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. The building has since been altered and used as a Baptist church. Architecture Exterior Carey Baptist Church is built in brick. with a stuccoed entrance front and a slate roof. It has a rectangular plan, it is in two storeys, and there is a small lean-to extension at the back. The entrance front faces the road, it is symmetrical, and is in three bays. There are pilasters at the corners, and at the top is a gable acting as a pediment. In the ground floor are three doorways, the central doorway being wider than the outer doorways, all with fanlights under moulded surrounds containing keystones. The central doorway has a segmental head and contains double doors, the outer doorways being round-headed. In the upper storey are three round-headed windows with moulded surrounds and keystones. The pediment contains a panel flanked by roundels. The panel is inscribed with "CAREY BAPTIST". Along the sides of the church are tall segmental-headed windows. Interior Inside the church there was originally a horseshoe gallery, but this has been reduced in size to a curved gallery. This has a panelled front and is carried in slim cast iron columns. Around the church is a dentilled cornice, the ceiling is panelled, and the windows have moulded surrounds. At the west end is a plastered Corinthian architraved opening with a modillion cornice and an inscribed frieze. See also Listed buildings in Preston, Lancashire References
Castle Hill, Chessington

Castle Hill is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) scheduled monument, local nature reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Chessington in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It is owned by Merton College, Oxford, and leased to Kingston Council. The site is managed by the Lower Mole Countryside Management Project. The site is at the end of a deer park owned by Merton College, and it has earthworks which were probably formerly a medieval hunting lodge. The Bonesgate Stream runs along the western edge. The long-established woodland is mainly oak and hazel, and the varied ground flora include bluebell, wood anemone and wood sedge. There are breeding birds such as jay, great spotted woodpecker and song thrush. There is access from Filby Road. Bonesgate Open Space is immediately north, and Horton Country Park in Surrey to the east. References External links Historic England. "Castle Hill earthwork, Chessington (1002018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2014-05-04. "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
Barnsbury Wood

Barnsbury Wood is a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, in Barnsbury in the London Borough of Islington. With an area of only 0.35 hectares, it is one of the smallest Local Nature Reserve in London It is owned and managed by Islington Council. In the nineteenth century the site was the garden of the vicarage of St Andrew's Church in Huntingdon Street. In the early twentieth century the garden was abandoned and became woodland. Islington Council purchased it in 1974, proposing to develop it, but in the 1990s it was decided to leave it as woodland and it was declared a Local Nature Reserve. Trees include sycamore, ash, lime and horse chestnut. Birds include the long tailed tit, and there are invertebrates such as the lesser stag beetle and the sixteen spot ladybird. Barnsbury Wood was used as a location in the Agatha Christie’s Poirot TV episode The Clocks (2011). There is access to the wood from Crescent Street. It is open from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays throughout the year and, with the aid of volunteers, Saturdays in the summer. References
Bedfont Lakes Country Park

Bedfont Lakes Country Park is a 72.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in Bedfont in the London Borough of Hounslow. The land had been Fawn's Manor Farm, and was owned by the Duke of St Albans until it was purchased by William Sherborn in 1780. Until the 1920s it supplied London with produce, and gravel extraction took place from the 1860s. From the 1950s until 1973 it was used as a landfill site for domestic and industrial waste, and polluted lakes remained after it was closed. In 1988 The Rutland Group acquired Bedfont Lakes and, working with Hounslow Council, secured the development of the area as a country park as a planning condition for development of the surrounding area. Rutland managed the park for three years before donating it to the people of South West London, together with an endowment fund to maintain the parklands in perpetuity. In 2000 Bedfont Lakes received nature reserve status, winning multiple awards nationally and regionally including the Millennium Marque and the London in Bloom Wildflower and Environment Trophy. The site has lakes, wetlands, wildflower meadows and woodland. There are over 350 species of plants, including field scabious, lady's bedstraw and black poplar. There are also 156 species of birds, 124 of moths, 97 of fungi and 20 mammals. There are car parks in Bedfont Road and Clockhouse Lane. Gallery References External links "Friends of Bedfont Lakes Country Park".
Bethune Park

Bethune Park or Bethune Recreation Ground is a public park in Friern Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. Most of it is mown grass, and it also has a large nature reserve area, a children's playground, a basketball court and a tennis court. The site was acquired by Friern Barnet Urban District Council in 1924, and opened as Bethune Recreation Ground in 1926. It is called Bethune Park in notices on the site. There is access from the corner of Manor Drive and Gresham Avenue, from Beaconsfield Road and from Bethune Avenue. See also Barnet parks and open spaces References
Bethune Park

Bethune Park, ou Bethune Recreation Ground, est un parc public situé à Friern Barnet (en), dans le borough londonien de Barnet. Selon certaines allégations, le sol aurait autrefois été stabilisé en utilisant le parc comme décharge ; les déchets auraient été enfouis à une profondeur de six pieds. Le terrain a été acquis par le Conseil du district urbain de Friern Barnet en 1924 et l'espace vert a été inauguré en 1926. Il comprend des pelouses, des zones naturalisées ainsi que des installations sportives, telles qu'un court de tennis, un terrain de football et un terrain de basket-ball. De plus, le parc abrite une aire de jeux pour enfants. Ceux qui souhaitent effectuer leur séance de marche sur un parcours mesuré et balisé trouveront également l'occasion de le faire au sein du parc. Le parcours circulaire pour les marcheurs et les coureurs mesure un kilomètre de long. Le parc Bethune couvre une superficie de 11,9 acres. Les portails d'entrée sont situés à l'angle de Manor Drive et de Gresham Avenue, sur Beaconsfield Road et sur Bethune Avenue. Notes et références Liens externes Portail des espaces verts Portail de la conservation de la nature Portail de Londres