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Northwood School, London

Northwood School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the Northwood area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. History The school was originally opened in January 1934 as Potter Street Senior Council School with an age range from 11 to 14. The original headmaster was Mr. A. T. Smith, who had previously headed a school in Ruislip. Previously a foundation school administered by Hillingdon London Borough Council, in February 2012 Northwood School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by Partnership Learning. The school was then selected as the site of a brand new aviation college in association with British Airways and Brunel University. Demolition work of the old buildings began in September 2013 and the new complex, named 'Heathrow Aviation Engineering University Technical College' (Heathrow Aviation Engineering UTC), was officially opened in May 2015. In 2014, it was confirmed that Northwood School had received the go ahead of a £28 million project to re-build the entire school with modern, state of the art facilities, with scheduled completion of the new complex in September 2016. In 2018, the school obtained "Outstanding" in Ofsted inspection. Notable former pupils The Olympic boxer Audley Harrison and Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame are both alumni of the school. References External links Northwood School website
Norton Canes services

Norton Canes services is a motorway service area on the M6 Toll, in the village of Norton Canes near the towns of Brownhills, Cannock, and Walsall, in Staffordshire, England. It is operated by Roadchef, which has a 25-year lease on the site. The company also uses the site as its head office. History Opened on 9 March 2004, the 68-acre (28 ha) site the site was announced as featuring table service in the restaurant during the evening and free screen washes in the petrol station during quiet periods. It has been described as having "the look of a Scandinavian airport lounge". At opening, the service area produced 200 jobs for the local area. The 2019 Motorway Services User Survey found that Norton Canes had the highest customer satisfaction of motorway services in the UK. Location Norton Canes services is located on the M6 Toll between junctions T6 and T7, and is positioned so that it can be accessed before reaching the main toll plaza in either direction. It is a single-sided site, unlike a large majority of other service areas which have separate facilities for each direction. For this reason it is possible to do a U-turn at the services; however, it is not possible to avoid the toll in that way. Present day The petrol forecourt is operated by BP and is located to the south of the main services building. In March 2016, a McDonald's restaurant was opened at the site. References External links Official website
Norton Cemetery, Sheffield

Norton Cemetery is one of the city of Sheffield's many cemeteries. It was opened on 6 June 1869, and covers 6 acres (24,000 m2). Norton is a smaller cemetery running along two alleys spanning to the right and the left from the two gate houses (not listed). From the furthest graves and along the boundary wall, there are views of the Sheaf valley and the moors. The cemetery contains 34 graves of Commonwealth service personnel, registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 27 from World War I and 7 from World War II. References External links Sheffield Bereavement Norton Cemetery, Sheffield at Find a Grave
Norton College

Norton College is a mixed secondary school, sixth form and specialist humanities college with academy status in Norton, North Yorkshire, England. There are approximately 801 children on roll. The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2007 and received a Grade 1 (outstanding) assessment. In May 2009 the school was described as one of the most successful schools in the country. It was named in the report Data driven school transformation, published by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. At the beginning of 2011 the status of Norton College was redesignated as Grade 1 in a remote inspection by Ofsted, following a subject inspection in November 2010. In May 2011 the College gained academy status under the multi-school model. The resulting trust is the 'Evolution Schools Learning Trust,' with Norton College retaining its name. Norton College was given a "room for improvement" rating from Ofsted in 2012 after GCSE and A level results fell dramatically. The College was inspected in October 2013 and rated Grade 2 (good) in all categories. The inspection team reported that the College had improved in all areas, particularly in GCSE results. Norton College was also given a short inspection on 20 September 2017 and continued to be good. It is said they have firmly embedded their culture of 'aspire'. This inspection also says that the quality of teaching and learning has improved. Its also reported that work needs to be done to ensure attendance rises. Notable alumni Ryan Swain — English radio and events presenter, DJ, Skateboarder, motivational speaker. Attended Norton College. References
Norton Common

Norton Common is a 25.7-hectare park and Local Nature Reserve in the centre of Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. It is owned and managed by North Hertfordshire District Council, and the declaring authority is Hertfordshire County Council. The common has diverse wildlife including wildflowers in meadows, and black squirrel, muntjac deer, and birds such as chiffchaff and blackcap in woodland. The Pix Brook, which is fed by mineral-rich springs, provides areas of marshland. Facilities provided at the Common include an outdoor swimming pool, bowling green, tennis courts and a skateboard arena. There is access from Icknield Way. References External links Friends of Norton Common
Norton Conyers House

A Norton Conyers House é uma mansão medieval tardia listada como grau II*, com adições Stuart e georgianas, situada em North Yorkshire, Inglaterra, cerca de 7 km ao norte de Ripon. A fachada tem frontões característicos de estilo holandês e acredita-se que tenha sido a inspiração para o romance Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë. Possui um jardim do século XVIII em volta de uma orangery. A casa está atualmente passando por uma restauração, mas está aberta para visitas guiadas ocasionais. É construída em dois andares com uma fachada de quatro vãos para uma planta baixa quadrada de tijolos com um telhado de ardósia Westmorland. O bloco estável próximo também é listado como grau II*. História O feudo de Norton Conyers pertenceu a Richard Norton que, com seus filhos, foi executado por rebelião em 1569. Depois de pertencer brevemente aos Musgraves, foi adquirido por Sir Richard Graham (c. 1583–1654) em 1624 e, exceto por 20 anos entre 1862 e 1882, permaneceu na família Graham desde então. Sir Richard Graham era um monarquista de Cumberland que foi ferido em 1644 na Batalha de Marston Moor. O Baronete de Graham, de Norton Conyers no Condado de York, foi criado em 17 de novembro de 1662 para Richard Graham (1636–1711), o segundo filho de Sir Richard Graham (c. 1583–1654), em homenagem aos seus serviços à Restauração da Monarquia. Referências Ligações externas Media relacionados com Norton Conyers House no Wikimedia Commons Página oficial Historic England. «Norton Conyers House (1150059)». National Heritage List for England
Norton Hill School

Norton Hill School is a state school with academy status in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England. It is part of the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership academy group. It was formerly the Midsomer Norton Grammar School. The school had 1,827 students from the age of 11 to 18 as of 2024 including 378 in the sixth form. It is situated in the Norton Hill area of west Midsomer Norton, north of Radstock. It is between Silver Street (B3355) and Fosseway (A367) near the former Midsomer Norton railway station, being nearer to Silver Street and just east of the railway centre. History Grammar school Some of the current school buildings date back to its original foundation as Midsomer Norton Grammar School in 1911. In the 1950s, Midsomer Norton Grammar School teacher David Penrose and pupils from the school explored the newly discovered Hillier's Cave in the Mendip Hills, naming it after Gordon Hillier, headmaster at the school from 1926 to 1958. Comprehensive Norton Hill became a comprehensive school in September 1971. Secondary Modern schools at Paulton and Timsbury were also closed and their catchment areas and historical documentation transferred to Norton Hill. In 1999, it gained specialist school status as a Technology College. In 2007, the specialism was changed to Maths and Computing College. In 2006, Norton Hill was awarded a second specialism as a Language College. The school has received both the Sportsmark Award by Sport England and Artsmark Silver Award. Academic performance In 2023, Ofsted described the school as 'good'. Its GCSE results place it seventh overall and fourth in the state schools in Bath and North East Somerset. At A-Level it is 12th in the area for points per pupil score, just below the average. Alumni Midsomer Norton Grammar School Sir Kenneth Warren (briefly), Conservative MP for Hastings from 1970 to 1983 and Hastings and Rye from 1983 to 1992. Norton Hill School Liz Durden-Myers, academic Duncan Steel, astronomer Tim Weaver, author Maisie Williams, actress References External links Official website
Norton Hill School

Norton Hill School – brytyjska szkoła publiczna mająca status uczelni znajdująca się w Midsomer Norton. W szkole uczyła się między innymi brytyjska aktorka Maisie Williams. Przypisy Linki zewnętrzne Oficjalna witryna WWW szkoły. nortonhillschool.com. [dostęp 2017-05-27]. (ang.).
Norton Water Tower

Norton Water Tower is a water tower in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History It was built between 1888 and 1892 on the water pipeline between Lake Vyrnwy in North Wales and Liverpool to act as a balancing reservoir in the process of supplying water to Runcorn and Liverpool. Water is carried to Liverpool through a tunnel 10 feet (3 m) wide under the River Mersey. The tower was designed by George F. Deacon, the Chief Engineer of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Department. Description It is built in red sandstone in the shape of a cylinder 99 feet (30 m) high with a diameter of 82 feet (25 m). On its top is a cast iron tank with a capacity of 650,000 gallons. Ten pilasters rise from a rock-faced base and between them are round-headed arches. Above these is a frieze with a Latin inscription and over this is a cornice. On the top is the iron tank with a decorated exterior. Translated, the inscription on the frieze reads: This water, derived from the sources of the Severn, is brought to the City of Liverpool, a distance of eighty miles, through the mountains and over the plains of Wales and the intervening country, at the cost of the municipality, in the year of Our Lord 1892. See also Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area) References
Norwich Cinema City

Cinema City is a Grade I listed cultural cinema in the city of Norwich in Norfolk, England. The building is owned by Norwich City Council and the site is managed by the charity Cinema City Ltd (changed name from Norfolk and Norwich Film Theatre Ltd in August 2014), charity number 288309. Commercial activities - film screenings, bar and restaurant - are carried out by Picturehouse Cinemas Limited which operates a national chain of 'art house' cinemas, called Picturehouse. Picturehouse is part of the Cineworld chain. Cinema City Ltd (the charity) undertakes education activities on site and throughout Norfolk through its education arm Cinema Plus. History The cinema occupies Suckling House, a partly medieval merchant's house in St Andrews Street, named after the Suckling family who owned it in the sixteenth century. The oldest surviving parts of the building are from the early fourteenth century. The front of the house in St Andrew's Hill dates from an eighteenth-century renovation. A brick building, known as Stuart Hall, was added on the east side in 1925. Suckling Hall was last used as a residence in 1915. It was bought by the Norfolk News Company in 1916 who made some repairs before selling it to Ethel Mary and Helen Caroline Colman in 1923. They restored it and added Stuart Hall, intended as a public hall with a capacity of around 450 people fitted with a cinema projector and screen. In 1925 they presented Suckling House and the new hall to the City of Norwich to be used for "the advancement of education in its widest and most comprehensive sense". Cinema City first opened at Suckling Hall in April 1978 as a cinema seating 230. Renovations took place in 1981 including a new projection box, stairs and box office. The Great Hall became a bar and the vaulted bay nearest the hall was turned into a kitchen. The present cinema The cinema moved temporarily to the Norwich Playhouse in 2004 while its original premises were rebuilt as a three-screen cinema, which reopened in 2007. Redevelopment works were in large part funded by an Arts Council grant in excess of £3m. Screen One, with just under 200 seats, is on the first floor, equipped with both digital and 35mm projectors. Screen Two has just under 100 seats, and Screen Three just over 60. A couple of metres were dug down to create space for the new auditoria, which have their screens backing onto St Andrews Street. There is a new lobby at this level, in a 17th-century panelled room. The courtyard provides a pleasant area for eating and drinking, and the adjacent 14th century vaulted rooms, the oldest part of the building, have been opened to the public for the first time, to form new dining areas. In March 2013, as the cinema celebrated its 35th anniversary, actor John Hurt was announced as patron of the cinema. See also Norwich Arts Centre Norwich Playhouse References External links Picturehouse Cinemas Norwich Theatre BBC - Norfolk Films - Cinema City
Norwich Guildhall

Norwich Guildhall is a municipal building on Gaol Hill in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building. History The guildhall was commissioned after King Henry IV awarded a charter to the City of Norwich giving it autonomy from the county of Norfolk. The building, which was quickly established as the new civic meeting place, was built between 1407 and 1413; a "great tree" was given by William Appleyard, the first Mayor of Norwich, for its construction. The roof of the Council Chamber collapsed in 1511 but restoration work did not begin until 1537. The Protestant martyr, Thomas Bilney, was held in the dungeon (now the undercroft) before being burnt at the stake in August 1531. The clock, by John Moore & Sons of Clerkenwell, was a gift from Henry Woodcock, the mayor, in April 1850 and a large porch, designed by Thomas Barry, the City Surveyor, was added to the south side of the building in 1861. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the guildhall and were shown the Council Chamber on 29 October 1938. The Council Chamber ceased to be the local seat of government later that day, when the King and Queen went on to open the new City Hall. In contrast, the Great Chamber was the judicial part of the building: it accommodated the quarter sessions and then the magistrates' courts and continued in that role until the new Law Courts in Bishopgate opened in the 1980s. In summer 2008 the guildhall became one of the twelve historic Norwich buildings in the Norwich 12 initiative, a project to develop an integrated group of heritage attractions in Norwich. In July 2010 work began on the restoration and strengthening of the guildhall clock tower and, in 2014, the Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust took a 25-year lease on the building with a view to making it more accessible to the public. See also Guilds in England References
Нориджская ратуша

Нориджская ратуша (англ. Norwich Guildhall) — здание I класса в городе Норидж в Англии, то есть здание, представляющее особый интерес. Построено на холме Джейл-Хилл (Тюремный холм) в 1407—1413 годах в тюдоровском стиле. Резиденция мэрии Нориджа с начала XV века до 1938 года. Является крупнейшим сохранившимся средневековым гражданским зданием в стране за пределами Лондона. Одно из двенадцати исторических зданий в Норидже. Ратуша была построена вскоре после того, как в 1404 году Нориджу был дарован устав. В 1412 году в подвалах здания уже содержали первых заключённых. В 1511 году, после обрушения крыши зала городского собрания, две башни на северной и южной сторонах здания были разрушены. В 1534 году зал городского собрания был восстановлен. В ходе проведённой реконструкции, восточная сторона фасада была облицована пёстрой кремнёвой галькой и украшена камнем, а также центральной панелью с изображением герба короля Генриха VIII с гербами города Нориджа и Общества Святого Георгия по бокам. В 1861 году по инициативе городского землемера Томаса Барри площадь здания была увеличена с южной стороны. Гражданские дела рассматривались в здании до 1938 года, когда открылась новая мэрия. Суды магистратов продолжали проходить в старой ратуше до 1977 года, а заключенные содержались в здании до 1980 года. В 2010 году были проведены работы по восстановлению и укреплению часовой башни ратуши. В июне 2011 года в Нориджской ратуше состоялась премьера пьесы «Монстры» Никласа Радстрема об убийстве Джеймса Балджера. Примечания
Norwood Park (London)

Norwood Park is a 13.3-hectare (33-acre) park located in West Norwood. The park is bordered by Elder Road, Central Hill and Salter's Hill in South East London. The park is managed by Lambeth Council and the community group known as “Friends of Norwood Park”. It sits on one of the highest points in Lambeth. For a number of years, the concrete sports pitch has been used by Flatland BMX riders who refer to it as 'The Green Mile' or 'TGM' for short. History In the 13th century, the Great North Wood, in addition to being a food source, was "a vital supplier of timber for the Royal Dockyards at Deptford". At one point the land was called Elder Hole Coppice (giving the name to nearby Elder Road). As the wood was gradually lost to city development in the early 19th Century, the remaining 33 acres of green space was finally bought from the then owners the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (paid for by Lambeth Council, London County Council and community donations) in 1903 to develop the park for local residents, officially opening 14 June 1911. The river Effra also ran through the park, at its southern point. Three eighteenth century cottages were at a point on the park land, separated behind Elder Road by the Effra and a bridge. The houses were slowly removed as the park formalised, one remained and kept as a storehouse until 1942 when it burnt down. During World War 2 an outdoor theatre was erected to entertain locals, pierrot troupes would be a common performance as people in the city would be less able to go to the seaside. In 2011 the park celebrated its centenary. Facilities There is a BMX track, hungry hippos cafe, two playgrounds and panoramic view of the city of London which can be enjoyed at benches at the top of a central hill in the park. There is a traditional children's playground with multi-coloured equipment for smaller children. Salter's Hill playground (which had a more detailed adventure playground layout) has been largely dismantled and there was a public consultation for development in 2022. Friends of Norwood Park The park has an active Friends group who work with the community to influence changes and development to facilities in the park. Membership is £5 annually. References External links Norwood Park on Lambeth Council website Friends of Norwood Park
Notgrove Railway Cutting

Notgrove Railway Cutting (grid reference SP086209) is a 1.7-hectare (4.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS) and Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS). Location and geology The site (formerly Notgrove Railway Cuttings), near Notgrove and Salperton, is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a 'famous' geological site which yields excellent exposures of part of the Middle Jurassic, Upper Inferior Oolite period. Notgrove Freestone is the lowest formation which may be seen, and this is topped by a 'fine' example of 'hardground'. This is a thin layer of tough limestone (formed as a result of environmental changes). The tough limestone is overlain by Upper Trigonia Grit above which is approximately 12 m of Clypeus grit. The latter is considered to be the best, and most complete, section of such Grit in the Cotswolds, and is significant for research. There is a rich fossil fauna, and there have been several significant ammonite discoveries. The site is of national importance for geological research. References SSSI Source Natural England SSSI information on the citation Natural England SSSI information on the Notgrove Railway unit External links Natural England (SSSI information)
Notley High School

Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form is situated in Braintree in Essex, England. The school was built in the early 1970s. Notley High School was an 11-18 school with combined sixth form until 1992, when the combined sixth form was closed and all sixth form pupils went to the new Braintree Tertiary College. It was then for ages 11–16 school until September 2009, when Braintree Sixth Form opened for 16- to 19-year-old students. In August 2009, the school became an academy. Notley High School is the lead partner in the Braintree Sixth Form, which is a purpose-built post-16 provision for the youth of Braintree. It opened in September 2009 admitting students from Notley High School and other local schools. Recent Ofsted visits reported the school as “Requires Improvement”. Houses Notable former pupils and staff Olly Murs, singer-songwriter, musician and television presenter Louie Spence, dancer and reality TV star Frankie Terry, footballer Giles Long, Paralympic Swimmer Beans On Toast (musician) Academic results In 2019, Notley High School had a Progress 8 score of -0.38, which is below average for secondary schools in the United Kingdom. The pass rate for English & Maths GCSE was 36%. Braintree Sixth Form had a progress score of 0.23 which is below average, and an average A Level grade of C−. Over 11% of students did not complete their study programme at the Sixth Form. References External links Notley High School official website