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Catton (other)
Catton may refer to: Places England * Catton, Derbyshire * Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire * Catton Grove Chalk Pit, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Norfolk * Catton Hall, Country house in Derbyshire, England * Catton, North Yorkshire * Catton, Northumberland * Catton Hall, Derbyshire * Catton, Norfolk, Norfolk: ** Old Catton, Norfolk ** New Catton, Norfolk; a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl, UK location * Catton Park, Old Catton, Norwich, public park in Old Catton * High Catton, village in Yorkshire * Low Catton, village in Yorkshire United States * Catton, the original estate on the site of Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland), Belair Mansion, Collington, Maryland People with the surname * Bruce Catton, (1899–1978) an American writer & journalist * Charles Catton the elder (1728–1798), English artist * Charles Catton the younger (1756–1819), English artist * Eleanor Catton (born 1985), New Zealand author * Jack J. Catton (1920–1990), American a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catton, Derbyshire
Catton is a civil parish within the South Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Overwhelmingly rural, its population is reported alongside the adjacent parish of Coton in the Elms for a total of 896 residents in 2011. The parish is north west of London, south west of the county city of Derby, and south west of the nearest market town of Burton upon Trent. Being on the edge of the county border, it shares a boundary with the parishes of Coton in the Elms, Lullington, Derbyshire, Lullington and Walton-on-Trent, Walton upon Trent in Derbyshire, as well as Barton-under-Needwood, Edingale and Wychnor in Staffordshire. Catton Hall, a historic country house and the surrounding Catton Park are notable for hosting several annual events. Geography Location Catton parish is surrounded by the following local Derbyshire and Staffordshire places: * Walton upon Trent to the north * Croxall and Edingale, both in Staffordshire to the south * Coton in the El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Catton
Low Catton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Catton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the market town of Pocklington and about south of the village of Stamford Bridge. In 1931 the parish had a population of 85. Low Catton became a civil parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with High Catton to form "Catton". Low Catton lies on the east bank of the River Derwent. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. In 1823, Low Catton church was under the patronage of the Earl of Egremont. In the village existed a grammar school with schoolmaster. The population at the time was 177. Occupations included nine farmers, a joiner, a shoemaker, and a curate. There was a yeoman Yeoman is a noun originally referring either to one who owns an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Catton
Mary Catton (née Margaret Mary Louise Catton; February 9, 1882 – May 9, 1971) was an American Hawaiian early social worker in Honolulu. She was the first woman from Hawaii to graduate from a social work degree program in 1919, and the first person to organize social services in hospitals in Hawaii in 1923. Early life and education Margaret Mary Louise Catton was born on February 9, 1882, in Huelo, Maui, to parents Brereton Lewis (née Streat) from the British West Indies, and Scottish-born Robert Catton. Her parents arrived in Hawaii in 1878, her mother worked in an iron foundry; and her father was a businessperson who had invented and manufactured machinery for sugar plantations on the islands. She attended the Punahou School in Honolulu, and various other private schools in Hawaii and Scotland. Catton graduated in 1919 in hospital social service from New York School of Social Work (now Columbia University School of Social Work) in New York City. Career After graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack J
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963–2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore * Jack (hero), an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character Animals and plants Fish * Carangidae generally, including: ** Almaco jack ** Amberjack ** Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) ** Crevalle jack **G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, '' The Rehearsal'', written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Her second novel, '' The Luminaries'', won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize (at age 28) and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter. In 2023, she was named on the ''Granta'' Best of Young British Novelists list. Early life Catton was born in Canada in 1985, where her father was a graduate student completing his doctorate at the University of Western Ontario on a Commonwealth scholarship. Her mother Judith is a New Zealander from Canterbury, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Catton The Younger
Charles Catton the younger (30 December 1756 – 24 April 1819) was an English-born American topographical artist, illustrator, theatrical scene-painter, and slave-owner. Life and work Catton, was born in London, the son of Charles Catton the elder. He received art tuition from his father and also studied at the Royal Academy schools. He travelled extensively through England and Scotland, making sketches, some of which were afterwards engraved and published. He was known as a scene-painter for the theatre, and also as a topographical artist. At the Royal Academy in 1775 he exhibited a ''View of London from Blackfriars Bridge'', and one of ''Westminster from Westminster Bridge''. In 1793, he showed designs, along with fellow artist E A Burney, for John Gay's ''Fables'', which were subsequently published. At the Royal Academy from 1776 to 1800 he exhibited 37 works in total. In the latter, he was recorded as living in Purley. From 1781 to 1794, he was a scene painter at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Catton
Charles Catton RA (1728 in Norwich – 28 August 1798, in London), sometimes referred to as Charles Catton the elder, was an English coach painter, landscape, animal and figure painter of the late 18th century, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy of Arts. Life and work Catton was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1728, and said to be one of 35 children that his father had from his two marriages. He was apprenticed to a London coach painter, or, according to some sources, a carpenter by the name of Maxwell, and studied drawing at the St. Martin's Lane Academy. He was mainly known as a landscape and animal painter, but also had a good knowledge of the figure, and a talent for humorous design. In 1781, he published an etching called ''The Margate Packet''. He became a member of the Society of Artists, and exhibited various pictures in its galleries in 1760–1764. He was outstanding as a coach painter, producing ornamental panels for carriages, floral embellishments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Catton
Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War. Known as a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring interesting characters and historical vignettes, in addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses. His books were researched well and included footnotes. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1954 for his book '' A Stillness at Appomattox'' (1953), a study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia and third book in his ''Army of the Potomac'' trilogy. Early life Charles Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to George R. and Adela M. (Patten) Catton, and raised in Benzonia, Michigan. His father was a Congregationalist minister, who accepted a teaching position in Benzonia Academy and later became the academy's headmaster. As a boy, Catton first heard the reminiscences of the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)
The Belair Mansion, located in the historic Collington, Maryland, Collington area and in Bowie, Maryland, Bowie, Maryland, United States, built c. 1745, is the Georgian architecture, Georgian style Plantation house in the Southern United States, plantation house of Province of Maryland, Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle. Later home to another Maryland governor, the mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Belair is recognized as the only great colonial estate where breeding of race horses was conducted over the course of three centuries. The estate significantly influenced the development of thoroughbred horse racing in the new world,Baltz, 1984, 14–19 having one of only two stables to raise two Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown champions. The mansion and its nearby Belair Stable Museum, stables both serve as museums, operated by the Bowie, Maryland, City of Bowie. History Early history The original estate was called ''Catto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Catton
High Catton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Catton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the market town of Pocklington and about south of the village of Stamford Bridge. The village of Low Catton and the River Derwent are 1 mile to the west. In 1931 the parish had a population of 174. From 1866 High Catton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Low Catton to form "Catton". In 1823 High Catton was in the civil parish of Low Catton. Population at the time was 198. Occupations included eleven farmers, a tailor, a joiner & carpenter, a wheelwright, and the landlord of Woodpecker Lass public house. There were also three yeomen. Two carriers operated between the village and York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catton, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Catton is a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the north-west of the market town of Pocklington and covering an area of . It lies on the east bank of the River Derwent that forms the boundary with the unitary authority of the City of York. The A1079 road crosses the river just north of Kexby Old Bridge which is designated a Grade II* listed building in and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. The civil parish is formed by the villages of High Catton and Low Catton. According to the 2011 UK census, Catton parish had a population of 348, an increase on the 2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ... figure of 284. References * Civil parishes in the East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catton Park, Old Catton, Norwich
Catton Park is a Grade 2 listed public park located in the village of Old Catton some north of central Norwich. The park covers and was landscape gardener Humphry Repton's first commission. Adjacent, but outside the boundary of the present today park are two open spaces; the War Memorial Deer Park at Spixworth Road and the Buttercup Meadow at the junction of Oak Lane and Spixworth Road. Both were historically part of Catton Park and together with Catton Hall form part of the Old Catton conservation area. History By the 1770s, land had been purchased and developed as an estate for occasional residence with the building of Catton Hall by Charles Buckle, High Steward of Norwich in c1780. In 1788 the Catton Hall estate passed into the hands of Jeremiah Ives (1754–1820) – twice Mayor of Norwich. Shortly after acquiring the estate, Ives consulted Repton who accepted the commission to landscape the park. Despite further alterations over the next 150 years, it remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
