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Newland Park, Chalfont St Peter
Newland Park is a Grade II listed country house and estate near the village of Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. History Henry Gott bought Newland Park in c. 1770 where he entertained King George III, and, in 1785, erected an obelisk called Gott's Monument to commemorate the death of a stag killed during a hunt with the king. The estate was purchased by Thomas Allen in 1809 after Gott's death, and was inherited by his son Thomas Newland Allen on his death in 1829. Mrs Edmund Stevens, Allen's daughter, inherited Newland Park on her father's death in 1898, and sold the estate to Henry Andrade Harben in 1903. The gardens were designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson in 1903. After Henry Andrade Harben's death in 1910, the estate was inherited by his son Henry Devenish Harben, under whom Newland Park became a refuge for suffragettes from 1910 to 1921; he and his wife Agnes Harben (who later founded the United Suffragists) was visited by Emmeline Pankhurst, George Bernard Shaw, Sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Country House
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swansong of the traditional English country house lifest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Webb
Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943) was an English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer. It was Webb who coined the term ''collective bargaining''. She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society. Early life Beatrice Potter was born in Standish House in the village of Standish, Gloucestershire, the last but one of the nine daughters of businessman Richard Potter and Laurencina Heyworth, a Liverpool merchant's daughter; Laurencina, was friends for a time with the prolific Victorian novelist, Margaret Oliphant during the 1840s. Both women were campaigned in Liverpool at the time (See Margaret Oliphant Autobiography Edited by Elizabeth Jay, page 25-26). Her paternal grandfather was Liberal Party MP Richard Potter, co-founder of the ''Little Circle'' which was key in creating the Reform Act 1832. From an early age Webb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II Listed Houses
Grade most commonly refers to: * Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance * Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage * Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope Grade or grading may also refer to: Music * Grade (music), a formally assessed level of profiency in a musical instrument * Grade (band), punk rock band * Grades (producer), British electronic dance music producer and DJ Science and technology Biology and medicine * Grading (tumors), a measure of the aggressiveness of a tumor in medicine * The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach * Evolutionary grade, a paraphyletic group of organisms Geology * Graded bedding, a description of the variation in grain size through a bed in a sedimentary rock * Metamorphic grade, an indicatation of the degree of metamorphism of rocks * Ore grade, a measure that describes the concentration of a valuable natural material in the surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucks Free Press
The ''Bucks Free Press'' is a weekly local newspaper, published every Friday and covering the area surrounding High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It was first published on 19 December 1856. It covers news for south Buckinghamshire - focusing primarily on High Wycombe, Amersham, Princes Risborough and Beaconsfield - as opposed to the entire county. Marlow has its own edition called the ''Marlow Free Press'' which has a number of changed pages. The paper covers local news, features, leisure and sport. The sport section features extensive coverage of Wycombe Wanderers football club who play at Adams Park, High Wycombe. Alongside the main ''Bucks Free Press'' paper, its also publishes an Aylesbury edition and a Chesham and Amersham edition each week. The fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comer Group
Comer Group is an international firm of property developers based in London. The firm was founded in 1971 by the brothers Luke and Brian Comer of County Galway, Ireland. Initially, they worked as plasterers, progressing to large contract plastering jobs in Ireland before moving to the United Kingdom in 1984. The company's notable projects include the conversion of the listed Friern Hospital (formerly Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum) to residential accommodation in the mid-1990s as Princess Park Manor. Photo gallery Cavalier House, 46-50 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W6.jpg, Cavalier House, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5. Comer Crescent 15 Oct 2015 03.JPG, Comer Crescent, Southall, UB2. Friern Hospital 05.jpg, Friern Hospital, New Southgate. Platinum House flats, Lyon Road, Harrow - geograph.org.uk - 98957.jpg, Platinum House, Harrow. Unfinished Apartment Tower Block closeup Sandyford Dublin Ireland Oct2012.JPG, 'The Sentinel' - an unfinished apartment tower in Sandyford, Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor, Blimey!
''Cor, Blimey!'' is a 2000 TV film that follows the relationship between Carry On (film series), ''Carry On'' film actors Sid James (played by Geoffrey Hutchings) and Barbara Windsor (played by Samantha Spiro). The film, first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in April 2000, was adapted by Terry Johnson (dramatist), Terry Johnson from his stage play ''Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick'' which debuted at the Royal National Theatre in 1998. Plot ''Cor, Blimey!'' starts with the arrival of Sid James's new wardrobe assistant on the set of ''Carry On Cleo'', at Pinewood Studios in 1963. Sid is depicted as a gambling womaniser with antipathy toward his professional rival, actor Kenneth Williams (played by Adam Godley). James meets actress Barbara Windsor, who is at Pinewood to dub one of her scenes in ''Carry On Spying'', and immediately falls for her; everyone, including Windsor, assumes he is just infatuated with her. James pursues Windsor, keeping an eye on her during the famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thief Takers
''Thief Takers'' is a British television crime drama series, created by Roy Mitchell, and produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The series depicts the work of a team of officers based in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad, which Reece Dinsdale, Brendan Coyle, Grant Masters and Nicholas Ball appearing in the principal roles. The series was Carlton's attempt to rival Thames Television's ''The Bill'', after the producer unexpectedly retained the series despite a major take-over by Carlton. A total of three series were broadcast between 1 February 1995 and 18 December 1997, with a total of twenty-five episodes broadcast. Each episode features a stand-alone case, with the exception of a small number of two-part episodes. However, the personal lives of each of the officers in the team provide the backdrop for a continuing story arc throughout all three series. Reception for the third and final series was mixed, and a major shake-up in the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Class Act (UK TV Series)
''Class Act'' is a British comedy-drama series produced by Verity Lambert. The series was broadcast by ITV, and ran for two series from 7 April 1994 to 19 October 1995. It starred Joanna Lumley, Nadine Garner, James Gaddas, Richard Vernon and John Bowe. Episodes Series One #"Episode 1" (7 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 2" (14 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 3" (21 April 1994); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 4" (28 April 1994); director: Jane Howell #"Episode 5" (5 May 1994); director: James Cellan Jones #"Episode 6" (12 May 1994); director: James Cellan Jones #"Episode 7" (19 May 1994); director: Herbert Wise Series Two #"Episode 1" (7 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 2" (14 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 3" (21 September 1995); director: Herbert Wise #"Episode 4" (28 September 1995); director: Rick Stroud #"Episode 5" (5 October 1995); director: Rick Stroud #"Episode 6" (12 October 1995); director: Rick Strou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is an independent open-air museum of Vernacular architecture, vernacular buildings and a tourist attraction located near Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St. Giles in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. Its collection consists mainly of historic buildings at risk of demolition that have been dismantled and reconstructed in the museum grounds in a process of structure relocation. The museum is a Charitable organization, registered charity under English law. It has a small number of full-time staff and a volunteer workforce of approximately 200. History The museum was founded in 1976 and opened to the public in 1981. It rescues and restores common English buildings from the Chilterns, which might otherwise have been destroyed or demolished. The buildings have been relocated to the museum's site, which includes woodland and parkland. The collection has more than 35 buildings on view including barns, other traditional farm buildings and house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckinghamshire New University
, mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = 2007 – gained university status 1891 – Science and Art School , type = Public , staff = , chancellor = Jay Blades , vice_chancellor = Nick Braisby , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , other = 125 FE , city = High Wycombe , state = Buckinghamshire , country = England, UKCampus in Uxbridge, Middlesex England, UK , former_names = School of Science and Art (1891) Wycombe Technical Institute (1920)High Wycombe College of Technology and Art (1961)Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education (1975) Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (1999) , campus = , colours = , affiliations = Million+, GuildHE , footnotes = , website = http://www.bucks.ac.uk/ , coor = , logo = Buckinghamshire New University.jpg Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) is a public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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