Goring may refer to:
Places in England
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Goring Gap
The Goring Gap is the narrow valley, occupied by the River Thames, between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. It is approximately upstream of Reading and downstream of Oxford. The river here delimits Berkshire from Oxfordshire. The vi ...
, geological feature on the River Thames near Reading, England
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Goring Heath
Goring Heath is a hamlet and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Whitchurch Hill and Crays Pond and some small hamlets. Goring Heath is centred southeast of Goring-on-Thames and ...
, village and parish, Oxfordshire
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Goring-on-Thames
Goring-on-Thames (or Goring) is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about south of Wallingford and northwest of Reading. It had a population of 3,187 in the 2011 census, put at 3,335 in 2019. Goring ...
, village and parish, Oxfordshire
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Goring Lock
Goring Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England at the Goring Gap in the Chiltern Hills. The lock is located on the Oxfordshire bank at Goring-On-Thames, with Streatley, Berkshire on the opposite side of the river. It ...
, a lock and weir on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England
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Goring-by-Sea
Goring-by-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Goring, is a neighbourhood of Worthing and former civil parish, now in Worthing district in West Sussex, England. It lies west of West Worthing, about west of Worthing town centre. Historically in ...
, West Sussex
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Goring (electoral division)
Goring is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.
Extent
The division covers the neighbourhood of Goring-by-Sea, which forms part of the urban area of the town of ...
, an electoral division in West Sussex which contains Goring-by-Sea
Other uses
* Goring, an injury caused by an animal horn or tusk, an especial
hazard in bullfighting
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Goring (surname) Goring is an English surname (not to be confused with the German surname Göring). Notable people with this surname include the following:
* Goring baronets, a noble family in the baronetage of England
* Alison Goring (born 1963), Canadian curler ...
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Göring Gambit
The Scotch Game, or Scotch Opening, is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
:1. e4 e5
:2. Nf3 Nc6
:3. d4
Ercole del Rio, in his 1750 treatise ''Sopra il giuoco degli Scacchi, Osservazioni pratiche d’anonimo Autore Modenese'' ("On t ...
, a chess opening
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Goring Hotel
The Goring Hotel is a 5-star hotel in Belgravia, London. It is located near Buckingham Palace. Its restaurant, The Dining Room, holds one Michelin Star.
History
The Goring Hotel was opened by Otto Richard Goring on 2 March 1910 and professed to ...
, 5-star hotel in London
* Lord Goring, a fictional character in Oscar Wilde's 1895 play ''
An Ideal Husband
''An Ideal Husband'' is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for ...
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Typhoon Goring (disambiguation) The name Goring has been used for 14 tropical cyclones in the Philippines by PAGASA and its predecessor, the Philippine Weather Bureau, in the Western Pacific.
* Severe Tropical Storm Carla (1965) (T6508, 10W, Goring) – a strong typhoon that wa ...
See also
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Göring (disambiguation)
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Gore (disambiguation)
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