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Aldridge (other)
Aldridge may refer to: Places ;In the United Kingdom * Aldridge, a town in England ** Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District ** Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency), its representation in the House of Commons ;In the United States * Aldridge, Alabama * Aldridge, Montana, a ghost town in Park County, Montana * Aldridge, Texas, a ghost town in Jasper County, Texas * Aldridge Botanical Gardens in Hoover, Alabama People * Aldridge (surname) * Aldridge Bousfield (1941–2020), American mathematician and writer * The Aldridge Sisters, American singing act *Simon Aldridge (Inorganic Chemist) Other uses * Aldridge Pryor, a fictional character from the British comic magazine ''Viz'' *Aldridge Foundation The Aldridge Foundation is a British educational charity which focusses on creating social change and community regeneration opportunities through enterprise and entrepreneurship, to help young people to reach their potential and improve their co ..., an educational charit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge
Aldridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is historically, a village that was part of Staffordshire until 1974. The town is from Brownhills, from Walsall, from Sutton Coldfield and from Lichfield. The town is also the second-largest town in the Walsall Borough (by population, after Walsall). History The name "Aldridge" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ''alr'' or ''alre'' + ''wīc'' meaning 'alder (tree) + village'. Another suggestion is that the name "Aldridge" means "outlying farm among alder-trees", from the Old English ''alor'' and ''wīc''. It was recorded as ''Alrewic'' in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was valued at 15 shillings and had a population of seven households; the Lord was Robert (d'Oilly) and the tenant-in-chief was William son of Ansculf. The name was recorded as ''Alrewich'' and ''Allerwych'' in the 12th century. Aldridge began as a small agricultural settlement, with farming being the most commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District
Aldridge-Brownhills was an urban district in Staffordshire, England from 1966 to 1974. The district was formed in accordance with a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England on 1 April 1966. It was created by the amalgamation of the Aldridge and Brownhills urban districts, along with part of Lichfield Rural District, and small parts of the county boroughs of Birmingham and Walsall and the municipal borough of Sutton Coldfield. The urban district had a short existence, as it was abolished in 1974. In that year the Local Government Act 1972 reorganised local administration throughout England and Wales, and Aldridge-Brownhills became part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Walsall The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Pelsal .... There is still an Aldridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament Constituency)
Aldridge-Brownhills ( ) is a constituency in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented since 2015 by Wendy Morton, a Conservative. Constituency profile The constituency covers Aldridge and Brownhills as well as a patchwork of smaller towns and villages within Walsall, West Midlands. The seat is described as a safe seat for the Conservative party. Residents are around average in terms of wealth for the UK. Demographics ;Ethnicity 2021 Census :White85.3% :Asian8.6% :Black2.0% :Mixed2.4% :Other1.6% ;Religion 2021 Census :Christian53.6% :Muslim2.2% :Hindu1.3% :Sikh5.2% :Other or non-religious37.7% History Aldridge-Brownhills constituency was created in 1974 from parts of the former seats of Walsall North and Walsall South. It is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It covers the north-east and east of the borough. It was initially held by the Labour Party at the two 1974 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge, Alabama
Aldridge is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu .... The community has the name of the local Aldridge family. A variant name was "Stith". Demographics According to the returns from 1850-2010 for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census. References Unincorporated communities in Walker County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{WalkerCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge, Montana
Aldridge is a ghost town in Park County, Montana, United States. According to the book ''Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie'', the town was incorporated as Aldridge in 1906 but was earlier named Horr, and later Electric. Aldridge was a mining town that supplied coke and coal to the smelters for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company The Anaconda Company, also known historically as the Anaconda Gold and Silver Mining Company (1881–1891), Anaconda Mining Company (1891–1895), Anaconda Copper Mining Company (1895–1899), Amalgamated Copper Company (1899–1915), and Anacon .... Aldridge is located two miles (3.2 km) north of the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. History According to an insert in the ''Park County News'', the story of Aldridge begins when Major Horr discovered five coal veins on a side hill near Cinnabar in 1872. In 1882, Major Horr and his two sons formed the Horr Coal Company. After the company was passed down to his sons it was sold to H.F. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge, Texas
Aldridge is a ghost town in Jasper County, Texas, United States. Formerly located on the Burr's Ferry, Browndell, and Chester Railroad, the town's economy was based on the lumber industry. However, in the 1910s, the city's sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ... burned down multiple times, and in 1927 the railroad line running through the city was abandoned due to exhaustion of the local wood resources. References Geography of Jasper County, Texas {{JasperCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge Botanical Gardens
Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre (121,000 m2) garden, prominently featuring hydrangeas, located on the former Aldridge Estate in Hoover, Alabama, United States. Local nurseryman Eddie Aldridge purchased the property from the Coxe family in 1977 as a residence. Aldridge, who along with his father, Loren L. Aldridge, found and patented ''Hydrangea quercifolia'' 'Snowflake', a double-flowering form of Oakleaf Hydrangea. In 1997 the gardens were conveyed to the City of Hoover and formally dedicated to the public. The site is now managed by a non-profit organization. A new master plan was approved in 1997 to guide the future development of the gardens. The gardens contain extensive hydrangea plantings, as well as a five acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ... (20,234 m2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge (surname)
Aldridge is an English surname derived from a toponym. Notable people with the surname include: * A. Owen Aldridge (1915–2005), expert in colonial literary studies *Alan Aldridge (1938–2017), English artist * Albert Aldridge (1864–1891), English footballer *Alexandra Aldridge (born 1994), American ice dancer * Allen Aldridge Sr. (1944–2015), American football defensive end * Allen Aldridge Jr. (1972–2024), American football linebacker *Amanda Aldridge (1866–1956), English composer *Blake Aldridge (born 1982), British synchronized diver * Brian Aldridge (other), multiple people, including **Brian Aldridge (umpire) (1940–2021), New Zealand cricketer and umpire **Brian Aldridge (politician) (born 1977), American politician in Mississippi * Charles Aldridge (born 1947), New Zealand cricketer * Chris Aldridge, BBC announcer * Cory Aldridge (born 1979), American baseball player *Dan Aldridge, British politician *David Aldridge (born 1965), American sports analyst * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge Bousfield
Aldridge Knight Bousfield (April 5, 1941 – October 4, 2020), known as "Pete", was an American mathematician working in algebraic topology, known for the concept of Bousfield localization. Work and life Bousfield obtained both his undergraduate degree (1963) and his doctorate (1966) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral thesis, entitled "Higher Order Suspension Maps for Non-Additive Functors", was written under the supervision of Daniel Kan. He was a lecturer and assistant professor at Brandeis University and moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago where he worked from 1972 to his retirement in 2000. Bousfield married Marie Vastersavendts, a Belgian mathematician, in 1968. She worked as demographer for the city of Chicago and died in 2016. Research Within algebraic topology, he specialised in homotopy theory. The ''Bousfield-Kan spectral sequence'', Bousfield localization In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a (left) Bousfield localizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aldridge Sisters
The Aldridge Sisters, Sheila and Sherry Aldridge, are an American singing act that appeared on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1977 to 1982. The sisters and their family Sherry Aldridge (born December 1, 1951) and Sheila Aldridge (born July 18, 1956) grew up in North Carolina. Their parents are the late Talton Aldridge and Jacqueline Goins Aldridge. Performing career Sheila and Sherry started out singing in church, holiday pageants, nightclubs, high school plays and also performed in community theater, winning many musical and theatrical accolades. While looking for their big break in show business, they both worked as flight attendants for a major airline. The Aldridge Sisters first auditioned for Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the ... in 1977 when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
