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Ann Swaine
Ann Swaine (<1821 – 21 June 1883) was a British writer and a suffragist concerned with improving the higher education of women. Life Swaine was born in Birstall in Yorkshire and she was baptised in 1821. She was the first child of Edward and Martha (born Sykes) Swaine. She was involved in her local school; the Unitarian Sunday School and she was the honorary secretary of the Yorkshire Ladies' Educational Association. This association was established in 1825 by women to support other women living in poor industrial conditions. The association was still in operation in 2017. She wanted the law to change so married women might have their own possessions and all could be educated in universities. She was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birstall, West Yorkshire
Birstall is a Market town, market and mill town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Birstall and Birkenshaw ward, which had a population of 16,298 at the 2011 census. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and part of the Heavy Woollen District, Birstall is approximately south-west of Leeds and situated close to the M62 motorway. The town is situated between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. History Birstall's name is derived from the Old English ''byrh'' and ''stall'' meaning a fortified site. The town is not mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' but is alluded to as one of two settlements in Gomersal. ''Pigot's Directory, Pigot's National Commercial Directory for 1828–29'' listed it as one of the four villages which make up the township of Gomersal. The hill fort itself would have been situated high above the town, to one side of the present-day Raikes Lane, which heads towards Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a York Minster, minster, York Castle, castle and York city walls, city walls, all of which are Listed building, Grade I listed. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. It is located north-east of Leeds, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and north of London. York's built-up area had a recorded population of 141,685 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in AD 71. It then became the capital of Britannia Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire, and was later the capital of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík, Scandinavian York. In the England in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages it became the Province of York, northern England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Ladies' Educational Association
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a Yorkshire Coast, coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. The county was historically borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
