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Carnaby , East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Carnaby is a family name which may refer to: People * Garth Carnaby (born 1950) New Zealand fibre physicist and science and public administrator * Ivan Carnaby (1908–1974), Australian ornithologist * Tom Carnaby (1913–1971), British footballer * William Carnaby (1595–1645), English politician * William Carnaby (composer) (1772–1839), English organist and composer Places * Carnaby Street, London, England * Carnaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England ** Carnaby railway station * RAF Carnaby Royal Air Force Carnaby or more simply RAF Carnaby is a former Royal Air Force emergency landing strip that offered crippled bombers a safe place to land near the English coast during the Second World War. It was situated south-west of Bridlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. Close to Oxford Street and Regent Street, it is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including many independent fashion boutiques. Streets crossing, or meeting with, Carnaby Street are, from south to north, Beak Street, Broadwick Street, Kingly Court, Ganton Street, Marlborough Court, Lowndes Court, Fouberts Place, Little Marlborough Street and Great Marlborough Street. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus. History Carnaby Street derives its name from Karnaby House, which was built in 1683 to the east. The origin of the name is unknown. The street was probably laid out in 1685 or 1686. First appearing in the ratebooks in 1687, it was almost completely built up by 1690 with small houses. A market was developed in the 1820s. In his novel, '' Sybil'' (1845), Benjamin Disraeli refers to "a carcase-butcher famous in Carnaby-market". This area is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnaby, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Carnaby is a small village and civil parish on the A614 road in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of Bridlington town centre. The civil parish is formed by the villages of Carnaby and Haisthorpe and the hamlet of Wilsthorpe. According to the 2011 UK Census, Carnaby parish had a population of 415, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 300. From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Carnaby was part of Dickering Wapentake. Between 1894 and 1974 Carnaby was a part of the Bridlington Rural District, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Between 1974 and 1996 it was part of the Borough of North Wolds (later Borough of East Yorkshire), in the county of Humberside. The church dedicated to St John the Baptist was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. During the Second World War, Carnaby Aerodrome served as an emergency landing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Carnaby
Garth Alan Carnaby (born 1950) is a New Zealand fibre physicist and science and public administrator. Biography Carnaby completed a PhD at the Department of Textile Industries at University of Leeds in 1976. The title of his doctoral thesis was ''The structure and mechanical properties of wool carpet yarns''. He then returned to New Zealand, where he rose to become managing director of the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand. In 1989 Carnaby received a DSc by thesis (''Publications and papers on wool and the wool industry'') from the University of New South Wales, followed by an honorary DSc from Lincoln University in 2010. Carnaby served as president of the Royal Society of New Zealand from 2009 to 2012, preceded by Neville Jordan and followed by David Skegg. Carnaby has also served as chair of the board of the Canterbury Development Corporation and chair for Marsden Fund Council (2005–2009). He has served as 'Entrepreneur in Residence' and chair of the Resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carnaby
William Carnaby (1595–1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Carnaby was the son of William Carnaby of Farnham and Langley Northumberland and his wife Mabel Carnaby, daughter of Cuthbert Carnaby of Halton Tower. He was aged 22 at the visitation of 1615. He was knighted at Welbeck Abbey in August 1619. He came into possession of his mother's property at Halton, and also acquired the estates of Hadston from Robert Brandling. In 1624 Carnaby was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth. He was elected MP for Northumberland in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was a close friend of the Cavendish family and managed the estates of the Earl of Northumberland from 1634 to 1638. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1635. In April 1640, Carnaby was elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough in the Short Parliament. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Carnaby
Thomas Easton Carnaby (25 December 1913 – 1971) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back for Southampton in the final season before the Second World War. Football career Carnaby was born in Newsham, near Blyth, Northumberland where he worked as a coal-miner at New Delaval Colliery, and played for the pit team, before joining Blyth Spartans in 1933. He helped Blyth Spartans win the North Eastern League title in 1935–36. In May 1938, he moved to the south coast to join Southampton of the Football League Second Division. Described as "a brawny centre-half", Carnaby was used as cover for David Affleck. Carnaby made his first-team debut when he replaced Affleck for the match at Tottenham Hotspur on Christmas Eve, 1938 (the day before his 25th birthday). Carnaby retained his place at centre-half for the next five matches, including a 4–1 defeat at non-league Chelmsford City in the FA Cup. After Affleck's return, Carnaby was switched to right-half for fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carnaby (composer)
William Carnaby (1772 – 7 November 1839) was an English organist and composer. Life Carnaby was born in London in 1772, and was educated in the Chapel Royal as a chorister under James Nares and Edmund Ayrton. He was subsequently organist at Eye, Suffolk and at Huntingdon. In 1805 he took the degree of Mus. Doc. at Cambridge, where he entered at Trinity Hall. In July 1808 he proceeded Mus. Doc., on which occasion his exercise, described as "a grand musical piece," was performed at Great St Mary's on Sunday 7 July. Previous to this he had left Huntingdon and settled in London, where he lived at various times at Winchester Row and Red Lion Square. In 1823 he was appointed organist of the newly opened Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, at a salary of £50 per annum, a post he occupied until his death on 7 November 1839. Compositions Carnaby wrote many songs: these include six songs dedicated to Lady Templetown; two books of songs dedicated to William Knyvett; six canzonets for two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnaby Railway Station
Carnaby railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Carnaby on the Yorkshire Coast Line from to Hull, England. The station probably opened on 7 October 1846 when the York and North Midland Railway opened the line between Hull and Bridlington. The station was host to a camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted t ... from 1935 to 1939. The station closed on 5 January 1970. The western end of the station was to be the junction of the Bridlington and North Frodingham Light Railway. The act of parliament for this line was granted in 1898 under the Light Railways Act 1896. The line was to have been standard gauge and worked by steam locomotives throughout. The line was never built. As of 2018, the two platforms are still visible and can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Carnaby
Ivan Clarence Carnaby (24 July 1908 – 1974) was an Australian farmer, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. He published many papers on Southwest Australian birdlife in ''Emu'', ''The Western Australian Naturalist'' and ''Western Australian Bird Notes''. He also made several botanical collecting journeys with Henry Steedman. He is commemorated in one of the common names of Carnaby's cockatoo, also known as the short-billed black cockatoo Carnaby's black cockatoo (''Zanda latirostris''), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a s ..., which he described in 1948. Carnaby first suggested the existence of more than one kind of white-tailed black-cockatoo in the 1930s, something later confirmed by research. References 1908 births 1974 deaths Australian ornithologists Australian nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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