Comyn (other)
Comyn can refer to: People * Clan Cumming also known as Clan Comyn * Comyn (surname) Places * Comyn Ching Triangle, triangular city block in Covent Garden, London * Comyn, Texas, community located in Comanche County, Texas * Newbold Comyn, a park in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire Fiction * The Comyn, characters in '' Darkover'' who exhibit special mental powers See also * Comyns (other) Comyns can refer to: People * Arthur Comyns Carr (1882–1965), English politician * Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), English author * Comyns Berkeley (1865–1946), obstetric physician * Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (1861–1946), British ornit ... * Cumming (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ...
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Clan Cumming
Clan Cumming ( gd, Na Cuimeinich ), also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Highlands that played a major role in the history of 13th-century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence. The Clan Comyn was once the most powerful family in 13th-century Scotland, until they were defeated in civil war by their rival to the Scottish throne, Robert the Bruce. History Origin of the clan Like many of the families that came to power under King David I of Scotland, the Comyn clan is of Norman or Flemish origin. The surname is either a place-name, possibly derived from Bosc-Bénard-Commin, near Rouen in the Duchy of Normandy, or from Comines, near Lille, in France. Richard Comyn, the nephew of William Comyn, chancellor to King David, is the one who established this family in Scotland. His son was William Comyn, who married Marjory, Countess of Buchan. William's mother was Hextilda, the granddaughter of king Donald III of Scotland. His son was Walte ...
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Comyn (surname)
Comyn is a surname. The name originated in the 12th century from Clan Cumming and was commonly used by the Lords of Badenoch, the Lords of Kilbride and the Earls of Buchan. List of persons with the surname * Alexander Comyn (other) **Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan (died 1289) **Alexander Comyn (died 1308), Sheriff of Aberdeen **Alexander Comyn of Dunphail (died 1330) * Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan (1289–1349) * Alison Comyn (born 1969), Irish television journalist and broadcaster * Andy Comyn (born 1968), English footballer * Dan Comyn (1872–1949), Irish cricketer * David Comyn (1854–1907), Irish language revivalist * David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride (died 1247) * Edmund Comyn (died 1314), Scottish noble * Elizabeth de Comyn (1299–1372), English noblewoman * Hugh Comyn (1876–1937), English civil servant and sportsman * James Comyn (1921–1997), English High Court judge * Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy * John Comyn (other) ** John Comyn (bis ...
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Comyn Ching Triangle
Comyn Ching Triangle is a triangular city block at the Seven Dials junction in Covent Garden, London. It is bounded by Monmouth, Mercer and Shelton Streets, and comprises a perimeter of terraced buildings surrounding Ching Court, a public space. A 1980s regeneration of the block by the architecture firm Terry Farrell and Partners is considered an exemplar of British postmodern architecture. History The site was created when Thomas Neale laid out the Seven Dials area in 1692. By the 1970s the block was occupied by an ageing, densely-packed cluster of terraced houses surrounding a yard that had been completely filled with building extensions. The whole Seven Dials area was then considered run-down and ripe for wholesale redevelopment. Between 1978 and 1988 Terry Farrell and Partners undertook a multi-phase regeneration of the block for the Comyn Ching architectural ironmongery, who had been in business on Shelton Street since before 1723 and owned the entire block. The scheme compr ...
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Comyn, Texas
Comyn is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County in Central Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, it had a population of 40 in 2000. History The area was originally settled around 1875 and was originally named "Theney" for W. F. Matheney, a man who owned a trading post. Comyn was renamed "Comyn" for M. T. Comyn, who was the construction foreman for the railroad around 1881 when the Texas Central Railroad was built through the townsite and a depot opened. A post office was established at Comyn in 1909 and remained in operation until the late 1950s. The town also had a lumberyard, a blacksmith shop, a cotton gin, several stores, and a Woodmen of the World lodge. In 1918, the Humble Pipeline Company built a pipeline connecting Comyn with the Humble company's terminal at Webster. A tank farm was built in the community and a large tent city arrived, but construction ended in 1919. The Humble Oil pipeline was then expanded west toward Kempner, while its trunk ...
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Newbold Comyn
Newbold Comyn is a park on the Eastern edge of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. History The first mention of Newbold Comyn in history was in the Domesday Book of 1086, which lists one of Leamington's two mills as being situated there. The name Comyn is derived from the Norman Comyn family who owned the land between 1160 and 1200. In 1539 Richard Willes and William Morcote jointly purchased the land that was now a farm. When Richard Willes died in 1564 his son inherited the whole estate as Richard had married Morcote's daughter. At the end of the 18th century the Revd. Edward Willes built a new house on the estate in addition to the existing farm house. The Revd. Edward Willes died in 1820, and his son, also Edward, began to sell parts of the estate for building in 1823 as Leamington grew into a spa town. In all the Willes family held Newbold Comyn for over 400 years, until they sold most of the remaining estate to Leamington Corporation after the end of the Second World Wa ...
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Darkover
Darkover is the planet giving its name to the ''Darkover'' series of science fiction-fantasy novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only habitable planet of seven orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. The Cottman stellar system Bradley describes Cottman's Star as a red giant, around which seven planets orbit. Among these, CottmanIV, known to its inhabitants as Darkover, is the only habitable planet. The three inner planets and two outer planets are not habitable. CottmanV is an ice planet that while not toxic to humans, cannot naturally support a self-sustaining human population. Like Cottman V, Darkover is a planet stuck in a permanent ice age. Only one small equatorial strip of its single smallish continent is warm enough to support limited agriculture, fishing, and livestock. Similar in size to Earth, Darkover has a lower gravity due to its relative lack of metals; it also has ...
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Comyns (other)
Comyns can refer to: People * Arthur Comyns Carr (1882–1965), English politician * Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), English author * Comyns Berkeley (1865–1946), obstetric physician * Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (1861–1946), British ornithologist and periodical editor, publisher and owner * John Comyns (1667–1740), English judge * Joseph Comyns Carr (1849–1916), English art critic and theatre manager * Louis Comyns (1904–1962), British politician * Tom Comyns (born 1973), Irish Olympic sprinter * William Comyns Beaumont William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont and Appian Way, (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955)
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