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Cruckton
Cruckton is a small village in Shropshire, England (). Cruckton is situated approximately five miles from Shrewsbury town centre, off the B4386 road to Montgomery, Powys. The postcode begins SY5. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury and the Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency), Shrewsbury and Atcham parliamentary constituency. Village In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's ''The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Cruckton like this: "CRUCKTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Pontesbury parish, Salop; 3 miles WSW of Shrewsbury town and r[ailway]. station. Post town, Shrewsbury. Real property,[value] £4,981. Pop[ulation]., 155. The property is divided among a few. Cruckton Hall is the seat of the Harrieses. The living is a p[erpetual]. curacy, annexed to the second Pontesbury rectory, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good." The village has a crescent of council house, council-built houses, called Church Close (originally Rural Cottages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Pontesbury
Pontesbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 93 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is to the southwest of Shrewsbury. It contains a number of villages and smaller settlements, including Pontesbury, Pontesford, Plealey, Asterley, Cruckton, Cruckmeole, Arscott, Malehurst, and Habberley, Shropshire, Habberley, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farm houses and farm buildings, a high proportion of which are timber framed, or have timber framed cores, and the earliest of these have cruck construction. The other listed buildings include two small English country house, country houses, churches and chapels, items in the churchyards, and public houses. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruckmeole
Cruckmeole is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located on the A488, where a lane which connects Cruckmeole to the B4386 crossroads at Cruckton forms a three way junction near to Hanwood. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury. Etymology Cruckmeole's name is first attested in 1291 or 1292, in the forms ''Crokmele'' and ''Crokemele''. There are two competing etymologies. The first element, also found in nearby Cruckton, could be from the Old English word ("cruck-framed building"). If so, the second part of the name comes from the Meole Brook, on which the settlement stands, and whose own name could come from Old English ("meal, flour") on account of its putatively cloudy colour. Alternatively, the name could come from the Common Brittonic words found today in modern Welsh as ("hillock") and ("bare"). In this interpretation, the name of the settlement once meant "bare hillock". When the dominant language of the area became English, English-speakers, no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Harries, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Harries or Harris, 1st Baronet (1550 – 18 February 1628) was an English lawyer. Harries was born in 1550, the eldest of four sons of John Harries, of Cruckton in Shropshire. His mother was Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Prowde of Sutton. Thomas Harries is believed to be the Thomas Harris who was Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury in 1586. Another possibility is that it was Thomas Harris of Boreatton, also a resident of Shrewsbury, and who like Harries was also a member of Lincoln's Inn. Thomas Harris of Boreatton was created a baronet at about the same time as Thomas Harries, making precise identification difficult. The ''History of Parliament'' however considers this Thomas Harries as the most likely candidate as the MP. Harries was educated at Shrewsbury School from 1565, and later at Clement's Inn and then Lincoln's Inn from 1575. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1583. He was active in legal affairs in Shrewsbury, and helped in the securing of a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jenkins (MP)
Sir Richard Jenkins (18 February 1785 – 30 December 1853) was member of parliament for Shrewsbury from 1830 to 1832 and from 1837 to 1841. He was also Chairman of the East India Company in 1839. Personal life Richard Jenkins was born at Cruckton, near Shrewsbury, the eldest son of Richard Jenkins of Bicton Hall, Shropshire. He married Elizabeth Helen, daughter of Hugh Spottiswoode, of the Honourable East India Company Civil Service, in 1824 and was the father of Colonel Richard Jenkins of the 1st Bengal Cavalry, two other sons and two daughters. Career Jenkins was at the Battle of Seetabuldee and also the capture of Nagpur. He served in the Bombay Civil Service from 1800 to 1828 and was the British Resident at Nagpur from 1807 to 1827. He was an East India Company Director from 1832 to 1853. Honours Sir Richard was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1838, and awarded the Third Mahratta War medal. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontesbury
Pontesbury ( ) is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle. The Rea Brook flows close by to the north with the village itself nestling on the northern edge of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Shropshire Council in their 2015 Place Plan detail the development strategy and refer to Pontesbury and neighbouring Minsterley as towns. Local government The village is the seat of an extensive civil parish, with its own parish council grouped into five wards, representing the village and outlying areas such as the villages and hamlets of Pontesford, Plealey, Asterley, Cruckton, Cruckmeole, Arscott, Lea Cross, Malehurst etc., as well as Habberley (which was previously a civil pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery, Powys
Montgomery ( ; translates as ''the town of Baldwin'') is a town and Community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales. It is the traditional county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Montgomeryshire to which it gives its name, and it is within the Welsh Marches border area. The town centre lies about west of the England–Wales border. Montgomery Castle was started in 1223 and its parish church in 1227. Other locations in the town include The Old Bell Museum, the Offa's Dyke Path, the Robber's Grave and the town wall. The large Iron Age hill fort of Ffridd Faldwyn, Montgomery, Ffridd Faldwyn is sited northwest of the town and west of the Castle. In the 2011 census, the Community (Wales), community of Montgomery had a population of 1,295. The community includes Hen Domen. History The town was established around a Norman dynasty, Norman stone castle on a crag on the western edge of the Vale of Montgomery. The Montgomery Castle, castle had been built in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a diagnostic label that has historically been used to describe a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. Asperger syndrome has been merged with other conditions into autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is no longer a diagnosis in the WHO's ICD-11 or the APA's DSM-5-TR. It was considered milder than other diagnoses which were merged into ASD due to relatively unimpaired spoken language and intelligence. The syndrome was named in 1976 by English psychiatrist Lorna Wing after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger, who, in 1944, described children in his care who struggled to form friendships, did not understand others' gestures or feelings, engaged in one-sided conversations about their favorite interests, and were clumsy. In 1990 (coming into e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrewsbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shrewsbury is a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Julia Buckley. A constituency for the town has existed since the 13th century; it was known as Shrewsbury and Atcham between 1983 and 2024. Boundaries 1918–1950: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural Districts of Atcham and Chirbury. 1950–1974: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural District of Atcham. 1974–2024: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. The constituency was coextensive with the Shrewsbury and Atcham, Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which became the Central area committee, area of Shropshire Council after that council's formation. 2024–present * The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Abbey; Bagley; Battlefield; Bayston Hill, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely (though erroneously) applied to various English country houses, mostly at the smaller end of the spectrum, sometimes dating from the Late Middle Ages, which currently or formerly house the landed gentry. Manor houses were sometimes fortified, albeit not as fortified as castles, but this was often more for show than for defence. They existed in most European countries where feudalism was present. Function The lord of the manor may have held several properties within a county or, for example in the case of a feudal baron, spread across a kingdom, which he occupied only on occasional visits. Even so, the business of the manor was directed and controlled by regular mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Disick
Scott Michael Disick (born May 26, 1983) is an American media personality and socialite widely known for his role as a main cast member on ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' and its spinoffs. Disick's popularity on ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' led to the development of a Flipping#Real estate flipping, house flipping show, ''Flip It Like Disick'', that aired on E!. In addition to starring on reality shows, he has pursued multiple business ventures, including starting the clothing brand Talentless, investing in nightclubs, and running multiple vitamin companies. Early life Disick was born in Eastport, New York, to Jeffrey and Bonnie Disick. He is an only child. His grandfather, David Disick, developed luxury properties, and his father was also a real estate developer. He attended The Ross School in East Hampton, New York, East Hampton, but did not graduate. As a teenager, Scott Disick was a book cover model for the ''Heartland (novel series), Heartland'' series. He has alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Francis (civil Engineer)
Sir Horace William Alexander Francis CBE FREng (born 31 August 1926) is a British civil engineer. Personal life Francis was born in Clydebank, Scotland on 31 August 1926 to Horace Fairie Francis and Jane McMinn Murray.'FRANCIS, Sir (Horace) William (Alexander)', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012accessed 31 Dec 2012 He studied at Glasgow's Royal Technical College, which is now part of Strathclyde University. He married, in 1949, Gwendoline Maud Dorricott and has two sons and two daughters. Career Francis worked on many construction projects in the United Kingdom and abroad including manufacturing facilities, bridges, power stations and offshore structures. He spent 25 years working with the engineering contractor Tarmac plc and was the company's chief operating officer and vice-chairman. Francis has also served as executive director of construction for the Trafalgar Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained Company rule in India, control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army at certain times. Originally Chartered company, chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies," the company rose to account for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, Potass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
