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Leighton
Leighton may refer to: Places In Australia: * Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality In the United Kingdom: *Leighton, Cambridgeshire *Leighton, Cheshire *Leighton, North Yorkshire **Leighton Reservoir * Leighton, Shropshire *Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, England *Leighton Hall, Lancashire *Leighton Hall, Powys, including Leighton Model Farm *Leighton House, Wiltshire, a country house *Leighton House Museum, a museum in London *Leighton Library, an historic library in Dunblane, Scotland *RSPB Leighton Moss, English nature reserve In the United States: * Leighton, Alabama *Leighton, Iowa *Leighton Township, Michigan In Asia: * Leighton Hill, Hong Kong People * Leighton (given name) * Leighton (surname) Other uses * CIMIC Group, Australian project development and contracting company until 2015 known as Leighton Holdings * Leighton Asia, a construction contractor headquartered in Hong Kong * Leighton Middle School, a middle school in Leighton Buzzard, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Hall, Powys
Leighton Hall is an estate located to the east of Welshpool in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys, in Wales. Leighton Hall is a listed grade I property. It is located on the opposite side of the valley of the river Severn to Powis Castle. The Leighton Hall Estate is particularly notable for the Hall which was decorated and furnished by the Craces to designs by Pugin in his Houses of Parliament style, and for the Home Farm, a model farm, which was to be in the forefront of the Victorian industrialised ''High Farming''. Leighton Hall was also the birthplace of the much disparaged hybrid Cupressocyparis leylandii hedge tree. The Hall is now in private ownership and is not accessible to the public, although it can still be viewed from the road. The Home Farm is currently under restoration. History The Earlier House and Deer Park The Estate was in the ownership of the Corbett family until the early years of the and passed by marriage to the Lloyds. A half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard ( ) is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/ Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills. It is northwest of Central London and linked to the capital by the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line. The built-up area extends on either side of the River Ouzel (here about 2 metres wide) to include its historically separate neighbour Linslade, and is administered by the Leighton-Linslade Town Council. History Foundation and development It is unclear when the town was initially founded, although some historians believe that there may have been settlement in the area from as early as 571. There are a number of theories concerning the derivation of the town's name; ‘Leighton’ came from Old English ''Lēah-tūn'', meaning 'farm in a clearing in the woods', and ‘Buzzard’ was added by the Dean of Lincoln, in whose diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Middle School
Leighton Buzzard ( ) is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills. It is northwest of Central London and linked to the capital by the Grand Union Canal and the West Coast Main Line. The built-up area extends on either side of the River Ouzel (here about 2 metres wide) to include its historically separate neighbour Linslade, and is administered by the Leighton-Linslade Town Council. History Foundation and development It is unclear when the town was initially founded, although some historians believe that there may have been settlement in the area from as early as 571. There are a number of theories concerning the derivation of the town's name; ‘Leighton’ came from Old English ''Lēah-tūn'', meaning 'farm in a clearing in the woods', and ‘Buzzard’ was added by the Dean of Lincoln, in whose diocese the town l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton, Cambridgeshire
Leighton Bromswold (also known as Leighton) is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Leighton lies approximately west of Huntingdon. Leighton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The civil parish of which it is part is called Leighton and in 2001 had a population of 224, falling to 210 at the 2011 Census. The parish covers an area of . History Leighton Bromswold was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as ''Lectone''. In 1086 there was just one manor at Leighton Bromswold; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £23 and the rent was the same in 1086. The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there were 39 households at Leighton Bromswold. There is no consensus about the average size of a househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton House Museum
The Leighton House Museum is an art museum in the Holland Park area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. The building was the London home of painter Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), who commissioned the architect and designer George Aitchison to build him a combined home and studio noted for its incorporation of tiles and other elements purchased in the Near East to build a magnificent Qa'a (room). The resulting building, completed between 1866 and 1895 on the privately owned Ilchester Estate, is now Grade II* listed. It is noted for its elaborate Orientalist and aesthetic interiors. The house The museum has been open to the public since 1929. In 1958 the London County Council commemorated Leighton with a blue plaque at the museum. The museum was awarded the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award in 2012. It is open daily except Tuesdays, and is a companion museum to 18 Stafford Terrace, anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIMIC Group
CIMIC Group Limited (formerly Leighton Holdings) is an Australian construction contractor. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries. It has operations in Australia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, it is a subsidiary of Hochtief. CIMIC stands for Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions. History Founded in 1949 by Stanley Leighton, Leighton Holdings was first listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962. The company formed Leighton Asia, based in Hong Kong, in 1975. In July 1983 Leighton Holdings, purchased Thiess Contractors, with its major shareholder, Hochtief, becoming a shareholder in Leighton Holdings. In April 1997 the Welded Mesh structural materials division was sold to Smorgon Steel. In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in John Holland; this was increased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having been founded as a Quaker School in 1890. The school's ethos is described as achievement with values, character and community. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England. Overview The school is based in a 65-acre parkland estate just south of Reading town centre, next to the University of Reading's Whiteknights Park campus. The school has been a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference since 1932. It offers both the International Baccalaureate and A Levels at Sixth Form. Matthew Judd has been the headmaster since September 2018. UK Government Sixth Form analysis places Leighton Park as a top performing school for Sixth Form students' academic progress, including being the best performing school in Berkshire and one of eight schools in the country to have always appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton (surname)
Leighton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Leighton (1587–1644), Scottish physician and pamphleteer * Alexander H. Leighton (1908–2007), sociologist and psychiatrist * Amanda Leighton (born 1993), American actress * Baron Leighton of St Mellons, UK peerage title * Bernardo Leighton, Chilean Christian Democrat * Clare Leighton (1898–1989), English-American wood engraver and artist * David Keller Leighton, Sr. (1922–2013), American Episcopalian bishop * Dorothea Leighton (1908–1989), American social psychiatrist and a founder of the field of medical anthropology * Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922), English painter * Edward Leighton (other), several people * F. Thomson Leighton, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies * Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor * George N. Leighton (1912–2018), American judge * Isabel Leighton (1899-1995), American actress a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSPB Leighton Moss
Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, which has been in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds since 1964. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay and in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Leighton Moss contains the largest area of reed beds in north-west England. The site provides habitats for many species of wildlife, including bitterns, otters and red deer. As a wetland of international importance, it was designated a Ramsar site in 1985. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, and an Important Bird Area. The RSPB reserve also protects an area of Morecambe Bay, where a saltmarsh provides a habitat for birds such as avocets. History In 1822 the moss came into the possession of Richard Gillow, grandson of the Lancaster furniture manufacturer Robert Gillow. Using steam technology, Gillow drained the moss for agriculture. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton, Alabama
Leighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as " The Shoals". At the 2020 census, the population was 665. Leighton has been hit by several tornadoes in the 2000s, including a damaging EF2 on May 8, 2008, that was caught on tape flipping over many cars and damaging buildings. History The first settlers in what is now Leighton arrived in the early 1810s. The community was initially known as "Crossroads" for its location at the intersection of two early stage coach roads. The name was later changed to "Leighton" for town's first postmaster, the Reverend William Leigh. The town developed as a cotton shipping center in the 1830s after the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad constructed a railroad line through the area. Leighton incorporated in 1890.James P. Kaetz,Leighton" ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', 7 March 2013. Leighton originally straddled the county line of Franklin and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Library
The Leighton Library, or Bibliotheca Leightoniana, in The Cross, Dunblane, is the oldest purpose built library in Scotland and also has a well-documented history as one of the earliest public subscription libraries in Scotland. Its collection of around 4000 volumes and 78 manuscripts from the 16th to 19th century is founded on the personal collection of Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Minister at Newbattle, Principal of Edinburgh University, Bishop of Dunblane and Archbishop of Glasgow. Robert Leighton's personal collection consisted of 1,400 books and the Leighton Library was built to host the books which had been left to Dunblane Cathedral. History Archbishop Robert Leighton died on June the 25th, 1684, in London. His will written on 17 February 1683, left a small token to his sister and her son, Saphira and Edward Lightmaker of Broadhurst. They jointly became executors to Robert's will and carried out his wishes to have his books bequeathed to Dunblane Cathedral. Edward wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton, Cheshire
Leighton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green (at ), which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles from the centre.Genuki: Leighton (accessed 14 August 2007) Nearby villages include Bradfield Green and . The total population of the civil parish was 4,883 at the 2011 . History A ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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