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Nag's Head (other)
Nag's Head or Nags Head may refer to: London * Nag's Head, London, a locality in Holloway ** Nag's Head Market, a street market * Nag's Head, Covent Garden, a pub Elsewhere in the United Kingdom * Nag's Head Island, Abingdon-on-Thames * Nagshead, a woodland reserve, in Gloucestershire * Nags Head, Wrexham, Wales, a pub * Old Nag's Head, Monmouth, Wales, a pub Other meanings * Nags Head, North Carolina Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a busy vacation spot because of its beaches and sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge. The population was 3,146 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Early maps of ..., US, a town * Nag's Head Fable, a 16th-century story {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nag's Head, London
Nag's Head is a locality within the Holloway area of the London Borough of Islington. Toponymy The area is named after the Nag's Head public house. The pub, also previously called the Mustang Diner and O'Neills, closed in 2004; the original early Victorian building is in use today as a gambling establishment. Governance Nag's Head Town Centre is a shopping arcade between Morrisons and Selby's, and it is governed by the Nag's Head Town Centre Management Group. Geography The name refers to the junction of Holloway Road (the A1) with Seven Sisters Road, where the Nag's Head pub stood, and also to the surrounding area, particularly the stretch of Holloway Road between the former pub and its junction with Camden Road. Economy The area is identified in the London Plan The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area in the United Kingdom that is written by the Mayor of London and published by the Greater London Authority. It is upd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nag's Head Market
Nag's Head Market is a market in London. It is situated on Seven Sisters Road in the Holloway area of the London Borough of Islington. It is named after the Nag's Head public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ..., which closed in 2004; the original early Victorian building is in use today as a gambling establishment. As part of Nag's Head Town Centre, a shopping arcade between Morrisons, Marks & Spencers and Selby's, it is governed by the Nag's Head Town Centre Management Group, made up of local businesses and services. References Retail markets in London {{London-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nag's Head, Covent Garden
The Nag's Head is a Grade II listed public house at 10 James Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2. History The pub was built in about 1900 and the architect was P. E. Pilditch. In late 1951 the landlords, Whitbread, converted it to a theatrical theme and it is thought to have been one of the first English themed pubs which were popular in the mid twentieth century as brewers tried to appeal to a younger generation who were not so interested in the traditional entertainments of their parents."Variations on a theme" by Jessica Boak & Ray Bailey in ''Beer Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...'', No. 33, Autumn 2016, pp. 6-13. File:Nag's Head Cov Gdn London.JPG, Descriptive plaque File:Nags Head, Covent Garden, WC2 (2352301987).jpg, Exterior view References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nag's Head Island
Nag's Head Island is an island in the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England at Abingdon. It sits in the middle of the two Abingdon Bridges on the reach above Culham Lock. The part of the island on the upstream side of the bridge is occupied by the Nag's Head public house, which gave the island its name, a nag being a useless horse. From the top of the island here a daily river boat service to runs to Oxford. The frontage downstream of the bridge is occupied by a riverside cafe, chandlers and navigation stores, and boat hire facilities. Behind this is an extensive public open space. See also *Islands in the River Thames This article lists the islands in the River Thames, or at the mouth of a tributary (marked †), in England. It excludes human-made islands built as part of the building of forty-five two-gate locks which each accompany a weir, and islets subordi ... References Islands of Oxfordshire Islands of the River Thames {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagshead
Nagshead is a woodland reserve, located on the western edge of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, and is home to RSPB Nagshead. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review'. More than half of the reserve consists of 19th-century oak woodland, which is now managed solely for its conservation and landscape value. In 1942, nest boxes were erected at Nagshead, in the hope that pied flycatchers would control oak leafroller moth larva, which were defoliating trees needed for the war effort. In 1948, the ornithologist, Bruce Campbell, began recording detailed observations of the boxes and they have been continually monitored ever since; making it the UK's longest-running bird breeding programme. Nagshead includes a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI). Facilities The reserve is open all year. Entrance and car parking are free. Facilities include; * Visitor centre and toilets (open at weekends during the summer). * Large car park. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nags Head, Wrexham
The Nags Head (also spelled Nag's Head) is a historic pub on Mount Street in Wrexham city centre, North Wales. The current frontage dates to a 19th-century remodelling under the Soames family. The Grade II listed building was also home to a brewery, known as the Nag's Head Brewery, which started brewing by 1834. The brewery and pub were purchased by Soames Brewery in 1879, who later remodelled the building and expanded the brewery in the adjacent area, including a Soames Brewery Chimney, brick chimney built to the building's rear. It became part of Border Breweries (Wrexham), Border Breweries in 1931, and was acquired by Marston's Brewery in 1984, with the brewery closing six months later, while the British cuisine, British pub remains open as of 2023. Description The pub is located on the junction of Mount Street and Tuttle Street, in Wrexham city centre, and specialises in British cuisine. It contains a beer garden and a car park. The building has a fully surrounded cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Nag's Head, Monmouth
The Old Nag's Head, Old Dixton Road, Monmouth, Wales, is a nineteenth-century public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ..., with medieval origins, which incorporates a "stone drum tower of the town defences constructed between 1297 and c.1315." The tower is the only "upstanding remains of the town walls of Monmouth." The pub was designated a Grade II* listed building on 26 April 1955, its rating being due to "its interest as an early C19 public house which retains its character as well as a significant portion of a medieval gate-tower." The Dixton Gate The medieval gate-tower itself was seized by Lord Charles Somerset a Royalist on 17 November 1644 at around 5am during the English Civil War, Civil War and was the point through which the Royalists entered Monmou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nags Head, North Carolina
Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a busy vacation spot because of its beaches and sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge. The population was 3,146 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Early maps of the area show Nags Head as a promontory of land characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea. The origin of the town's name is obscure but it is likely to have been named after any one of the places called Nag's Head on the English coast. A popular etymology, folkloric explanation claims that mules or horses (wikt:nag, nags) would have lights hung on their heads by nefarious Wrecking (shipwreck), wreckers in order to trick ships into running aground and then loot the ships of their valuables. The town's emblem depicts one such equine accomplice from the tale. Around 1830, Nags Head became known as a resort area. This direction was accelerated in 1855 when Dr. W. G. Pool bought 50 acres of oceanfront land which he separated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
