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Northiam
Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District, Rother district, in East Sussex, England, 13 miles (21 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother, East Sussex, River Rother. The A28 road to Ashford, Kent, Ashford, Canterbury and Hastings passes through it. Governance Northiam has nine parish councillors elected by the village parishioners. The council usually meet once a month for a general meeting and sometimes twice a month if there are planning applications to be looked at. The Parish Council have an office at the Village Club in the centre of the village. Rother District Council provides the next level of government with services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities and council tax collection. Northiam lies within the Rother Levels ward, which provides two councillors. East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Northiam falls within the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northiam SSSI
Northiam SSSI is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northiam in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. This partly flooded former quarry is the Type locality (geology), type locality for the Northiam Sandstone Member of the Wadhurst Clay Formation, part of the Wealden Group which dates to the Early Cretaceous. It is important for the study of the paleogeography and paleoenvironments of the Wadhurst Clay Formation. The site is private land with no public access. References {{SSSIs East Sussex Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex Geological Conservation Review sites Northiam, SSSI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Dixter
Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions. It is a Grade I listed building. The garden, widely known for its continuous tradition of sophisticated plantsmanship, is Grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. House The original Northiam house, known as Dixter, dating from the mid-15th century, was acquired by a businessman named Nathaniel Lloyd in 1909. He had a 16th-century house in a similar style moved from Kent and the two were combined with new work by Lutyens to create a much larger house, which was rechristened Great Dixter. It is a romantic recreation of a medieval manor house, complete with great hall, parlour, solar and yeoman's hall. Garden Lloyd and Lutyens began the garden at Great Dixter, but it was Lloyd's son Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Frewen
Moreton Frewen (8 May 1853 – 2 September 1924), nicknamed "Mortal Ruin", was a British entrepreneur and writer on monetary reform, who served briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Frewen was born on 8 May 1853 at Brickwall House, near Northiam, East Sussex. He was the fifth son of Thomas Frewen (1811–1870), MP for South Leicestershire, and the third son of Helen Louisa (née Homan; 1821–1901). He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained his BA in 1877. Career Frewen was a charming adventurer from an old Sussex landed gentry family.Maume, Patrick: ''The long Gestation, Irish Nationalist Life 1891–1918'', "Who’s Who" p. 228, Gill & Macmillan (1999) He was known as a fine shot, often invited to shoot at Sandringham by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII; a good horseman who taught Lillie Langtry to ride; and a keen fisherman. He gambled most of his inheritance on a two-horse race, declaring he would go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lloyd (gardener)
Christopher "Christo" Hamilton Lloyd, OBE (2 March 1921 – 27 January 2006) was an English gardener and a gardening author of note, as the 20th-century chronicler for thickly planted, labour-intensive country gardening. Life Lloyd was born in Great Dixter, into an upper-middle-class family, the youngest of six children. In 1910, his father, Nathaniel Lloyd, an Arts and Crafts architect, author, printer and designer of posters and other images for confectionery firms,), bought Great Dixter, a manor house in Northiam, East Sussex near the south coast of England. Edwin Lutyens was hired to renovate and extend the house and advise on the structure of the garden. Nathaniel Lloyd loved gardens, designed some of this one himself, and passed that love on to his son. Lloyd learned the skills required of a gardener from his mother Daisy, who did the actual gardening and introduced him as a young boy to Gertrude Jekyll, who was a considerable influence on Lloyd, in particular with res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Rother, East Sussex
The River Rother flows for through the English counties of East Sussex and Kent. Its source is near Rotherfield in East Sussex, and its mouth is on Rye Bay, part of the English Channel. Prior to 1287, its mouth was further to the east at New Romney, but it changed its course after a great storm blocked its exit to the sea. It was known as the ''Limen'' until the sixteenth century. For the final , the river bed is below the high tide level, and Scots Float Sluice is used to control levels. It prevents salt water entering the river system at high tides, and retains water in the river during the summer months to ensure the health of the surrounding marsh habitat. Below the sluice, the river is tidal for . The river has been used for navigable, navigation since Roman times, and is still navigable by small boats as far as Bodiam Castle. It flowed in a loop around the northern edge of the Isle of Oxney until 1635, when it was diverted along the southern edge. Scots Float Sluice was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Johnston (British Army Medical Officer)
Major-General James Alexander Deans Johnston, (28 February 1911 – 17 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Senior Medical Officer at the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp towards the end of the Second World War. A docudrama portraying his experiences attempting to save the starving and diseased concentration camp prisoners at Bergen-Belsen was made in 2007 entitled '' The Relief of Belsen''. Early life Johnston was born on 28 February 1911 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Walter Johnston and I. C. Gilchrist. He was educated at Woodside School, Woodside, Glasgow. He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) in 1933. Between 1933 and 1934, he served out his pre-registration year at Taunton and Somerset Hospital as a house surgeon. Military career Johnston was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings
Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066. It later became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. In the 19th century, it was a popular seaside resort, as the railway allowed tourists and visitors to reach the town. Hastings remains a popular seaside resort and is also a fishing port, with the UK's largest beach-based fishing fleet. The town's estimated population was 91,100 in 2021. History Early history The first mention of Hastings is from the late 8th century in the form ''Hastingas''. This is derived from the Old English tribal name ''Hæstingas'', meaning 'the constituency (followers) of Hæsta'. Symeon of Durham records the victory of Offa in 771 over the ''Hestingorum gens'', that is, "the people of the Hastings tribe." Hastingleigh in Kent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rother District
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. Its council is based in Bexhill-on-Sea. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries. The neighbouring districts are Wealden, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, Folkestone and Hythe, and Hastings. Aside from its coast, Hastings is surrounded by Rother. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: * Battle Rural District was established in 1934 from a merger of Battle Urban District Council with the rural district councils of Battle, Hastings, Rye and Ticehurst. The council was based at Watch Oak on Chain Lane, Battle. * Bexhill Municipal Borough was established by Royal Charter in 1902 and was based at Bexhill Town Hall, built for Bexhill Urban District Council in 1895. *Rye Municipal Borough Coucil met at Rye Town Hall. The new district was named Rother afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexhill And Battle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bexhill and Battle () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Kieran Mullan of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Constituency profile The constituency is predominantly rural, like Wealden (UK Parliament constituency), Wealden to the west. The main towns are the shingle-beach resort of Bexhill-on-Sea and the historic town of Battle, East Sussex, Battle. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Strong Right" characterised by retired, socially conservative voters who strongly supported Brexit. Notable representatives The seat's first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major; Wardle List of British Members of Parliament who crossed the floor#1997–2001 Parliament, had the Conservative w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rother District Council
Rother may refer to: General * Rother (surname) (also sometimes spelled Röther) *Rother District, a local government district in East Sussex, England * Rother FM, former independent local radio station for Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England * Rother Kuppe, a mountain in Bavaria, Germany * Rother Ochsen, a tavern in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland * HMS ''Rother'', two Royal Navy warships * SS ''Rother'' (1914), a British ship Rivers in England *River Rother, East Sussex, in East Sussex and Kent * River Rother, West Sussex, in Hampshire and West Sussex *River Rother, South Yorkshire The River Rother, a waterway in the northern midlands of England, gives its name to the town of Rotherham and to the Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency), Rother Valley parliamentary constituency. It rises in Pilsley, North East Derbyshi ..., in Derbyshire and Yorkshire See also * Rother Valley (other) {{disambiguation, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climate. Canterbury is a popular tourist destination, with the city's economy heavily reliant upon tourism, alongside higher education and retail. As of 2011, the city's population was over 55,000, including a substantial number of students and one of the highest student-to-permanent-resident ratios in Britain. The site of the city has been occupied since Paleolithic times and served as the capital of the Celtic Cantiaci and Jutes, Jute Kingdom of Kent. Many historical structures fill the area, including a city wall founded in Roman Britain, Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the Westgate Towers museum, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey, the Norman Canterbury Castle, and the List of the oldest schools in the world, oldest extant schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
