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Piggott
Pigot, Pigott, Piggott, Pigotts or Piggotts may refer to: People * Pigot (surname), including a list of people with this name * Pigott (surname), including a list of people with the surname Pigott or Piggott Places * Piggott, Arkansas, United States, a city * Piggott Peninsula, Antarctica * Pigott Street, London * Piggotts, a small township in Antigua * 10220 Pigott, an asteroid Other uses * HM galley ''Pigot'', two Royal Navy vessels * ''Pigot'' (East Indiaman), two British East India Company vessels * Pigot baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain * Pigott baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Pigott's Building, a heritage-listed department store in Toowoomba, Queensland * Pigotts, Speen, a farmhouse near Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, occupied and used for studios by the sculptor Eric Gill * Pigot's Directory, a British directory first published in 1814 * Pigot Diamond, a famous diamond * The Piggott School, a Church of Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigot (surname)
Pigot is an English surname. The Pigot Baronets, Pigot Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Derivation and variants The name Pigot is derived from Picot. The latter is recorded as a given name in the Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French ''picote'' meaning pock-marked, freckled. in ''A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances'' by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901. Pigott (surname), Pigott, Piggott and Pickett (other), Pickett are variant forms. People with the surname Pigot *Mary Pigot (daughter of Gervase Pigot), former wife of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet (1640–1716) *George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (1719–1777), governor of Madras *British ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigott's Building
Pigott's Building is a heritage-listed commercial building and former department store at 381–391 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Toowoomba firm James Marks and Son, and built in 1910 as the principal store of the Pigott & Co. department store chain, replacing an earlier 1902 store on the site that had burned down in 1909. The store was extended in 1914, 1935, 1956, and again in the 1960s. The Pigott & Co. department store was Toowoomba's largest retail store by the 1950s, and expanded into foodstuff sales and a coffee lounge after the purchase of two adjacent properties in the 1960s. Pigott & Co. was sold to the Brisbane-based chain McDonnell and East in 1983, and operated as a department store under that name until they vacated the site in 1990. As of February 2013, the building was occupied by discount furniture and bedding store Super A-Mart. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This two store ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abington Pigotts
Abington Pigotts is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Royston, Hertfordshire. History The parish of Abington Pigotts covers an area of . Roughly circular in shape it is surrounded by the parishes of Shingay, Wendy, Bassingbourn, Litlington, and Steeple Morden with its boundaries largely following minor waterways and streams. A settlement from the early Iron Age has been found in the parish, covering around 20 acres a half mile north-west of the church, and was occupied through the Belgic and Roman periods. Pottery from the Anglo-Saxon era has also been found near the site. In early medieval times Abington was sometimes listed as a hamlet of its southern neighbour, Litlington, despite possessing its own church from at least 1200. Listed as ''Abintone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name Abington means "estate associated with a man called Abba". In medieval times the village was variously known as ''Abington by Shingay'', aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piggott High School
Piggott High School is an accredited comprehensive public high school serving students in grades six through twelve in the rural community of Piggott, Arkansas, United States. It is one of three public high schools located in Clay County and serves the communities of Piggott, Greenway, Pollard, Rector, Nimmons, Saint Francis, and Corning. With more than 450 students, it is the sole high school of the Piggott School District. Academics The school is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1958. The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete at least 24 credit units before graduation. Students engage in regular (core) and career focus courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that may lead to college credit. Athletics The Piggott Mohawks participate in various interscholastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Piggott School
The Piggott School is a Church of England academy secondary school in Wargrave in Berkshire, England. The school has approximately 1,516 pupils and around 185 teaching staff. The school specialises in Modern Languages and Humanities. It has been awarded International school status by the British Council. The most recent inspection from Ofsted achieved an overall effectiveness rating of 'Good'. The Piggott School has a long established exchange programme with the Ville-Gymnasium School der Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and other programmes with I.E.S. Las Canteras in Collado Villalba near Madrid, Spain, and with Lycée Jean Guéhenno, France. It is a partner school of the EU organised Comenius project. The Piggott School is also the only church of England secondary school in the Reading, Twyford area. The Piggott School is one of the best performing secondary schools in the Wokingham District. History The Piggott School was founded by Robert Piggott, a philanthropi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigot Diamond
The Pigot Diamond, also sometimes called the Pigott Diamond, the Lottery Diamond, or the Great Lottery Diamond, was a large diamond that originated in India in the 18th century and was brought to England where at the time it was the largest diamond in Europe. It remained in Europe for half a century, changing hands several times until it was sold to the ruler of Egypt in the 1820s. What happened to it after that is unknown, inspiring a two-century mystery. Pigot acquisition The Pigot Diamond was obtained by George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, George Pigot during his term as British governor of Chennai, Madras, the capital city of the states and territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu for the East India Company. He may have received it from an Indian prince in 1763. This may have been the Rajah of Tanjore as Pigot had told the directors of the East India Company that he had received presents from the Rajah. It also may have been Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, the Nabob of Arcot. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigot's Directory
Pigot's Directory was a major British directory started in 1814 by James Pigot. Pigot's Directories covered England, Scotland, and Wales in the period before official Civil Registration began and are a valuable source of information regarding all major professions, nobility, gentry, clergy, trades and occupations including taverns and public houses and much more are listed. There are even timetables of the coaches and carriers that served a town. Parishes are listed for each area with useful information including the number of inhabitants, a geographical description and the main trades and industries of the area or town. List of Pigot’s Trade Directories by date * * * * List of Pigot’s Trade Directories by geographic coverage *Bedfordshire 1839 *Cambridgeshire 1839 *Cambridgeshire 1830 *Derbyshire 1835 *Durham 1834 *Dyfed 1830 (Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire) *Essex 1839 *Herefordshire 1835 *Hertfordshire 1839 *Huntingdonshire 1830 *Huntingdonshire 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speen, Buckinghamshire
Speen is a village in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, situated in the civil parish of Lacey Green, in Buckinghamshire, England. The centre of the village (depicted by the village sign) is south-east of Princes Risborough, and north of High Wycombe. The village is a short distance 'as the crow flies' from Hampden House, originally owned by John Hampden and a further distance from Chequers, the country residence of the Prime Minister. The village has an annual fete which is usually held on the first weekend of July and a bi-annual arts festival which has been running for many years. The festival consists of entertainment shows, a theatre production and general activities on Speen Playing Field. History The village name originates from Anglo Saxon. The exact meaning is unclear, but possibly meaning 'wood-chip place'. The name of the village corresponds to the location of the hamlet in the Chiltern Forest where trees were regularly felled. The Bap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigott Baronets
The Pigott Baronetcy, of Knapton in the Queen's County, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary .... It was created on 3 October 1808, for George Pigott. Pigott was the son of Thomas Pigott, a major general in the army and Member of Parliament. Pigott baronets, of Knapton (1808) * Sir George Pigott, 1st Baronet (1766–1844) * Sir Thomas Pigott, 2nd Baronet (1796–1847) * Sir Charles Robert Pigott, 3rd Baronet (1835–1911) * Sir Berkeley Pigott, 4th Baronet (1894–1982) * Sir (Berkeley) Henry Sebastian Pigott, 5th Baronet (1925–2017) * Sir David John Berkeley Pigott, 6th Baronet (born 1955). He succeeded his father in 2017, but the Official Roll marks the title vacant. The heir presumptive is the current Baronet's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigott (surname)
Pigott and Piggott are English surnames. The Pigott Baronets, Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Derivation and variants The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from Picot (surname), Picot. The latter is recorded as a given name in the Domesday Book, but its origin is unclear. It may stem from the Germanic or Old English ''pic'', a sharply pointed hill, being applied to residents living near such a feature, or could have been used for a tall, thin person as ''pic'' could mean a sharp or pointed tool. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French ''picote'' meaning pock-marked, freckled. in ''A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances'' by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901. Pigot (surname), Pigot and Pickett are variant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
