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Rainforth
Rainforth is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Elizabeth Rainforth (1814–1877), British opera singer and music arranger * John Rainforth (born 1934), British bobsledder * Janine Rainforth, British singer-songwriter See also * * Rainsford, variant spelling * Ranford (surname), variant spelling * James Renforth James Renforth (7 April 1842 – 23 August 1871) was an English Tyneside professional oarsman. He became the World Sculling Champion in 1868 and was one of three great Tyneside oarsmen, the other two being Harry Clasper and Robert Chambers ..., (1842–1871), English Tyneside professional oarsman References {{surname, Rainforth English-language surnames English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Rainforth
Janine Rainforth is a singer-songwriter who co-founded original post-punk band Maximum Joy. She returned to performing her solo music in 2014 and also formed an offshoot of Maximum Joy MXMJoY in 2016. Biography Rainforth was born in Somerset, UK. She co-founded original Bristol post punk band Maximum Joy when she was 18 years old. The band released 4 singles, the last produced by Dennis Bovell and an album on Y Records an album part produced by Adrian Sherwood in 1982. Her career in music at that time and with her band Maximum Joy was cut short by a serious violent sexual attack from within her close professional circle. She subsequently lost her performing nerve so eventually retreated from her music career. In 2014 Janine managed to overcome this and returned to performing her music in public and she released her first solo EP. In 2015 she spearheaded reforming Maximum Joy for Simple Things Bristol. The band carried on initially under the name of MXMJoY, they made a new albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Rainforth
Elizabeth Rainforth (1814–1877), was a British soprano opera and concert singer, and music arranger of the 19th century. Biography Elizabeth Rainforth was born in November 1814. She was the daughter of Sampson Rainforth, a custom-house officer, and she became a pupil of Tom Cooke, Domenico Crivelli, and George Perry, and subsequently, for dramatic action, of Mrs. Davison. She first sang in public at the vocal concerts, 29 February 1836, when she sang an aria from ''Der Freischütz''. Her success was so pronounced as to lead to an immediate engagement for the succeeding concert in March. On 27 October in the same year Miss Rainforth made her stage début as Mandane in Thomas Arne's ''Artaxerxes'' at the St James's Theatre, and for many seasons she was a popular dramatic singer at this theatre, the English Opera House, Covent Garden, and Drury Lane. At the same time her services as a concert-singer were in great demand. In 1837 she appeared in oratorio under the auspices of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rainforth
John Rainforth (born 10 December 1934) is a British bobsledder. He competed in the two-man and the four-man events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References 1934 births Living people British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainsford
Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the Rainsford surname variant include: * Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (1820–1892), New Brunswick politician and jurist * Charles Rainsford (1728–1809), British Army officer * Ed Rainsford (born 1984), Zimbabwean cricketer * George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860), English novelist and historical writer * George Rainsford (politician), Australian politician * George Rainsford (actor), English actor * Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II * Jenny Rainsford (1986–) English actress * Jill Rainsford (1905–1994), actress, songwriter, painter and author * Marcus Rainsford (c. 1758 – 1817) Officer in the British Army, serving in the Battle of Camden 1780, during the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainford (surname)
Rainford is an English-language toponymic surname from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Dave Rainford (born 1979), English footballer * Johnny Rainford (1930–2001), English footballer * Molly Rainford (born 2000), English actress and singer, daughter of Dave Rainford * Phil Rainford, British singer and record producer * Rob Rainford (born 1966), Canadian television chef See also * Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent (born 1983), English cricketer * Rainford Hugh Perry (1936–2021), Jamaican reggae musician See also * * Rainforth, variant spelling * Rainsford Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the ..., variant spelling * Ranford (surname), variant spelling References {{surname, Rainford English-language surnames English t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranford (surname)
Ranford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Ranford (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Brendan Ranford (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player See also * * Ranford (other) * Rainforth, variant spelling * Rainsford Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the ..., variant spelling References {{surname, Ranford English-language surnames English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal by-names, and only subsequently came to be family names. The origins o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainford, Lancashire
Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the earliest record of the village was in 1189. History Rainford is well known for its industrial past when it was a major manufacturer of clay smoking pipes. The nearby coal mines became worked out and closed before the Second World War. Until the mid-1960s, it was also a location for sand excavation, for use in the glass factories of St Helens. The Rookery is a large 17th-century manor house which was formerly a school and workhouse. Geography Rainford lies on a fertile agricultural plain and is effectively an urban island surrounded by large scale farming, mainly arable, but with some livestock herds. The village consists of two main sections – the main body of the village, centred on the parish church; and Rainford Junction, a smaller sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
