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Southwell may refer to: Geography *Southwell, Dorset, a village *Southwell, Nottinghamshire, a town **Southwell Minster, historic cathedral ***Prebends of Southwell **Southwell Racecourse, horse racing venue located near Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire **Southwell Rural District, a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974 * Southwell, Eastern Cape, a settlement in South Africa Other *Southwell (surname) *Southwell, assumed name of Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit) * Viscount Southwell, a title in the Peerage of Ireland *Southwell School, a co-educational independent preparatory school in Hamilton, New Zealand {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell, Dorset
Southwell (pronounced ''south-well'') is a small coastal village in Tophill on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. As Portland and Dorset's southernmost village, it lies between Portland Bill and the villages of Easton, Dorset, Easton and Weston, Dorset, Weston. Though close to the Bill, the village is sheltered by hills on three sides. It is the only village on Portland not to be designated a conservation area. The Great Southwell Landslip, named after the village, remains Britain's second largest recorded historical landslide on the east side of Portland, occurring in 1734, between Durdle Pier and Freshwater Bay, Portland, Freshwater Bay, at a distance of one and a half miles. History Southwell has medieval origins, and was established around a natural watercourse and various springs. It is likely that the Roman Empire, Romans developed the village water sources. The various archaeological finds around the village include British Iron Age, Iron Age earth defences and Roman stone sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Southwell ( , ) is a minster (church), minster and market town, and a civil parish, in the district of Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, England. It is home to the Listed building, grade-I listed Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. The population of the town was recorded at 7,491 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. History Etymology The origin of the name is unclear. Several sites claim to be the original "well", notably at GR where a plaque has been placed; in the ''George Brydges Rodney, Admiral Rodney'' pub; on the south side of the Minster, known as Lady Well in the 19th century; and one by the cloisters called Holy Well. Norwell, Nottinghamshire, Norwell, northeast, may support the idea of a pair of "south" and "north" wells, although no wells are known to exist. There was a complex relationship with the two, Norwell being owned by and contributing to the Prebends of Southwell, the place name possibly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell Minster
Southwell Minster_(church), Minster, strictly since 1884 Southwell Cathedral, and formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Mother church#Cathedral, mother church of the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham; it is governed by a Dean of Southwell, dean and Chapter (religion), chapter. It is a grade I listed building. The current church is the successor to one built in 956 by Oscytel, archbishop of York. Some late eleventh century fabric survives from this church, but the majority of the building dates from between 1108 and , when it was reconstructed in the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style. The chancel was rebuilt from 1234 to 1251 in the Early English Gothic style. In 1288 the chapter house was built; it is decorated with carved foliage of exceptional quality. The minster's rood screen is also of hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prebends Of Southwell
The Prebends of Southwell were the benefices held by the Prebendary, Prebendaries, or Canons, of Southwell Minster. History The Prebends of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Southwell were established from the eleventh century and by 1291, the number had grown to sixteen. In 1540 the prebends and minster were suppressed but an act of Parliament in 1543 re-established ''the college and church collegiate of Southwell''. Under an Act of King Edward VI, the prebendaries were given pensions and their estates sold. The minster continued as the parish church on the petitions of the parishioners. By an Act of Mary I of England, Philip and Mary in 1557, the minster and its prebends were restored. On 2 April 1585 a set of statutes was promulgated by Queen Elizabeth I and the chapter operated under this constitution until it was dissolved in 1841. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners made provision for the abolition of the chapter as a whole; the death of each canon after this time resulted in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell Racecourse
Southwell Racecourse ( , ) is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located east of Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of only six racecourses in the UK to have an all-weather track and is one of three courses in the UK with a Tapeta surface. Southwell previously used a track surface of Fibresand, a mixture of sand and wispy fibres before changing to Tapeta (a mixture of sand, wax and fibre) in 2021. National Hunt racing on a turf course also takes place at Southwell. In 2007, the Great Yorkshire Chase (now Skybet Chase) was held at Southwell, while Doncaster Racecourse was closed for redevelopment. Southwell racecourse will always be associated with female jockey Hayley Turner, who grew up locally and had her first job in racing with a trainer based adjacent to the track. The racecourse was forced to close temporarily in December 2012 when flooding caused major damage to both the track and the buildings on site. Meetings scheduled for the all-weather flat course w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell Rural District
Southwell was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Southwell rural sanitary district. It was amended in 1935 under a County Review Order by ceding a few parishes to the Newark Rural District and taking in a few from the disbanded Skegby Rural District. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was combined with the area of the Newark RD, and Newark borough to form the district of Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest district by area in the county. The council is based in Newark-on-Trent, the area's largest town. The district also incl .... References *https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030235/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10055234&c_id=10001043 Newark and Sherwood Districts of England created by the Local Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell, Eastern Cape
Southwell is a settlement within the former farming district of the same name, about from Port Alfred and about from Grahamstown. Established in 1849 as a mission station, it was located at Lombard's Post, a fortified farmhouse originally granted to Pieter Lombard in 1790 as a ''leningsplaas'' (loan farm). Canon Henry Waters was the first resident minister. In the mid-19th century it hosted a Xhosa school, which was closed down during Mlanjeni's War. The local St James Anglican Church was built in 1870. The foundation stone was laid by Nathaniel Merriman __NOTOC__ Nathaniel James Merriman (4 April 1809 – 15 August 1882) was the third Bishop of Grahamstown from 1871 until his death. He was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford; and ordained in 1833. He was curate then ..., Archdeacon of Grahamstown. In 1925 a survey was done for a railway branch from Martindale to Southwell. The railway was never built. References External links 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwell (surname)
Southwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alec Southwell, Australian lawyer and judge * Alfredo Salazar Southwell (1913–1937), aviator * Anne Southwell (1574–1636), English poet *Charles Southwell (1814–1860), journalist * David Southwell (born 1971), author * Dayle Southwell (born 1993), professional footballer *Elizabeth Southwell (courtier) Elizabeth Southwell (1584–1631) was an English courtier who lived in Florence. She was a daughter of Sir Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard, and a granddaughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. She was appointed maid of honour t ... (died 1631), English courtier * Elizabeth Southwell (1674–1709), English aristocrat * Hugo Southwell (born 1980), rugby player * Owen J. T. Southwell (1892–1961), American architect * Paul Southwell (1913–1979), Premier of Dominica and Saint Kitts-Nevis * Richard V. Southwell (1888–1970), mathematician specializing in applied mechanics * Richard Southwell ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit)
Nathaniel Bacon (14 August 15982 December 1676), better known under the assumed name of Southwell (Sotwel, or Sotvellus in Latin), which he took in honor of the Jesuit poet-martyr, Robert Southwell, was an English Jesuit who served in Rome from 1647 until his death as "Secretarius" of the Society of Jesus under four Jesuit generals. Biography Nathaniel was the son of Thomas Bacon and Elizabeth his wife. He was born on 14 August 1598 in Norfolk, probably at Sculthorpe, near Walsingham. Like his brother Thomas he studied at the Jesuit College of St Omer in the Spanish Netherlands. He was accepted at the Venerable English College of Rome, on 8 October 1617 under the pseudonym of Southwell. Ordained priest on 21 December 1622, he was sent to England on 19 September 1624. On 8 March 1625 he entered the Jesuit Order. He spent his first year of probation at the noviciate near London then situated either in Edmonton or Camberwell. He moved to Watten for his second year, after which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Southwell
Viscount Southwell ( ), of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for Thomas Southwell, 3rd Baron Southwell. The Southwell family descends from Thomas Southwell. In 1662 he was created a Baronet, of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick, in the Baronetage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented County Limerick in the Irish Parliament. In 1717 he was created Baron Southwell, of Castle Mattress, in the County of Limerick, in the Peerage of Ireland. His grandson was the aforementioned third Baron, who was elevated to a viscountcy in 1776. Before succeeding in the barony he had represented Enniscorthy in the Irish House of Commons. His great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, served as Lord Lieutenant of County Leitrim between 1872 and 1878. the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his father in that year. Southwell Baronets, of Castle Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
