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Stoke Park (other)
Stoke Park may refer to: * Stoke Park, Bristol ** Stoke Park Hospital, Bristol ** The Dower House, Stoke Park, or Stoke Park House, Stoke Gifford * Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, an estate, now the Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel * Stoke Park, Guildford * Stoke Park, Suffolk * Stoke Park, an early name of Erlestoke Park, Wiltshire See also * Stoke Park Pavilions, Northamptonshire * Stoke Park School * Stoke Park Wood, Stoke Rochford * Stoke Park Woods, Bishopstoke * Stokes National Park, Western Australia * Stokes State Forest, New Jersey {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park, Bristol
Stoke Park is a public open space of in Bristol, England. It occupies a prominent position on the eastern flanks of Purdown, alongside the M32 motorway, together with the landmark The Dower House, Stoke Park, Dower House and Purdown BT Tower, Purdown transmitter. Approximately 80% of the park is within the Bristol ward of Lockleaze; the remainder is within South Gloucestershire. Bristol City Council plan to extend cattle grazing throughout the park between April and November 2018 to stop the spread of invasive scrub and as an educational resource. There has been some public opposition to developments in the park. Petitions have opposed the felling of hundreds of trees in a stretch of young woodland and the construction of a 3m wide path which could stretch for nearly 2km across the park's meadows. The Dower House The Dower House, Stoke Park, The Dower House is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park Hospital
__NOTOC__ Stoke Park Hospital, was a large hospital for the mental handicapped, closed circa 1997, situated on the north-east edge of Bristol, England, just within South Gloucestershire. Most patients were long-term residents, both adults and children of all ages. A school was on-site. Prior to 1950, it was known as the Stoke Park Colony, which was founded in 1909. The Burden Neurological Institute, opened in 1939, was co-located at the hospital, and outlasted the hospital on the site to 2000. The associated Burden Neurological Hospital was formed in 1969. The Institute later operated at Frenchay Hospital as a charity, and later as a research grant giving trust. History In 1902 the Rev. Harold Nelson Burden, chaplain at Horfield Prison, and Katharine his wife founded the ''National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control'' to care for mentally disabled children and adults. Following the passing of the Children Act 1908 ( 8 Edw. 7. c. 67), which allowed "feeble-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dower House, Stoke Park
The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow. The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. Rebuilt by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt circa 1760, it eventually became used as a dower house by the dukes of Beaufort at nearby Badminton House. This included Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (the son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort) and wife Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort whose daughter's obelisk can be found to this date on the hill she died on from falling off a horse. It was used as part of Stoke Park Hospital, previously ''Stoke Park Colony'', from 1909. The house closed as hospital wards in November 1986 when the final remaining patients were moved to other wards, though the laundry remained for a period. The building was sold in 1991 to the Sennitt and Neate families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire
Stoke Park is a private sporting and leisure estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The mansion building (designed by James Wyatt in 1788) is located in the middle of of parkland, lakes, gardens and monuments. In 1908, the estate was converted into one of the first country clubs in the UK. In 2013, it was awarded five red AA plc#AA ratings and awards, AA stars, the highest accolade for service and facilities for hotels, by The Automobile Association. Stoke Park has served as the filming location for several major films, including James Bond's ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', ''Bridget Jones's Diary (film), Bridget Jones's Diary'' and ''Layer Cake (film), Layer Cake''. It also hosts the annual Boodles Challenge, Boodles Tennis Championships as a warm-up to Wimbledon, a week prior to the Championships. History The estate The Stoke Park estate's history dates back to the time of the Domesday Book. From 1066, the estate was inherited in a direct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park, Guildford
Stoke Park is a park on the edge of the town centre of Guildford, Surrey, England donated to Guildford by the Lord Onslow in 1925 with the express wish that it "remain for all time a lung of the town".Guildford- A Residential Centre. The official Guide of the Corporation of Guildford. 11th Ed. 1946 Between London Road and Parkway, two of the four arterial roads to the A3, Stoke Park is the largest park within the town signed area of Guildford. It is also a Green Flag award winning park. The park and its woodland have remained more or less intact since they were laid out in the 18th-century. Then, there was the manor house which owned slightly more land remaining from the manor of Stoke-next-Guildford, complete with walled garden and icehouse. Geography To the west of the park is Guildford College. The other side of the college, away from the park, is St John's Church. To the south of the park is Guildford Community Church, Guildford High School and London Road (Guildford) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park, Suffolk
Stoke Park was a country estate located at the southern edge of the Stoke ridge. The estate was owned by the Barons Gwydyr, and sold in the 1920s to pay death duties. The main estate house was demolished in the 1930s. Located about where Glastonbury Close now is, the house was formally approached from Belstead Road, and could also be approached through what is now Bourne Park. The pond below the house was filled in and became the site of St Peter's Church, Stoke Park during the 1970s. Stoke Park is now a residential area which gave its name to Stoke Park Ward located in the South West Area of Ipswich, in the English county of Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county .... References Ipswich Districts {{Suffolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlestoke
Erlestoke is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. The village lies about east of Westbury, Wiltshire, Westbury and the same distance south-west of Devizes. HM Prison Erlestoke, Erlestoke Prison, the only prison in Wiltshire, is within the parish. History The ancient parish of Erlestoke was a chapelry of Melksham. The Crown was lord of the Manorialism, manor of Erlestoke; the first recorded grant of land was by Henry I of England, Henry I in the 12th century. From the 16th until the early 18th the Brouncker family held land at Erlestoke, including Henry Brouncker (died 1607), Henry Brouncker, a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament in the 16th and early 17th. Later owners included Peter Delmé (MP for Southampton), Peter Delmé, an 18th-century MP; Joshua Smith (English politician), Joshua Smith (1732–1819), MP for Devizes; and George Watson-Taylor (1771–1841), also MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park Pavilions
Stoke Park Pavilions are all that remain of the stately house and grounds of Stoke Park near the village of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England, approximately south of Northampton and north of Milton Keynes. Stoke Park Stoke Park is listed grade II in English Heritage's '' Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England'' and contains two listed buildings, the pavilions, of '' 'outstanding architectural or historic interest' ''. Surrounding farmland contains areas of late parliamentary enclosure, ridge and furrow earthworks and four model farms built by the 4th Duke of Grafton . The pavilions are the two wings of the former stately house, east and west. The house is long since gone but the pavilions remain as fine examples of the Palladian style. Although formerly a single landholding, the park has now been divided between several properties, which include a large area of farmland, as well as a number of private residences accommodated within seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park School
Stoke Park School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. It was established in 1919 as a grammar school, but later became comprehensive. Previously a foundation school and Technology College administered by Coventry City Council, in October 2017 Stoke Park School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Futures Trust. Stoke Park School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs. Notable former pupils *Cal Crutchlow, motorcyclist * Marcus Hall, former footballer *Guz Khan, comedian *Christine Oddy Christine Margaret Oddy (20 September 1955 – 27 July 2014) was an English politician. Born and brought up in Coventry, she was educated at Stoke Park School, University College London, the Institute of European Studies, and Birkbeck College ..., politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park Wood
Stoke Park Wood is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Ipswich Borough Council Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich, a non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Suffolk, England. It is the second tier of a two-tier system, fulfilling functions such as refuse .... This ancient wood was formerly part of the Stoke Park estate, and it still has the remains of a Victorian drainage system. It was formerly called Fishpond Covert as it had a large fishpond. It is a mixed woodland with grass trails and glades. There is access from Stoke Park Drive. References {{Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk Local Nature Reserves in Suffolk Ipswich Forests and woodlands of Suffolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Park Woods
Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the Eastleigh district of Hampshire, England. It is recorded as "Stoke" as early as 948AD when King Eadred granted land there to a thegn called Aelfric. Stoke later came into the possession of the Bishops of Winchester, giving rise to the modern name. The village is about a mile east of Eastleigh town centre, and is on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It adjoins Fair Oak on the east. The parish of Bishopstoke was annexed to Eastleigh in 1899. It was later re-established as a parish in 1995. The village forms part of the South Hampshire urban area. History The first mention of Bishopstoke comes in 948AD as Stoke, when land there was given by King Eadred (grandson of Alfred the Great) to Aelfric, a thegn. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Itchen Navigation canal between Winchester and Southampton was completed in 1710 and in use until 1869. Much of it runs through Bishopstoke, including a sluice in use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stokes National Park
Stokes National Park is a national park in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 538 km south-east of Perth. The National Park is located west of Esperance on the southern coast. The park was named after Stokes Inlet, which lies within the park and is its best known feature, which was in turn named in 1848 by John Septimus Roe the Surveyor General of Western Australia while leading a five-man exploration expedition along the coast, commemorating John Lort Stokes' work on surveying the Western Australian coast. The area of the park is excluding that is part of the historic Moir homestead. The park covers areas of coastal heath and scrubland, smaller areas of low dense forest and sandy beaches around the inlet and coast to the south of the park. The National Park is on a relinquished pastoral lease, originally known as Fanny Cove Station, which in 1951 became Young River Station. It was then reverted to crown land Crown land, also known as royal d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
