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Grenville College
Grenville College was an independent boarding and day school situated in Bideford, Devon, England. In 2009 the school merged with neighbouring Edgehill College to become the Kingsley School.
Grenville College
Grenville College
Grenville College was an independent boarding and day school situated in Bideford, Devon, England. In 2009 the school merged with neighbouring Edgehill College to become the Kingsley School.
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Curgurrell
Local GemsCurgurrell is a hamlet on the Roseland Peninsula north of Portscatho in Cornwall, England. Dingerein Castle, an Iron Age fort, is nearby. At the 2011 census, the population was included in the civil parish of Gerrans.
Curgurrell
View pinMelinsey
Local GemsMelinsey is a hamlet south of Ruan High Lanes in Cornwall, England. The name is derived from the Cornish word "melinjy" which means "mill house".
Melinsey
View pinRuan High Lanes
Local GemsRuan High Lanes is a village west of Veryan in south Cornwall, England. The village is on the A3078 main road.
Ruan High Lanes
View pinHixon rail crash
Local GemsOn 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.
Hixon rail crash
View pinHixon, Staffordshire
Local GemsHixon is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.grid reference SK003259
Hixon, Staffordshire
View pinIngestre Hall
Local GemsIngestre Hall is a Grade II* 17th-century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Formerly the seat of the Earls Talbot and then the Earls of Shrewsbury, the hall is now owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and is in use as a residential arts and conference centre.
Ingestre Hall
View pinSouth Hook Fort
Local GemsSouth Hook Fort, on the northern shore of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* listed building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.
South Hook Fort
View pinCoton Hill, Staffordshire
Local GemsCoton Hill is a hamlet in the English county of Staffordshire.
Coton Hill, Staffordshire
View pinColl, Lewis
Local GemsColl is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, and is also within the parish of Stornoway.
Coll, Lewis
View pinBoarhills railway station
Local GemsBoarhills railway station served the hamlet of Boarhills, Fife, Scotland from 1883 to 1930 on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.
Boarhills railway station
View pinRathmore Church
Local GemsRathmore Church is a ruined medieval church and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland. It was constructed by the prominent Plunkett living nearby at Rathmore Castle. A modern church 0.5 km to the northeast serving the area was constructed in 1844. Archer and Smith describe it as similar in purpose to other churches constructed at Killeen and Dunsany.
Rathmore Church
View pinPenermon, Missouri
Local GemsPenermon is a village in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 51 at the 2020 census.
Penermon, Missouri
View pinDoubleTree by Hilton Cheltenham-Cotswolds
Local GemsDoubleTree by Hilton Cheltenham-Cotswolds, Charlton Kings, is a Regency building of historical significance. It was previously called Lilleybrook. It stands on the site of an ancient manor which was rebuilt and/or improved in about 1700 and again in 1816. In 1831 it was badly damaged by fire and in 1833it was again rebuilt. This is the house which stands today. Over the next century it was the home to several notable families and in 1922 opened as a hotel. The building was renovated in 2017 and
DoubleTree by Hilton Cheltenham-Cotswolds
View pinTame Bridge Parkway railway station
Local GemsTame Bridge Parkway is a railway station in the north of the borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England, close to the boundary with Walsall. The station is operated by West Midlands Railway. It is situated on the Chase Line 8.25 miles (13.28 km) north of Birmingham New Street, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.
Tame Bridge Parkway railway station
View pinSt John the Evangelist's Church, Crawshawbooth
Local GemsSt John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church formerly in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice has been united with that of St Mary and All Saints, Goodshaw. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
St John the Evangelist's Church, Crawshawbooth
View pinKingswinford and South Staffordshire
Local GemsKingswinford and South Staffordshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since its establishment for the 2024 general election by Mike Wood of the Conservative Party. The constituency is one of multiple constituencies created by 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which span multiple counties. The constituency name refers to town of Kingswinford and the South Staffordshire District.
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
View pinRAF Wickenby
Local GemsRoyal Air Force Wickenby, or more simply RAF Wickenby, was a purpose-built Royal Air Force satellite station constructed late 1942 and early 1943. It lies halfway between Wickenby and Holton cum Beckering, to the south-east of Wickenby close to the B1399 in West Lindsey, 8 NM north-east of Lincoln, England.
RAF Wickenby
View pinStratford Butterfly Farm
Local GemsStratford Butterfly Farm is a visitor attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. A leafy tropical environment is simulated inside large greenhouses. There are numerous free flying butterflies, a few free flying birds, a pool containing fish, and running water. There are also insects and spiders living in glass displays.
Stratford Butterfly Farm
View pinLees, Greater Manchester
Local GemsLees is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles (13.2 km) northeast of Manchester.
Lees, Greater Manchester
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