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Back to feedThirsk School and Sixth Form College
Thirsk School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Sowerby, a village adjoining Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1957 as Thirsk Grammar and Modern School. It has nearly 1,200 pupils, including about 200 in the sixth form.
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View pinConvent of the Epiphany
The Convent of the Epiphany, Truro, Cornwall, UK, was the home of the Community of the Epiphany (1883-2001). The founder of this community was George Wilkinson, Bishop of Truro. The sisters were involved in pastoral and educational work, the care of Truro Cathedral and St Paul's Church, and church needlework. The order was lead for several decades by Mother Julian (Warrender) (1827-1911) who was an inspiration to, and close correspondent of, Ottoline Morrell.
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View pinMerther
Merther is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Michael Penkevil, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) east of Truro, on the eastern side of the Tresillian River. In 1931 the parish had a population of 150. It was formerly the churchtown of the small parish of Merther, and also the site of a manor house and medieval chapel dedicated to St Cohan. The former parish church is now in ruins.
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View pinNewsham with Breckenbrough
Newsham with Breckenbrough is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England and lies on the A167. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 128.
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View pinSt Oswald's Church, Sowerby
St Oswald's Church is a Church of England parish church in Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. It is named after Oswald of Northumbria.
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View pinTruro Crown Court
Truro Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Edward Street in Truro, Cornwall, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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View pinThornton Stud
Thornton Stud is a country estate in Thornton-le-Street, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
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View pinTruro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary.
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View pin1967 Thirsk rail crash
The Thirsk rail crash occurred on 31 July 1967 at Thirsk, Yorkshire, England on the British Rail East Coast Main Line.
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View pinTorbay (UK Parliament constituency)
Torbay is a constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Steve Darling, a Liberal Democrat. He defeated Kevin Foster of the Conservative Party, who had held the seat since 2015.
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View pinSt Wilfrid's Church, South Kilvington
St Wilfrid's Church is the parish church of South Kilvington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
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View pinPaignton Picture House
The Paignton Picture House is a currently disused cinema in Paignton, England, situated on Torbay Road.
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View pinThirkleby Hall
Thirkleby Hall was a large 18th-century country house in Great Thirkleby in the Hambleton Hills of North Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1927.
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View pinChurch of St Mary, Collaton St Mary
The Church of St Mary, in the village of Collaton St Mary in Devon, was built between 1864 and 1866 in memory of Mary Maxwell Hogg, teenaged daughter of the Rev John Roughton Hogg, owner of the nearby Blagdon Barton estate, and granddaughter of hymnwriter and vicar Henry Francis Lyte. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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View pinThirsk railway station
Thirsk railway station is on the East Coast Main Line and serves the market town of Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between York to the south and Northallerton to the north. Its three-letter station code is THI. The station is about 2 miles (3 km) outside of Thirsk town centre and is actually on the edge of the village of Carlton Miniott.
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View pinFestival Theatre, Paignton
The Festival Theatre was a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England.
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View pinChapel of St Mary Magdalen, Ripon
The Chapel of St Mary Magdalen, Ripon, is an active Anglican church on Magdalens Road in the city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The chapel, which is dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, is quite close to Ripon Cathedral, and belongs to the cathedral's benefice, deanery and archdeaconry. The chapels' origins lie in the 12th century when it was built at the behest of Archbishop Thurstan. It was situated opposite the St Mary Magdalen Hospital grounds, becoming the chapel to the hospi
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View pinChelston, Torquay
Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area. Its statistical area is part of the Cockington with Chelston ward, which includes the neighbouring areas of Cockington and Livermead. The population of the entire ward is 7,951 as of 2018.
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View pinRipon
Ripon is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The city is at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell.
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View pinCockington
Cockington is a village near Torquay, in the Torbay district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Cockington with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about two miles from the centre of Torquay.
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View pinSailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled from 3-12 August 1948 Torquay/Torbay, on England's south coast.
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View pinRiver Skell
The River Skell is a 12-mile-long (19 km) tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England.
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View pinWild Planet Trust
Wild Planet Trust, formerly known as the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT), is a registered charity, set up to run Paignton Zoo after the death of its founder, Herbert Whitley, who established the zoo on his estate at Primley, Paignton in Devon in the 1920s.
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View pinDiocese of Ripon
The Diocese of Ripon, renamed the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until its amalgamation into the new Diocese of Leeds in 2014, was a former Church of England diocese within the Province of York. Immediately prior to its dissolution, it covered an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is traditionally part of Yorkshire. The cities of Ripon and Leeds were within its boundaries as were the towns of Harrogate, Richmond, Kn
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