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  • Thumbnail for Philip Sidney
    Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent...
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  • In English cricket, the years 1846–1863 were the main period of the sport's "roundarm era". Although roundarm had been legalised amid great controversy...
    20 KB (2,332 words) - 21:17, 29 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ilkley Manor House
    Ilkley Manor House, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, is a local heritage museum, art gallery, and live venue, and was established in the present building...
    19 KB (2,121 words) - 19:05, 28 April 2023
  • The College of North West London (CNWL) is a large further education college in north-west London, England. It was established in 1991 by the merger between...
    14 KB (1,329 words) - 22:38, 25 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for John Sweetman
    John Sweetman (9 August 1844 – 8 September 1936) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as an Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation Member...
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  • Thumbnail for Dart Buses
    Dart Buses was an independent bus operator in the Paisley and Renfrewshire area in the 1990s. The company is attributed with starting a bus war with the...
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  • Thumbnail for Moel-y-Parc transmitting station
    The Moel-y-Parc transmitting station is situated on Moel y Parc, a hill in north-east Wales at the northern end of the Clwydian range, close to the town...
    24 KB (2,321 words) - 01:58, 23 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Richardson (judge)
    Sir Thomas Richardson (1569 – 4 February 1635) of Honingham in Norfolk, was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to...
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  • Thumbnail for Foulden, Norfolk
    Foulden /ˈfaʊldən/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 12 miles (19 km) north west of Thetford and 29...
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  • Thumbnail for The King Alfred School, Highbridge
    The King Alfred School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is an academy and part of The Priory...
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  • Thumbnail for George Hickes (divine)
    George Hickes (20 June 1642 O.S. – 15 December 1715 O.S.) was an English divine and scholar. Hickes was born at Newsham, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, in 1642...
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  • Thumbnail for Tampere Hall
    The Tampere Hall (Finnish: Tampere-talo; Swedish: Tammerforshuset) is the largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, located in the southern edge...
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  • Sir John Guildesborough or Gildesburgh (c. 1331 – 1389) was Knight of the Shire for Essex and Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1380. He was...
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  • The UCD Law Society is one of the largest student societies in Europe. Established in 1911 as 'The Legal and Economic Society', as of 2009 it had approximately...
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  • Thumbnail for Mārtiņš Rubenis
    Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978) is a retired Latvian luger who competed between 1998 and 2014. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event...
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  • Thumbnail for Simon Burns
    Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns (born 6 September 1952) is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected...
    21 KB (1,603 words) - 18:02, 9 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for William Robert Grove
    Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE (11 July 1811 – 1 August 1896) was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation...
    23 KB (2,607 words) - 06:15, 30 April 2023
  • Paulina Brodd (born 8 August 1994) is a Swedish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Sweden 2015. She represented her country...
    3 KB (187 words) - 03:57, 26 January 2023
  • Nene Park Academy (formerly Orton Longueville School) is a secondary academy school in Peterborough. The school was renamed in September 2011 when it converted...
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  • Thumbnail for Kilquade
    Kilquade, historically Killcowade (Irish: Cill Chomhaid), is a townland and a Roman Catholic parish in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies between Kilpedder...
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