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4 unusual facts about Ancaster


Adams Building, Nottingham

His chosen materials were plain brick, moulded brick and local Derbyshire and Ancaster stone (often exchanged for rendering at high levels for economy).

Ancaster, Lincolnshire

It is first documented in 1200 when Bishop Hugh's body rested overnight at the church while on the way to Lincoln.

Cranwell branch

Transporting materials and supplies to the RNAS Training Establishment along farm tracks was always difficult; a railway running parallel to Ermine Street from Ancaster was initially proposed, but severe gradients were found when surveying the route.

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

She was buried at St. John's Anglican Church in what is now Ancaster, Ontario.


Bob Morrow

In 2000, following the amalgamation of the City of Hamilton with neighbouring towns, Morrow lost the election to Ancaster mayor Robert E. Wade.

D. F. M. Strauss

He served for two-and-a-half years at the Dooyeweerd Centre at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada; he maintains a strong relation with the Centre and serves as General Editor of the Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, published by Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, N.Y.).

Heathcote baronets

Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, second son of the first Earl of Ancaster, was a Conservative politician.

Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby

Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby PC (born 1934), the daughter of the 3rd Earl of Ancaster

Mike Rawding

A County level amateur player in his youth, Rawding turned out for Ancaster FC and RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire, then Haltemprice AFC and Ainthorpe Old Boys in Yorkshire.

Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven

Lord Willougby inherited the earldom of Lindsey in 1701, and was invested a Privy Counsellor one month later; along with the Earldom of Lindsey, he also inherited the offices of Lord Great Chamberlain and Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, both of which he would hold until his death and would pass onto his son, the 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.


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