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unusual facts about Clifford, Herefordshire


Hay-on-Wye railway station

The line was not completed between The Lakes at Clifford and Eardisley until 1 December 1818 because of the problem of the river crossing at Whitney-on-Wye.


120-cell

The 120-cell, like the 3-sphere, is the union of these two (Clifford) tori.

Bartestree

In 1984, St Michael's Hospice, the only purpose-built hospice in Herefordshire, was built on land owned by Bartestree Convent.

Battle of Guoloph

The pro-Saxon agenda of Vortigern eventually led to his fall and probably around the latter part of the 450's, the Britano-Romans finally united under the Banner of Ambrosius, besieging Vortigern at his fortress at Caer-Guorthigirn (Little Doward, Herefordshire) which they burned to the ground killing everyone inside.

BBC Midlands

BBC West Midlands, the BBC English Region covering the West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire

Bill Loughery

William Gordon Ridley "Bill" Loughery (1 November 1907 in Belfast, Ireland – 1 August 1977 in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England) was an Irish cricketer.

Bob Cunnell

His brother, Clifford, also played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.

Bredenbury, Saskatchewan

It may be of relevance that there is a small parish and village called Bredenbury in the English county of Herefordshire.

Broadcloth

The raw material for broadcloth from Worcester was wool from the Welsh border counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire, known as Lemster (i.e. Leominster) wool.

Charles Henry Goode

He was born at Hinton, near Peterchurch, Herefordshire on 26 May 1827, and was apprenticed at the age of 12 years to a drapery establishment in Hereford, and in 1845 he proceeded to London, where he worked for Goode, Gainsborough and Co., and was one of the first members of Sir George Williams' Young Men's Christian Association.

Christopher Sandford

Christopher Sandford (1902-1983) of Eye Manor, Herefordshire, was a book designer, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, a founding director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate.

Cliff Osmond

Cliff Osmond (born Clifford Osman Ebrahim) (February 26, 1937 - December 22, 2012) was an American character actor and television screenwriter best known for appearing in films directed by Billy Wilder.

Clifford Chester Sims

Clifford Sims, aged 25 at his death, was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida.

Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust

The Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust was established in 1992 by the community of Northern Tasmania to be an independent, non-profit organisation interested in discovering and sharing better treatments of disease.

Clifford-Constable baronets

His father Thomas Clifford who married Barbara Aston of Tixall Hall was a brother of the 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh.

Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.

Deiniol

The churches of Hawarden and of Marchwiel are dedicated to Deiniol and there are also dedications at Itton in Monmouthshire and Llangarron in Herefordshire.

Dragon of Mordiford

The Dragon of Mordiford was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire village of Mordiford, in south-west England.

Eagle Squadrons

Spitfire RCW: The Wartime Exploits of Wing Commander Royce Clifford Wilkinson OBE, DFM & Bar, C.de G.(France).

Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield

He was buried in the Church of St Cuthbert in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire.

Garry Bradbury

Garry Bradbury is an Australian electronic musician active in Sydney's experimental music scene since 1979 where he was an early member of the pioneering post punk / industrial band Severed Heads, from 1981 to 1985, appearing on the albums: Since the Accident, City Slab Horror, Blubberknife and Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live In The Past.

George Kruck Cherrie

The other eighteen men who were awarded this distinction were: Roy Chapman Andrews, Robert Bartlett, Frederick Russell Burnham, Richard E. Byrd, James L. Clark, Merian C. Cooper, Lincoln Ellsworth, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, George Bird Grinnell, Charles A. Lindbergh, Donald Baxter MacMillan, Clifford H. Pope, George Palmer Putnam, Kermit Roosevelt, Carl Rungius, Stewart Edward White, and Orville Wright.

Gérard d'Athée

His kinsmen were granted estates in England, and D'Athée was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (1208-1210) and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1209.

Grace Dieu Abbey, Monmouth

A founding community was sent from its mother house, Dore Abbey in Herefordshire, in 1226, when the abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

H. Gary Morse

After the couple divorced, Mary Louise married Clifford Morse, and lived in Central Lake, Michigan.

Henry Milbourne

Milbourne served as a steward at the Jesuit college at The Cwm which was owned by the Worcester Estate, in the parish of Llanrothal, Herefordshire in the 1670s.

Herefordshire School

Their distinctive Romanesque sandstone and limestone carvings are to be found in several parish churches in the area, most notably Kilpeck, but also Eardisley, Shobdon and Castle Frome in Herefordshire, and Rock, Worcestershire.

Hugh de Mapenor

Mapenor was the son of Robert de Mapenore and his wife Matilda, who lived in Herefordshire at Hampton, Herefordshire near Leominster.

J. Clifford Hudson

Clifford Hudson (born 1954, Dallas) is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Sonic Corp. He also serves as a trustee of the Ford Foundation and was a past chairman of the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

James Scudamore

James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (1684–1716), Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1705–1715, and Hereford, 1715–1716

Kington Tramway

The Kington Tramway was an early narrow gauge horse tramway that linked limestone quarries at Burlinjob in Radnorshire to Eardisley in Herefordshire.

Krytie TV

Guest stars included Graham McTavish as Governor Ackerman, Jake Wood as Kill Crazy, Mark Caven as Man in Film, Sarah Wateridge as Woman in Film, Clifford Barry as Guard.

Lisbee Stainton

Her parents, being from Pontrilas in Herefordshire, led her to receiving her first airplay on BBC Hereford & Worcester including a BBC Introducing session at the Courtyard in Hereford.

Monmouthshire

The historic county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales Act 1535, bordering Gloucestershire to the east, Herefordshire to the northeast, Brecknockshire to the north, and Glamorgan to the west.

My Name Is Barbra

# "If You Were the Only Boy in the World" (Nat Ayer, Clifford Grey) – 3:28

Pontrilas railway station

Pontrilas railway station served the village of Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England, and Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, and a little distance Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales and was on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff

The current ecclesiastical terrority of the diocese comprises the local government areas of Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Herefordshire.

In 1895, boundaries were redrawn, and the territory covering Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire was named the Diocese of Newport.

Sentient computing

Andy Hopper, The Royal Society Clifford Paterson Lecture, 1999 - Sentient Computing.

Sir Edward Goodere, 1st Baronet

He married on 21 January 1679 at Bodenham, Herefordshire, Helen Dineley, the daughter and heir of Sir Edward Dineley of Charlton, Worcestershire, and his wife Frances, the daughter of Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham.

The Belle of Mayfair

It ran for 431 performances, closing on 13 April 1907, and starred Edna May, Louie Pounds, Arthur Williams, Camille Clifford and Courtice Pounds.

The Last of the Baskets

Created by John Stevenson the programme was about a factory worker Clifford Basket (played by Ken Jones) who inherited a title of the Earl of Clogborough, a rundown mansion at Little Clogborough-in-the-Marsh and a faithful servant Bodkin played by Arthur Lowe.

Tish Rabe

'She has also written scripts for several children’s television series including Clifford, Clifford's Puppy Days, I Spy and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures.

Tohono Chul Park

Clifford Goldsmith, creator of the old-time radio series Henry Aldrich, rented the home at one point.

Traffic Judge

On November 13, 1956 Clifford Mooers died of a heart attack at New York City's LaGuardia Airport while en route to see Traffic Judge compete in the Narragansett Special.

William Edward Evans

He left one daughter and three sons, one of whom became the vicar of Holmer, Herefordshire.


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