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3 unusual facts about Cranford


9667 Amastrinc

9667 Amastrinc is an asteroid named in honor of Amateur Astronomers, Inc., an astronomy club in Cranford, New Jersey, by astronomer Joe Montani of Spacewatch.

Arthur Bruhns

In 1910, Bruhns immigrated to the United States, ultimately settling in Cranford, New Jersey.

Cranford, Donegal

Cranford United play their home games in Cranford park which was originally opened by the famous Irish and Leeds united player Johnny Giles.


Alex Etel

Etel also played the bright-eyed ragamuffin Harry Gregson in the six-part TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" for the BBC and WGBH, which was transmitted on BBC 1 in the autumn of 2007 and co-starred Philip Glenister, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Francesca Annis and Imelda Staunton.

Dean Lennox Kelly

He starred in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel a comedy sci-fi film with Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton and Anna Faris, ITV drama Married Single Other with Ralf Little and Miranda Raison, the BBC mini-series Cranford as a poor man struggling to feed his six children and wife, and in Robin Hood as Robin's father, Malcolm.

Debra Gillett

Debra Gillett is a British actress who has been active since 1990 and appeared in productions including The Witches, Chimera, Truckers, Casualty, Just William, Dalziel and Pascoe, Spooks, Doctor Who, Soul Music and Cranford.

James Cranford

In 1653 the last contribution was severely criticised by William Eyre in his Vindiciae Justificationis Gratuitae, in which Cranford's doctrine of conditional justification by faith is condemned.

John W. Cranford

Cranford was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1899.

Kenilworth, New Jersey

The borough is bordered to the north and east by Union Township, to the southeast by Roselle Park, to the southwest by Cranford, and to the northwest by Springfield Township.

In the late 1890s, the New Orange Industrial Association purchased land in Cranford and Union that was subdivided into building lots.

Mollie Maureen

Other television appearances included playing Lady Glenmire in the 1972 version of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, alongside Pat Coombs.

Sam Hose

Historian Leon Litwack states in his essay "Hellhounds", however, that during an investigation by a white detective that was separate to the Wells-organised investigation, Cranford's wife revealed that Hose had never entered the house and had acted in self-defence.

Selina Griffiths

Having graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama, she made her professional stage debut at London's Lyric Theatre in The Way of the World alongside Barbara Flynn, with whom she appeared in television's Cranford.

Sue Birtwistle

Birtwistle has won awards for several of her productions, including Hotel du Lac, Pride and Prejudice and Emma, and was one of the nominees for the 2008 BAFTA Awards for her production of Cranford.

Warren De la Rue

Attracted to astronomy by the influence of James Nasmyth, he constructed in 1850 a 13-inch reflecting telescope, mounted first at Canonbury, later at Cranford, Middlesex, and with its aid executed many drawings of the celestial bodies of singular beauty and fidelity.


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