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4 unusual facts about Dunston


Dunston, Staffordshire

In 1577 Thomas Fowke, a London businessman and Merchant of the Staple, bought what was now described as the Manor of Dunston from Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford.

George's son became Viscount Anson in 1806 and his grandson the first Earl of Lichfield in 1831.

In the Middle Ages, Dunston was subject ecclesiastically to the large and important Collegiate Church of St. Michael at Penkridge, a royal peculiar whose dean was from 1215 the Archbishop of Dublin.

Robert Pursglove

Pursglove resided in his last years partly at Tideswell and partly at Dunston.


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Derwent Tower

The tower was designed by the Owen Luder Partnership on behalf of Whickham Council who at the time controlled the Dunston area of Gateshead.

Dunston Hall Hotel

The construction of the current Dunston Hall was begun 1859 on a the site of a much older hall which was an early 19th-century copy of Blickling Hall, although records show that there were two previous post medieval halls which stood slightly to the north and east on the site of the present Hall Farm.

Governor Dunston

Things are hindered when Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan drops out of the Presidential race (after being discovered to have been born in Kenya), and Mitt Romney replaces him with Governor Dunston (Tracy Morgan), a bumbling southern Republican with a striking resemblance to Tracy (Tracy Morgan).

Levedale

It also contains many small villages and hamlets, including Mitton, Coppenhall, Whiston, Lapley, High Onn, Blymhill, Dunston, Bradley, Levedale, Stretton, Moreton, Orslow, etc.

MV Loch Linnhe

MV Loch Linnhe was the second of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.

MV Loch Ranza

MV Loch Ranza was the last of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.

MV Loch Riddon

MV Loch Riddon was the third of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.

MV Loch Striven

MV Loch Striven was the first of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.

Roger Jupp

He was ordained deacon in 1980 and priest in 1981 and served as Assistant Curate of Newbold with Dunston (1980-83), Cowley St John (1983-85), and Islington St James with St Philip (1985-86).

Shawon Dunston

On August 31, 1997, the Cubs traded Dunston to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who lost two shortstops, Kevin Elster and Kevin Polcovich, to injuries.


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