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unusual facts about Fairview, Cheltenham



Arundel Gardens

In 1852 one Richard Roy, a solicitor with some experience of building speculation in Cheltenham, acquired from the Ladbroke Estate a freehold parcel of undeveloped land between the south side of what is now Arundel Gardens and the north side of Ladbroke Gardens.

Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans

To celebrate this successful excavation Beauclerk commissioned Franciszek Smuglewicz to paint a portrait of him and his family at the site (the painting is now at Cheltenham Art Gallery).

Benhall, Cheltenham

Benhall is a small district within the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Bukola Saraki

He attended King's College, Lagos, from 1973 to 1978, and Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, London from 1979 to 1981 for his High School Certificate.

Cathcart Challenge Cup

The event was established in 1938, and it was named in honour of Frederick Cathcart, the clerk of the course and chairman at Cheltenham from 1908 to 1934.

Charles Underwood

Charles Underwood (1791 – 5 March 1883, Clifton, Bristol) was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to Bristol, where he became a neo-classical architect.

Clear Spring, Maryland

The town is situated at the eastern base of Fairview Mountain, along U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 70.

Communication Moon Relay

The finished system used two sets of transmitters at Annapolis, Maryland and the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii and two sets of receivers at Cheltenham, Maryland and Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Darci Brahma

Sent to trainer Mark Walker of Te Akau Racing Stables near Matamata for his early education, Darci Brahma quickly established a reputation as a potential star in the making winning his first race (January 2005) on debut, following that up with a strong win in the Listed Ford Fairview Slipper Stakes at Matamata in February and then running 2nd to Mi Jubilee in the Group One Ellerslie Sires Produce Stakes at Ellerslie in March.

Dawn Run

In her second season, she won eight of her nine races, including the English Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leapardstown, both over two miles, and the French Champion Hurdle (Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil) at Auteuil over three miles, becoming the first horse to complete the treble.

Delaware City, Delaware

The Delaware City Historic District, Chelsea, Eastern Lock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Fairview, and Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid followed up with wins at Sandown and Wincanton, before finishing third in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, three lengths behind Pearlyman.

Fairview Press

Fairview Press (formerly Deaconess Press) was the publishing former arm of Fairview Health Services, a regional healthcare provider affiliated with the University of Minnesota.

Fairview-Columbia Library

It serves residents of Fairview, Troutdale, Corbett, and elsewhere in the eastern part of the county.

Fairview, Cheltenham

Fairview is an area of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Fairview, Nova Scotia

Gradually, certain streets in the community became known for criminal activity, culminating in the late 1990s when the Nova Scotia chapter of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang established a club house in the centre of the old business district.

Fairview, Oregon

House District 49 encompasses the city of Fairview, as well as surrounding cities of Troutdale, Wood Village, and parts of Gresham.

Freedom of speech in Canada

Bernard Klatt was the owner of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) named Fairview Technology Centre Ltd in Oliver, British Columbia.

Hesters Way

Hesters Way is an area in the western part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial

Prestbury Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse each November

Jean Lambert

Lambert gained a BA in Modern Languages in 1971 from University College, Cardiff, before taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from St Pauls' College (Francis Close Hall), Cheltenham (now the University of Gloucestershire) and gaining an ADB (Ed.) in 1975.

John Buonarotti Papworth

Montpellier Pump Room Rotunda and Gardens, Cheltenham (1825-1826) for Pearson Thompson.

Joseph Finch Fenn

He died on 22 July 1884, and was buried in his family vault in the churchyard of Leckhampton, near Cheltenham.

La chanson de Fortunio

In 1979 the opera was revived in an English translation by Michael Geliot, by Welsh National Opera, who staged it at the Teatr y Werin in Aberystwyth, the Sir Thomas Picton School in Haverfordwest, the Teatr Gwynedd in Bangor, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, the Astra Theatre in Llandudno, and the Playhouse Theatre in Cheltenham.

Lisowski

Jack Lisowski (born 1991, Cheltenham), an English professional snooker player

Melbourne Bus Link

923 Westfield Southland - St Kilda light rail station via Brighton Beach station, Sandringham station & Cheltenham station (Daily)

Montpellier, Cheltenham

Montpellier is a district of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (England), at the end of the Promenade south of the town centre.

Natchez Trace Parkway

The southern end of the route is in Natchez at an intersection with Liberty Road, and the northern end is northeast of Fairview, Tennessee, in the suburban community of Pasquo, Tennessee, at an intersection with Tennessee 100.

Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle

This is in honour of Baring Bingham, a developer who purchased Prestbury Park in 1898, and organised the first Cheltenham Festival in 1902.

Nick Kahl

In the 2008 Oregon legislative elections, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 49 in Multnomah County, specifically the cities of Fairview, Troutdale, Wood Village, and a portion of Gresham.

Parkway Mall

It was commissioned by the Bronfman family of Montreal through Fairview Corp. (later to become Cadillac Fairview), and may have been the first mall to have been thus commissioned.

Randolph Perkins

He was interred in Fairview Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York.

Richard Summers

It is believed that Summers came to the attention of Mullock as both Cowbridge Grammar and Cheltenham College were on the same fixture list as Cardiff, whose players Mullock was in contact with.

Simon Bazalgette

Simon Bazalgette born March 1962 is chief executive of The Jockey Club, which runs 15 UK racecourses including Cheltenham, Aintree, Epsom and Newmarket, and other assets such as The National Stud.

Skulker

The group's original members met at Cheltenham Girls High School, North Sydney in 1994 and decided to form a band.

Smedley's Hydro

While on honeymoon in Switzerland John Smedley had become seriously ill and returned to England to recuperate at the hydropathic establishment at Ben Rhydding, in Yorkshire, and later to take the waters at Cheltenham.

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

Traditionally both regiments recruited from Gloucestershire and the surrounding areas including Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, The Forest of Dean and from the city of Bristol.

Southland Center

Westfield Southland, a retail complex in Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

St Philip and St James Church, Leckhampton

It now forms part of the South Cheltenham Group of churches centred on St Peter's.

Tim Easterby

Peter Easterby also trained Night Nurse, who was successful in the Champion Hurdle on two occasions and in 1981 was narrowly denied a Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph by Little Owl, ironically also trained by Peter Easterby.

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London

In the Midlands, there was a Ukrainian Catholic priest celebrating Ukrainian-rite services for the Ukrainian faithful in Coventry, as well as in Rugby, Gloucester, Bristol, Birmingham and Cheltenham.

WELL-LD

In 1997, Loughery got authorization to move the transmitter and to change the cities of license to Willow Grove and Cheltenham; at the same time, he arranged to sell the station to RJ Broadcasting Company.

William Duckett Bowie

After the death of his two brothers, Governor Robert Bowie in 1818 and Walter Baruch Bowie in 1832, and by purchasing the interests of his sisters, he became the owner of Fairview where he then made his home.

William Hicks-Beach

William Whitehead Hicks-Beach (1907–1975), Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1950–1964

William P. Lambertson

Born in Fairview, Kansas, Lambertson attended the public schools, Ottawa (Kansas) University, and the law school of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Wine humour

The Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) has protested at the similarity of these names to the French appellation Côtes du Rhône but owner Charles Back's defence is that the names are based upon the goats which roam about his Fairview winery and has made counter-protests with a herd of goats outside the French embassy.

Woodmancote, Gloucestershire

Woodmancote, Tewkesbury Borough, a village adjacent to Bishop's Cleeve near Cheltenham

Wyman's Brook

Before the brook becomes Pittville Lake, it flows through Whaddon (another area of Cheltenham).

Wymans Brook is a district in the north-west of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, named after the small river which flows through the district.

Yasmin Bannerman

She spent time acting there and later joined the Everyman Youth Theatre in Cheltenham before beginning a degree in modern European literature at the University of Reading.


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