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13 unusual facts about Hillsborough


Duke Chapel

Like the rest of the edifice, its main body is constructed of stone from the Duke Quarry near Hillsborough, North Carolina, while its upper trimmings are of limestone from Bedford, Indiana.

Frances Mayes

Now writing full time, she and her poet husband divide their time between homes in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Cortona, Italy, where she serves as the artist director of the annual Tuscan Sun Festival.

Hillsboro, Illinois

Alternatively, there is the belief that it was named for Hillsborough, North Carolina, the home of some of the early settlers, including Hiram Rountree and John Nussman.

Hillsborough Arts Council

Located in Hillsborough, North Carolina the council is a mostly volunteer organization whose primary role is to support the arts and enhance the community through education and by organizing events that feature local artists.

Hillsborough House

Steade named his new residence in honour of Wills Hill who at the time was known as the Earl of Hillsborough, an eminent politician of the period and a patron of the Steades.

Hillsborough, Auckland

Hillsborough is under the local governance of the Auckland Council.

Hillsborough, New Brunswick

Neil McNeil, former catholic archbishop of Toronto, was a native of Hillsborough.

Hillsborough, Sheffield

The name of the suburb comes from Hillsborough House built and named in 1779 in tribute to the Earl of Hillsborough who lived in Hillsborough, County Down.

In 1889 Hillsborough was described in Kelly's Directory as “a large and increasing suburb of Sheffield”.

Marcellin College, Auckland

Most of the former Pah estate contiguous with Marcellin College is now owned by the Auckland Council and is maintained as a park known as "Monte Cecilia Park" (largely located in the suburb of Hillsborough).

Salisbury District, North Carolina

After the Third Provincial Congress held at Hillsborough, North Carolina (Aug. 20-Sept. 10, 1775), the districts became militarized, each supplying a regiment of militia volunteers under the command of a brigadier general.

Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita

He currently lives with his wife, HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita, and their family, dividing their time between residences in Tau'akipulu and Hillsborough, California.

This Eclipse

It was recorded and mixed by Brian Paulson in Hillsborough, North Carolina on August 21–22 that year, mastered by John Golden and released on Merge Records.


1962–63 in English football

3 October 1962: The England national football team competes in the European Football Championships for the first time, beginning the qualifiers for the 1964 European Nations' Cup with a 1-1 draw against France in the qualifying round first leg at Hillsborough.

Andy Nicholson

An attendee of Stocksbridge High School, Nicholson was the only member of the Arctic Monkeys to not live in the High Green district, residing in nearby Hillsborough.

Angela Smith

Angela C. Smith (born 1961), Labour Member of UK Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge, previously for Sheffield Hillsborough

Battle of Petitcodiac

The battle was fought between the British colonial troops and Acadian resistance fighters led by French Officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert on September 4, 1755 at the Acadian village of Village-des-Blanchard on the Petitcodiac River (present-day Hillsborough, New Brunswick, Canada).

Disaster Action

In the late 1980s there were a number of serious incidents in which many lives were lost like Hillsborough, the Herald of Free Enterprise, Lockerbie, the Marchioness, Piper Alpha, and UTA Flight 772.

Education in Sheffield

Sheffield College is organised on a collegiate basis and was originally created from the merger of six colleges around the city, since reduced to three main centres: City in the city centre, Hillsborough in the north, and Norton in the south, each operating as semi-autonomous constituents of Sheffield College.

Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program

The program began in January 1987 when the Hillsborough County Commissioners approved ordinance with $21 million in acquisition funding over four years.

Futsal in England

The venues for the Northern Conference in 2010/11 are the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, the Thornaby Pavilion in Middlesbrough, the Bonus Arena in Hull, the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, @FUTSAL Arena, Leeds and the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool.

George Glas

He named his settlement Port Hillsborough, after Wills Hill, earl of Hillsborough (afterwards marquis of Downshire), president of the Board of Trade and Plantations (1763–1765).

George's Schoolhouse Raid

A little more than a week later, on January 12, members of the 35th were attending a party in Hillsborough, when they were surprised by the Unionist Loudoun Rangers, leaving one dead and two captured.

Heralds of Harmony

The Heralds have regularly supported the community by providing benefit performances for the Spring of Tampa Bay (women’s shelter) in Hillsborough County and The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Pinellas County.

Hillsboro Cemetery

On July 22, 1862, the association sold to the Lafayette Lodge No. 25 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Hillsborough 4 acres, 1 rod and 15 poles.

Hillsboro Historic District

Hillsborough Historic District, Hillsborough, North Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia

Hillsboro, originally spelled Hillsborough, lies in the Hillsboro Gap of the Short Hill Mountain, which is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwestern Virginia.

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Hillsborough was one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in 1769, and was named for Wills Hill, the Viscount Hillsborough who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time.

Hillsborough House

The grounds were much more extensive than the present Hillsborough Park, stretching north to the current junction of Leppings Lane and Penistone Road, and included the site on which Hillsborough Stadium now stands.

Jack Deam

In 1996 he briefly appeared as a policeman in Jimmy McGovern's one-off drama for ITV "Hillsborough", based on the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster.

Jack Surtees

Surtees arrived at Hillsborough in November 1934 and contrary to his earlier career, his fine form was an eye-opener, so much so that he was given a first team chance on Christmas Day 1934 in a 2–0 home victory against Birmingham City when Ronnie Starling was rested.

Lisburn telephone exchange code

The Lisburn telephone exchange code refers to the former 01846 area code, which until the 2000 Big Number Change, served Lisburn, Aghalee, Moira, Hillsborough, Dromore, Maze, Stoneyford and Baillies Mills, all of which are in Northern Ireland, a constituent part of the United Kingdom.

Macdonald Consolidated School

Coinciding with the school garden experiment was the construction of four model consolidated schools at Middleton, Nova Scotia in 1903; at Kingston, New Brunswick and Guelph the following year; and at Hillsborough, Prince Edward Island in 1905.

Mario Buatta

Mario Buatta's most extensive work was Carolands, an historic 92-room Chateau located in the Town of Hillsborough, CA located just south of San Francisco.

Neshanic

Neshanic, New Jersey, an unincorporated community within Hillsborough Township, Somerset County

Octagon Centre

The Octagon Centre is a short walk from the University of Sheffield Supertram stop, which is served by the Blue and Yellow lines to destinations including Sheffield station, Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Halfway and Meadowhall.

Old Hillsborough County High School

Built in the city's Tampa Heights neighborhood in 1911 at a cost of $60,000, the old Hillsborough County High School building served what was then the county's only high school.

Petitcodiac River Campaign

The Petitcodiac is situated between two smaller rivers – the Shepody River (off Shepody Bay) and the Memramcook river (the three bodies of water were often called "Trois-Rivières" by its inhabitants.) Weeks after the Expulsion began with the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755), the British forces raided villages at Chipoudy and Petitcodiac (Hillsborough, New Brunswick).

Rex Makin

He is most noted for his involvement with The Beatles' early career and subsequently high-profile cases such as the Hillsborough and Heysel Stadium disasters, the Walton sextuplets, and the re-opening of the Cameo Murders case.

Safe standing

On 15 April 1989 a crush on the Leppings Lane terrace of Hillsborough during an FA Cup semi final, resulting in the deaths of ninety-six Liverpool supporters.

Stella F. Thayer

She is the former chairman of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, the governing board of Tampa International Airport and is the former chairman of the Hillsborough County Hospital Authority.

Swallow and the Wolf

They then recorded their second EP 'Fire' at Guy Chambers's Sleeper Studios with producer Oliver Som (formerly an engineer on He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by The Hollies, whose recent work includes the Hillsborough charity single).

Westchase

Westchase, Florida, a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, near Tampa

Woodbury House

Levi Woodbury Homestead, Francetown, New Hampshire, listed on the NRHP in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire