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8 unusual facts about Kemble


Bowbridge Crossing Halt railway station

Bowbridge Crossing Halt was opened on the 1st May 1905 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud.

Brimscombe Bridge Halt railway station

Brimscombe Bridge Halt was opened on the 1st February 1904 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud.

Brimscombe railway station

Brimscombe was opened on 1 June 1845 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud.

Bristol Bloodhound

II can be gauged from the data on an information board at the Bristol Aeroplane Company Museum at Kemble Airfield, Kemble, Gloucestershire, where a complete Bloodhound can be seen.

Ham Mill Halt railway station

Ham Mill Halt was opened on 12 October 1903 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud.

Kemble, Gloucestershire

The Bristol Aero collection had a museum at the airfield until 31 May 2012.

St Mary's Crossing Halt railway station

St Mary's Crossing Halt was opened on 12 October 1903 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud.

Wye Bridge, Monmouth

The bridge is a crossing for the Wye but it is also the start of the Wysis Way which is a long footpath that connects Monmouth to the Kemble in Gloucestershire and to other National footpaths.


Battery Kemble Park

Battery Kemble was completed during the Autumn of 1861, as part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, also known as the Fort Circle.

Cheltenham Spa Express

The Cheltenham Spa Express is a British named passenger train service from Paddington station, in London, to Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire, via Reading, Kemble, Stroud, Stonehouse and Gloucester.

E. W. Kemble

His lively cartoons, some of the magazine industry's most mature work, attracted the attention of Mark Twain, who employed Kemble to illustrate Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Kemble subsequently illustrated several other famous books, including Twain's Puddin' Head Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Washington Irving's Knickerbocker History of New York, and many of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus stories.

Edward W. Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933) was an American illustrator, best known for illustrating Mark Twain's 1880s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Eastwood Manor

In 1892 Kemble sold it to William Bateman Hope who extended it and installed electrical wiring, making it one of the first houses in Somerset to have electric lights.

Giuditta Pasta

Kemble asked fellow-singer Pauline Viardot what she thought of her voice now and got the reply ‘It is a ruin, but then so is Leonardo’s Last Supper’.

Henry Stephen Kemble

Henry Stephen Kemble (15 September 1789 – 22 June 1836) was a British actor and son of Stephen Kemble.

John H. Kemble

A close associate of Professor Robert G. Albion, Kemble was one of the original faculty members of the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime History at Mystic Seaport, where Kemble House is named for him.

Lillian Kemble-Cooper

Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the famous Kemble family, a family of English actors, who reigned over the British stage for decades.

Myra Kemble

In 1890 Miss Kemble paid her first visit to England, when she purchased the colonial "rights" of Dr. Bill, by Charles Hamilton Aide, and other pieces.

Noel Quiñones

In 1994, he collaborated with Tom Musca, writer and producer of Stand and Deliver and the well-known playwright Mark Kemble (Names) to produce Flight of Fancy (2000), winner of Best Film with a Latin theme at the Hollywood International Film Festival and Best Film at The Renaissance City Film Festival in Rhode Island, both in 2001.

Roswell King

According to the historian Catherine Clinton, King Jr.'s granddaughter, Julia King, wrote to a friend in 1930, saying that Kemble had told lies about her grandfather because he refused to return her affections.

The FBI Files

Susan Rae and Stephen Kemble were the narrators on several international versions of the show.


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