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4 unusual facts about Langton


Brill railway station

In 1885 the Duke of Buckingham opened a modern brickworks near Brill station, with a dedicated siding, and in 1895 his heir William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe, expanded the brickworks, which became the Brill Brick & Tile Works, using the Brill Tramway to deliver bricks to the mainline at Quainton Road.

Langton's ant

Greg Turk and Jim Propp considered a simple extension to Langton's ant where instead of just two colors, more colors are used.

William Gore-Langton

William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe, son of the above, known as William Gore-Langton until 1889

William Henry Gore-Langton (1802-1875), known as Henry Gore-Langton, MP, son of William Gore-Langton (1760–1847)


Abe Ruef

The San Francisco newspaper "Bulletin" edited by Fremont Older backed Langton's actions, and the publisher persuaded millionaire Rudolph Spreckels to fund a Federal investigation into corruption at City Hall.

Anne Langton

She was born to Thomas and Ellen Langton in the Yorkshire Dales, but within a few months, they moved to Lancashire, where she was raised in a mansion named Blythe Hall, near Ormskirk.

Canberra 400

Cars then entered the turn 14 and 15 section, which is a continuous sweeping right-hander, past Lake Burley Griffin and under Commonwealth Avenue bridge before running past the National Library of Australia and back onto Langton Crescent and past the start/finish line.

Christopher Langton

Langton is the first-born son of Jane Langton, author of books including the Homer Kelly Mysteries.

Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland

However in 1319 the college was converted into a priory by Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, because of charges of misbehaviour by the priests.

Edward Langton

Langton died of pneumonia on 5 October 1905 in his home in Toorak, Victoria;survived by a daughter and one of his two sons.

Gonzalo Carrera

Carrera has also previously worked with Spanish progressive rock band Galadriel and British-American progressive rock band Quasar, as well as on solo projects by former members of Hawkwind (Huw Lloyd-Langton), Jethro Tull (Clive Bunker and Glenn Cornick), Karnataka (Nick May), The Nice (David O'List), and Yes (Peter Banks).

La Mamelle, Inc./Art Com

In the San Francisco Bay Area this included Intersection for the Arts, Museum of Conceptual Art (active 1970-1984), Galeria de la Raza, SF Camerawork, Crossroads Community (the farm) (active 1974-80), The Floating Museum (active 1975-77), 80 Langton Street (later New Langton Arts active, 1975–2009), Site/Cite/Sight, and Southern Exposure.

LUCID

LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector) is a cosmic ray detector being built for a satellite of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd at the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, in Canterbury, England.

Montague Gore

His father, Reverend Charles Gore, vicar of Henbury, Cheshire, was the brother of William Gore-Langton.

Rusthall

Rusthall originally formed part of Speldhurst civil parish (together with Ashurst, Groombridge, Langton and Speldhurst) when it was formed in 1894.

The Chronicle of the Black Sword

After two years of constant line-up changes, guitarist Dave Brock (the only member who has remained since the band's formation) settled on a line-up of himself, guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton, keyboardist Harvey Bainbridge bassist Alan Davey and drummer Danny Thompson (son of Pentangle's bassist Danny Thompson).

This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic

The group's line-up had changed by this point, with guitarists Dave Brock and Huw Lloyd-Langton, and saxophonist Nik Turner remaining, and Harvey Bainbridge switching from bass to keyboards.

William Ord of Fenham

His second son, Rev James Ord (1761–1836), who inherited the Langton estates, married Barbara Brandling of Gosforth.


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