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unusual facts about Lea, Herefordshire



A156 road

The A156 continues on to Lea where the B1241 joins from Saxilby then the road heads into Gainsborough where it terminates just south of the centre at the A631.

Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer

This movie reunites four stars, Lea Thompson, Amy Pietz, Eric Lutes, and Andrew Lauer of the hit show Caroline in the City.

Bartestree

In 1984, St Michael's Hospice, the only purpose-built hospice in Herefordshire, was built on land owned by Bartestree Convent.

Battle of Gainsborough

At the village of Lea, just south of Gainsborough, they met an advanced guard of 100 horse, part of Cavendish's army.

Battle of Guoloph

The pro-Saxon agenda of Vortigern eventually led to his fall and probably around the latter part of the 450's, the Britano-Romans finally united under the Banner of Ambrosius, besieging Vortigern at his fortress at Caer-Guorthigirn (Little Doward, Herefordshire) which they burned to the ground killing everyone inside.

BBC Midlands

BBC West Midlands, the BBC English Region covering the West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire

Benet Casablancas

Recently he has received the commission of a new opera, "L´enigma di Lea", based on the original idea and libretto by Rafael Argullol, by the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona to be premiered next 2016-2017 Season.

Bredenbury, Saskatchewan

It may be of relevance that there is a small parish and village called Bredenbury in the English county of Herefordshire.

Broadcloth

The raw material for broadcloth from Worcester was wool from the Welsh border counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire, known as Lemster (i.e. Leominster) wool.

Charles Henry Goode

He was born at Hinton, near Peterchurch, Herefordshire on 26 May 1827, and was apprenticed at the age of 12 years to a drapery establishment in Hereford, and in 1845 he proceeded to London, where he worked for Goode, Gainsborough and Co., and was one of the first members of Sir George Williams' Young Men's Christian Association.

Christopher Sandford

Christopher Sandford (1902-1983) of Eye Manor, Herefordshire, was a book designer, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, a founding director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate.

Clarence F. Lea

Lea served as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-ninth Congresses).

Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.

Deiniol

The churches of Hawarden and of Marchwiel are dedicated to Deiniol and there are also dedications at Itton in Monmouthshire and Llangarron in Herefordshire.

Dragon of Mordiford

The Dragon of Mordiford was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire village of Mordiford, in south-west England.

Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield

He was buried in the Church of St Cuthbert in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire.

Gérard d'Athée

His kinsmen were granted estates in England, and D'Athée was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (1208-1210) and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1209.

Gheluvelt Park

It was opened by Field Marshal John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, who stated, "on that day the 2nd Worcesters saved the British Empire." A plaque inside the park commemorates Captain Gerald Ernest Lea, who died on 15 September 1914 while commanding D. Company of the 2nd Battalion.

Grammar schools debate

Kent currently has 33 National Challenge schools, more than any other LEA in England.

Henry Milbourne

Milbourne served as a steward at the Jesuit college at The Cwm which was owned by the Worcester Estate, in the parish of Llanrothal, Herefordshire in the 1670s.

Hugh de Mapenor

Mapenor was the son of Robert de Mapenore and his wife Matilda, who lived in Herefordshire at Hampton, Herefordshire near Leominster.

I.K.U.

Producer Takashi Asai, founder of the underground and independent film production company Uplink, commissioned director and media artist Shu Lea Cheang to "make a sci-fi porn film".

James Scudamore

James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (1684–1716), Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1705–1715, and Hereford, 1715–1716

Jim Lea

Lea also played all the instruments (except drums, played by Geoff Seopardi) on two singles from the album; Holton's cover version of "Catch a Falling Star" and "That's How the Story Goes".

Kington Tramway

The Kington Tramway was an early narrow gauge horse tramway that linked limestone quarries at Burlinjob in Radnorshire to Eardisley in Herefordshire.

Lea Riders Group

It would once again collaborate with Jarl and Lindqvist when Lea Riders Group got to record some of the soundtrack to the film Dom Kallar Oss Mods.

Lea-Tuti Livšits

Worked in the Kiviõli Chemical Plant as a lab assistant and later as an artist until 1974 when she moved to Kohtla-Järve and started working as an artist in the Kohtla-Järve Oil Shale Science Institute.

Lea, Herefordshire

The railway engineering company Alan Keef Ltd has its headquarters on the outskirts of the village.

Leeds Girls' High School

In 2004 LGHS was the highest performing school within the Leeds LEA area, achieving top results at both GCSE and A Level.

Leicester Pro Wrestling

Whilst Willenhall was abandoned as a venue after only one show, Minworth and Lea Hall remain regular venues for LPW, along with Shard End Social Club, and Leicestershire venues Thurmaston Progressive Working Men's Club and Stocking Farm Social Club.

Lisbee Stainton

Her parents, being from Pontrilas in Herefordshire, led her to receiving her first airplay on BBC Hereford & Worcester including a BBC Introducing session at the Courtyard in Hereford.

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118) Henry I's consort, who between 1110 and 1118 was responsible for the building of the series of bridges that carried the London-Colchester road across the River Lea and its side streams between Bow and Stratford.

Lyndon Lea

Lea has also served on the board of several public companies including Harry Winston, American Apparel, Yell Group and Premier Foods.

Marcus Goldstein

Following his retirement, Goldstein, and his wife, Lea, immigrated to Israel, where he joined Tel Aviv University and played an important role in developing research in the newly formed Department of Anatomy and Anthropology.

Marina Timofeieva

They were coached by Lea Rand, the mother of fellow Estonian ice dancers Kristjan and Taavi Rand.

Meadow Lea

The Art Deco heritage listed residential home named Meadow Lea at 22 Sydney Road, East Lindfield, Sydney, was built on 4 housing plots and completed in about 1941 for James Armstrong, at the time the Sales Manager of the Meadow Lea Margarine Company.

Monmouthshire

The historic county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales Act 1535, bordering Gloucestershire to the east, Herefordshire to the northeast, Brecknockshire to the north, and Glamorgan to the west.

Nao Takasugi

In 1952, Takasugi married his wife, Judy, with whom he had five children, Scott, Russell, Ron, Tricia and Lea.

Olyoptics

Founded by Steve Oliff, it has employed many colorists and color separators throughout its history including Ruben Rude, Gloria Vasquez, Abel Mouton, Kiko Taganashi, Kirk Mobert, Marie Saint Clare, Quinn Supplee, Nathan Eyring, Michael Jeremiah, Emrys "Mo" Samson, Brec Blackford, Bill Zindel, Tracey Anderson, Al Callerros, Shawn "Baxter" Hartman, Bay Raitt, Lea Rude, Patti Stratton, Stacy Cox, and Brian "Hoolis" Riehl.

Pontrilas railway station

Pontrilas railway station served the village of Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England, and Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, and a little distance Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales and was on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff

The current ecclesiastical terrority of the diocese comprises the local government areas of Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Herefordshire.

In 1895, boundaries were redrawn, and the territory covering Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire was named the Diocese of Newport.

Staveley Town railway station

Normal passenger traffic over the Doe Lea Branch ceased in 1930 and the route was severed by the closure of Rowthorn Tunnel near Hardwick Hall.

The Lea Shores

Andy Bell (formerly of Ride, currently of Oasis) had this to say about the band's live performance: The Lea Shores are my favourite new band… I saw them supporting the Brian Jonestown Massacre in Stockholm and was hooked straight away.

Thomas Lea

Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr., Mayor of El Paso, Texas, 1915–17, father of Tom Lea, and first cousin of Homer Lea

Thomas Melville Dill

Dill was born in Devonshire Parish, in the British colony of Bermuda, the son of Mary Lea (née Smith) and Thomas Newbold Dill.

Tonga Lea'aetoa

Lea'aetoa's parents came from Tonga, he spent his childhood in Australia in Manly, Sydney.

William Edward Evans

He left one daughter and three sons, one of whom became the vicar of Holmer, Herefordshire.


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