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unusual facts about Morton, Derbyshire


William Edwin Harvey

For his trade union activity, he was dismissed from the local pit, but managed to find work at Sheepbridge, then later at Morton.


Alastair Morton

Morton famously coined the phrase that the aftermath of the Hatfield rail crash constituted a 'collective nervous breakdown' on the part of the British railway industry.

Benjamin Robinson

He began life as chaplain and tutor in the family of Sir John Gell at Hopton, Derbyshire.

Bloor Homes

Bloor Homes is an Enlish housebuilder based in Ashby Road, Measham, Leicestershire, although it has a Derbyshire postcode (DE12 7JP).

Bobby Ball

Ball went to work in a factory as a welder and it was here that he met his future partner, Thomas Derbyshire (Tommy Cannon).

Bodhrán

In the 1970s, virtuoso players such as The Boys of the Lough's Robin Morton, The Chieftains' Peadar Mercier, Planxty's Christy Moore, and De Dannan's Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh further developed playing techniques.

Canal Street, New Orleans

The mall contains a Saks Fifth Avenue, The Theatres at Canal Place, food court and approximately 45 high-end retailers including Anthropologie, Brooks Brothers, Michael Kors, and Morton's The Steakhouse.

CenturyLink Building

Minnesota construction materials were used in the building, with a granite exterior from Morton, Minnesota on the first floor and limestone from Kasota, Minnesota on subsequent stories.

Charles Hastings

Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1792–1858), High Sheriff of Derbyshire and MP for Leicester, 1826–1831

Colour of My Soul

Rob Derbyshire is an experienced touring musician, having worked as keyboard player with legendary former Motown artist Edwin Starr, while the other group member and producer Paul 'Solomon' Mullings worked with reggae bands in the Midlands and was a guitarist in Pato Banton's band.

Combs College of Music

A partial list of notable faculty during the 1970s and 80s also included the duo-piano team of Toni and Rosi Grunschlag, performers and pedagogues Jacob Neupauer, Michael Guerra, Donald Reinhardt, Anthony Weigand, Romeo Cascarino, Dolores Ferraro, Frank Versaci, Joseph Primavera, Keith Chapman, Morton Berger, Howard Haines, William Fabrizio and John McIntyre.

Craig Morton

Although Roger Staubach replaced him for the Dallas Cowboys in 1973 and would go on to great success, Morton played seven more NFL seasons than Staubach.

Creswell and Welbeck railway station

Creswell and Welbeck railway station is a former railway station in the village of Creswell, north eastern Derbyshire, England.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2010

In the 2010 County Championship, Derbyshire was in Division 2 and finished in ninth position.

Dudley W. Morton

Unlike German submariner Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, who was executed as a war criminal for ordering the killing of civilian shipwreck survivors, Morton did not face any criminal liability for his alleged actions.

Frisii

Tangible evidence of the existence of the Frisavones includes several inscriptions found in Britain, from Roman Manchester and from Melandra Castle near modern Glossop in Derbyshire.

George Beet

George Beet, Jr. (1904–1949), Derbyshire cricketer, son of George Beet, Sr.

Godfrey Bagnall Clarke

Godfrey Bagnall Clarke (c.1742-26 December 1774), of Sutton Scarsdale Hall in Derbyshire, was a British Member of Parliament, representing Derbyshire.

Guy Jackson

Jackson's brother Geoffrey Jackson and cousin, Anthony Jackson, also played cricket for Derbyshire.

I travelled among unknown men

Similarly, no insight can be gained from determining the exact geographical location of the 'springs of Dove'; in his youth, Wordsworth had visited springs of that name in Derbyshire, Patterdale and Yorkshire.

James Dowdall

The Dowdalls of Louth originated at Dovedale in Derbyshire and became prominent in Ireland in the late Middle Ages.

James St. Clair Morton

After the battle, Morton supervised the construction of Fortress Rosecrans, doing so until June 1863.

Jelly's Last Jam

In addition to Gregory Hines and Savion Glover as the older and younger Morton, the cast included Ken Ard, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ann Duquesnay, Tonya Pinkins, Mary Bond Davis, and Keith David.

Joseph Cupitt

He took one wicket in the match, that of future Test cricketer Claude Buckenham, though Derbyshire lost the match by an innings margin, in part thanks to a first-class best 277 runs from Charlie McGahey.

Julius Sterling Morton

 Sterling Morton High School District, located in Berwyn and Cicero, Illinois.

Lifespring

Studies commissioned by Lifespring in the 1980s by researchers at Berkeley, Stanford, and UCSF, including Lee Ross, Morton Lieberman, and Irvin Yalom, found that an overwhelming majority of participants in this training called it either "extremely valuable" or "valuable" (around 90%).

Ludworth

Ludworth, Greater Manchester (historically in Derbyshire, after 1936 in Cheshire)

Michael Thomas Sadler

Michael Sadler, the son of James Sadler, was born in Snelston, Derbyshire, on 3 January 1780.

N9NE Group

In 2001, George J. Maloof, Jr. of the Maloof family and owner of the Palms Hotel and Casino asked DeGraff and Morton to recreate their Chicago steakhouse Nine and after-hours Ghostbar at the Palms.

New York state election, 1894

Ex-U.S. Vice President Levi P. Morton (in office 1889-1893) was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Morton 532½, J. Sloat Fassett 69, Cornelius N. Bliss 40½, Stewart L. Woodford 40, Daniel Butterfield 29, Leslie W. Russell 20, James Arkell 1).

North Derbyshire Chargers

Before the 2008 season started, it was decided that the club should merge with the newly formed North Derbyshire Chargers, who were based in the town of Eckington to prevent dilution of resource in the area.

Oak Apple Day

The Garland King who rides through the streets of Castleton, Derbyshire, at the head of a procession, completely disguised in a garland of flowers, which is later affixed to a pinnacle on the parish church tower, can have little connection with the Restoration, even though he dresses in Stuart costume.

One Canal Place

The mall contains a Saks Fifth Avenue, The Theatres at Canal Place, food court and approximately 45 high-end retailers including Anthropologie, Brooks Brothers, Michael Kors, Tiffany & Co,and Morton's The Steakhouse.

Pingle

The Pingle School, state comprehensive school in South Derbyshire, England

Ray Foxley

That is why the Armstrong, Oliver, Morton, Bessie creed is to him the ultimate in jazz, and why he still holds a great admiration for Fats, for those are the musicians whom true artistry is infinitely more important than technical virtuosity.

Richard de Grey

Richard, 1 Dec 1202-8 Sep 1271, was the eldest surviving son of Henry de Grey of Thurrock, an Essex landowner owning the manors of Codnor in Derbyshire and Grimston in Nottinghamshire; and Isolda de Bardolf.

Risley Park Lanx

The Risley Park Lanx is a large Roman silver dish (or lanx) that was discovered in 1729 in Risley Park, Derbyshire.

Robert Heath

From 1629 he was taking an entrepreneurial interest in the lead mines of Derbyshire, engaging Sir Cornelius Vermuyden as partner in a major drainage operation at Wirksworth, at the ore-rich Dovegang Rake.

Samuel Boteler Bristowe

After court sittings, Bristowe routinely left Nottingham on the 5.40pm Great Northern train to return to his home at West Hallam in Derbyshire, and on this occasion was followed unobserved by Arnemann, who bought a ticket to the same destination and followed the judge onto the platform.

Solar Pyramid

In 2002, it was announced that construction of the 40 metre high sculpture, designed by Richard Swain and Adam Walkden would be commenced at Poolsbrook, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Steven Blakeley

Steven Blakeley was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1982 and was brought up in the Derbyshire mining town of Bolsover.

TARGIT Business Intelligence

In 1996, TARGIT acquired Morton Systems, which was led by Dr. Morten Middelfart.

Tehillah Magazine

Tehillah Magazine interviews and features on its cover, or in articles, influential figures such as Roland Martin, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Don Jackson, Rob Hardy and John Henton.

The Boys of the Lough

Their first album, called Boys of the Lough (1972) consisted of Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal Mc'Connell (flute), Dick Gaughan (vocals and guitar) and Robin Morton (flute).

The Telephone Girl

The Telephone Girl is a farce musical comedy by C. M. S. McLellan (as Hugh Morton), with music by composer Gustave Kerker.

Theophilus Eaton

In 1625 he remarried, this time to a widow, Anne Yale, who was the daughter of George Lloyd, the Bishop of Chester (some authorities say Anne Morton, the daughter of Bishop Thomas Morton of Chester).

Thomas Brierley

When the Duke of Devonshire was Provincial Grandmaster for Derbyshire, Thomas and some friends walked to Chatsworth House which sat in a large Deer Park laid out by Capability Brown where they were refused admittance as the Duke was home.

Toby Perkins

A former Chesterfield, Sheffield Tigers RUFC and Derbyshire Rugby Union player, he qualified as a rugby coach in 2006 and coached a junior team at Sheffield Tigers RUFC.

Victorian Naturalist

It is edited, as of October 2013, by Anne Morton, Gary Presland and Maria Gibson.

Walter Sugg

His younger brother Frank played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and England.

William Stanhope Badcock

He was married, in 1822, to Selina, daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.


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