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2 unusual facts about Rockingham


1090s in England

25 February - A Council at Rockingham is held to resolve the dispute between Anselm and William II, but fails to do so.

William de St-Calais

St-Calais managed the king's case against Anselm at Rockingham in 1095, when Anselm wished to go to receive his pallium from Pope Urban II.


'Til We Meet Again

Eric Blore as Sir Harold Pinchard, a shipboard victim of the Comtesse and Rockingham

2014 British Formula Three season

Donington Park, Rockingham and Snetterton all return to the calendar after a one-year hiatus, while Thruxton returns to the calendar for the first time since 2010.

Andy Hillenburg

Hillenburg also was a technical advisor and provided equipment for the filming of the Bollywood film Ta Ra Rum Pum, which was filmed at Rockingham and also at the ARCA race at the Wisconsin State Fair Park.

Beilby Thompson

Urged by Rockingham to stand for York (the seat once held by his grandfather) in 1768, his mother objected on grounds of expense.

Blind Boy Fuller

According to researcher Bruce Bastin, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness."

Clay Athey

In 2012, Governor Bob McDonnell appointed him a judge of the 26th Judicial Circuit, covering Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren counties and the cities of Harrisonburg and Winchester in the northern part of the state.

Earl Fitzwilliam

In 1782 he inherited the Watson-Wentworth estates (including Wentworth Woodhouse) on the death of his uncle Lord Rockingham, which made him one of the greatest landowners in the country.

East Kingston

East Kingston, New Hampshire, a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States

Elkton, Virginia

Located on Rockingham Street, the Miller-Kite House was the headquarters of General Stonewall Jackson at the start of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign during the Civil War.

Fort Apache Studios

The studio is currently located in the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont in space leased in an old hotel called The Windham, owned by the town of Rockingham, Vermont, within which Bellows Falls is located.

Funk House

Joseph Funk House, Singers Glen, Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County

Goin' To Rockingham

Goin' To Rockingham is the fifth album released by surf music band The Surfin' Lungs, released in 2002 on the Spanish label No Tomorrow.

Harry Hartz

Hartz was badly burned and injured in a crash in 1927 at the Rockingham Speedway in Salem, New Hampshire, requiring him to spend the next two years in hospitals.

Historic houses in Virginia

1812, Rockingham County - early Greek-Revival manor house, former home of Willis Sharpe Kilmer

Hoots Mon!

Hoots Mon, a song written by Harry Robinson and performed by Lord Rockingham's XI.

James Hylton

Hylton was planning on qualifying his #48 car sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans for the ARCA race at Rockingham on April 19, 2009.

Joe Ruttman

For the 2004 Rockingham race, Ruttman joined Phoenix Racing, but car owner James Finch failed to hire a crew, and Ruttman was forced to park by NASCAR after completing just one lap.

John Singleton the Elder

Singleton was twice immortalised by famous equine portraitist, George Stubbs, in commissions by Lord Rockingham.

Kieran Dynes

In 2001, at Charlotte (Lowe's Motor Speedway) final practice, Dynes was caught up in an accident which left him with back injuries, in 2003 he competed in Touring Cars and the ASCAR stock car series based at Rockingham England, Dynes along with IndyCar legend Dario franchitti are the only British drivers ever to compete in both the NASCAR Nationwide and the ARCA REMAX Series.

Milton Hall

In 1782, however, the fourth Earl succeeded to Wentworth Woodhouse on the death of his uncle the second Lord Rockingham, and this became his principal seat, the family moving to Milton only in the winter for the hunting.

Parliament Act 1782

The Act, which was passed by Rockingham's government at the instance of John Crewe, disqualified all officers of Customs and Excise and the Post Office from voting in parliamentary elections.

Peel Thunder Football Club

The Thunder in 1997 won only one game against Claremont in the satellite town of Rockingham and finished last, with Scott Simister winning the inaugural best and fairest, and won only one further game in their next two seasons against East Perth at Perth Oval.

Port Republic

Battle of Port Republic, American Civil War battle fought in Rockingham County, Virginia

Rockingham Castle

Rockingham Castle was a popular haunt of writer Charles Dickens who was a great friend of Richard and Lavinia Watson, ancestors of the current family.

Rockingham Pottery

Jabez Vodrey and his family are notable for having made Rockingham-style ware in East Liverpool, Ohio in the mid-19th century, while Edwin Bennett was also producing it in Baltimore.

Saddled swellshark

The saddled swellshark is found off the eastern coast of Australia, as far north as Rockingham Bay in Queensland and as far south as Tathra in New South Wales, and perhaps also the Britannia Seamount near Brisbane.

Sally Ann Freedman

They played at popular ballrooms of the day including the Totem Pole Ballroom in Norumbega Park, Auburndale; Commodore Ballroom in Lowell, Massachusetts; Carousel Ballroom in Manchester, New Hampshire; Rockingham Ballroom in Newmarket, New Hampshire; Canobie Lake Ballroom in Salem, New Hampshire; and Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.

Sammy Bland

Also a track announcer at several of the tracks, including Darlington, Rockingham and Richmond International Raceway, Bland's “partner” was Ray Melton.

Stock Road, Perth

It end at Rockingham Road, which runs south as National Route 1 towards Rockingham, and north-west towards Fremantle.

Thomas Road

Thomas Road is a major west-east road in the far southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting Rockingham Road (part of Highway 1) in Kwinana's industrial area with Kwinana's urban area, before bridging Perth's agricultural fringe to meet the South Western Highway in Byford, just south of Armadale.

Todd Gilbert

He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2006, representing the 15th district in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains, made up of Page and Shenandoah Counties, plus parts of Rockingham and Warren Counties.

Trichopetalum whitei

The species is recorded from caves in the upper Potomac River drainage in Virginia (Augusta, Page, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties) and West Virginia (Hardy, Grant, and Pendleton Counties).


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