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unusual facts about Stockton, Shropshire



16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized as Stockton's Independent Regiment at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861.

1975 World Series

This was the only World Series broadcast for Stockton, who would become a prominent national sportscaster for such networks as CBS, Fox, and TNT.

A490 road

From here it heads north, crossing over the border into Shropshire, and passes through Chirbury.

Anthony Chabot

He was involved in several other businesses during this time, including a paper mill in Stockton, the Judson Manufacturing Company in Oakland, the Pioneer Pulp Mill Company near Alta (Placer County), the Puget Sound Iron Company, and a large tract of land in Washington state for the cultivation of cranberries.

Ashbel Green

They had three children: Robert Stockton Green (1787–1813), Jacob Green (1790–1842), and James Sproat Green (1792–1862), the latter of whom served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and was the father of Robert Stockton Green (1831–1895), Governor of New Jersey.

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

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.

Central California Traction Company

The railroad operated over the same line from Stockton to Sacramento until 1998 when service between Lodi and Sacramento was suspended.

Chapel Lawn

Chapel Lawn is a small village in southwest Shropshire, England, located within the Redlake Valley, some three miles south of the small, historic town of Clun.

Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law

In 1967, the Secretary of the Navy officially designated the academic post as the Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law in honor of Rear Admiral Charles Stockton, a former faculty member and President of the Naval War College, who had been the U.S. Navy's first uniformed expert in International Law.

Christ Church, York

Christ Church is located on Stockton Lane in Heworth, York, England.

Clem Wilson

From 1910 to 1912 he was, for his first time, Vicar of Calverhall, Shropshire, then from 1912 to 1921 Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire where he was also estate chaplain and librarian to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, and from 1921 to 1925 Vicar of Sand Hutton, North Yorkshire.

Countess of Stockton

The Countess of Stockton is a courtesy title granted to the wives of the Earl of Stockton.

Daniels Mill

Daniels Mill, Shropshire, a watermill near Bridgnorth in the English county of Shropshire

Doddingtree

The lower division consisted of the Manors of Abberley; Astley; Alton; Bayton; Bewdley; Doddenham; Dowles; Glasshampton; Mamble; Ribbesford; Great Witley; Rochford; Shelsley Beauchamp; Rock; Shrawley and Stockton.

ECHL Hall of Fame

The ECHL Hall of Fame inaugural class was inducted during the 2008 ECHL All-Star Game festivities at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California and included ECHL founder Henry Brabham, the ECHL's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly, and former players Nick Vitucci and Chris Valicevic.

Edward Forbes Walker

Hackworth, Stockton-on-Tees and in 1853 moved again, this time to the works of Messrs. Thomas Richardson and Son, Hartlepool.

Eleoncio Mercedes

He debuted as a professional boxer on July 2 of 1978 with a win over Darryl Jones in Stockton.

Flounders' Folly

There are also no known records of his having ships or interests in Liverpool or Bristol, as he was a man hailing from the north-east of England, near Stockton-on-Tees.

Ghorghushti

The largest Ghorghushti population in the United States is in Stockton, California a city in Northern California.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830

In 1821 an Act of Parliament was approved for a tramway between Stockton and Darlington.

Hobcart

A hobcart was a type of mobility device designed in the late 1960s by Dr. Steven Perry of Albrighton, Shropshire, UK.

Holcombe Burnell

Margaret Denys (d. 1649), married in 1623 Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, carver to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I.

Hust Stockton

During a Thanksgiving Day game in 1926, a pass from Stockton to Two-Bits Homan netted the Yellow Jackets a 20-14 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

Jerry Sloan

After the retirement of long-time Jazz anchors Malone and Stockton, Sloan coached a younger group of budding stars, including Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko and later, Deron Williams.

John Astley

Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet, of Pateshull (1687–1772), Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury 1727–1734 and Shropshire 1734–1772

John Mainwaring

He was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and became rector of the parish of Church Stretton, Shropshire, and, later professor of Divinity at Cambridge.

Linden, California

Pavement, a band hailing from nearby Stockton, immortalizes the town in "Feed 'Em To The (Linden) Lions," song three on their 1992 EP, Watery, Domestic.

Llywelyn ap Dafydd

A force of cavalry and infantry were deployed to escort Llywelyn and Owain out of Gwynedd via Acton Burnell in Shropshire to Bristol before the end of July 1283.

Lorna Sage

The eldest child of Valma and Eric Stockton, she was named after Lorna Doone.

Mary Moore-Bentley

In 1943 she was committed to the Mental Hospital at Stockton in Newcastle, where she died in 1953.

My Favourite Time of Year

Blists Hill Victorian Town at Ironbridge Museum's in Shropshire was chosen as the location due to its authentic recreation of a Victorian street which would become Florin Street in the video.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

The ceremonial county of North Yorkshire also includes the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees (south of the river), Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland however these are covered by the Cleveland Fire Brigade.

Pony Turf Club

In 1929, a dedicated racetrack was opened in Northolt, Middlesex and during the 1930s pony races are recorded as being held throughout the South West of England, as well as at Portsmouth Park (Paulsgrove), Worthing, Chelmsford, Southend, Sketty Park near Swansea and Lilleshall Hall, Shropshire.

Reuben Jones

Reuben (Ben) Jones (born 19 October 1932 in Newport, Shropshire, England; died 3 January 1990 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) was an Olympic equestrian rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Sharon Ito

After working at radio stations KJOY Stockton and KGNR in Sacramento, Ito began her TV career at KXTV News10 in Sacramento in 1985 as a producer and news reporter.

Sir George Honyman, 4th Baronet

His father, Sir Ord Honyman, 3rd Baronet, born 25 March 1794, became lieutenant-colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards 27 December 1850, and died at Nice 27 January 1863, having married, 7 April 1818, Elizabeth Essex, youngest daughter of George Bowen of Coton Hall, Shropshire, an Admiral of the Red.

Sir Thomas Harries, 1st Baronet

He was the eldest of four sons of John Harries, of Cruckton in Shropshire.

Stockton Heath

In the 1900s George Formby Senior moved his young family to Stockton Heath and it was from here that George Formby Junior began his entertainment career.

Stockton's Wing

The band took its name from a line in the Bruce Springsteen song, "Backstreets" - "Slow dancin' in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing..."

Ternhill

Ternhill is a village in Shropshire, England, notable for its Royal Air Force training airfield ("Clive Barracks"/RAF Ternhill) which was the site of a bombing by the Provisional IRA on 20 February 1989 in which one person was injured.

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

Pritchard's monuments can be found in churches across Shropshire, including St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury and churches at Acton Round, Ludford and Barrow.

Tilstock Airfield

Tilstock Airfield is an airfield located in Shropshire, England

Timothy Turner

His initial practice was centered around Ludlow, the legal center of Wales and the Marches, but he was of little note officially until 1626, when he became a justice of the peace for Shropshire, through the influence either of Sir Thomas Coventry, or Ellesmere's son and heir the Earl of Bridgewater.

Universities Superannuation Scheme

The scheme formerly owned Telford Shopping Centre in Telford, Shropshire, prior to its sale to Hark Group and Apollo Real Estate.

Webster Slaughter

Slaughter was born in Stockton, California, where he attended Franklin High School.

West Bromwich Town Hall

The Town Hall, situated in the centre of High Street, was built between 1874 and 1875 in brick and stone to an Italian Gothic design of the architects Alexander & Henman of Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and the building contractors were Trow & Sons of Wednesbury.

William Penny Brookes

In response, King George I of Greece sent a silver cup which was presented at the Shropshire Olympian Games held that year in Shrewsbury.

Winterton Hospital

When services were moved to North Tees General Hospital in Stockton in the 1960s the site became a Community hospital providing services such as X-rays and respite care.


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