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9 unusual facts about Sudbury


Babergh Hundred

It consisted of the land to the north, east and south east of Sudbury, the hundred's largest town, and its southern boundary forms the border with Essex.

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon

Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire.

Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

In 1847 he was ordained and spent a year as a curate at Sudbury, Derbyshire, before returning to Bitton as his father's curate.

Nicholas J. Phillips

He was a research scientist at the Sperry Rand Research Centre, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA, from 1962-1963.

Reliant

In 2001, production rights for the Reliant Robin were sold to a Sudbury-based firm called B&N Plastics, but production ceased in 2002.

Stow Hundred

It is in the Deanery to which it gives name and was in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury until 1837 when it was added to the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and is thus still in the Diocese of Norwich.

Sudbury, Suffolk

In the 21st century the town has hosted the charity fundraising pop music festival, Leestock.

The Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario (formerly known as Sudbury and still referred to as Sudbury in everyday usage) was named after Sudbury, becoming a settlement in 1883 following the discovery of rich nickel and copper ores there during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Thedwastre

It is in the Deanery of Thedwestry, the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, the Diocese of Ely and Liberty of St Edmund.


André Gagné

Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Gagné taught from 2005-2008 at the Joint Department of Religious Studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The full Olympic route was thus from Windsor, via Eton, Slough, Langley, Uxbridge, Ickenham, Ruislip, Harrow, Sudbury, Wembley, Willesden, and Wormwood Scrubs, to White City Stadium.

Cambrian College

It was originally established with campuses in Sudbury, North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie; the North Bay and Sault campuses became the independent Canadore College and Sault College in 1972 and 1973, respectively.

East Anglian Railway Museum

The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, England, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury.

Edelgard Mahant

She formerly taught at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, where she was also the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the electoral district of Sudbury East in the 1985 provincial election.

Elias Howe

Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Finnish Canadian

Another significant Finnish-Canadian newspaper, Vapaus, was published in Sudbury from 1917 to 1974.

Geoffrey Regan

Regan attended Sudbury Grammar School from 1957 onwards, University of Kent from 1965-1970, receiving his B.A. and M.A., and took his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at University of London in 1972.

Gerald S. Graham

Gerald Sandford Graham (born 27 April 1903 in Sudbury, Ontario - died 5 July 1988 St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex) was Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London from 1949 until his retirement in 1970.

Gilman Bigelow Howe

Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Hédi Bouraoui

In May, 2003, he was granted an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario in recognition of his contributions to Canadian and world literature.

Henry Fortescue

Henry Fortescue (died 1576) (by 1515–1576), English MP for Maldon and Sudbury and High Sheriff of Essex, 1553

Howe Tavern

Wayside Inn — an inn located in Sudbury, Massachusetts, originally called the Howe Tavern

Jean Noël Desmarais

Born in Sudbury, Ontario, the brother of Louis Desmarais, he wasn't involved in politics before being appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Sudbury, Ontario in 1993.

John Frederick Loverseed

At the 1923 general election Loverseed was elected Liberal MP for Sudbury, beating the sitting Unionist Colonel Herbert Mercer.

John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker

He was also involved in politics and was appointed High Sheriff of Essex for 1758 before being elected to the House of Commons for Sudbury in 1761.

KICX

CICS-FM 91.7, a radio station in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada that uses "KICX" as a branding

L'Orignal déchaîné

L'Orignal déchaîné (The Unchained Moose) is the French language student newspaper at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Michael Lesher

In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Economic Geology, NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration, and Founding Director of the Mineral Exploration Research Centre at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

She lived in Canada for a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s, getting involved in First Nations activism and studying social work at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

Miriam Linna

Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Linna is part of the collective of musicians that emerged from the Cleveland, Ohio punk rock scene, including the Dead Boys and Pere Ubu.

Miriam Linna (b. Sudbury, Ontario) has run the Brooklyn-based independent record label Norton Records since 1986 with her husband—the producer and singer-songwriter Billy Miller.

Mississagi

Mississagi River -- a river in Algoma and Sudbury Districts, Ontario, Canada

Nick Smith

Nicky Smith (born 1969), footballer/soccer player, current manager of A.F.C. Sudbury

Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania

The mine closed in 1893 because of competition from the new nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Ontario Highway 12

At Waubaushene, the Trans-Canada Highway designation continues north along Highway 400 towards Parry Sound and Sudbury, while Highway 12 continues west towards Victoria Harbour, Port McNicoll, and the Martyrs' Shrine.

Ottawa Valley Railway

The OVR interchanges with the Canadian Pacific at Sudbury, as well as with the Canadian National Railway at North Bay, Ontario, the Ontario Northland Railroad at North Bay, and the Huron Central Railway at Sudbury.

Pat Cochrane

Pat Cochrane was a Canadian morning radio personality (disc jockey) on CHOG (AM 640 The Hog) in Toronto, CJSB (54 Rock) in Ottawa, CFBR-FM in Edmonton, CKIK-FM in Calgary, CHIQ in Winnipeg, CHEC in Lethbridge, CKSO in Sudbury and CJOK in Fort McMurray.

Robert Budreau

His short film Judgment Call sic won Best Short Film on the Emmy-nominated PBS series 'The Short List', while his short film Dry Whiskey sic (executive produced by Fred Fuchs, former head of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope) has won multiple awards at various film festivals, including Best Film at Cinefest Sudbury 2005 and will appear in 2007 on Alliance Atlantis Showcase.

Sean Dewart

He was counsel on a number of high-profile cases, including Jane Doe v. Metropolitan Toronto Commissioners of Police, Rogers v. Sudbury (Administrators of Ontario Works), and Payne v. Ontario (Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology), which stopped the Ontario government from privatizing Ontario Hydro.

Stan Bharti

Following his education he worked in Africa for Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines and then he moved to Canada to work as a mining engineer for Falconbridge in Sudbury.

Sudbury Saturday Night

"Sudbury Saturday Night" was covered by Canadian musician Kim Mitchell in 1998 on the compilation Summer Dock Party.

Sudbury Town

Sudbury Town F.C. a defunct football team from Sudbury, Suffolk, England - now incorporated into A.F.C. Sudbury

Tales of a Wayside Inn

The poems in the collection are told by a group of adults in the tavern of the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 20 miles from the poet's home in Cambridge, and a favorite resort for parties from Harvard College.

Temiskaming Shores

Temiskaming Shores is home to satellite campuses of the anglophone Northern College in Timmins and the francophone Collège Boréal in Sudbury.

Vetaher Libenu

The first edition of Vetaher Libenu was published in 1975 by the lay people serving as the Ritual Committee of Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley, Sudbury, Massachusetts, led by C. Peter R. Gossels and Nancy Lee Gossels, its editors.

Victor M. Power

In 2004, he received national attention when he criticized the producers of Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, a television biopic of country star Shania Twain, for producing the film in Sudbury rather than Twain's actual hometown, Timmins.

Wahnapitae First Nation

However, the reserve is considered part of Greater Sudbury's Census Metropolitan Area and its census division, and for postal delivery and telephone exchange purposes the reserve is within the service area of the Greater Sudbury neighbourhood of Capreol.


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