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unusual facts about The Meadows


Chester Raft Race

Although the race is over at this point, the rafts then have to retrace their route back up the weir and return to the site assemble / parking area (The Meadows) with what's left of their raft and crew.



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Ankerwycke Yew

On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness to the signing of Magna Carta.

Clemenstone

Clemenstone Brook, a tributary of the Alun River, flows through the meadows and forms a shallow valley.

Dana Meadows

The meadows are named for James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), a professor of geology and natural history at Yale.

Elisha Warfield

Known as The Meadows, Elisha Warfield's stud farm was located on Winchester Pike on the Northeast side of Lexington and was where he bred the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred, Lexington.

Ellon United F.C.

They are based in The Meadows Sports Centre in Ellon along with Ellon RFC and local football sides.

Hannah Hauxwell

In January 2008, she was still living in her retirement home in the village of Cotherstone, less than five miles (8 km) from Low Birk Hatt Farm, where the meadows have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Hannah's Meadows.

Hogsmill River

The Hogsmill has appeared in the art of John Millais in his rendition of Ophelia, and of William Holman Hunt who painted The Hireling Shepherd on the meadows by the Hogsmill, looking north towards Ewell Court Farm.

Ismene amancaes

In century XVII Bernabé Cobo said: “In the time of drizzles is born in the hills of the contour of Lima City, in so much quantity that they put of that they put of its color the meadows where they are born ".

Kahl am Main

Many wild herbs, hogweed, wild carrot and malva grow in the meadows alongside the Main, where there is also a small campsite.

Meadows School of the Arts

In 1969, thanks to Algur H. Meadows and The Meadows Foundation, the school was named the Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts.

Nottingham Express Transit

The Clifton route will go through densely populated residential areas to the south of the city, including the Meadows, Wilford/Ruddington Lane area and the Clifton Estate, to a new park and ride site serving the A453.

Poldervokaal

Poldervokaal has received recognition from well-known Dutch publications, such as the national newspaper De Volkskrant, June 4, 2005: "The Domine Deus Agnus Dei drifted serenely out of the door over the meadows", and numerous local newspapers: "Poldervokaal sings wonderfully beautifully" (Noordhollands Dagblad, December 17, 2005), "Moved to tears by performance of Poldervokaal" (Het Witte Weekblad, edition 56, 2005).

Pyrrocoma uniflora

This woolly sunflower-like plant is found in the meadows and the unique pebble plain habitat near Big Bear.

River Welland

Richard de Rulos, who was Lord of Deeping Fen during the reign of William the Conqueror erected a strong embankment to prevent flooding of the meadows adjoining the river, which then became fertile fields and a pleasure garden.

Stokes Early College

Stokes Early College High School is located in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, in the Meadows community, on the Stokes County Campus of Forsyth Technical Community College.

Sunriver Resort

The Meadows golf course was designed by acclaimed architect John Fought and the Woodlands golf course was designed by the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Vaughn Monroe

That same year, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, west of Boston.

Wieringen

= "I, Geltrud, have transferred to the monastery of St. Bonifacius all my property in fields, forests and from the meadows to = "enough land to produce"? 20 cart-loads of hay, in the place named Wictulfingafurt, in the area Wieringen ...".