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11 unusual facts about Woodford


Canterbury College, Oxford

Its endowment was granted in 1363, and included the church of Pagham, Sussex, along with (initially) eight Oxford houses' rents and a portion of the rents from Woodford, Northamptonshire and Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, where the Priory had manors.

Cecil Elphinstone

After receiving his education at Forest House College, Woodford, he worked briefly for the Bank of England before travelling to Charters Towers, Queensland in 1892.

No Fixed Address

In 2008 the band reformed and played at the Dreaming Festival & Tarerer Festival in Woodford, Queensland, where they released a limited edition CD copy of From My Eyes.

On the Bright Side Festival

Starting in 2010, the event is the result of collaboration between the promoters of Splendour in the Grass Festival held in Woodford, Queensland and Rock-It held in Joondalup, Western Australia.

Simon Edy

He was born in Woodford in Northamptonshire in 1709 and died on May 18, 1783.

St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso

St John was born at Woodford, Northamptonshire, the son of John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Susanna Louisa Simond, daughter of Peter Simond.

Woodford, County Galway

Woodford is in the Southeast of County Galway it is situated between the Shannon River and the Slieve Aughty mountains

Woodford, Northamptonshire

It is in two distinct parts, the easterly, lower, part being alongside the River Nene and the westerly, upper, part is on the through road out of the Nene valley.

Woodford House, an early 19th-century mansion, was the home of the Arbuthnot family and scene of the death of the diarist Harriet Arbuthnot in 1833.

The property was purchased in 1880 by Charles Henry Plevins from Arthur Arbuthnot, son of General Charles Arbuthnot.

Woodford, Wiltshire

Heale House is an example of Georgian architecture that dates to around 1730; it is surrounded by notable gardens.


2009 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

Belmontes v. Woodford, 350 F.3d 861 (9th Cir. 2003); rehearing denied, 359 F. 3d 1079 (9th Cir. 2004); vacated, sub nom.

Arthur B. Woodford

Woodford worked as a special agent for the U.S. Department of Labor in 1885.

Augustus B. Woodward

His biographer, Arthur M. Woodford, describes Woodward as a prototype of Washington Irving’s Ichabod Crane.

Barkingside tube station

The station originally opened on 1 May 1903, as part of a Great Eastern Railway (GER) branch line from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault.

Carli Norris

She moved with her family to Woodford in East London in 1991 and took a Performing Arts Course at Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex.

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements

The facility was originally established in 2001, with an intended operating base of the BAe site at Woodford, in Cheshire.

Fairbury, Nebraska

Shortly thereafter, Woodford G. McDowell, a capitalist from Fairbury, Illinois, came to Nebraska to plat a town along the route of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad, which was to follow the Little Blue.

First Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

Chigwell County Constituency formed from parts of existing seats of Woodford (Chigwell Urban District) and Chelmsford (Ongar Rural District).

GCR Class 9K

With the introduction of the Class 9Ns, the 9Ls were moved to stopping services on the Great Central Main Line and by 1922 they were based around Nottingham, with one of the twelve stabled at Woodford and some occasional allocations to Hitchin and Hatfield.

Gérard Cuny

He will, together with E. Woodford-Williams, ensure the secretariat of the second meeting of this section, held in Vittel and Nancy in June 1959, under the chairmanship of R. Herbeuval and the honorary presidency of Dean J. Parisot.

Historic Strawberry Mansion

Several other nearby historic park houses share nearly the same visiting hours, including Lemon Hill, Woodford, and Laurel Hill.

Long Trail

The case which perhaps gained the most media attention at the time was the disappearance of the 18-year-old Bennington College sophomore Paula Jean Welden, of Stamford, Connecticut, (elder daughter of industrial designer William Archibald Welden of the Revere Copper and Brass Company), who in the afternoon of December 1, 1946 set out on a day-hike on the Long Trail from Woodford Hollow and northwards in the direction of Glastenbury Mountain.

M11 motorway

The first version had a mid-south section to follow a River Lea route, starting at The Angel, Islington southwest of Dalston, London, heading northeast then north taking land by the river in Walthamstow, Chingford and Waltham Cross to meet the built alignment of today, north of Harlow and the road from South Woodford to Islington would have been the designated as the M12.

Newbury Park tube station

Newbury Park originally opened on 1 May 1903, as part of a Great Eastern Railway (GER) branch line from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault, known as the Fairlop Loop.

Oliver Everett

Everett was educated at St Aubyn's Preparatory School Woodford Green Essex having been Captain of the 1st XVFelsted, the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio and at Christ's CollegeCambridge, and he has a masters degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and did post-graduate work in international relations at the London School of Economics.

Park-McCullough Historic House

The house was built in 1864-65 by attorney and entrepreneur Trenor W. Park (1823-1882), who was born in nearby Woodford, Vermont but amassed his fortune overseeing the mining interests of John C. Fremont in California.

Paula Jean Welden

Welden walked down the campus driveway and hitched a ride from State Route 67A near the college entrance in North Bennington to a point on State Route 9 near the Furnace Bridge between downtown Bennington and Woodford Hollow.

Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham

Thelluson was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant who had emigrated to Britain from France in 1760, and his wife Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford.

Ralph James Woodford

Ralph James Woodford, born in 1784, was the son of the 1st Baronet of Carleby, the diplomat Sir Ralph Woodford, and Gertrude Reessen, of Dutch extraction.

After declining the offer of the new post of Registrar of Slaves in Trinidad, Woodford secured the governorship of Trinidad under the patronage of Lord Bathurst, then Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

Sir Ralph James Woodford, 2nd Baronet of Carleby, Lincolnshire (1784–17 May 1828), was the longest-serving Governor of Trinidad.

Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet

Elwes was the son of Sir Gervase Elwes, of Woodford, Essex and his wife Frances, the daughter of Sir Robert Lee of Billesley, Warwickshire.

Sue Woodford-Hollick, Lady Hollick

Sue Woodford-Hollick was educated at the University of Sussex and is the daughter of Ulric Cross, a former High Court judge in Trinidad, Trinidadian High Commissioner to London (1990–93) and much-decorated RAF squadron leader in World War II.

Take Charge Indy

He underwent surgery at Woodford Equine Hospital in Versailles, Kentucky and was forced to miss most of the season's remaining major races.

William Craigie

Many twentieth-century American lexicographers studied under Craigie as a part of his lectureship, including Clarence Barnhart, Jess Stein, Woodford A. Heflin, Robert Ramsey, Louise Pound, and Allen Walker Read.

William Ormsby-Gore

Born William Gore, the eldest son of William Gore, MP, of Woodford, Leitrim he was the great-great-grandson of William Gore, third and youngest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, of Newtown, second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magharabag, whose eldest son Paul was the grandfather of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran.