19 nov 2023 · OBE MBE MSM DCM v t e The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were published in The London Gazette and The Times in January, February and March 1918. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
21 nov 2023 · William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) 1 April 1921 7 April 1922 Minister of Transport: Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) 7 April 1922 9 October 1922 — Liberal James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) 24 October 1922 25 May 1923 Lord President of the ...
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In 1066 Earl Tostig held 'Borch' aspart of his lordship of Hougun; it wasassessed as six plough-lands. (fn. 7) It is possiblethat BROUGHTON preserves the name, but the latermanor of Broughton seems to have been in the Fells,for it was held of the Lancaster family as a memberof their barony of Ulverston. Probably it becameattached to this lordship a...
The church of ST. MARY MAGDALENE (fn. 63) stands on an elevated site on thesouth-west side of the town, and consistsof a chancel 29 ft. 9 in. by 24 ft. 6 in., nave 67 ft. by24 ft. 6 in., south aisle 78 ft. 3 in. by 18 ft. 6 in.,south porch and west tower at the end of the aisle17 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft. 3 in., all these measurementsbeing internal. The ...
Though it is clear that a churchhas existed here from an early time,no written record of it has beenpreserved earlier than 1547, when by a commissionfrom the Bishop of Chester the chapel and yardwere consecrated for a burial-place for the people ofBroughton, Seathwaite, Dunnerdale and Woodland. (fn. 74) Broughton, unlike Kirkby, was subject to the ...
2 giorni fa · Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire , it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness .
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27 nov 2023 · The northern half is known as Furness Fells or High Furness, the southern half as Low or Plain Furness ; the division between them is roughly a line from Broughton to the south end of Coniston Water and thence by the Crake to the sea.
3 giorni fa · The 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (in Barony) The 2nd Viscount Scarsdale (in Viscountcy) Member of Parliament for Southport; In office 27 July 1886 – 24 August 1898: Preceded by: George Augustus Pilkington: Succeeded by: Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland: Personal details; Born