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unusual facts about Stapleton, Herefordshire



Ancrene Wisse

Dobson argues that the anchoresses were enclosed near Limebrook in Herefordshire, and that the author was an Augustinian canon at nearby Wigmore Abbey, in Herefordshire, named Brian of Lingen.

Bartestree

In 1984, St Michael's Hospice, the only purpose-built hospice in Herefordshire, was built on land owned by Bartestree Convent.

Battle of Guoloph

The pro-Saxon agenda of Vortigern eventually led to his fall and probably around the latter part of the 450's, the Britano-Romans finally united under the Banner of Ambrosius, besieging Vortigern at his fortress at Caer-Guorthigirn (Little Doward, Herefordshire) which they burned to the ground killing everyone inside.

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

Bill Loughery

William Gordon Ridley "Bill" Loughery (1 November 1907 in Belfast, Ireland – 1 August 1977 in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England) was an Irish cricketer.

Bredenbury, Saskatchewan

It may be of relevance that there is a small parish and village called Bredenbury in the English county of Herefordshire.

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.

Charles Henry Goode

He was born at Hinton, near Peterchurch, Herefordshire on 26 May 1827, and was apprenticed at the age of 12 years to a drapery establishment in Hereford, and in 1845 he proceeded to London, where he worked for Goode, Gainsborough and Co., and was one of the first members of Sir George Williams' Young Men's Christian Association.

Chris Stapleton

As a member of The SteelDrivers, Stapleton earned three Grammy Award nominations including "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for the song "Where Rainbows Never Die" and "Best Bluegrass Album," and won an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for "Emerging Artist of the Year." He has won six ASCAP Awards and has contributed to the soundtracks of several feature films including "Cars 2" and "Valentine’s Day."

Christopher Sandford

Christopher Sandford (1902-1983) of Eye Manor, Herefordshire, was a book designer, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, a founding director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate.

Crisis at the Castle

The series chronicled the financial troubles at British castles Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire, Burton Court, Herefordshire and Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Herefordshire.

Deiniol

The churches of Hawarden and of Marchwiel are dedicated to Deiniol and there are also dedications at Itton in Monmouthshire and Llangarron in Herefordshire.

Dragon of Mordiford

The Dragon of Mordiford was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire village of Mordiford, in south-west England.

Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield

He was buried in the Church of St Cuthbert in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire.

Gérard d'Athée

His kinsmen were granted estates in England, and D'Athée was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire (1208-1210) and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1209.

Golden Valley, Herefordshire

Owain Glyndŵr is said to have spent his final years after his disappearance following the eventual failure of his rebellion against King Henry IV in hiding under an alternative identity with his daughter, Alys Scudamore, previously known as Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr, and her husband, a Herefordshire Scudamore, namely Sir John Scudamore in the Golden Valley.

Grace Dieu Abbey, Monmouth

A founding community was sent from its mother house, Dore Abbey in Herefordshire, in 1226, when the abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Hannah More

Born in 1745 at Fishponds in the parish of Stapleton, near Bristol, Hannah More was the fourth of five daughters of Jacob More, a schoolmaster originally from Harleston, Norfolk.

Henry Milbourne

Milbourne served as a steward at the Jesuit college at The Cwm which was owned by the Worcester Estate, in the parish of Llanrothal, Herefordshire in the 1670s.

Herefordshire School

Their distinctive Romanesque sandstone and limestone carvings are to be found in several parish churches in the area, most notably Kilpeck, but also Eardisley, Shobdon and Castle Frome in Herefordshire, and Rock, Worcestershire.

Hugh de Mapenor

Mapenor was the son of Robert de Mapenore and his wife Matilda, who lived in Herefordshire at Hampton, Herefordshire near Leominster.

James Scudamore

James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore (1684–1716), Member of Parliament for Herefordshire, 1705–1715, and Hereford, 1715–1716

John De la Bere

John's parentage is not known for sure, but it seems certain that he was of the family of De la Bere from Stretford Manor in Herefordshire and Weobley Castle in Glamorgan.

Kevin Figes

Other highlights were playing with John Critchinson, the big bands of Dave Stapleton and Andy Hague and performing a great new piece by Keith Tippett in the Colston Hall, Bristol.

Kington Tramway

The Kington Tramway was an early narrow gauge horse tramway that linked limestone quarries at Burlinjob in Radnorshire to Eardisley in Herefordshire.

Larry Hibbitt

Hibbitt has written with Dinosaur Pile-Up, Katie Sutherland, Hill Valley High, Norma Jean Martine, Sophie Madeleine, Nothing But Thieves, Cortes, RosieMay and Alex Davies, and his production/mixing credits include Million Dead, The Computers, Hundred Reasons, Marmozets, Spirits, Scholars, My Awesome Compilation, Rumble In Rhodos, Capdown, Hill Valley High, Stapleton and Max Raptor.

Lisbee Stainton

Her parents, being from Pontrilas in Herefordshire, led her to receiving her first airplay on BBC Hereford & Worcester including a BBC Introducing session at the Courtyard in Hereford.

Michael Biddulph

Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph (1834–1923), English politician, Member of Parliament in Herefordshire

Miles Stapleton

Sir Miles Stapleton married firstly Elizabeth Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge, Knight of the Garter, of Felbrigg, Norfolk by Margaret, perhaps of Teschen, a kinswoman and lady in waiting to English queen Anne of Bohemia.

Monmouthshire

The historic county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales Act 1535, bordering Gloucestershire to the east, Herefordshire to the northeast, Brecknockshire to the north, and Glamorgan to the west.

Pembridge

Pembridge is a village located just south of the River Arrow on the A44 between Leominster and Kington in Herefordshire, England.

Phyllis and Flora

That version was translated under the byline of "R.S. Esquire" who, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, was most likely Richard Stapleton, a friend of Chapman.

Pontrilas railway station

Pontrilas railway station served the village of Pontrilas, Herefordshire, England, and Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, and a little distance Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales and was on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny.

Priscilla Morrill

Jean Stapleton stated in an interview for the Archive of American Television, Morrill was the stand-in for her in the ninth season episode of All in the Family "A Girl Like Edith" where Stapleton had a dual role.

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March

Mortimer, grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer and Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer, was born at Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England, the firstborn of Marcher Lord Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, and Margaret de Fiennes.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff

The current ecclesiastical terrority of the diocese comprises the local government areas of Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Herefordshire.

In 1895, boundaries were redrawn, and the territory covering Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire was named the Diocese of Newport.

Ronell Wilson

Prosecutors alleged Wilson was the leader of a violent drug gang called the Stapleton Crew (witnesses at the trial denied using that label) that originated in the Stapleton housing projects of Staten Island.

Sir Edward Goodere, 1st Baronet

He married on 21 January 1679 at Bodenham, Herefordshire, Helen Dineley, the daughter and heir of Sir Edward Dineley of Charlton, Worcestershire, and his wife Frances, the daughter of Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham.

Stapleton, Herefordshire

The parish borders on several other parishes, including Willey, Kinsham and Presteigne.

Stapleton, Shropshire

The church organ is among the top six hundred in the country and there is a small tapestry piece in the nave said to have been worked by Mary, Queen of Scots.

Susan Tooby

Susan Tooby (Susan Julia Tooby, married Wightman; born 24 October 1960 in Woolhope, Herefordshire, England) is a retired female long-distance runner from Great Britain, who represented Wales during her career.

The Gingerbread Lady

Directed by Robert Moore the cast featured, in addition to Maureen Stapleton, Betsy von Furstenberg (Toby Landau) Michael Lombard, (Jimmy Perry) and Charles Siebert (Lou Tanner).

The Staple

For a time after 1353, staple ports were established in England, under the Statute of the Staple: thus various English localities named "Stapleton" or "Stapleford."

Walter King Stapleton

In 1970, Stapleton was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware by Richard Nixon.

William Edward Evans

He left one daughter and three sons, one of whom became the vicar of Holmer, Herefordshire.

Won Mississippi

They have also supported the American indie band, Death Cab for Cutie and Scottish indie supremos Stapleton.


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