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Wyastone Leys

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Wyastone Leys is a country house estate and Grade II listed building situated near Ganarew, in the southwestern corner of The Doward, in Herefordshire, England. [1]

61 relations: Atoll Records, Bachelor of Arts, Barrister, Belvedere (structure), Business park, Christ Church, Oxford, Coat of arms, Compact disc, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Cotton mill, Courtaulds, Deer park (England), Distinguished Service Order, Elizabeth II, English country house, Forestry Commission, Fox hunting, Ganarew, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hadnock, Hereford, Herefordshire, High Sheriff of Herefordshire, John de Robeck, Justice of the peace, Keith Kissack, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Listed building, LP record, Lyrita, Manchester, Manchester Times, Member of parliament, Military Cross, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Nimbus Records, Observatory, Optical disc drive, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Perthshire, Queen's Awards for Enterprise, Red Priest, Richard Blakemore, River Wye, Ross-on-Wye, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, Sheriff of Monmouthshire, Stucco, ..., Surround sound, The Doward, The Hallé, Torchwood, Turnpike trusts, United Kingdom census, 1851, Vineyard, Water-meadow, Wells, Somerset, William Burn, Winchcombe. Expand index (11 more) »

Atoll Records

Atoll Records is a New Zealand record label dedicated to classical, historical and contemporary music.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Belvedere (structure)

A belvedere or belvidere (from Italian for "fair view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view.

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Business park

A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædēs, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Compact disc

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982.

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

The coronation of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) took place on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey.

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Cotton mill

A cotton mill is a factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution when the early mills were important in the development of the factory system.

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Courtaulds

Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals.

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Deer park (England)

In medieval and Early Modern England, a deer park was an enclosed area containing deer.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

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Ganarew

Ganarew (from Welsh: Genau'r Rhiw; 'Gana-rhiw', and 'Gan y rew') is a village and small civil parish in south Herefordshire, England near the River Wye and the border with Wales.

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Glamorgan

Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Hadnock

Hadnock is an area of farmland and woodland in Monmouthshire, Wales, north-east of Monmouth, on the east bank of the River Wye adjoining the border with England.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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High Sheriff of Herefordshire

This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Herefordshire.

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John de Robeck

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet, (10 June 1862 – 20 January 1928) was Royal Navy officer.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Keith Kissack

Keith Edward Kissack MBE (18 November 1913 – 31 March 2010) was a British schoolteacher and historian.

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is a 2017 epic fantasy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie and co-written by Joby Harold and Lionel Wigram, inspired by Arthurian legends.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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LP record

The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of rpm, a 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) diameter, and use of the "microgroove" groove specification.

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Lyrita

Lyrita is a classical music record label, specializing in the works of British composers.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manchester Times

The Manchester Times was a weekly newspaper published in Manchester, England, from 1828 to 1922.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Monmouth

Monmouth (Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is the historic county town of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Nimbus Records

Nimbus Records is a British record company based at Wyastone Leys, Ganarew, Herefordshire, England, from Monmouth and from Ross-on-Wye.

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Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.

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Optical disc drive

In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Perthshire

Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.

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Queen's Awards for Enterprise

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development.

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Red Priest

Red Priest is a British Baroque instrumental group that was formed in 1997, originally with eleven members.

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Richard Blakemore

Richard Blakemore (8 August 1775 – 17 April 1855), MP was an ironmaster and politician.

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River Wye

The River Wye (Afon Gwy) is the fifth-longest river in the UK, stretching some from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn estuary.

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Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy) is a small market town with a population of 10,700 (according to the 2011 census), in south eastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.

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Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers

The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) (R MON RE(M)) is the most senior regiment in the British Army Reserve, having given continuous loyal service to the crown since 1539.

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Sheriff of Monmouthshire

This is a list of Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, an office which was created in 1536 but not fully settled until 1540.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Surround sound

Surround sound is a technique for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with additional audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).

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The Doward

The Doward (Deuarth Fach, "two small hills"), is an area in the parish of Whitchurch in south Herefordshire, England, consisting of the hills of Little Doward and Great Doward and extensive woodland.

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The Hallé

The Hallé is an English symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England.

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Torchwood

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies.

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Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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United Kingdom census, 1851

The United Kingdom Census of 1851 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 30 March 1851, and was the second of the UK censuses to include details of household members.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Water-meadow

A water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.

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William Burn

William Burn (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect, and pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style.

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Winchcombe

Winchcombe is a Cotswold town in the local authority district of Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyastone_Leys

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