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Kimberley, Nottinghamshire

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Kimberley is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, lying 6 miles northwest of Nottingham along the A610. [1]

69 relations: Ale, Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, Avro Lancaster, Échirolles, Basford Rural District, Battle of Bosworth Field, Battle of Crécy, Beauvale Priory, Brewing, British Superbike Championship, Broxtowe, Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency), Carboniferous, Coal mining, Codnor Castle, Cricket, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Domesday Book, Earl of Essex, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, Edward III of England, England, English Civil War, Fossil, France, Giltbrook, Greasley, Greene King, Greggs, Grugliasco, Gymnosperm, Henry II of England, Henry VII of England, Henry VIII of England, Hosiery, India, Italy, John Reynolds (motorcyclist), John, King of England, Kimberley Brewery, Kimberley East railway station, Kimberley Institute Cricket Club, Kimberley Miners Welfare F.C., Kimberley School, Kimberley West railway station, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Nuthall, Operation Chastise, Permian, ..., R101, RAC Limited, Richard III of England, Rifle, Rotunda (architecture), Sainsbury's, Secondary school, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Tail gunner, Town, Unconformity, War memorial, Watnall, Watnall railway station, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, William Peverel, William the Conqueror, World War II, Zeppelin. Expand index (19 more) »

Ale

Ale is a type of beer brewed using a warm fermentation method, resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste.

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Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham

Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell (20 February 16089 March 1649), of Hadham Hall and Cassiobury House, Watford, both in Hertfordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Capell.

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Avro Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber.

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Échirolles

Échirolles (Ècherôles) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

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Basford Rural District

Basford was an rural district close to Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1974.

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Battle of Bosworth Field

The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.

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Battle of Crécy

The Battle of Crécy (26 August 1346), also spelled Cressy, was an English victory during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War.

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Beauvale Priory

Beauvale Priory (also known as Beauvale Charterhouse) was a Carthusian monastery in Beauvale, Nottinghamshire.

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Brewing

Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.

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British Superbike Championship

The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and is widely acknowledged as the premier domestic superbike racing series in the world.

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Broxtowe

Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham.

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Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)

Broxtowe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Anna Soubry of the Conservative Party.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, Mya.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Codnor Castle

Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Earl of Essex

Earl of Essex is a title in the Peerage of England which was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England.

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Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Eastwood is a former coal mining town in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, northwest of Nottingham and northeast of Derby on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Giltbrook

Giltbrook is a village in England situated approximately 10 kilometres west-northwest of Nottingham and within close reach of junction 26 of the M1 motorway.

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Greasley

Greasley is a civil parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Greene King

Greene King is the UK's largest pub retailer and brewer.

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Greggs

Greggs plc is the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom.

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Grugliasco

Grugliasco (Grujasch) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about west of Turin.

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Gymnosperm

The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes.

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Henry II of England

Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England and Lord of Ireland; at various times, he also partially controlled Wales, Scotland and Brittany.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Hosiery

Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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John Reynolds (motorcyclist)

John Stephen Reynolds (born 27 June 1963) is a retired British motorcycle racer from Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Kimberley Brewery

The Kimberley Brewery was established and operated by the brewer Hardys & Hansons, and has a heritage dating from 1832.

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Kimberley East railway station

Kimberley East Railway Station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Kimberley Institute Cricket Club

Kimberley Institute Cricket Club is an English cricket club based in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.

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Kimberley Miners Welfare F.C.

Kimberley Miners Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Kimberley School

Kimberley School (formally Kimberley Comprehensive School) is a secondary school in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Kimberley West railway station

Kimberley West railway station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (pronounced or; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.

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Nuthall

Nuthall is a village and civil parish located in Nottinghamshire, England, neighbouring Kimberley, Watnall, Cinderhill and Basford.

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Operation Chastise

Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, later called the Dam Busters, using a purpose-built "bouncing bomb" developed by Barnes Wallis.

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic period 251.902 Mya.

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R101

R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire.

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RAC Limited

RAC Limited (The RAC) is a British automotive services company headquartered in Walsall, West Midlands.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

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Rifle

A rifle is a portable long-barrelled firearm designed for precision shooting, to be held with both hands and braced against the shoulder for stability during firing, and with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the bore walls.

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Rotunda (architecture)

A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome.

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Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.9% share of the supermarket sector in the United Kingdom.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Tail gunner

A tail gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Unconformity

An unconformity is a buried erosional or non-depositional surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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Watnall

Watnall is an area of settlement in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Watnall railway station

Watnall railway station was a station serving the village of Watnall in Nottinghamshire, England.

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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835–1841).

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William Peverel

William Peverell (c. 1040 – c. 1115, Latinised to Gulielmus Piperellus), was a Norman knight granted lands in England following the Norman Conquest.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley,_Nottinghamshire

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