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ARTICLES RELATED TO Uxbridge | | | |  Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - Uxbridge - HistoryArchaeologists found Bronze age remains (before 700 BC) and medieval remains when the new shopping mall The Chimes was being built. Two miles away at Denham Upper Paleolithic remains have been found.
Uxbridge is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, but a hundred years later the existing church, St Margaret's, was built. The existing pub, "The Queens Head", has a sign depicting Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII. The pub was previously called "The Axe" and possibly dates from the 1540's. A tunnel connects the pub ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia - Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. After his exile to Elba, he had reinstalled himself on the throne of France for a Hundred Days. During this time, the forces of the rest of Europe converged on him, commanded by the United Kingdom's Duke of Wellington, and Prussia's Gebhard von Blücher.
The battlefield is in Belgium, about 12km (7.5 miles) SSE of Brussels, and 2km (1.2 miles) from the town of Waterloo, at 50°40′45″N, Including:
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia - Urban Legend film Urban Legend (1998) is a thriller film starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Michael Rosenbaum, Danielle Harris, John Neville, and Loretta Devine.
Urban Legend is based on the premise that a killer is using the methods of death described in certain urban legends (such as the fatal mixing of cola and Pop Rocks) as a means to kill his victims.
Parts of the movie were filmed at Trinity College School, Port Hope, ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - Shepherd's Bush - Shepherd's Bush Green The area's focal point is Shepherd's Bush Green, a large triangular patch of open grass, of approx 8 acres, surrounded by trees and roads with a couple of tennis courts.
Shepherd's Bush is thought to have been named after the area which shepherds were said to use as a meadow. However, it is also thought that it could have been named after someone in the area, because in 1635 the area was recorded as "Sheppards Bush Green".
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - London European Parliament constituency - Members of the European Parliament
London European Parliament constituency - 1999 - 2004 5th term.
Richard Balfe, Labour (1999 - 2002), Conservative (2002 - 2004)
John Bowis, Conservative
Robert Evans, Labour
Pauline Green, Labour (1999 - 2000)
Mary Honeyball, Labour (2000 - onwards)
Jean Lambert, Green
Sarah Ludford, Liberal Democrat
Claude Moraes, Labour
Charles Tannock ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - London Outer Orbital Path - Route The route is divided into 24 sections in three groups: the 'blue' section in South London, the 'green' section in north-west London, and the 'yellow' section in north-east London. Each of the 24 sections is designed as a day's walk between public transport nodes.
The walk begins at Erith on the south bank of the River Thames and passes clockwise through Crayford, Petts Wood, Coulsdon, Kingston upon Thames, Uxbridge, Elstree, Cockfosters, Chingford and Upminster Bridge before ending at the Rainham marshes, directly across the Thames fr ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - 1996 in rail transport - Events
1996 in rail transport - January events.
January 6 - A computer-controlled Washington Metro train overran the platform at the Shady Grove station, colliding with a parked train and fatally injuring the operator. (See 1996 Gaithersburg Metrorail Accident).
1996 in rail transport - March events.
March 4 - A Wisconsin Central freight train derails on a broken switch in Weyauwega, Wisconsin. The Weyauwega derailment forced the evacuation of the entire town until ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - Blizzard of 2005 - Conditions Conditions throughout much of southeastern Massachusetts were near-whiteout and, in some cases, were whiteout. State Police in both Dartmouth and Middleborough suggested that residents travel as little as possible. Major highways, such as Route 24, Route 6 and Route 140, could not be properly cleared because of the heavy snowfall and high winds. Secondary highways, such as Route 79 were nearly impassable in some areas.
Many Boston-area newscasters credit the New England Patriots football game on January 23 for keeping most travellers ...
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| | | | Uxbridge: Encyclopedia II - Bermondsey - History of Bermondsey
Bermondsey - 11th century.
The area was originally named "Beormund's Ey", Beormund being a Saxon personal name, "ey" being Old Norse for "island". At this time it would have been little more than a marshy riverside island. A community of Cluniac monks established Bermondsey Abbey on the site in 1082 and began the development of the area, cultivating the land and embanking the riverside. They turned an adjacent tidal inlet at the mouth of the River Neckinger into a dock, nam ...
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