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5 hours ago · Hereford ( / ˈhɛrɪfərd / ⓘ HERR-if-ərd) is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Gloucester and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Worcester.
5 hours ago · Let’s explore some of England’s most captivating market towns and discover what makes them so special. The Heart of a Market Town. At the core of every market town lies its bustling market. Traditionally, these markets served as the economic hub of the community, providing a platform for farmers and artisans to sell their wares.
5 hours ago · A scheme could see new the units and a local authority logistics hub built on a patch of vacant land not far from Lowestoft's main cemetery. The 0.9-hectare site located off Barnards Way in ...
5 hours ago · This southern Mississippi town's expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins' home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. Dobbins feels her life — and health — were better before 2016, when Drax opened a facility able to compress 450,000 tons of wood chips annually in the majority Black town of Gloster, Mississippi. Wood pellet production skyrocketed across the U ...
1 day ago · Wilson was born at Warneford Road, Cowlersley, in the western suburbs of the mill town of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on 11 March 1916. He came from a political family: his father James Herbert Wilson was a works chemist who had been active in the Liberal Party , serving as Winston Churchill 's deputy election agent in a 1908 by-election, but later joined the Labour ...
1 day ago · 1957 Birthday Honours. The Queen's Birthday Honours 1957 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published on 4 June 1957 for the ...
5 hours ago · Irish War of Independence. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the ...
