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  • ...road improvements at the end of the century with the main thoroughfares of George Street, King Street and Union Street all completed at the start of the next ...<ref name="citycensusreview" /> The most multicultural part of the city is George Street, which has many ethnic restaurants, supermarkets and hairdressers.
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  • .... In politics, the town boasts Governor-General of Australia, Ronald Munro-Ferguson; David Steel the final leader of the Liberal Party and the first female jud ...p55&ndash;58" /> The impressive B-listed Hutchison's House was designed by George Spears, the owner of the nearby East Bridge distillery, in 1793. Displaying
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  • *During the early 19th century, Coventry was well-known due to author George Eliot who was born near [[Nuneaton]]. The city was the model for her famous ...ph motorcycle having its origins in 1902 in a Coventry factory. The Massey-Ferguson tractor factory was situated on Banner Lane, Tile Hill, until it closed in
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  • ...the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, within the Scottish Episcopal Church. George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow acted as the founder and benefactor. C ...the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, ''Millport'', written by and starring Lynn Ferguson.
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  • ...rated by the Clyde Port Authority. On the Lower Clyde, the privately owned Ferguson Shipbuilders at [[Port Glasgow]] is the last survivor of the many shipyards
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  • *{{Cite book| first=Robin George| last=Collingwood| title=Roman Britain and the English Settlements| publish *{{Cite book| first=Niall| last=Ferguson| authorlink=Niall Ferguson| title=Empire| publisher=Basic Books| year=2004| isbn=0465023290| url=http:
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  • ...itory for Great Britain, naming it "the Isle of Georgia" in honour of King George III. ...ough mid-1956 Argentina maintained the summer station Teniente Esquivel at Ferguson Bay on the south-eastern coast of [[Thule Island]]. Argentina maintained a
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  • ...undation opf the town. It was built in the "Anglo-Norman" style by George Ferguson and was consecrated on 25 June 1872. The tower is 68 feet high and contains
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  • ...ts have speculated as to the meaning of the decoration, with some, such as George Coffey (who produced a study of art at "New Grange" in the 1890s), believed ...Sir Thomas Pownall, Thomas Wright, John O'Donovan, George Petrie and James Ferguson.<ref>O'Kelly (1982:33–34)</ref>
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  • ...92. The village was granted burgh of barony status by James II in 1458 for George Leslie who became the first Earl of Rothes. Later, this was upgraded to a p ...kill' began to develop around these lands.<ref name="Fiet p3" /><ref name="Ferguson pp13-14" />
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  • [[File:Stowe North front in 1750 by George Bickham .jpg|right|thumb|200px|The north or entrance front in 1750]] ...f Lord Cobham were frequent guests, and The Prince Regent (the future King George IV) came in 1805 and 1808. In 1754 Count Stanisław August Poniatowski, the
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  • ...e sheriffs and MPs for the county of Cumberland. During the Civil War, Sir George Dalston had to leave when the house was occupied by Royalist troops under G ...ctor of Stead McAlpin, calico printers, who commissioned the architect C J Ferguson to remodel the frontage in red sandstone in 1899. More recently the hall ha
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  • *Sir David Ferguson Ochterlony (1848-1931) 3rd Baronet Ochterlony *Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942)
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  • Wisley was founded by Victorian businessman and RHS member George Ferguson Wilson,<ref>[http://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/Gardens/wisley/history.htm RHS H
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  • ...atte Lee'. In the 16th by Sir Edmund Walsingham and in 1599 it was sold to George Austen. ...he Gang's Headquarters.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hutton-North|first=Anna|title=Ferguson's Gang - The Maidens behind the Masks|year=2013|publisher=Lulu Inc|isbn=978
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  • ...ood and Ramshead; valued at £3788 9s 10d.<ref name="Robertson">Robertson, George (1820). A Topographical Description of Ayrshire: More particularly of Cunni ...00–1900. Pub. John Donald. ISBN 0-85976-067-7.</ref><ref name="Ferguson">Ferguson, Robert (2005). ''A Miller's Tale. The Life and Times of Dalgarven Mill.''
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  • ...w.clanfergusonsociety.co.uk/history.html |title=Clan Background |publisher=Ferguson Clan Society |accessdate=2013-06-12}}</ref> ...early 1750s hoping to raise support for a possible last-ditch coup against George II. He was captured in the glen, and was later hanged in London, the last
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  • The village was extended by the Laird of Pitfour, James Ferguson (the Member) in around 1801 as part of the planned villages development in ...ouses of Parliament, pillars in Covent Garden Market and the pillars of St George's Hall in Liverpool were just some of the other well known structures with
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  • ...owing community, and in 1890 a stone church was built to the design of C F Ferguson. In 1886 the Methodist Church, also dedicated to St Cuthbert, was built ne The noted Victorian author George Gissing based part of one of his novels ‘‘The Odd Women’’ on Seasca
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  • ...ames Gordon (1617-1686) was from Rothiemay. It was the birthplace of James Ferguson FRS (1710–1776), instrument-maker and astronomer. The village has its own primary school and a [[King George V Playing Field]].
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