• Raikes Hall was a football ground in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was the home ground of Blackpool F.C. between 1888 and 1899. The Raikes Hall ground...
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  • system. Founded in 1887, the club formerly played its home games at Raikes Hall and the Athletic Grounds before moving to Bloomfield Road in 1901. Blackpool...
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    is the third stadium in the club's existence, the previous two being Raikes Hall Gardens and the Athletic Grounds. Largely unchanged since the 1960s,...
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    Blackpool Cricket Club first formed in 1888 and they regularly played at Raikes Hall pleasure gardens. In 1889, R.G. Barlow organised the All England XI to...
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    Cheshire, Raikes was the grandson of Reverend Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, and the great-grandson of Thomas Raikes, a merchant...
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    at Raikes Hall. Blackpool's debut in the first-round proper of the FA Cup occurred in 1891–92, with a visit from Sheffield United to Raikes Hall. The...
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    1896). Blackpool's Royal Palace Gardens at Raikes Hall was a world-famous destination for variety and music hall stars from the mid-18th century. It boasted...
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    Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 160 Palmer (2004), p. 10 Historic England, "Raikes Hall Hotel (1072009)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 June...
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  • Schwarz's venues in England were the Raikes Hall Gardens at Blackpool where he was bandmaster and also in the Oddfellows' Hall, Pateley Bridge and in Harrogate...
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  • Blackpool moved to the ground at the start of the 1897–98 season, as their Raikes Hall ground required development following the club's election to the Football...
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  • school was located in a building called Raikes Hall in Raikes Parade, Blackpool. It is now a pub called the Raikes Hotel. Success was marked by rapid growth...
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  • victory, 3–2. On 19 September, Burton Wanderers were the first visitors to Raikes Hall for a Football League game, and they returned whence they came with a...
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  • William Raikes, who had built a mausoleum in the Churchyard of St Mary, Woodford, London. Robert Raikes was the second son of merchant William Raikes (1737-1800)...
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  • stadium opened on Saturday 10 December 1927 and was named Raikes Park after the nearby Raikes Hall and Farm. A stand was constructed on the west side of the...
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  • Andrew Raikes Hargreaves (born 15 May 1955) is a former British Conservative Party politician. Having unsuccessfully stood in 1983 for Blyth Valley (which...
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  • 21 January 1893 Round one Blackpool 1–3 Sheffield United Raikes Hall Needham  ',  ' Hammond  ' Attendance: 3,000...
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  • 5 November  1892 (1892 -11-05) 5 Blackpool 3–0 Liverpool Blackpool John Parkinson James Pittaway Report Stadium: Raikes Hall Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lomax...
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  • 3 April 1893 Blackpool 6–1 Ardwick Blackpool ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' ? ?' Stadium: Raikes Hall...
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  • Blackpool on 14 November 1896, in a 3–1 victory over Lincoln City at Raikes Hall. He scored the hosts' first goal. That was his only appearance in the...
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    Henry Raikes (1782–1854) was an English cleric, chancellor of the diocese of Chester from 1830 to 1854. Henry Raikes was born on 24 September 1782 at 12...
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    associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including Raymond Raikes, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan...
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    latter had been touched by articles of Raikes, on the problems of youth crime. Pastor Thomas Stock and Raikes have thus registered a hundred children...
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    Raikes was born at Carleton Forehoe near Wymondham in Norfolk, Raikes was the second son of Francis Raikes, a clergyman. He grew up at Hedenham Hall in...
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  • 13 March 1897 Blackpool 4–1 Newcastle United Blackpool (Report) Smellie Stadium: Raikes Hall Attendance: 3,000...
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  • 16 January 1892 First Round Blackpool 0–3 Sheffield United Raikes Hall, Blackpool Scott  ' Wallace  ',  ' Attendance: 2,800...
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    County Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Sir Yr Wyddgrug) is a municipal facility at Raikes Lane in Mold, Flintshire. It was the headquarters of the old Flintshire...
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  • mainland. Raikes was awarded honours by several nations in the course of his work. Raikes was born on 5 February 1867 to Reverend Charles Hall Raikes and Charlotte...
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    England 1783–1846. Oxford University Press. Raikes, Thomas (1856). A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes from 1831 to 1847: Comprising Reminiscences...
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    Helsinki Ice Hall (Finnish: Helsingin jäähalli, Swedish: Helsingfors ishall), colloquially called Nordis, is an indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland...
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  • Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2021 Historic England, "Raikes Hall Farmhouse, Tong (1132903)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved...
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