The Rokeby Venus (/ˈroʊkbi/ ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid; Whose original title was "The Mirror's Venus"...
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Rokeby is the name of: Baron Rokeby, an Irish title Rokeby baronets, a British title Thomas de Rokeby Rokeby, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart Rokeby, Victoria...
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Rokeby School is an independent all-boys preparatory day school in Kingston upon Thames, London. Its headmaster is Jason Peck. The school offers an education...
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Rokeby School is an 11–16 secondary school for boys located in Canning Town, Greater London, England. In 2010 the school relocated to new building on the...
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Rokeby Park is a country house in the Palladian style in the civil parish of Rokeby, in Northern England. It is close to the confluence of the River Tees...
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in the Historic England Archive, in Swindon. The collection is extensive but not currently cataloged. It is arranged by parish. "Rokeby Collection - Treasures...
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The Rokeby Baronetcy, of Skiers in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 January 1661 for William Rokeby. The...
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Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (Baptised, York 12 April 1713 – 30 November 1800), FRS, was an English landowner, politician and nobleman. In later...
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Rokeby Stables was an American thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm in Upperville, Virginia, involved with both steeplechase and flat racing. The operation...
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Christopher Rokeby, Rokesby, Rooksby, or Rooksbie (died 1584) was an English soldier and secret agent. Rokeby's family home was Mortham Tower at Rokeby in County...
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was born at Mortham in Yorkshire, the second son of Thomas Rokeby of Rokeby Hall, Rokeby (died 1567) and his wife Jane Constable; Jane was the daughter...
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England and was stopped at Knaresborough by Thomas de Rokeby and a local levy. The two factions met again at the Battle of Bramham Moor where Rokeby was...
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Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby (14 July 1757 – 10 May 1829), was a British politician. Robinson was born on 14 July 1757 and was baptised in the parish...
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Mary Richardson (section Damaging the Rokeby Venus)
Hudson. Bostridge, Mark. The Fateful Year. England 1914. Viking, 2014. Chapter on 'The Slashing of the Rokeby Venus'. Nead, Lynda. The Female Nude: Art...
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of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England. The first Baronetage was created in 1611. The Baronetage of England was replaced by the Baronetage of Great...
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Sir Thomas de Rokeby (died 1356 or 1357) was a soldier and senior Crown official in fourteenth-century England and Ireland, who served as Justiciar of...
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School in England Ringwood Waldorf School Ripley Court School River School Rishworth School Rochester Independent College Roedean School Rokeby Preparatory...
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Bridge is a hamlet on the River Greta in the parishes of Rokeby and Brignall in County Durham, England. The bridge (now bypassed by the A66 trunk road) is...
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Rugby, Warwickshire (redirect from Rugby, England)
'ee' sound. By the 13th century the name of the town was commonly spelt as Rokeby (or Rookby) before gradually evolving into the modern form by the 18th century...
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Rokeby (/ˈroʊkbi/ ROHK-bee) is a civil parish about 2.5 miles from Barnard Castle, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England...
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Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet (redirect from Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet Rokeby)
Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet (1703–1777), of Rokeby, Yorkshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734 and was...
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Barnard Castle (redirect from Barnard Castle, England)
visited his friend John Sawrey Morritt at Rokeby Hall and was fond of exploring Teesdale. He begins his epic poem Rokeby (1813) with a man standing on guard...
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Congolese parents who had arrived in England the year prior and grew up in Henniker Point in Stratford. He attended Rokeby School in Canning Town. He played...
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David Maddock (redirect from David Rokeby Maddock)
David Rokeby Maddock (30 May 1915 – 20 August 1984) was Bishop of Dunwich from 1967 to 1976. He was born on 30 May 1915 and educated at Clifton College...
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Bobcaygeon came to describe the entire town. Rokeby Park was the home of John Morritt, in County Durham, England. This was close to the confluence of the...
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Paul Mellon (section Rokeby Stables)
as Choate Rosemary Hall. Mellon owned many thoroughbred horses under his Rokeby Stables, including Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero. Two of his horses, Arts...
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Peterlee (redirect from Peterlee, England)
Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It is located south of Sunderland, north of Hartlepool, west of the Durham Coast and east of Durham. It...
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people from unjust taxation. 19 February – Battle of Bramham Moor: Thomas de Rokeby, Sheriff of Yorkshire, suppresses the Percy rebellion in the north, Percy...
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Villa La Rotonda (section England)
demolished. One of the earliest Palladian villas in the north of England is Rokeby Park. The "House of Palestine" (Bayt al-Filastin), built at the top...
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Hartlepool (redirect from Hartlepool, England)
(/ˈhɑːrtlɪpuːl/ HART-lih-pool) is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The...
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