Laxey (Manx: Laksaa) is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse Laxa meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing...
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The Laxey Wheel (also known as Lady Isabella) is built into the hillside above the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. It is the largest surviving original...
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Laxey A.F.C. are a football club from Laxey on the Isle of Man. Nicknamed The Miners they compete in the Isle of Man Football League. They play in a green...
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The Great Laxey Mine was a silver, lead ore and zinc mine located in Laxey, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached a depth in excess of...
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The Great Laxey Mine Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Meain Mooar Laksaa) was originally constructed to serve the Isle of Man's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine...
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The Laxey Towing Company Ltd is a privately owned marine salvage company incorporated in the Isle of Man. Its registered office is Clovenstones Cottage...
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Laxey Bay (Manx: Baie Laksaa) is a coastal feature and Marine Nature Reserve on the east coast of the Isle of Man in the north Irish Sea. Geographically...
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mountain railway on the Isle of Man in Europe. It joins the village of Laxey with the summit of Snaefell, at 2,036 feet (621 m) above sea level the highest...
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Cliff railways in the Isle of Man (redirect from Laxey Browside Tramway)
with the Douglas Head lift at its north end. The Browside lift served the Laxey Wheel. Map this section's coordinates in "List of Isle of Man railway lines...
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Laxey Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Laksaa) is an interchange station in the village of Laxey on the east coast of the Isle of Man. It is...
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Lectragh Vannin) is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway...
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waterwheel in Laxey, Isle of Man. The wheel stands in the washing floors in Laxey Glen Gardens, approximately 700 metres south of the larger Laxey Wheel. The...
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Laxey Car Shed (Manx: Bwaagyn Charr Laksaa) is a storage facility for the Manx Electric Railway in the village of Laxey on the Isle of Man. It also serves...
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July 2008, TDG was taken private by the Laxey Investment Trust (later renamed Douglas Bay Capital) through Laxey Logistics and was subsequently removed...
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1 or 2 Groudle Glen Railway (2012) Limited Great Laxey Mine Railway Laxey 0.4 Single Steam 19 1 Laxey & Lonan Heritage Trust Orchid Line Curraghs Wildlife...
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official villages of the Isle of Man, with village commissioners, are: Laxey (Laksaa) – no longer has village commissioners; is now merely an electoral...
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Laxey Old Road (Manx: Stadd Shann Raad Laksaa) is a diminutive request-only stop on the northern side of the valley on the climb out of Laxey on the Manx...
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Great Laxey Mining Company's property. The sett was surrounded by that of the Great Laxey Mining Company and ran parallel with the Great Laxey lodes....
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Isle of Man folk songwriter. This including the popular folk song ‘The Laxey Wheel’ (1957). A number of different recordings of Stuart Slack's folk songs...
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Man. It is situated in Minorca, in the northern part of the village of Laxey, partly in a private cottage garden. It is some 4000 to 5000 years old;...
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Louisiana, a community in the United States Minorca, Isle of Man, an area of Laxey village on the Isle of Man Minorca Halt, a stop on the Manx Electric Railway...
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winning season the following year. They also won the Manx FA Cup, beating Laxey 3–0 in the final and the Railway Cup with a 7–0 victory over Marown in the...
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forms a separate benefice, with the exception of two (Onchan; Lonan and Laxey) which are combined in a team ministry with a team rector and a team vicar...
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Samantha Barks (category People from Laxey)
leave. Barks was born and raised in Laxey on the Isle of Man. Her mother is from Malahide, Ireland. Barks attended Laxey Primary School and St Ninian's High...
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monuments, such as Cashtal yn Ard in Maughold parish, King Orry's Grave in Laxey, Mull Hill near Cregneash and Ballaharra Stones at St John's. There were...
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Energy FM Isle of Man 98.6 93.4 (North Isle of Man) 98.4 (Ramsey) 91.2 (Laxey) 102.4 (Peel) 105.2 (Maughold) 11C Island FM Alderney, Guernsey and Sark...
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railway connecting a stone quarry to the incline railway. Garff A second Laxey Mine tramway, 3 ft (914 mm), horsedrawn, on the lower washing floor, constructed...
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expectations will have been overturned. Parts of the film were shot in Laxey film studio on the Isle of Man. Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales...
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Air Force, Avro Anson (registration: MG445) crashed into a hillside near Laxey, killing all four crew. 2 July 1946, Royal Air Force, Avro Anson (registration:...
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Killabrega, Sulby Glen Lonan: Ballacowle, Bulgham, Laxey Wheel, Gretch Veg, King Orry's Grave, Laxey Head, Cronk y Chule Malew: Silverdale Glen, Hango...
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