Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9...
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The historic manor of Iron Acton was a manor centred on the village of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, England, situated about 9 miles (14 km) north-east...
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Acton Court is the historic manor house of the manor of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, England. It is a grade I listed building of Tudor architecture and...
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Acton, West Acton, East Acton, South Acton, Acton Green, Acton Town, Acton Vale and Acton Central are all parts of Acton. Acton means "oak farm" or "farm...
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Iron Acton station opened on 2 September 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway branch from Yate to Thornbury. The station was designed...
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Sir Robert Poyntz (died 1520), lord of the manor of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, was a supporter of the future King Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth...
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and it has been suggested that she was a member of the Poyntz family of Iron Acton, possibly Elizabeth, daughter of William Huddesfield, the first wife of...
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in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the B4059 road north of Iron Acton, and south of Rudgeway and Earthcott. The hamlet is divided by the B4059...
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Winterbourne to the south-west and Coalpit Heath to the east. The parish borders Iron Acton to the north and Westerleigh to the south-east, the large town of Yate...
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a member of The Critics' Circle. He was born Charles Ball-Acton in the village of Iron Acton, in what is now South Gloucestershire in England. His family...
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August 1535, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visited Nicholas Poyntz at Acton Court, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Poyntz had built a special new lodging for his...
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Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond. Pointz was the son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire and his first wife Anne Verney. His grandfather Sir Nicholas...
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Almondsbury on the A38 trunk road. It lies west of Earthcott, Latteridge, Iron Acton and Yate on the B4059 road. The name Rudgeway refers to a local section...
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and 1629. Pointz was the son of Sir John Poyntz, Lord of the Manor of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, and his second wife Elizabeth Sydenham, daughter of...
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September 1872, and started at Yate and finished at Thornbury, with stops at Iron Acton and Tytherington. The line's services first consisted of two trains in...
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John Newton 1468: Sir John Greville 1469: Sir Robert Poyntz of Acton Court, Iron Acton[citation needed] 1470: John Cassy of Adesburye 1471–1473: Richard...
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on the Bristol to Gloucester main line, with intermediate stations at Iron Acton and Tytherington. It lost its passenger services in June 1944 but continued...
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Programmes". barb.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016. "Violent murder of Iron Acton grandfather Barry Rubery to feature in new Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved documentary...
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Wiltshire including Acton Turville, Badminton, Charfield, Chipping Sodbury, Downend, Emersons Green, Filton, Fishponds, Frenchay, Iron Acton, Kingswood, Luckington...
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often used erect as a crest, for example by the families of Poyntz of Iron Acton, Rolle of Stevenstone and Turton. History of measurement List of obsolete...
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Margaret, who married Sir Robert Poyntz (d. 1520) lord of the manor of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, who built the Poyntz Chapel within the Gaunt's Chapel...
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Acton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 21 miles (34 km) west-northwest of Boston along Massachusetts Route 2...
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before 1 November 1437, Alice Poyntz, daughter of Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton, Glos. By his second wife Elizabeth Hussey, daughter of Henry Hussey of...
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Somerset Bridgwater Hurst Greater London New Cross 132 kV Littlebrook Iron Acton South Gloucestershire Melksham 132 kV, 33 kV Whitson Iver Buckinghamshire...
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the Nibley brook at Nibley and the Mayshill brook at Algars Manor near Iron Acton, both on the left. The river turns south towards the next settlement of...
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Harry Stoke, Hawkesbury, Hawkesbury Upton, Hill, Hinton, Horton Ingst, Iron Acton, Itchington Latteridge, Little Badminton, Little Sodbury, Little Stoke...
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54 BC, when the Thames presented a major obstacle and he encountered the Iron Age Belgic tribes (Catuvellauni and Atrebates) along the river. At the confluence...
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these bridges are notable in their own right. The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge was the world's first iron arch bridge. Several other bridges crossing the river...
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widow of John Germin & 2nd wife of Sir Nicholas Poyntz (d. 1585/86) of Iron Acton, Glos. In 1532, Edward accompanied King Henry to Boulogne, where they...
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