The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements...
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Look up weaver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Weaver or Weavers may refer to: A person who engages in weaving fabric Various birds of the family Ploceidae...
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Anderton Boat Lift (redirect from Weaver Navigation Act 1872)
50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is designated as a scheduled...
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existing constituency of Tatton. The constituency took its name from the River Weaver, which flows through the area, and much of the area was part of the former...
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The River Weaver Navigation Society is a waterway society concerned with the River Weaver, from Winsford to its confluence with the Manchester Ship Canal...
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(45 km) southwest of Manchester. The River Weaver runs to its northeast and on the west it overlooks the estuary of the River Mersey. The A56 road and the Chester–Manchester...
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Cheshire, England, on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the...
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List of crossings of the River Weaver north of Nantwich. Bridges which only access the island between original course and Weaver Navigation are not included...
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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are characters found in Chinese mythology and appear eponymously in a romantic Chinese folk tale. The story tells of the...
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Ruby Ridge standoff (redirect from Sammy Weaver)
The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the...
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It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane. The town is about 18 miles (29 km) east of Chester, 15 miles...
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Cheshire to Chapel Farm House in Lancashire. It included the waters of the River Weaver up to Frodsham Bridge. On the north bank of the Mersey, it included Widnes...
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The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier Daven) is probably...
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Cliff Arquette (redirect from Charley Weaver)
was best known for performing comedic routines as his alter-ego Charley Weaver on numerous television and radio shows. Cliff Arquette was born on December...
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William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television...
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The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie...
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"Doodles" Weaver (May 11, 1911 – January 16, 1983) was an American character actor, comedian, and musician. Born into a wealthy West Coast family, Weaver began...
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Newton Brook (L) River Dibbin (L) Spittal Brook (L) River Gowy (L) River Weaver (L) River Dane (R) River Wheelock (L) River Croco (R) River Waldron (R) Ditton...
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The Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae, found in southern Africa. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin...
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Trent and Mersey Canal (category Canals linked to the River Trent)
owners of the River Weaver Navigation were also not happy about the proposals, because the route would almost parallel that of the river. Yet another route...
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J. Wayne Weaver (born January 14, 1935) is an American businessman. He owns the shoe store chains Shoe Carnival and Nine West, and was the first owner...
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hills near Peckforton Castle, very close to the source of the River Weaver. While the Weaver flows south initially, the Gowy flows north and for several...
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It is located to the west of the town centre and is separated by the River Weaver and two bridges. It had a population of 9,226, including the nearby suburb...
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Alexander Paul Weaver (born 3 January 1981) is an English actor, writer and part-time director, best known for his role as curate Leonard Finch in the...
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Sutton Weaver is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is...
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engineer for the development of the navigable northern section of the River Weaver in Cheshire. He began to specialise in canal construction and in 1865...
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power station in Runcorn, off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and River Mersey, and near junction 12 of the M56. It was opened by Queen...
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was opened in 1869, from Weaver Junction north of Crewe to Ditton Junction via the Runcorn Railway Bridge over the River Mersey. At the northern end...
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January. On 25 January a sudden thaw caused a bridge to collapse over the River Weaver, splitting Royalist cavalry forces at the Battle of Nantwich resulting...
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Weaver Creek is a creek located in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. Weaver Creek is a tributary of the Moyie River. The creek has been mined...
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