Balcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies 31 miles (50 km) south of London, 16 miles (26 km) north...
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Florence Balcombe (17 July 1858 – 25 May 1937) was the wife and literary executor of Bram Stoker. She is remembered for her legal dispute with the makers...
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The Balcombe Street siege was an incident involving members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and London's Metropolitan Police lasting from...
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Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street...
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Ellery Ronald Balcombe (born 15 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club St Mirren,...
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Francis Graham Balcombe (8 March 1907 – 19 March 2000) was a pioneer of cave diving in the United Kingdom and a founder of the Cave Diving Group together...
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Australia. Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, commonly known as Betsy Balcombe, was born in 1802 as the second child of William and Jane Balcombe, née Cranston. Her father...
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Balcombe may refer to: Balcombe, West Sussex, England Balcombe railway station Balcombe tunnel Balcombe Street Siege, IRA incident in London David Balcombe...
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Sir Alfred John Balcombe, PC (29 September 1925 – 9 June 2000) was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1985 to 1995. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn...
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Balcombe railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of Balcombe, West Sussex. It is 33 miles 64 chains (54.4 km) down...
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radio and television produced by A.J. Balcombe Ltd. The company was formed in 1917 or 1918 by Alfred Balcombe. Alba began by manufacturing radio sets...
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Balcombe Place is a Grade II* Listed Building, built in 1856 in West Sussex, with a south view across the Ouse Valley. It now forms part of The Balcombe...
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Balcombe tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Brighton Main Line through the Sussex Weald between Three Bridges and Balcombe. It is 1,034 metres (1,131 yards)...
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Jonathan Balcombe (born 28 February 1959) is an ethologist and author. He is formerly Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for...
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William Balcombe (28 December 1777 – 19 March 1829) was an East India Company and colonial administrator. He came to fame as the father of a daughter (Betsy...
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Ouse Valley Viaduct (redirect from Balcombe Viaduct)
The Ouse Valley Viaduct (or the Balcombe Viaduct) carries the Brighton Main Line over the River Ouse in Sussex. It is located to the north of Haywards...
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David John Balcombe (born 24 December 1984) is an English former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Balcombe spent the majority...
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Hugh Doherty, members of the Active Service Unit (ASU), later dubbed the Balcombe Street Gang, for whose capture McWhirter had offered a reward. McWhirter...
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garden of William Balcombe, an English merchant who became a purveyor to Napoleon. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth Lucia ("Betsy") Balcombe was the only...
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Leslie Balcombe (1914 – 19 December 1938) was an English footballer of the 1930s. Born in Lambeth, he joined Gillingham from Tunbridge Wells Rangers in...
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service unit who became known as the Balcombe Street Gang – whom police arrested in December 1975 after the Balcombe Street siege leading to their trial...
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Frederick James Balcombe, JP {17 December 1911 - 1 July 2000} was Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, 1974–5, the first Lord Mayor of the Metropolitan District...
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drilling pad) The Balcombe drilling protest occurred when test drilling and possible fracking for petroleum were proposed in 2012 near Balcombe, a village in...
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Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England is a 19th-century country house, formerly one of the lesser royal residences. It is a Grade II listed building...
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based in England, of which Duggan and three others were labelled the "Balcombe Street Gang" by news media after a five-day siege in the eponymous London...
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known for his role in the Balcombe Street Siege, in London in December 1975. Doherty is known for his role in the Balcombe Street Siege of December 1975...
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The CDG was founded in 1946 by Graham Balcombe, making it the world's oldest continuing diving club. Graham Balcombe and Jack Sheppard pioneered cave diving...
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Durand Balcombe (1829–1904) was a newspaper editor, Indian agent and Republican politician who served in the Minnesota Legislature. Balcombe was born...
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then England. Butler and three others were called the "Balcombe Street Gang" or the "Balcombe Street Four" by news media during a five-day siege in the...
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Mabel Brookes (redirect from Mabel Balcombe Brookes)
socialite, writer, historian, memoirist and humanitarian. Born Mabel Balcombe Emmerton in Raveloe, South Yarra, Victoria in 1890, her best-known service...
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