In an 1896 study of the LB & SCR passenger services, J. Pearson Pattinson described the eight-and-a-quarter miles of shared track between Redhill and Stoats Nest ( Coulsdon ) as being ' in a state of the utmost congestion, and detentions of the Brighton expresses, blocked by South Eastern stopping trains, are as constant as irritating.

* Stoats Nest for Coulsdon and Cane Hill-with photograph of that name and other names used by Coulsdon North

The station was opened as " Stoats Nest and Cane Hill " on 5 November 1899 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LBSCR ).

It took its name partly from the nearby Cane Hill asylum and partly from the nearby Stoats Nest village.

There had been a previous Stoats Nest station in the area which was opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1841, but this had closed in 1856.

The LBSCR equipped the new Stoats Nest station with 4 platforms: two on the Quarry Line and two terminal platforms with through access only to sidings beyond the station.

The London and Brighton Railway ( L & BR ) constructed the new line during 1840 and 1841, with the South Eastern Railway ( SER ) contributing half of the construction cost and taking ownership of the section between Stoats Nest, Coulsdon, and Redhill.

At the time of the new Stoats Nests ' opening, it was the second station operating in the area, Coulsdon South ( then named " Coulsdon ") having been opened by the SER on 1 October 1889.

Stoats, rabbits, mice, rats, cats and hedgehogs remained a problem on the island, but the Department of Conservation ( DOC ) aimed to eradicate them beginning with the poisoning of black rats, brown rats and mice and in August 2011, both Rangitoto and neighbouring Motutapu Islands were officially declared pest-free with both islands now also boasting populations of newly-translocated saddlebacks.

Stoats may prey on young hares.

Predators include Weasels, Stoats, and small raptors such as the Merlin and nest predators such as crows and magpies.

Stoats were the main cause of death of nesting adult females, nestlings and fledglings, but possums were also important predators of adult females, eggs and nestlings.

* Stoats and weasels are liberated as a misguided attempt to control rabbits.

* Stoats cleared from Resolution Island Wildlifeextra. com

" Harris and other staff officers removed Johnston from his horse and carried him to a small ravine near the " Hornets Nest " and desperately tried to aid the general by trying to make a tourniquet for his leg wound, but little could be done by this point since he had already lost so much blood.

There is the Kehlsteinhaus ( nicknamed " Eagle's Nest " by a French diplomat ), which was built as a present for Hitler's 50th birthday in 1939.

* Merry Prankster Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, volunteered for MKUltra experiments involving LSD and other psychedelic drugs at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Menlo Park while he was a student at nearby Stanford University.

Daisy worked as a waitress at the Boar's Nest, the local bar owned by Boss Hogg, as part of an agreement with Boss Hogg so that he would give Uncle Jesse and the boys a loan for a lower interest rate so the boys could purchase the entry fee for a race that they wished to race General Lee in.

These include A Clockwork Orange, The Snake Pit, Quantum Leap ( TV series ), Stargate, Frances, Requiem for a Dream, the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey as well as the movie adaptation, Melrose Place, A Beautiful Mind, The Caretaker, The Best of Youth, House ; The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Shine, The Beverly Hillbillies ( film ), the film version of Girl, Interrupted, Insanitarium, Changeling, Ciao!

Since Forman left Czechoslovakia, two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, have acquired particular renown, both gaining him an Academy Award for Best Director.

* Will Sampson ( 1933 – 1987 ), film actor, noted for performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( 1978 )

Carroll Clark, who worked under the general supervision of Van Nest Polglase, was the unit art director on all but one of the Astaire-Rogers films and he managed the team of designers responsible for the scenery and furnishings of Top Hat.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as Art Direction ( Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase ), Original Song ( Irving Berlin for " Cheek to Cheek "), and Dance Direction ( Hermes Pan for " Piccolino " and " Top Hat ").

Love Affair was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writing, Original Story ( Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey ), Best Original Song ( Buddy G. DeSylva, For the song " Wishing "), and Best Art Direction ( Van Nest Polglase, Alfred Herman ).

In addition, the Charlotte 49ers and Davidson Wildcats of the NCAA play annually for the Hornets ' Nest Trophy.

Nicholson lost to George C. Scott, but was nominated several times before getting the Award for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards ; as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street.

Clarksdale was named for John Clark, a brother-in-law of Governor James L. Alcorn, whose home, Eagle ’ s Nest, was in this county.

Crows Nest is known for its rugged landscape, waterfalls, and a sparkling gorge called Valley of Diamonds.

Wanbli is the Lakota word for eagle and the town was named for its proximity to Wanbli hohpi paha ( Eagle Nest Butte ).

Gomersal also has some interesting street and place names, for example Mazy Brook ( Mazebrook ), Drub, Birdacre, Bleak Street, Wood Nook, Throstle Nest, Egypt, Worlds End, Fusden Lane, Monk Ings, Nutter Lane, Muffit Lane, Garfit Hill, Nibshaw Lane to name a few.

" The GUC houses the Office of Student Affairs, Student Activities office, two eateries ( counter-service Gull's Nest and internet cafe Cool Beans ), Career Services office, the Center for Student Achievement, and a large, multi-level lounge space.

In an interview in TV Ontario's series Film 101, “ Hollywood Asylum, Explored or Exploited ?”, film actor Brad Dourif ( who played Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ) stated that Sampson had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

This was closed on 1 October 1847 by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LB & SCR ), which had opened the Stoat's Nest station one mile away at Coulsdon.

* Nest Hill Nature Reserve

Other minor communities and geographic features in the town are: Between the Rivers, Black Hall Pond, Brighton Beach, Ferry Road, Flat Rock Hill, Four Mile River, Griswold Point, Hall's Corners, Hawk's Nest Beach, Homestead Circle, Johnnycake Hill, Miami Beach, Mile Creek, Neck Road, Old Colony Beach, Old Lyme Estates, Old Lyme Shores, Rogers Lake, Sill Lane, Smith's Neck, Tantummaheag, Tuttles Sandy Beach, Whippoorwill, White Sand Beach.

There are several protected areas within town, including Cedar Swamp Conservation Area, Cheever Commons Conservation Area, Coolidge Reservation, Owl's Nest Nature Preservation Land, Powder House Hill Reservation, and Wyman Hill Conservation Area.

... he told me about when he was a sixteen year old boy during the Civil War and would hide under a big cliff on Turkey Nest Ridge and watch the Blue Coats ride their horses around the graveyard hill, shooting their cannon toward Burg Hill where the Grey Coats had a fort and would ride their horses around the Burg Hill ...

* " The West, A Nest, And You " w. Larry Yoell m. Billy Hill

* Eagle Nest ( Pink Hill, North Carolina ), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina

The name Kowloon stems from the nine dragons, a term which refers to eight mountains and a Chinese emperor: Kowloon Peak, Tung Shan, Tate's Cairn, Temple Hill, Unicorn Ridge, Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Crow's Nest and Emperor Bing ( Song Dynasty ).

The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument as the best surviving remains of the limestone industry in Dudley.

: River Mersey: Great Stanney ; Stoke ; Wervin ; Caughall ; Chester ; Saltneyside ; Leech Hall ( sic Lache Hall ); Rough Hill ; Cuckoos Nest ; Wrexham ; Ruabon ; Plas Maddock ; Chirk ; Hordley ; Dandyford ; Shade Oak ; Weston Lullingfield ; Eyton ; Walford ; Hancott ; Shrewsbury ; River Severn.

Byrne attended Balmain Public School and Hunters Hill High School before attending Bradfield College in Crows Nest.

In addition to North Sydney, the electoral division includes the suburbs of Artarmon, Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, Lane Cove West, Lavender Bay, Linley Point, Longueville, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Naremburn, Neutral Bay, Northbridge, Northwood, Riverview, St Leonards, Tarban, Waverton, Wollstonecraft, Woolwich and parts of Castlecrag, Gladesville and Willoughby.

He was 26 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place at Crow's Nest Hill, Johannesburg, for which he was awarded the VC.

After passing Crow's Nest, Storm King and the rocky cliff faces of Butter Hill dominate the northward view.

Wren's Nest Hill was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution for building stone and lime production.

Abraham Darby, who was one of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution, was born on Wren's Nest Hill in 1678.