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Richmond Park is the second largest park in London ( after the 10, 000 acre Lee Valley Park, whose area extends beyond the M25 into Hertfordshire and Essex ) and is Britain's second largest urban walled park after Sutton Park, Birmingham.
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Current League Champions and the first Irish side to reach the group stages of a European competition: 2011 – 12 UEFA Europa League group stage Shamrock Rovers play at Tallaght Stadium in South Dublin, play at Richmond Park, and play their home games at the UCD Bowl in Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, while is based at Tolka Park.
; he played just the once – a home game at Richmond Park on 2 October 1977 against Shamrock Rovers, keeping a clean sheet in a 1 – 0 win – before returning to the Strikers for the North American 1978 season.
Governor La Trobe offered the MCC a choice of three sites ; an area adjacent to the existing ground, a site at the junction of Flinders and Spring Streets or a ten-acre ( about 4 hectares ) section of the Government Paddock at Richmond next to Richmond Park.
An MCC sub-committee chose the Richmond Park option because it was level enough for cricket but sloped enough to prevent inundation.
An inaugural game using the new FA rules was initially scheduled for Battersea Park on 2 January 1864, but enthusiastic members of the FA couldn't wait for the new year and an experimental game was played at Mortlake on 19 December 1863 between Morley's Barnes team and their neighbours Richmond ( who were not members of the FA ), ending in a goalless draw.
In response, Earnhardt, Jr. and his DEI teammates Michael Waltrip and Steve Park painted a single black stripe next to the left headlight decals of their Chevrolet Monte Carlos for the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway to protest the display of her autopsy photos.
In 1910, the former city of Manchester was consolidated with the city of Richmond, and in 1914, the city annexed Barton Heights, Ginter Park, and Highland Park areas of Henrico County.
There is also a Huguenot High School in Richmond and Huguenot Park in Chesterfield County, along with several other uses of the name throughout the region.
Among recent Economic Development successes in Caroline have been the recruitment of the State Fair of Virginia ( previously in Richmond since 1854 when the first State Fair opened in Monroe Park ), Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders, The Virginia Sports Complex, the multi-national electrical contracting firm, M. C.
Person County offers a strategic location for business and industry, as it is within an hour ’ s drive of North Carolina's two major economic centers, the Research Triangle Park ( Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh ) and the Piedmont Triad ( Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point ), and a two-hour drive of Richmond, Virginia.
The borough includes the whole of the Kingston and Surbiton Westminster Parliamentary Constituency and part of the Richmond Park Constituency, both constituencies were created in 1997.
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* 1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
Patrick Henry is best known for the speech he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, in Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
The island is divided into four of Nova Scotia's eighteen counties: Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond, and Victoria.
This occurred in 1880, when Lee Richmond and John Montgomery Ward pitched perfect games within five days of each other, although under somewhat different rules: the front edge of the pitcher's box was only from home base ( the modern release point is about farther away ); walks required eight balls ; and pitchers were obliged to throw side-armed.
The oldest standing home in Richmond, the Old Stone House, is in use as the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, though Poe never lived there.
* 1862 – Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia.
* Brendon Gale – former Australian Rules Footballer and is the current CEO of the Richmond Football Club
In 1965, Lewis directed and ( along with Bill Richmond ) wrote the comedy film The Family Jewels about a young heiress who must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
* 1510 – Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
* 1861 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
* 1861 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre and is serviced by the Richmond railway station, Richmond and the Jolimont railway station, East Melbourne.
This is because the founder of this seaside community, which is today part of the municipality of Richmond, British Columbia, was Manoah Steves, originally from Moncton.
* 1901 – Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
As of 2012, the most notable Green elected official in the United States is Gayle McLaughlin, serving her second term as mayor of Richmond, California.
Richmond, with a population of over 100, 000 people, is the largest city in the country with a Green mayor.
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