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The Crossley Baronetcy, of Halifax in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1863 for the first Baron's father, the carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Member of Parliament, Francis Crossley.
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Crossley and Halifax
Two selective schools in Calderdale jointly administer an 11 + admissions exam: The Crossley Heath School, Savile Park and North Halifax Grammar School in Illingworth.
By 1880 he was married to his sweetheart Sarah Crossley, having been married at the Zion Chapel in Halifax ; they then settled in Norwich.
Edward Crossley was the eldest son of Joseph Crossley J. P., of Broomfield, Halifax, Yorkshire, of the Crossley carpets dynasty.
Students from the Calderdale secondary schools, including The Brooksbank School, The Crossley Heath School and North Halifax Grammar School, can be accepted through the application process.
His mother gave him up for adoption at 7 months old to Methodist lay preachers Ralph ( deceased ) and Dorothy Moore, who moved to Halifax, West Yorkshire, where he lived in Illingworth and attended the Crossley and Porter School, and he first played rugby union for the Old Crossleyans.
In 1863 the Somerleyton estate was sold to Sir Francis Crossley of Halifax, West Yorkshire who, like Peto, was a philanthropist, a carpet manufacturer, and a Member of Parliament.
Crossley and County
* June 15, 1906: Businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament Sir William John Crossley was presented with a key on June 15, in honour of the Stamford Park County School.
Crossley and York
Raymond was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Beatrice Wallazz ( née Crossley ) and Alexander Gillespie Raymond.
In September 2012, despite having retired from playing in 2011, Crossley was named as an unused substitute in Chesterfield's 2-2 draw at York City, taking the number 26 shirt.
Crossley and was
This was despite Lineker having a goal controversially disallowed for offside and also having a penalty saved by goalkeeper Mark Crossley.
The next major change was to use silver on glass rather than metal, in the 19th century such was with the Crossley reflector.
Notable was the fact that J McLandsborough, the original proposer of the line ( who dealt predominantly with water and sewerage engineering, but had experience of building the Otley and Ilkley Railway ) was appointed acting engineer ; whilst J. S. Crossley of the Midland Railway was appointed consultant engineer.
John Rennie was appointed as Engineer in July 1792, with William Crossley the elder as his assistant, and Archibald Millar as resident engineer and superintendent.
Chamber works from the 1970s include the Third Piano Sonata, first performed by Paul Crossley at the 1973 Bath Festival ( Tippett was artistic director of the festival from 1969 – 1974 ) and the Fourth String Quartet, premiered by the Lindsay String Quartet at Bath in 1979.
However, this was a new design of ordnance and uses a split sliding block breech with Crossley obturation, instead of the more usual screw breech, to permit bagged charges ( no metal cartridge cases ).
While there, Crossley introduced Ainsworth to William Blackwood, the owner of Blackwood's Magazine, and, through Blackwood, was introduced to many Scottish writers.
Besides Crossley, another close friend to Ainsworth was John Aston, a clerk that worked in his father's legal firm.
Perhaps more notable was the lack of fire or damage to the Crossley refractor dome.
Profitability was improved after the company sent Crossley, their engineer, on a fact-finding tour of local canals in 1822.
Herbert Crossley ( May 5, 1901 – November 15, 1921 ) was a heavyweight boxing contender against Gene Tunney on September 5, 1921, shortly after arriving in the United States from England.
The engineer for the project was John Crossley from Leicestershire, a veteran of other Midland schemes.
The draft Charter was prepared by Louise Crossley ( Australian Greens ), based upon the following documents.
In 2005, the Crossley Heath School was the highest ranking co-educational school in the north of England.
He, with his brother Francis, founded the pioneering locomotive company Crossley and the ( now defunct ) car manufacturer Crossley Motors and was a Director of the Manchester Ship Canal. Sir William Crossley's Key
Subsequently, the Crossley House was donated to people with learning disabilities and provided many summer holidays until it was sold to property developers in 2005.
It was created in 1916 for the Liberal Unionist politician and former Paymaster-General Sir Savile Crossley, 2nd Baronet.
Crossley and created
* Sir Savile Brinton Crossley, 2nd Baronet ( 1857 – 1935 ) ( created Baron Somerleyton in 1916 )
The company was originally created as a division of engine builders Crossley Brothers, but from 1910 became a stand-alone company.
Crossley and United
In Germany Blaupunkt fitted their first radio to a Studebaker in 1932 and in the United Kingdom Crossley offered a factory fitted wireless in their 10 hp models from 1933.
Charlie Ahcroft and Russell Crossley took over for four games before Sidlow came back in to play his last match for the club, Anfield was the place and Newcastle United were the visitors.
Crossley, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, was a pioneering company in the production of internal combustion engines.
Crossley and for
* Portrait of John Crossley of Scaitcliffe kept at the Christchurch Art gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand ( use searchbar on website to look for the image )
After the boom in orders during the First World War, the lack of new work in peacetime caused severe financial problems and in August 1920, 68. 5 % of the company's shares were acquired by nearby Crossley Motors who had an urgent need for more factory space for automotive vehicle body building.
They were of a traditional design by naval architects Graham and Woolnough, who are based in Liverpool, but boasted modern equipment including Crossley multi-speed engines for versatile control.
* Mark Crossley ( b 1969 ), former Nottingham Forest, Fulham & Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper, currently playing for Chesterfield in League Two
He subsequently sold the rights for his invention to the Crossley Gas Engine Company for a handsome sum.
" A Special " Platoons were fully mobile using a Ford car for the officer in charge, two armoured cars and four Crossley Tenders ( one for each of the sections ).
Gerard Love is also working on a solo album for release on Geographic backed by musicians including Bob Kildea, Tom Crossley, Dave McGowan and Brendan O ' Hare.
Several laneways that run off Bourke Street are known for their restaurants, cafes and bars including Causeway Lane, Market Lane, Crossley Street, Liverpool Street and Hardware Lane.
Crossley had to sell their shares in Avro to Armstrong Siddeley in 1928 to pay for the losses incurred in Willys Overland Crossley.
Preserved Crossley SD42 / 1 bus with aluminium Schelde bodywork, built shortly after the Second World War for the Dutch public transport network.
Crossley won what was then the largest ever British export order for buses with a contract with the Dutch government.
Though extensively modified, it was used for research until 2009 and is known as the Crossley reflector.
Cowan & Sons, a Scottish paper business which had an agency for printing equipment and Crossley gas engines.
Crossley came back in to the side and Cyril retired in the August 1952, upon retirement from the top level, he went on to play for New Brighton.
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