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Wetherby provides the setting for the novel Oldbury ( 1869 ) by Annie Keary.
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Because Combs – whom Chandler nicknamed " The Little Judge " – had no record for Chandler to campaign against, Chandler portrayed him as a pawn of Clements and Wetherby – who he derisively referred to as " Clementine " and " Wetherbine ".
) After a Wetherby administration official approved the purchase of African mahogany paneling for the governor's office, Chandler charged that Wetherby had gone " clear to Africa " to find paneling for his office and promised that, if elected, he would use good, honest Kentucky wood for decoration.
Clements was seeking re-election, and the state Democratic committee chose Wetherby as the nominee for Barkley's seat.
* Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby ( 1861 – 1936 ), British soldier and administrator famous for his role during World War I when he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria, lived at 24 Wetherby Gardens.
St Gemmas Hospice have many charity shops around Leeds, assisting funding for the hospice, with branches in Alwoodley, Beeston, Boston Spa, Chapel Allerton, Cross Gates, Garforth, Guiseley, Halton, Horsforth, Ilkley, Morley, Oakwood, Otley, Pudsey, Roundhay, West Park, Wetherby and Yeadon.
Knottingley is a central point for horse racing fans, with Pontefract, York, Wetherby and Doncaster all close by.
Since Wetherby is now part of the City of Leeds and Tadcaster is part of the District of Selby, it has become difficult to arrange for pupils to be educated on the opposite side of the border line from the one on which they live.
There are further swimming pools in Wetherby and York, whist the nearest Olympic pool is at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Beeston, Leeds.
Robert Sturdy ( born 22 June 1944 in Wetherby, West Yorkshire ) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East of England constituency for the Conservative Party.
Harehills is well placed for access to Leeds city centre and Wetherby.
Notable former pupils include Andrew Edge ( musician ) and the Right Honourable Colin Burgon ( Labour Party MP for Elmet which includes Wetherby, Garforth, Cross Gates and Swarcliffe ).
The local newspaper for Seacroft is the Yorkshire Evening Post, however the Wetherby News is also sold in the area ( although its news coverage generally stops after the Shadwell and Whinmoor areas ).
Under changes made to the provision of Health Care, Burmantofts will receive a ' super surgery ', so far such large surgeries have opened in Bradford and Wetherby, they are open 365 days a year for long hours and serve many more patients then standard surgeries.
* Church Fenton here the DVL heads south for Doncaster ; there was also a branch from here to Harrogate via Wetherby
Demand for homes in Wetherby grew as it became a groing commuter town for Leeds, which was becoming an important commercial centre.
Wetherby School is an independent school for boys in Notting Hill in London.
Wetherby School was founded in 1951 as a pre-preparatory school for boys aged 4 – 8.
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Close by but actually in the parish of Clifford is Boston Spa School, the local secondary school with a quite diffuse catchment area, typically taking pupils from areas which also feed comprehensives in Wetherby, Garforth and Pendas Fields.
As a result of its situation on the main road, a large number of coaching inns were established in Wetherby, and many are still used today by travellers.
In 1240 the Knights Templar were granted by Royal Charter of Henry III the right to hold a market in Wetherby ( known then as Werreby ).
This is due to a complication in 9th century documents, which describe Streonaeshalch as being Whitby ( the name Whitby is Viking as are all place names ending with the suffix " by ", e. g. Selby, Grimsby, Wetherby etc.
In 1953, Governor Lawrence Wetherby lamented the challenges presented by the term limit coupled with biennial legislative sessions:
Harrogate is also connected to Wetherby and the A1, by the A661.
His opponents in the Democratic Party, led by senator and former governor Earle C. Clements and sitting governor Lawrence Wetherby, had difficulty finding a candidate to oppose him.
He claimed Wetherby had used the state's money frivolously by installing air conditioning in the state capitol and installing a $ 20, 000 rug in his office.
Soon after Chandler took office, it became clear that he could not fund the social programs initiated by Clements and Wetherby, plus Chandler's own proposed programs, with the revenue presently being brought into the state treasury.
He cut the popular Youth Authority, initiated by Wetherby to unify the state's children's welfare programs, but the savings were not enough to balance the budget.
Bawtry bridge, which carries the A631 road to Gainsborough over the river, was constructed in 1810 by Mr Flavel of Wetherby, at a cost of £ 3, 000.
Chandler, now serving his second term as governor, was angered by the choice of Wetherby, and most members of his faction either gave Wetherby lukewarm support or outright supported Cooper instead.
This, combined with Cooper's personal popularity, led to his victory over Wetherby by 65, 000 votes.
The suburb boundaries roughly form the shape of an L flipped horizontally, bordered by Wetherby Road, Victoria Street and Blackburn Road to the west, adjoining Doncaster and Templestowe, the Mullum Mullum Creek, Springvale Road and Tunstall Road in the east, adjoining Warrandyte and Donvale and the Koonung Creek to the south, adjoining Blackburn North.
In 1985 she portrayed, via flashbacks, the younger version of the leading character played by her mother in the film Wetherby.
McInnerny has also starred in various films including Wetherby, 101 Dalmatians, where he was reunited with Blackadder co-star Hugh Laurie, and Notting Hill, written by Blackadder creator Richard Curtis.
Other estates on the fringes of Leeds in the Seacroft area come under Elmet which is also a Labour Stronghold and represented by former Foxwood School history teacher Colin Burgon, however there is a proposal to alter the boundaries, bringing these areas in with Seacroft and focusing Elmet on Wetherby, Garforth and Rothwell.
It was built between 1929 and 1934 and was opened by King George V. It was intended to take pressure away from the A58, a major road running from Prescot ( M57 ) through St. Helens to the A1 ( M ) at Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
Samuel Lewis ) calls it " a township, in the parish of Spofforth, Upper division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York, 1¾ mile ( W. by S .) from Wetherby ; containing 169 inhabitants.
It forms part of the Anglican ecclesiastical parish of Wetherby with Linton, served by St James's Church in Wetherby.
She now offers to help Poirot who takes up her offer by getting her to pose as a maid in the house of Mrs Wetherby, a resident in the village for whom Mrs McGinty worked as housekeeper, and whose daughter, Deirdre, Poirot suspects may have some connection with the circumstances surrounding Mrs McGinty's murder.
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Like his father and brother, Harry was educated at independent schools, starting at Jane Mynors ' nursery school and the pre-preparatory Wetherby School, both in London.
Born Augustus Henry Lane-Fox at Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Wetherby, Yorkshire, he was the son of William Lane-Fox and Lady Caroline Douglas, a sister of George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton.
On 22 April, Leven and the Fairfaxes joined forces at Wetherby, about west of York.
The town is an ' A1 Town ', there are several such similar towns in the North of England such as ( North to South ), Berwick Upon Tweed ( 28. 1 miles North ), Morpeth ( 28. 3 miles South ), Newton Aycliffe ( 65. 1 miles South ) and Wetherby ( 116 miles South ).
Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, south of Wetherby, on the banks of the River Wharfe.
It has postcode LS23 in the Leeds postcode area but its post town is Wetherby.
There are no colleges in Boston Spa, however Leeds City College has a centre in Wetherby There are several further and higher education institutions in Leeds.
The new Wetherby Whaler restaurant opened on 22 May 2012.
Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England.
Local folklore has it that when heavy snow storms hit the county, Wetherby does not get as much because the Weather Goes By.
Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure.
After the Battle of Bannockburn Wetherby was burned and many people taken and killed.
According to the blue plaque at the entrance to the lane, Scott Lane could be named after the Scottish raiders in 1318, or perhaps after the 18th century drovers who used Wetherby as a watering place.
Wetherby had a small part to play in the English Civil War in 1644.
Before marching to Tadcaster and then to Marston Moor, the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby while joining forces with the Scots.
In the heyday of the coaching era, Wetherby had up to forty inns and alehouses.
The first recorded mail coach arrived in Wetherby in 1786.
In 1824, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire sold the town of Wetherby ( except one house ) to finance work at Chatsworth.
The river source is at Beckermonds, Langstrothdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows through Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby and Tadcaster.
It briefly flows north to Wetherby before turning south and then south east past Ulleskelf to the confluence with the River Ouse.
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