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Canbury, the Glossary

Canbury is a district of the northern part of Kingston upon Thames that takes its name from the historic manor that covered the area.^[1]

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Districts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

A307 road

The A307 road runs through SW London and NW Surrey.

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Advowson or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation (jus praesentandi, Latin: "the right of presenting").

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Alienation (property law)

In property law, alienation is the voluntary act of an owner of some property to dispose of the property, while alienability, or being alienable, is the capacity for a piece of property or a property right to be sold or otherwise transferred from one party to another.

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Brickearth

Brickearth is a term originally used to describe superficial windblown deposits found in southern England.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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Canbury Gardens

Canbury Gardens is a public space in the Canbury district of Kingston upon Thames, along the Lower Ham Road, covering 14½ acres area between the road and the towpath along the River Thames, downstream from Kingston Railway Bridge.

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Conveyancing

In law, conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of real property from one person to another, or the granting of an encumbrance such as a mortgage or a lien.

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Culvert

A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Earl of Holderness

The title Earl of Holderness also known as Holdernesse existed in the late 11th and early 12th centuries as a feudal lordship and was officially created three times in the Peerage of England namely in 1621, in 1644 as a subsidiary title to that of the then-Duke of Cumberland and in 1682.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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Gas holder

A gas holder or gasholder, also known as a gasometer, is a large container in which natural gas or town gas (coal gas or formerly also water gas) is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures.

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Gasworks

A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas.

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George Hardinge

George Hardinge (1743–1816) was an English judge, writer and Member of Parliament.

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Ham House

Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Ham Urban District

Ham was a local government district in north east Surrey, England around the village of Ham from 1894 to 1933.

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Ham, London

Ham is a suburban district in Richmond, south-west London. Canbury and Ham, London are areas of London.

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Hawker Aircraft

Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer that was responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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Henry Beaufort

Henry Beaufort (c. 1375 – 11 April 1447) was an English Catholic prelate and statesman who held the offices of Bishop of Lincoln (1398), Bishop of Winchester (1404) and cardinal (1426).

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Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent

Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent (24 November 1594 – 28 May 1651), known as Lord Ruthin from 1639 to 1643, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and succeeded to the title Earl of Kent in 1643.

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High Sheriff of Surrey

The list of known High Sheriffs of Surrey extends back to 1066.

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Hogsmill River

The Hogsmill River in Surrey and Greater London, England, is a small chalk stream tributary of the River Thames.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Horse-drawn vehicle

A horse-drawn vehicle is a piece of equipment pulled by one or more horses.

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Jalousie window

A jalousie window, louvred window (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom), jalousie, or jalosy is a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness

John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580 – January 1626), known as Sir John Ramsay between 1600 and 1606, and as the Viscount of Haddington between 1606 and 1621, was an important Scottish aristocrat of the Jacobean era, best known in history as the first favourite of James I when he became king of England as well as Scotland in 1603.

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John Rocque

John Rocque (originally Jean; –1762) was a French-born British surveyor and cartographer, best known for his detailed map of London published in 1746.

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Kingston Power Station, London

Kingston Power Station was a coal-fired generating station on the Thames in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (later Greater London).

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Kingston Railway Bridge

Kingston Railway Bridge in Kingston upon Thames, London, crosses the River Thames on the reach above Teddington Lock.

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Kingston railway station (England)

Kingston railway station is in Kingston upon Thames in south-west London.

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Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames, colloquially known as Kingston, is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. Canbury and Kingston upon Thames are areas of London and districts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

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Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south west London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division.

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Latchmere Recreation Ground, Kingston upon Thames

Latchmere Recreation Ground is a public open space with playing fields and a children's playground in the north of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames.

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Ludgate Hill railway station

Ludgate Hill was a railway station in the City of London that was opened on 1 June 1865 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR) as its City terminus.

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Manorial roll

A manorial roll or court roll is the roll or record kept of the activities of a manorial court, in particular containing entries relating to the rents and holdings, deaths, alienations, and successions of the customary tenants or copyholders.

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Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

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Merton Priory

Merton Priory was an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under King Henry I (1100–1135).

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Mesolithic

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey

Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, KG, PC (1608 – 25 July 1666), was an English soldier, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1626.

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Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames

Kingston-upon-Thames (spelt with hyphens) was a local government district in north east Surrey, England from 1835 to 1965 around the town now known as Kingston upon Thames.

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National Aircraft Factory

During World War I, the importance of military control of the air became evident.

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National Library of Scotland

The National Library of Scotland (NLS; Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba; Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is one of the country's National Collections.

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Nicholas Hardinge

Nicholas Hardinge (1699–1758) was an English civil servant, clerk to the House of Commons from 1731 to 1752 and then Secretary to the Treasury, and a Member of Parliament known also as a Neo-Latin poet.

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Norbiton railway station

Norbiton Railway Station is a railway station located in Norbiton, a suburb in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in southwest London.

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Open-field system

The open-field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages and lasted into the 20th century in Russia, Iran, and Turkey.

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Ordnance datum

An ordnance datum (OD) is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps.

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Petersham, London

Petersham is a village in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham. Canbury and Petersham, London are areas of London.

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Richmond Park

Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation.

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Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)

Richmond Park is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act 1902

The Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7. c. ccliii) was enacted to protect the view from Richmond Hill, London.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827.

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Robert Skerne

Robert Skerne (died 1437) was MP for Surrey in 1420 and again in 1422.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London.

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Sewage treatment

Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges.

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Sopwith Aviation Company

The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force during the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel.

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Sopwith Camel

The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917.

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Sudbrook (stream)

Sudbrook and its tributary, the Latchmere stream, are north-flowing streams in London, England, that drain northern Kingston upon Thames and the eastern extreme of Ham following a meander scar in a terrace; the upper part of the Sudbrook drains a narrow vale in Richmond Park's southern corner into the tidal Thames.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canbury

Also known as Tudor (ward).

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Districts of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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