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Downs Banks, the Glossary

Downs Bank, also known as Barlaston Downs, is an area of open countryside, located two miles (3 km) north of the town of Stone in Staffordshire, and four miles (6 km) south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent.^[1]

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33 relations: Barlaston railway station, Bilberry, Birch, Bracken, Brewery, Bridle path, Brown trout, Common land, Crewe, Cytisus scoparius, Dog walking, Ericaceae, European bullhead, Feces, Glacier, Heath, Hops, London, Mary Renault, National Trust, Potteries Orienteering Club, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Stone railway station, Stone, Staffordshire, Stream, Toposcope, Trail blazing, Ulex, Valley, Viscount Sidmouth, Wassail, World War II.
Mountains and hills of the United Kingdom with toposcopes
National Trust properties in Staffordshire
Nature reserves in Staffordshire

Barlaston railway station

Barlaston railway station served the village of Barlaston in Staffordshire, England.

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Bilberry

Bilberries or blueberries are Eurasian low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bear edible, dark blue berries.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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Bracken

Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.

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Brewery

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

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Bridle path

A bridle path, also bridleway, equestrian trail, horse riding path, ride, bridle road, or horse trail, is a trail or a thoroughfare that is used by people riding on horses.

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Brown trout

The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus Salmo, endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range.

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Common land

Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.

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Crewe

Crewe is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.

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Cytisus scoparius

Cytisus scoparius (syn. Sarothamnus scoparius), the common broom or Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe.

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Dog walking

Dog walking is the act of a person walking with a dog, typically from the dog's residence and then returning.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions.

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European bullhead

The European bullhead (Cottus gobio) is a freshwater fish that is widely distributed in Europe, mainly in rivers.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Hops

Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mary Renault

Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car."), was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Potteries Orienteering Club

The Potteries Orienteering Club, often abbreviated to POTOC, is an Orienteering club in the West Midlands of the UK.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of.

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Stone railway station

Stone railway station serves the market town of Stone, Staffordshire, England.

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Stone, Staffordshire

Stone is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of the county town of Stafford, 7 miles (11 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent, and 15 miles (24 km) north of Rugeley. Downs Banks and Stone, Staffordshire are Borough of Stafford.

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Stream

A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Toposcope

A toposcope, topograph, or orientation table is a kind of graphic display erected at viewing points on hills, mountains or other high places which indicates the direction, and usually the distance, to notable landscape features which can be seen from that point.

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Trail blazing

Trail blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail.

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Ulex

Ulex (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

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Valley

A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which typically contains a river or stream running from one end to the other.

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Viscount Sidmouth

Viscount Sidmouth, of Sidmouth in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Wassail

Wassail is a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of wassailing, an ancient English Yuletide drinking ritual and salutation either involved in door-to-door charity-giving or used to ensure a good harvest the following year.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

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