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Emsworth, the Glossary

Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex.^[1]

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Borough of Havant
Towns in Hampshire

Aguillon family

The Aguillon family, of French origin, were feudal landowners in England who held estates in several southern counties from before 1135 to 1312.

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Alan Mak (politician)

Alan Mak (born 19 November 1983) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Havant in Hampshire since 2015.

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Albert Finney

Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor.

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Around the world sailing record

The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, including the last captain Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed their journey in 1522.

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Arthur Blomfield

Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 182930 October 1899) was an English architect.

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Æthelred the Unready

Æthelred II (Æþelræd,Different spellings of this king's name most commonly found in modern texts are "Ethelred" and "Æthelred" (or "Aethelred"), the latter being closer to the original Old English form Æþelræd. Compare the modern dialect word.; Aðalráðr; 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (– 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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BBC One

BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Bedhampton

Bedhampton is a former village, and now suburb, located in the borough of Havant, Hampshire, England. Emsworth and Bedhampton are borough of Havant.

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Blandings Castle

Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous tales and adventures.

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Boat building

Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems.

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Borough of Havant

The Borough of Havant is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.

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Brighton railway station

Brighton railway station is the southern terminus of the Brighton Main Line, the western terminus of the East Coastway Line and the eastern terminus of the West Coastway Line in England, and the principal station serving the city of Brighton, East Sussex.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club is a professional football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Chichester Harbour

Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour in West Sussex and Hampshire.

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Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)

The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional head of the British Armed Forces and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Coastliner 700

Coastliner 700 is a bus service operated in West Sussex and south east Hampshire, England, by Stagecoach South between Brighton and Portsmouth via Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing, Littlehampton, Wick, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Havant, and Portsmouth with a daytime frequency of every 12 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays; the service runs every 20 minutes on Sundays.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Coronation Street

Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.

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Councillor

A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Curtilage

In common law, the curtilage of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated "open fields beyond".

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David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux

General David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, (born 4 March 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces.

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Denise Black

Denise Black (born 16 March 1958) is an English actress.

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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 Shrewsbury

Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England.

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Eilert Ekwall

Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (8 January 1877 in Vallsjö – 23 November 1964 in Lund) was a Swedish academic, Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to 1942 and one of the outstanding scholars of the English language in the first half of the 20th century.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, electorate, or (election) precinct, is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislature.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Emsworth & District Motor Services

Emsworth & District Motor Services, sometimes known as Emsworth and District Bus Company, was a bus operator based near the Hampshire and West Sussex border close to Emsworth in the United Kingdom.

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Emsworth railway station

Emsworth railway station serves the town of Emsworth, on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex, in southern England.

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Emsworth Town Hall

Emsworth Town Hall is a former chapel which later served as an events venue in St Peter's Square in Emsworth, a town in Hampshire, in England.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Geodemographic segmentation

In marketing, geodemographic segmentation is a multivariate statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics with the assumption that the differences within any group should be less than the differences between groups.

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George Wilder (cricketer)

George Wilder (9 June 1876 – 10 June 1948) was an English first-class cricketer.

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Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Godwin of Wessex (Godwine; – 15 April 1053) was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors.

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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr; Parti Gwer Pow Sows ha Kembra; often known simply as the Green Party or the Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson (– 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king.

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Havant

Havant is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. Emsworth and Havant are borough of Havant and towns in Hampshire.

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Havant (UK Parliament constituency)

Havant is a constituency in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Alan Mak, a member of the Conservative Party. Emsworth and Havant (UK Parliament constituency) are borough of Havant.

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Hayling Island

Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, east of Portsmouth. Emsworth and Hayling Island are borough of Havant.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

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Hollybank House, Emsworth

Hollybank House near Emsworth in Hampshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register.

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Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories.

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Joel Edward Philip Ward (born 29 October 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Crystal Palace, which he captains.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See has held that title since 1982.

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List of Coronation Street characters (1992)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1992, by order of first appearance.

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List of places of worship in the Borough of Havant

There are more than 50 current and former places of worship in the borough of Havant in Hampshire, England. Emsworth and List of places of worship in the Borough of Havant are borough of Havant.

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London Victoria station

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.

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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922.

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Malcolm Waldron

Malcolm Waldron (born 6 September 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

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Mark Heath

Sir Mark Evelyn Heath (27 May 1927 – 28 September 2005) was a British diplomat who served as British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See from 1980 to 1982 and the first Ambassador to the Holy See from 1982 to 1985.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst (born 20 April 1961) is an English actor.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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Noviomagus Reginorum

Noviomagus Reginorum was Chichester's Roman heart, very little of which survives above ground.

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Nutbourne, Chichester

Nutbourne is a village in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England located east of Emsworth on the A259 road.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses.... is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan.

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Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.

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P. G. Wodehouse bibliography

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, (1881–1975) was a prolific English author, humorist and scriptwriter.

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Patent roll

The patent rolls (Latin: Rotuli litterarum patentium) are a series of administrative records compiled in the English, British and United Kingdom Chancery, running from 1201 to the present day.

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Percy George Bentham

Percy George Bentham (1883–1936) was a British sculptor whose works include portrait busts, statues and several war memorials.

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Peter Blake (sailor)

Sir Peter James Blake (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the around the world sailing record as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand, and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup.

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Peter Danckwerts

Peter Victor Danckwerts, (14 October 1916 – 25 October 1984) was a chemical engineer who pioneered the concept of the residence time distribution.

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Portsdown

Portsdown is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on Portsdown Hill, on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth in Hampshire.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Emsworth and Portsmouth are towns in Hampshire.

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Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is a professional association football club based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

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Portsmouth Harbour railway station

Portsmouth Harbour railway station serves the city of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England.

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Post Office Limited

Post Office Limited, commonly known as the Post Office, is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 post office branches.

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References

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

Also known as Emsworth, Hampshire.

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See also

Borough of Havant

Towns in Hampshire

References