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The area to the west of Wood Lane, north of Loftus Road stadium, south of Du Cane Road and east of Bloemfontein Road was laid out as the exhibition site. The numerous pavilions faced with white stone earned the exhibition the nickname " the White City " which subsequently remained with the area, even after the exhibition closed and its ...
Boscia foetida, commonly known as the stink shepherd's tree and the smelly shepherd's bush, [1] is an evergreen shrub or tree that is native to the warmer and drier parts southern Africa. [2] It is found in semi-desert and arid bushveld , and in the west it occurs commonly in areas which are otherwise sparsely wooded. [ 3 ]
The residential areas of Shepherd's Bush are primarily located to the west of the Green, either side of Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road to the southwest, and about as far as Askew Road in the west. Much of the housing in this area consists of three- or four-storey terraces dating from the late 19th century, and subsequently divided up into ...
Mangaung (Bloemfontein metropolitan area) like most South African metropolitan areas, uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National (N) roads and Regional (R) roads. Each city's M roads are independently numbered. [1]
Shepherd's Bush Market, looking north New Shepherds Bush Market, not to be confused with Shepherd's Bush Market. Shepherd's Bush Market is a street market in Shepherd's Bush, London. The market is located on the east side of the railway viaduct for the Hammersmith and City Tube line, and is bordered on the north side by the Uxbridge Road, and ...
Shepherd's Bush: L&SWR: 1869: 1916: Shepherd's Bush Road, north of Sulgrave Road Shepherd's Bush: Central line: 1900: open: Shepherd's Bush Green east end Shepherd's Bush Market: Hammersmith & City line Circle line: 1914: open: Uxbridge Road: originally named Shepherd's Bush (1914–2008) and moved from original 1864 site in 1914 Shepherd's ...
Walkway in the Free State National Botanical Garden. The Free State National Botanical Garden, located just outside Bloemfontein covers 70 hectares, and is home to about 400 species of plants, largely native to Free State and Northern Cape Provinces and Lesotho.
Shepherd's Bush, from an 1841 London map by Davies. The origins of the name Shepherds Bush are obscure. The name may have originated from the use of the common land here as a resting point for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market in the City of London. There appears to have been an ancient custom of pruning a hawthorn bush to provide a ...