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Edward Broughton (1803 – 5 August 1831) was an English convict turned serial killer [1] who was transported to Van Diemen's Land for fourteen years for house-breaking. He escaped from Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour with four other convicts and he later confessed to murdering three of his companions and resorting to cannibalism.
Milton Court, at the far west of the town of Dorking, is a 17th-century country house in Surrey.The court was expanded and substantially rebuilt by the Victorian architect William Burges and is a Grade II* listed building.
Milton Heath and The Nower is a 16-hectare (40-acre) nature reserve west of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council. This site has woodland, heath and grassland. Birds include green woodpeckers, great spotted woodpeckers, tawny owls, nuthatches and treecreepers. There is access from Westcott Road.
The South Eastern Railway was established at Dorking, having opened its east-west line there in July (west from Dorking) and August (from Dorking to Redhill) 1849, by means of an affiliate company, the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway. The northern extremity of the HD&LR was a junction with the SER line enabling the Horsham trains to ...
Dorking and Horley is a new constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies , it was first contested in the 2024 general election , [ 3 ] since when it has been represented by Chris Coghlan of the Liberal Democrats .
The term Parrothead (also styled as Parrot Head) was coined by Eagles bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who was moonlighting in Buffett's band in the 1980s. ... Dan Johnson says Parrotheads are ...
Apollo (hatched April 2020) is an African grey parrot and the subject of the popular YouTube channel "Apollo and Frens" run by couple Victoria "Tori" Lacey and Dalton Mason. Apollo has been described as having the intelligence of a "human toddler " and can answer numerous complex questions in English.
Imperial parrot (Amazona imperialis), one of the two bird species endemic to Dominica and a symbol of the nation. It is endangered and found only in limited mountain rain forest habitats. Pictured in captivity at the Parrot Conservation and Research Centre in Roseau.