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During the 1970s, Cedar Junction (then known as Walpole) was one of the most violent prisons in the United States. [4] It is located on both sides of the line between the towns of Walpole and Norfolk , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and has a South Walpole mailing address (South Walpole is not a political entity).
Pondville State Hospital was a hospital in Norfolk, Massachusetts. The facility opened in 1927 as a state-operated hospital to treat cancer patients and do research on the prevention and cure of cancer. [1] It was located in buildings of the former Norfolk State Hospital, [1] which served the mentally ill and drug-addicted from 1914 to 1919. [2]
The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was an early consumers' co-operative, and one of the first to pay a patronage dividend, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement. [1] Although other co-operatives preceded it, [2] the Rochdale
Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles (29 km) south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population of Walpole was 26,383 at the 2020 census. [1] Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724.
The house is sited in two acres of the south west corner of the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. It was designed by Thomas Leverton for Colonel James Willoughby Gordon. [3] [4] The house became part of the Royal Hospital following Gordon's death in 1851, and has recently been converted into a private residence. [5]
The Walpole Society, named after Horace Walpole, was founded in 1911 to promote the study of the history of British art and artists. [1]From 1762 on, Walpole had published the first history of art in Britain, based on the manuscript notebooks of George Vertue, the most important source of information concerning British art before the mid-eighteenth century.
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter. Walpole secured the support of the people and of the House of Commons with a policy of avoiding war. He used his influence to prevent George II from entering the War of the Polish Succession in 1733, because it was a dispute between the Bourbons and the Habsburgs. He boasted ...
The Walpole family (/ ˈ w ɔː l ˌ p oʊ l, ˈ w ɒ l-/) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable country houses including Houghton Hall.