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The Anvil is a concert hall and a performing arts centre in the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire, UK.. Built on a site originally set aside for the third phase of Basingstoke's shopping centre, The Anvil was built to tackle what was then seen as a 'cultural desert' in the Basingstoke area.
The map was completed by Charles Brooking (1677–1738), an engraver, illustrator and map maker of English origin, and printed in London by John Bowles at The Mercer's Hall in 1728. [1] Brooking is recorded as working at Greenwich Hospital (London) between 1729 and 1736 as a painter and decorator.
Basingstoke has a wide diversity for musical groups ranging from brass bands to symphony orchestras. [64] The Basingstoke Concert Band is a traditional wind band which has now been in existence for more than 35 years. [64] The band was started in 1977 by Lawrie Shaw when Brighton Hill Community School opened, where he was the first headteacher.
The path of the city walls c. 1714 Map of the Dublin City Walls by Leonard R. Strangways, 1904 Surviving piece of Dublin city walls near Cornmarket The walls and fortifications around Dublin were raised by the Ostmen in the 9th Century, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the majority of the cities in Ireland remained subject to incursions by native clans until ...
Increased secularisation in Ireland has prompted a drop in regular Catholic church attendance in Dublin from over 90 percent in the mid-1970s down to 14 percent according to a 2011 survey and less than 2% in some areas [176] [177] As of the 2016 census, 68.2% of Dublin's population identified as Catholic, 12.7% as other stated religions, with ...
As a walled city, the main entrances to Dublin were protected by city gates. St. James's Gate was the city's western entrance, and was named for the 12th century church and parish of St. James. [4] Also named for St. James, a holy well in the area was the location of a longstanding summer festival. [3]
Farleigh Wallop is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately 4.7 miles (7.6 km) south of Basingstoke on the slopes of Farleigh Hill (208 m). The parish includes about 1,725 acres (6.98 km 2).
Christ Church Cathedral (exterior) Siege of Dublin, 1535. The Earl of Kildare's attempt to seize control of Ireland reignited English interest in the island. After the Anglo-Normans taking of Dublin in 1171, many of the city's Norse inhabitants left the old city, which was on the south side of the river Liffey and built their own settlement on the north side, known as Ostmantown or "Oxmantown".