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It was given to the City of Glasgow in 1966 by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. It is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and is open to the public. The house was modernised internally in 1899 by Alexander Hunter Crawford. [6] The approach to Pollok House
A preserved W. Alexander & Sons Leyland Tiger bus with Alexander bodywork. W. Alexander & Sons Ltd was a bus operator and coachbuilder in Scotland.The company grew from small beginnings to become the largest bus operator in Scotland, and one of the largest in the U.K., by the time it was split up in 1961. [1]
Melton Building Society is the trading name of The Melton Building Society. Mercantile Investment Trust plc — is an investment trust focused on UK medium and smaller companies. Headquartered in London; it was founded in 1884. It is managed by JPMorgan Chase. Merchant Archive Ltd. — a fashion label and store, established by Sophie Merchant ...
Freeby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Melton Mowbray. As well as the village of Freeby the civil parish includes the villages of Brentingby, Saxby, Stapleford and Wyfordby. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 244. [1]
Michael Portillo during filming at Taunton station in 2017. Great British Railway Journeys is a 2010–present BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who was instrumental in saving the Settle to Carlisle line from closure in 1989.
Melton Mowbray contains a rare example of early town government. The Melton Mowbray Town Estate [31] was founded in 1549, during the Reformation, when two townsfolk sold silver and plate sequestered from the church and bought land to be held in trust for all inhabitants. It provided early forms of education and the first street lighting, and ...
The Borough of Melton. [3] It includes the following areas: The whole of the Borough of Melton, including the town of Melton Mowbray, transferred from Rutland and Melton (abolished, with Rutland now included in Rutland and Stamford) Syston, East Goscote and Thurmaston, transferred from Charnwood (abolished and largely replaced by Mid ...