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A section of the rear fuselage from a Vickers Warwick showing the geodetic construction in duralumin. On exhibit at the Armstrong & Aviation Museum at Bamburgh Castle.. A geodetic airframe is a type of construction for the airframes of aircraft developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s (who sometimes spelt it "geodesic").
Over its 950 years of history Warwick Castle has been owned by 36 different individuals, plus four periods as crown property under seven different monarchs. It was the family seat of three separate creations of the Earls of Warwick, and has been a family home for members of the Beaumont, Beauchamp, Neville, Plantagenet, Dudley and Greville ...
Warwick (/ ˈ w ɒr ɪ k / WORR-ik) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon.It is 9 miles (14 km) south of Coventry, and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Birmingham.
Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane: 17th century: 1876: City of London: One of the last surviving galleried inns in London. Pantheon: 1772: 1937: Oxford Street: By James Wyatt. Rebuilt after a fire in 1792. Marks & Spencer bought the building from a wine merchant and had it demolished to make way for their new store. Pembroke House: 1723–1759: 1938 ...
The Great Fire of Warwick was a major conflagration that swept through the small town of Warwick, England, beginning at 2:00 p.m. on 5 September 1694 and lasting for six hours. The fire started from a stray spark from the blacksmith located in High Street which blew into the thatch The fire spread quickly down High Street. [ 1 ]
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 November 2024. British multi-purpose twin-engined military aircraft of the Second World War Warwick Warwick B/ASR Mk.I General information Type Maritime reconnaissance, air-sea rescue, transport Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs Status Retired Primary users Royal Air Force South African Air Force Polish ...
Commercial traffic returned to the Avon in May 2010, as part of a scheme to build flood defences at the town of Pershore, following flooding in 2007, which caused damage to a number of properties. Clay banks were constructed, with most of the material coming from Birlingham, further downstream. Some 15,000 tonnes of clay was excavated and ...