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Pixton Park, south front. Pixton Park is a country house in the parish of Dulverton, Somerset, England.It is associated with at least three historically significant families, successively by descent: Acland, amongst the largest landowners in the West Country; Herbert, politicians and diplomats; and Waugh, writers.
Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon.The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. [2] The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Dulverton.
From 1940 to 1942, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began purchasing property and performing acquisitions by eminent domain in the communities of Jefferson City in Jefferson County, and Bean Station in Grainger County, for the construction of Cherokee Dam and the impounding of the Holston River for Cherokee Lake.
The halt was a single platform and was designated as a halt throughout its working life. Trains on the Exe Valley line continued to terminate at Dulverton, the next station to the west. British Railways withdrew services from the Exe Valley line in 1963 and from the Devon and Somerset line in 1966.
Cherokee Landing State Park is a 146-acre (0.59 km 2) Oklahoma state park located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It is located near Park Hill, Oklahoma on a peninsula jutting into Lake Tenkiller in the Cookson Hills, south of Tahlequah. The park features 93 RV campsites with electric power and water hookups, dump station, 45 primitive campsites ...
Dulverton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and responsibilities transferred to West Somerset .
The station was used as a location setting for the Ealing Studios 1944 film The Halfway House. [23] The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1936 to 1939. [24] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region in 1952, 1953 and 1955. [25] Goods traffic ceased from 30 September 1963.
[citation needed] The camp was accessible to city Scouts by taking the train to the Jenkintown station. Camp Henry W. Breyer ( 40°05′07″N 75°07′52″W / 40.0853°N 75.1311°W / 40.0853; -75.1311 ) was sold by the Philadelphia Council in 1990 and is now the site of Salus University