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In place of the usual royal audience, these high dignitaries had to assemble each morning at the entrance to the women's apartments in order to receive the Begum's orders. On these occasions the royal edicts were drawn up and sealed.
Chesterfield was in the Hundred of Scarsdale. The town received its market charter in 1204 from King John, which constituted the town as a free borough, granting the burgesses of Chesterfield the privileges of those of Nottingham and Derby. [2] In 1266, the Battle of Chesterfield saw a band of rebel barons defeated by a royalist army. [9]
Percy George Herbert Fender (22 August 1892 – 15 June 1985) was an English cricketer who played 13 Tests for his country and was captain of Surrey between 1921 and 1931. An all-rounder, he was a middle-order batsman who bowled mainly leg spin, and completed the cricketer's double seven times.
A map of Upper Manhattan, with Greater Harlem highlighted.Harlem proper is the neighborhood in the center. Harlem is located in Upper Manhattan.The three neighborhoods comprising the greater Harlem area—West, Central, and East Harlem—stretch from the Harlem River and East River to the east, to the Hudson River to the west; and between 155th Street in the north, where it meets Washington ...
The nearest Met Office weather station is Gogerddan, 3 miles to the northeast, and at a similar elevation. The absolute maximum temperature is 34.6 °C (94.3 °F), [ 8 ] set during July 2006. This is also the July record maximum for all of Wales, suggesting that the area's low lying situation, aided by a possible föhn effect when winds are ...
In 1958, Typhoon Ida dropped 400 mm (16 in) of rain in a single week, causing streets to flood. [125] In the 1950s and 1960s, the government invested 6–7% of the national budget on disaster and risk reduction. [125] A huge system of dams, levees and tunnels was constructed. [125] The purpose is to manage heavy rain, typhonic rain, and river ...
The pairings for Week 1 of the semifinals were 1 vs 2, 3 vs 6, and 4 vs 5. In Week 1, the top two teams played the first leg of a two-legged match, and the remaining teams played one-off knockout matches. In Week 2, the top two teams played the second leg of their semifinal, and the two other surviving teams played a one-off match.