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Picton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mickle Trafford and District, in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Chester . Picton was formerly a separate civil parish until 2015.
The Picton–Mittagong line was opened in February 1867 as part of the Main South line. [1] [2] The line ran north-northwest from Picton, over the Picton Viaduct, across the Great South Road before heading northwest through a 180-metre (590 ft) tunnel in the Redbank Range. The track then turns southwest.
Edwin Fox is one of the world's oldest surviving merchant sailing ships. [Note 1] The Edwin Fox is also the only surviving ship that transported convicts to Australia.She is unique in that she is the "only intact hull of a wooden deep water sailing ship built to British specifications surviving in the world outside the Falkland Islands". [2]
Picton is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wollondilly Shire, in south-western Sydney. The town is located approximately 90 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, close to Camden and Campbelltown .
The "Picton Renoir" Picton Castle Garden (grade 1 listed) is open to the public everyday. The gardens are protected on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and the beauty of the gardens is recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society, as a Partner Garden.
Picton is a hamlet and civil parish located in the north of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) south from Yarm, [2] 8 miles (13 km) south from Middlesbrough, and just over 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the A19 road. The name of the village derives from Old English and means "Pica's farm or settlement."
Jarvisfield is a heritage-listed former pastoral property and now golf course at Old Hume Highway, Picton, Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia.It was designed by William Weaver, architect-engineer, and built from 1815 to 1864.
Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England; James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect; James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician; Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War; Chris Picton (born 1983), an Australian ...