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All Hallows was founded as a boys' school in 1938 by Francis Dix but not at the current location. Shortly after World War II, the school moved into the Grade II* listed Cranmore Hall — the former home of Sir Richard and Lady Muriel Paget — which had been used as a maternity hospital during the war. [3] The school became co-educational in 1971.
Cranmore Castle is an Iron Age earthwork [1] situated on a hillside above the Devon town of Tiverton in south-west England. Its National Grid reference is SS958118. It is an English Heritage scheduled monument , and has been given a National Monument number of 34256.
The Cranmore Tower is a 45 metres (148 ft) tall 19th century folly in the parish of Cranmore, Somerset, England. [1] The site is 280 metres (919 ft) above sea level, and is the highest point on the Mendip Way. The tower was built in 1862-1864, by Thomas Henry Wyatt for John Moore Paget of Cranmore Hall (now part of All Hallows Preparatory ...
Cranmore is the main railway station (and also the headquarters) of the preserved East Somerset Railway, in Somerset, England. Services.
Cranmore was founded by local businessman Harvey Gibson and opened for the 1937–1938 season with a single rope tow. [1] For the 1938–1939 season, a new lift, dubbed the Skimobile, which consisted of small cars traveling on a wooden track and was designed by area mechanic George Morton, was installed, rising from the base to about halfway up the mountain. [1]
Cranmore station; originally a single platform; passing loop and second platform opened on 11 September 1904; the Mendip Granite Works was adjacent to the station, and a 2 ft (610 mm) tramway ran north to the Waterlip Quarry; the tramway was extended in 1907 to the Somerset Basalt Quarry, and was converted to standard gauge in 1926; the artist ...
Cranmore may refer to: Cranmore, Somerset, a village in England; Cranmore railway station, the main railway station on the East Somerset Railway; Cranmore, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England; Cranmore Mountain Resort, a ski resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA; Cranmore, Sligo, a large local authority housing ...
The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Cranmore, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1] The chancel was rebuilt in 1848 in a perpendicular early English style. It has a three-stage embattled tower, supported by buttresses with corner pinnacles, tracery and gargoyles.