Desborough >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Find <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_navigation> out more about navigating Wikipedia and finding information * Jump to: navigation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough#column-one#column-one> , search <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough#searchInput#searchInput> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dot4gb.svg> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gb4dot.svg> Map sources for Desborough at grid reference SP8083 Map <http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?SP8083_region:GB_scale:100000> sources for Desborough at grid reference <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system> SP8083 Desborough is a town <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town> in Northamptonshire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire> , England <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England> . It is twinned with Neuville de Poitou <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuville_de_Poitou> in the Vienne <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienne> departement <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement> of France <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> . It developed around the spinning <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_%28textiles%29> and weaving <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving> industries, by the nineteenth century <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_century> specialising in silk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk> . Many archaeological finds from the Celtic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt> and Anglo-Saxon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_England> periods have been made in the town. Desborough is 8 km (5 miles) south-east of Market Harborough, 8 km (5 miles) north-west of Kettering and 8 km (5 miles) south-west of Corby. The <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kettering_Leg&action=edit> Kettering Leg of the Student <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_cross> cross pilgrimage leaves from near Desborough every year. The A6 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6_road> Rothwell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothwell%2C_Northamptonshire> -Desborough Bypass opened on August 14th 2003. Notable buildings in the town include the thirteenth century <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_century> parish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_church> church. The Domesday Book <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book> of 1086 refers to Desborough, in modern day Northamptonshire, as a 'place of judgement'. In fact the name itself is thought to have derived from 'Disburg' which meant a sacred and fortified place. There are two primary schools in Desborough, Loatlands[1] <http://www.loatlands.ik.org/> , Havelock Infants and Havelock Junior[2] <http://www.havelockjunior-v2.ik.org/> but no secondary school so children aged 11-16 mostly attend Montsaye Community College in Rothwell. Lord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Desborough> Desborough was the title of the sportsman and politician William Grenfell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell%2C_1st_Baron_Desborough> . <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EnglandNorthamptonshire.png> This Northamptonshire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire> location article is a stub <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub> . You can help Wikipedia by expanding <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desborough&action=edit> it. Gary R. Disbrow Sr. Program Manager, Detectors DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. Phone: (203) 798-3243 Cell: (203) 482-5319 e-mail: GaryRDisbrow@drs-pct.com fax: (203) 798-3214 -----Original Message----- From: disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MICHAEL DISBROW Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:45 AM To: DISBROW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DISBROW] LORD DESBOROUGH of Hickling >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner Just thought I'd throw this out there as an interesting tidbit. Anyone know more about this "Lord Desborough"? From a book entitiled "Springtime In Britain" by American nature writer Edwin Way Teale (1972): (Writing of the decline of the bittern (a bird) in Britain...) "Then, on a July day in 1911, among the dense phragmites of a small island in Hickling Broad, Miss Emma L. Turner and James Vincent, head keeper at Lord Desborough's Whiteslea Estate at Hickling, discovered the nest of a bittern. That was the beginning of one of the brightest chapters in British bird protection." This is the only mention of this Lord Desborough in the book. According to Teale, Hickling is "a dozen miles or so northwest of Great Yarmouth" in Norfolk. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://www.thepeerage.com/p6645.htm#i66447 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell,_1st_Baron_Desborough On 9/20/07, Disbrow, Gary R <GaryRDisbrow@drs-pct.com> wrote: > > > Desborough > > > >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > > * Find <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_navigation> out more > about navigating Wikipedia and finding information * > > Jump to: navigation > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough#column-one#column-one> , search > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desborough#searchInput#searchInput> > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dot4gb.svg> > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gb4dot.svg> Map sources for Desborough > at grid reference SP8083 > > Map > <http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?SP8083_region:GB_scale:100000 > > > sources for Desborough at grid reference > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system> > SP8083 > > Desborough is a town <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town> in > Northamptonshire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire> , England > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England> . It is twinned with Neuville de > Poitou <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuville_de_Poitou> in the Vienne > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienne> departement > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement> of France > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> . It developed around the spinning > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_%28textiles%29> and weaving > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving> industries, by the nineteenth > century <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_century> specialising in > silk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk> . Many archaeological finds from > the Celtic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt> and Anglo-Saxon > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_England> periods have been made > in the town. Desborough is 8 km (5 miles) south-east of Market Harborough, > 8 > km (5 miles) north-west of Kettering and 8 km (5 miles) south-west of > Corby. > > The <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kettering_Leg&action=edit> > Kettering Leg of the Student <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_cross> > cross pilgrimage leaves from near Desborough every year. > > The A6 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6_road> Rothwell > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothwell%2C_Northamptonshire> -Desborough > Bypass opened on August 14th 2003. > > Notable buildings in the town include the thirteenth century > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_century> parish > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_church> church. The Domesday Book > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book> of 1086 refers to > Desborough, > in modern day Northamptonshire, as a 'place of judgement'. In fact the > name > itself is thought to have derived from 'Disburg' which meant a sacred and > fortified place. > > There are two primary schools in Desborough, Loatlands[1] > <http://www.loatlands.ik.org/> , Havelock Infants and Havelock Junior[2] > <http://www.havelockjunior-v2.ik.org/> but no secondary school so > children > aged 11-16 mostly attend Montsaye Community College in Rothwell. > > Lord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Desborough> Desborough was the > title of the sportsman and politician William Grenfell > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grenfell%2C_1st_Baron_Desborough> . > > > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EnglandNorthamptonshire.png> > > This Northamptonshire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire> > location article is a stub <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub> . > You can help Wikipedia by expanding > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desborough&action=edit> it. > > > > > > Gary R. Disbrow > > Sr. Program Manager, Detectors > > DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. > > Phone: (203) 798-3243 > > Cell: (203) 482-5319 > > e-mail: GaryRDisbrow@drs-pct.com > > fax: (203) 798-3214 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:disbrow-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of MICHAEL DISBROW > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:45 AM > To: DISBROW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DISBROW] LORD DESBOROUGH of Hickling > > > > >From - Mike Disbrow, listowner > > > > Just thought I'd throw this out there as an interesting tidbit. Anyone > know more about this "Lord Desborough"? > > > > From a book entitiled "Springtime In Britain" by American nature writer > Edwin Way Teale (1972): > > > > (Writing of the decline of the bittern (a bird) in Britain...) "Then, on > a July day in 1911, among the dense phragmites of a small island in > Hickling > Broad, Miss Emma L. Turner and James Vincent, head keeper at Lord > Desborough's Whiteslea Estate at Hickling, discovered the nest of a > bittern. > That was the beginning of one of the brightest chapters in British bird > protection." > > > > This is the only mention of this Lord Desborough in the book. According > to Teale, Hickling is "a dozen miles or so northwest of Great Yarmouth" in > Norfolk. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DISBROW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >