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  Clayton Hall: Grimshaw Family
Robert Eaton, a retired schoolteacher living in the Clayton-le-Moors area, provided a "guided tour" of the Clayton Hall grounds to the webpage author and several others in May 2000.
Mercer Hall next door was the home of John Mercer (1791-1866) who invented the process of 'mercerisation' a process which added strength and lustre to cotton fabric, by treating with an alkaline solution prior to dyeing.
Parts of the present Dunkenhalgh Hall now a hotel, dates from 1580 which was altered in 1799, this was the home of the Petre family, lords of the manor until 1947.
www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/ClayHall.htm   (1489 words)

  
 friedman
Eaton was so influential during these early years that in American geology, 1818–1836 is known as the Eatonian era.
Hall hypothesized that the subsidence of the strata within a trough, where they would be extra thick, provided the mechanism for folding them (Friedman and Sanders, 1978, p.
Hall was cofounder of the Amedrican Association of Geologists, the predecessor of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
gsahist.org /gsat2/gt0101_28_29.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Eaton Hall (Cheshire) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eaton Hall is a country house set within a large park in the village of Eccleston near Chester in England.
Eaton Hall served as a hospital in both World Wars and as an officer cadet training school from 1946 to 1960.
Eaton Hall is a private residence and not open to the public, but the garden is open to the public for a few days each year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eaton_Hall_(Cheshire)   (685 words)

  
 Eaton Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eaton Hall near Eccleston, England a private country house used by the Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall in King City, Ontario, Canada, a Norman chateau converted to public hotel
Eaton Hall on the Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus in Boston, Massachusetts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eaton_Hall   (116 words)

  
 New residence hall officially named for past ISU president - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The social aspect at Eaton Hall is great and so are the academics, she said.
Alexander cited Eaton's quote, which was printed in the program, as one of the reasons Eaton was so deserving of the honor.
Eaton and his wife, Virginia, were known for walking around campus and speaking with students, said SriRaj Kantamneni, Jones House community adviser in Eaton Hall and emcee for the event.
www.iowastatedaily.com /news/2003/04/14/News/New-Residence.Hall.Officially.Named.For.Past.Isu.President-1095083.shtml   (503 words)

  
 Eaton Golf Club, Chester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The original Eaton Golf Course was created during the First World War when the Second Duke of Westminster (Bend'Or) handed over Eaton Hall and its grounds to the war Office as a convalescent home for Officers.
Eaton Park Cricket Club had been in existence for many years and after the 1914/18 war, Jack I'Anson, the former Lancashire Professional, was appointed as the Professional of the Cricket Club, at the same time being responsible for the maintenance of the golf course.
For a variety of reasons the decision was taken to close the Course in the grounds of Eaton Hall and the re-birth of Eaton Golf Club at our present course in the village of Waverton, owes much to the dedication of a small number of Members who decided that Eaton Golf Club should continue.
www.eatongolfclub.co.uk /content/thecourse/history.htm   (501 words)

  
 AccessNorthGa.com - News Articles: North Georgia's Sporting News Weather and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eaton carried Hall County by a 2-to-1 margin.
Eaton received 2,291 votes (67 percent) to Burgess' 1,104 votes (33 percent) in hall County.
Eaton was a Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives in 2004 and is a vice chairman of the Fulton County Republican Party.
accessnorthga.com /news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=109474   (816 words)

  
 reviews_detail
Inda Eaton and her band are making headlines across the nation.
Eaton's drummer, Cedarburg resident, Jeffrey Smith, is just the right touch for the band's soul-stirring folk sounds.
Eaton and her band are currently touring the Midwest, making stops in various places in Wisconsin including the US West Cellular Arena tonight and Shank Hall on Saturday.
www.indaeaton.com /reviewsdetail.cfm?reviewsid=8   (384 words)

  
 Town of Eaton - Home
Eaton is a town located just south of Conway in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Encompassing a larger area until 1852 when the western side of Eaton became the town of Madison, Eaton, which contains the village of Snowville, had a total population of 375, as of the 2000 census.
Eaton is bounded on the east by the Maine state line.
www.eatonnh.org   (166 words)

  
 Rockabilly Hall of Fame(R) / Library / News
As of July, 2004, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame® was sold to, and became a division of Rockabilly Music Preservation, Inc.
Rockabilly Hall of Fame® is a trademarked, registered entity, created on March 21, 1997.
This is a "people" Hall of Fame where the friends, fans, relatives (especially the children and grandchildren) of roots artists can gather, learn and have fun.
www.rockabillyhall.com   (914 words)

  
 Engineering building christened Eaton Hall | LJWorld.com
Eaton, a native of Arkansas City, met that goal and exceeded it: He went on to be chairman of Chrysler Corp.
KU officials announced Thursday that Eaton would donate $5 million to the building, which is slated to open this fall.
The $15 million engineering building, south of Learned Hall at the northwest corner of 15th Street and Naismith Drive, was paid for entirely from private funds.
www.ljworld.com /section/ku_alumni/story/135860   (744 words)

  
 Eaton, New Hampshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eaton includes the village of Snowville, named for the Snow family who started a sawmill there in 1825.
The 2005 Census estimate for Eaton was 417 residents, which ranked 217th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
Eaton contains 24.4 square miles of land area and 1.2 square miles of inland water area.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/eaton.html   (325 words)

  
 Town of Eaton, Colorado
The Town of Eaton is located 7 miles north of Greeley, Colorado on US Highway 85.
This town of about 4000 people is a legacy to the hard work and foresight of Colorado Governor Benjamin Eaton, who helped found the town in 1892 and was responsible for the beginning of crop irrigation in the area.
Eaton is governed by a Mayor and six Trustees.
www.eatonco.org   (421 words)

  
 Eaton Bray Village Hall - Eaton Bray
Eaton Bray Village Hall is purpose built and situated in the heart of the village.
Eaton Bray Village Hall is suitable for a wide variety of uses ranging from special occasions, events and club meetings, to theatrical plays, pantomimes, and cinema, along with sports such as badminton and keep-fit.
The main hall has the benefit of a stage and modern sound and light system with dressing/changing rooms adjacent to the stage.
www.eatonbray.com /village-hall   (269 words)

  
 Eaton Hall
Eaton Hall was constructed from 1885 to 1886 and occupied the plot of land now home to Curtis and Drake Halls.
Known as the "Angel Factory" to students, Eaton Hall witnessed changes to both the University and its own appearance, before it was ultimately razed in 1956.
It is necessary to appreciate the state of Madison University in the 1880’s in order to fully comprehend the essence of Eaton Hall.
people.colgate.edu /msable/eaton/index.htm   (160 words)

  
 --EATON ESTATE--
Eaton Hall has been the family home of the Grosvenor Family since the 15th century.
The College moved to Eaton until 1946 and from then until 1960, when National Service came to an end, the Hall was used as an Officer Cadet Training School.
The Hall was not demolished, but altered and encased, the style of the new Hall blending more happily with the Cheshire landscape.
www.eeo.co.uk /grosvenor_estate   (192 words)

  
 Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA USA
Eaton was born on June 8, 1787, in a home on what would become Eaton Square, the son of Percival Eaton, the owner of a popular grocery and general store, as well as Eaton Tavern.
Ebenezer Eaton not only owned and ran Eaton Hall, where everything from dances and Fourth of July parties to meetings of the local Union Lodge of Masons brought virtually everyone in town through his doors, but also served both his community and the state in a variety of public offices.
Eaton, a crusty Yankee to his dying day, represented a Dorchester that bloomed in the early days of the American Republic and came of age in the ensuing eras of the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War.
www.dotnews.com /ebenezer.html   (776 words)

  
 Amos Eaton Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amos Eaton Hall is the current home of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.
Amos Eaton Hall is the only building on the campus referred to by both first and last name.
Amos Eaton Hall, in Colonial Revival style, was designed by Lawler and Haase of New York who had previously designed the '87 Gymnasium in 1911.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amos_Eaton_Hall   (308 words)

  
 GHRS - York - Reports
I was recently attending a wedding at Eaton Hall, a building within the Seneca College Campus (just north of King City), and I heard rumours of ghost sightings within the building.
Lady Eaton died in her home on Dunvegan in Forest Hill in 1971 (just down from the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.) The funeral for Flora Eaton was held at the church and the funeral home was AW Miles.
Eaton Hall is not air-tight and does have a down daft in the stair case.
www.torontoghosts.org /york/eaton1.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Thefts hit engineering school : The University Daily Kansan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Doors in Eaton Hall are unlocked all day, every day, allowing people to walk the halls practically unwatched.
Sorem said that two computers were stolen from Eaton Hall over break, one from a classroom that had no surveillance cameras, and one that controls a large video board in the main lobby of the building.
Sorem speculated that whoever stole the computer from one of the Eaton Hall labs used a window in the classroom to remove the computer and avoid the surveillance cameras in the commons area nearby.
www.kansan.com /stories/2005/jan/27/news_campus_theft   (513 words)

  
 Building & Facilities Timeline
It was used as a boarding hall until it was razed in 1860 to make way for Alumni Hall.
Built in 1836 by the Baptist Education Society for George Washington Eaton, it was razed in 1884 to make way for Eaton Hall for the theological seminary.
Eaton Hall was torn down in 1956 to make way for Kendrick-Eaton-Dodge.
www.colgate.edu /index.aspx?pgID=1252   (228 words)

  
 Farnborough International Air Show | Eaton equipment chosen for Embraer Phenom 100 VLJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Eaton (Hall 4 Stand F12) has been selected by Embraer to provide five packages for Embraer’s Phenom 100 very light jet.
In addition, Eaton was also selected to provide the aircraft’s ground service panel and maintenance panel.
Eaton said it was chosen for its expertise in modeling, data mining as well as prognostics and health management.
www.ainonline.com /Publications/farn/farn_06/eaton_22A_D3.htm   (607 words)

  
 Inside Iowa State
Craig, a department of residence employee, is the hall director.
The apartments are furnished, as residence hall directors tend to be nomads.
With staff members from Willow and Eaton, the other hall directors and friends of Anna and Koryn, the apartment was packed with "fifty of her closest friends and neighbors," Craig said.
www.iastate.edu /Inside/06/0428/chatriand.shtml   (1043 words)

  
 History of de Eyton/Eaton Family
Many families had by this time come to be known by the more modern Eaton spelling and, although we are still investigating the connections of these Eatons to our Robert, the family surname of Eaton is shown in the ancient manuscripts and cartularies as tracing their ancestry to Anglo Saxon origin.
Many of the families by name of Eaton settled for a time in Kent, and these families were the progenitors of several branches that came to the New World.
Another was Timothy Eaton, a visionary industrialist, who originally came from Ireland to join family members already in Southern Ontario and founded the Canadian department store chain known as "Eaton's" and his first successor, his son, John Craig Eaton, who was knighted for his contributions to the WWI war effort.
www.eatongenealogy.com /blackeaton2.html   (1834 words)

  
 Iowa State University Summer School Housing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
• Residence hall accommodations will be available in Eaton Hall, located in the Union Drive neighborhood, in furnished, double-occupancy, suite-style, air-conditioned rooms (some super singles may also be available).
Housing is also available in Eaton Hall for students enrolled in courses shorter than the eight-week summer session.
A meal plan is required in Eaton Hall and Buchanan Hall; meal plans are optional but available in student apartments at Frederiksen Court and SUV.
www.iastate.edu /~catalog/summer/housing.shtml   (1021 words)

  
 Eaton Bray Village Hall - Eaton Bray
Eaton Bray village lies at the foot of the Dunstable Downs, and is approximately 4 miles from both Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.
There is easy road access to Eaton Bray from both the M1 and the A5, and good road links to villages and towns within the wider locality.
Eaton Bray is also served by regular public transport.
www.eatonbray.com /village-hall/directions.asp   (146 words)

  
 Open Day at Eaton Gardens
Eaton Hall Estate is set in the small village of Eccleston, on the flat plain of Cheshire - close to North Wales.
The original hall and estate belonged to the Grosvenor family from the reign of Henry VI in the 15th century.
The gardens at Eaton Hall Estate are open to the public three times a year, from 1.30pm-5.30pm.
www.allinfoaboutenglishculture.com /eaton-hall.html   (937 words)

  
 Eaton Hall
Eaton sold the house and the lot to the Education Society.
The beautiful woods which cover the slopes close at hand, while not “forest primeval”, are venerable, and some of the trees, especially the large hemlocks, must have looked down upon the braves of the Iroquois, as the followed their trail through the valley.
Although the location of Eaton Hall was considered to be picturesque, its choice is worthy of examination.
people.colgate.edu /msable/eaton/eaton2.htm   (471 words)

  
 History of Eaton
TOWN HALL - Eaton’s first Town Hall was built on the northeast corner of the courthouse property in the early 1850s.
Eaton’s Opera House occupied the second floor and was the scene of local and professional entertainments of all types, as well as lectures, institutes, banquets and commencements.
On April 25, 1961, a tornado swept through Eaton and damaged the Town Hall to such an extent that it was necessary to demolish it.
www.eatonoh.org /History.htm   (1496 words)

  
 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Physics Department-Where Are We Located
Eaton Hall opened as an addition to Lansing Hall in 1961 and housed the physics and biology departments.
Eaton Hall provided space for the Colleges' carefully amassed natural history and specimen collection, new labs, faculty offices and classrooms.
Today, the physics department is still based in Eaton, and the biology department continues to keep some faculty offices and classrooms there.
academic.hws.edu /physics/location.asp   (149 words)

  
 Crocus.co.uk garden to visit Eaton Hall Chester Cheshire
Vast gardens and parkland surrounding the Duke of Westminster's modern house, where features are of the imposing kind, including two larburnum tunnels, deep and dramatic herbaceous borders, a large lake and a statue-filled Italian garden.
The gardens and parkland surrounding the modern hall are vast.
Open days at Eaton Hall are few, but a visit is more than repaid.
www.crocus.co.uk /Catalog/Gardens/?ContentType=GardenCard&GardenID=159   (290 words)

  
 The Heywood Collection at the Perrygrove Railway in the Royal Forest of Dean
There were two brake vans on the railway at Eaton Hall, a 4 wheel vehicle delivered in 1896 and a bogie van delivered in 1901.
In 2006 a replica was completed by the Estate staff at Eaton Hall using ironwork from the original body, which was then generously donated to the Heywood Collection by the Duke of Westminster KG OBE TD DL.
In 2004 a replica was completed by the Estate staff at Eaton Hall using ironwork from the original body, which was then generously donated to the Heywood Collection by the Duke of Westminster KG OBE TD DL.
www.perrygrove.co.uk /History2.html   (1171 words)

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