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  » Kennet Partners
Kennet invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage information technology.
Kennet provides expansion capital to firms who want to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value in partnership with an experienced investor.
Kennet to sell Aspective to Vodafone UK Vodafone UK has signed a conditional contract to acquire Aspective and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the calendar year
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  River Kennet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kennet is a river in the south east of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.
One of the Kennet's source is Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill in the county of Wiltshire, the other being a collection of tributaries to the North of Avebury near the villages of Uffcott and Broad Hinton which flow south past Avebury and join up with the waters from Swallowhead Springs.
The Kennet's principal tributaries are the River Lambourn, the River Enborne and the Foudry Brook.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Kennet   (423 words)

  
 Kennet and Avon Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England.
The canal is 57 miles (92 long but together with the Avon Navigation Kennet Navigation it totals 87 miles (140 In the Avon valley south-west of Bath the area shown in the image the geographical example of a valley with all forms of ground transport is found: road river and the canal.
In the 1950s large portions of the canal were because of poor lock maintenance and in 1956 the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust petitioned against its legal closure.
www.freeglossary.com /Kennet_%26_Avon_Canal   (366 words)

  
 Kennet Navigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kennet and Avon Canal Trust The Trust was formed more than thirty years ago to restore the then closed Kennet and Avon Canal from Reading to Bristol as a navigation and a public amenity.
Voluntary Action, Kennet Organisation supporting charities in the Kennet area explains its work and the groups it is involved with.
Kennet Valley Countryside Project Aims to protect and enhance the natural beauty of the Kennet Valley and to help people appreciate the countryside.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Kennet_Navigation.html   (302 words)

  
 The Avon and Kennet Valley barge trips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Operating from Newbury Wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal, she is 70 ft in length and 11ft 6 inches wide.
She operates from Kintbury on the Kennet and Avon Canal and is 67ft in length and 10ft wide.
Kennet Valley is licensed to carry 75 passengers but we restrict this to 70 to increase the comfort for our passengers.
www.kennet-horse-boat.co.uk /about/boats.shtml   (241 words)

  
 Kennet & Avon Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The canal was to be 49 miles long from the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Bradford and Bath, to Sturminster Newton, on the River Stour.
The Kennet and Avon was virtually the first canal to have its own local branch of the Inland Waterways Association and they refused to allow the canal to die.
The Kennet and Avon was certified as useless - that is -a class 3 waterway, "insufficient commercial prospects to justify its retention".
www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/kennetavonroot.htm   (2912 words)

  
 The borough of Kennet Square was formed from the township of Kennet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The borough of Kennet Square was formed from the township of Kennet, and was incorporated in 1855.
It is situated on the line of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central RR, in the midst of an exceedingly fertile district of the country, at the hed of the Toughkenamon Valley.
The inhabitants of Kennet Sq, and of the twp from which it was taken, are largely the descendants of the original settlers, and are noted for their intelligence and culture.
www.pa-roots.com /~chester/kennet%20square.htm   (287 words)

  
 Kennet - susning.nu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kennet var ett stort modenamn efter andra världskriget fram till 50-talets slut.
Kennet har tillsammans med Kent, namnsdag den 22 mars i den svenska almanackan.
Kennet har använts som dopnamn i Sverige sedan slutet av 1800-talet, äldsta belägg för namnet i Sverige är från 1898.
www.susning.nu /Kennet   (113 words)

  
 » Kennet Venture Partners
Kennet has worked closely with the company since then to support its growth and capitalise on its position as a leader in synchronisation technology.
Kennet Capital is a joint venture between Broadview International, a leading global investment bank focused on the IT, Communications and Media industries and Electra Partners Ltd, an international private equity group.
The objective of Kennet's 80 million Euros venture capital fund is to invest as an active investor in European technology, internet and telecoms companies.
www.kennetcapital.com /080200.html   (561 words)

  
 Durham Archaeology - Derek Kennet
Kennet, D. The form of the military cantonments at Samarra, the organisation of the Abbasid army.
Kennet, D. The development of Northern Ras al-Khaimah and the 14th-century Hormuzi economic boom in the lower Gulf.
Kennet, D. Sasanian and Islamic pottery from Ras al-Khaimah :classification, chronology and analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean.
www.dur.ac.uk /derek.kennet/DK.html   (1336 words)

  
 AHC Thomas Kennet-Were Virtual Exhibit
Thomas Kennet-Were, an English gentleman and artist, traveled acrossthe United States and part of Canada in 1868 and 1869.
Kennet-Were left England in October 1868 on a boat bound for New York, arriving twelve days later.
A descendant of Kennet-Were’s, Francis Spencer, born in London and now living in New Zealand and a well-known philanthropist to the arts in that country, presented the collection to the AHC in June 2002 in a ceremony at Wyoming’s Capitol.
ahc.uwyo.edu /onlinecollections/exhibits/kennetwere/intro.htm   (440 words)

  
 Kennet and Avon canal originally opened, it provided for the first time easy transport between London and Bristol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It was divided into three sections and connected by the River Kennet (eastwards) and the River Avon (westwards).
The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the counties of Berkshire, Wiltshire and North Somerset.
When the Kennet and Avon canal originally opened, it provided for the first time easy transport between London and Bristol, in effect joining the North Sea and the Bristol Channel at a time when the alternatives were horse drawn vehicles on poor roads or a long sea voyage.
www.kennet-horse-boat.co.uk /information   (296 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE eProject Announces $8.0 Million Financing Led by Kennet Venture Partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kennet Venture Partners LLC ('Kennet') is a leading transatlantic venture capital firm, which invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage information technology.
Kennet offers expansion capital to firms that want to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value in partnership with an experienced investor.
Kennet acts as an advisor to Kennet II LP, a Guernsey limited partnership.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=89577   (672 words)

  
 Kennet and Avon Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kennet and Avon - The Barge Inn : Honeystreet, Pewsey.
The History of the Kennet and Avon Canal : By browsing these pages you can get some insight into the way the Kennet and Avon Canal was planned, built and worked during its 200 year history.
Kennet Cruises : Self-drive day hire for up to 12 passengers and 4-berth narrowboat for holidays and period hire plus party charter hire for parties of up to 44 passengers.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Kennet-and-Avon-Canal.html   (1867 words)

  
 West Berkshire Council - West Berkshire Council - Kennet School takes second place in regional final   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Congratulations to Kennet School for taking second place in the Regional Final of the Young Consumer of the Year competition 2004 against tough opposition.
Kennet competed against teams from Oxfordshire, Gloucester and Swindon in the competition, which is set for 14-17 year olds, helps to make students aware of their rights and responsibilities and gives them essential life skills.
After an exciting competition the winners emerged with 83 points and Kennet were close behind with 66 points.
www.westberks.gov.uk /westberkshire/news.nsf/280e7f69bd69cf3385256990005344fa/2ae22aabac13e45c80256fcd0038ca41?OpenDocument   (235 words)

  
 » Kennet Venture Partners
Kennet invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage information technology.
Kennet seeks a shared commitment to success in supporting entrepreneurs who have the character and ambition necessary to build world-class companies.
Kennet has a strategic relationship with Broadview (part of the Jefferies Group).
www.kennetcapital.com /about.html   (252 words)

  
 West Kennet Long Barrow
West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the many prehistoric monuments that are part of the Avebury complex of Neolithic sites.
There is a slim possibility that this tradition is a folk memory of a ritual event or at least a time thought to have been significant in the use of the barrow.
The strange atmosphere of the darkened chamber, and its associations in folklore and legend has led to it being used by modern day pagans and occultists.
www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/aa/westkennet_longbarrow.html   (572 words)

  
 West Kennet Longbarrow
West Kennet is one of the largest chambered long barrows in Britain and is more than 320 ft long and 8ft high, with a row of large, upright sarsen stones at the left end marking the entrance.
Entering the tomb beyond the forecourt there are two burial chambers either side and a larger polygonal one, 7.5ft high, at the end of the passage.
In the past, the mound has been damaged by indiscriminate digging - the first archaeologists were not so delicate in their excavations - but scientific excavations in 1859 and 1955-56 found evidence for a total of 46 burials, ranging from babies to old people of both sexes.
littlefeathercentreuk.5u.com /kennet1.html   (392 words)

  
 Councillor Info - Kennet District Council
Kennet District Council is maintaining its high record of achievement in relation to complaints made against it to the Local Government Ombudsman.
Kennet District Council are asking residents to consider the alternatives before lighting their bonfires this autumn.
Ben Travers, prosecuting for Kennet District Council, told the Court how in unrelated incidents, each defendant had failed to notify the Council of changes to their circumstances which resulted in Kennet District Council paying out housing benefit and Council tax benefit to which they were not entitled.
www.councillor.info /kennet/Default.aspx?pane=cp&md=newsmod&mid=19069   (1166 words)

  
 Fotbolls-EM 2000: Kennet och måltorkan
Kennet Anderssons målskörd i landslaget har stadigt minskat de senaste åren.
För Kennet innebär det en chans att återigen bevisa sin målfarlighet, en förmåga som starkt ifrågasatts den senaste tiden.
Sedan VM-kvalet i Minsk mot Vitryssland den 20 augusti 1997 har Kennet bara gjort två mål på 16 landskamper.
www.aftonbladet.se /sport/fotbollsem2000/0610/kennet.html   (396 words)

  
 An investigation of the changing nature of the western end of the Kennet and Avon canal since the early 19th century, ...
An investigation of the changing nature of the western end of the Kennet and Avon canal since the early 19th century, and an evaluation of the evidence at the site and in other sources.
Below is a short sample of the essay "An investigation of the changing nature of the western end of the Kennet and Avon canal since the early 19th century, and an evaluation of the evidence at the site and in other sources.".
The Kennet and Avon canal is wider than the coal canal which suggests that they expected a lot more coal and other goods from other areas to be transported along the canal as well as the Somerset coalfields produce.
www.coursework.info /i/24997.html   (689 words)

  
 Easter on the Kennet and Avon Canal, 2002
Easter on the Kennet and Avon Canal, 2002
The width is constrained by the size of locks on the narrow-beam canals of the British waterways.
The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust - a charity dedicated to restoring and maintaining the Kennet and Avon Canal for leisure use (a far call from its original use as an industrial transport artery).
www.ninebynine.org /Travels/2002Mar-Bedwyn/Intro.html   (344 words)

  
 West Kennet Avenue
As West Kennet Avenue approaches the main Avebury site just before the brow of a small rise there is a concrete marker with a flat top.
It could be argued that the avenue may represent dieties within a pantheon of gods and a less savoury god has been illustrated by having a 'void' stone.
Burials and evidence of a flint knapping stone are all in the 'walk of stones' that is West Kennet Avenue.
www.hippy.com /albion/west_kennet_avenue.htm   (725 words)

  
 Environment Agency - Kennet Pang CAMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The area covered by the Kennet and Pang CAMS is defined by the Berkshire and Marlborough Downs to the north, and the Hampshire Downs to the south.
A series of wetland sites are also of international importance in the Kennet and Lambourn floodplain, primarily for the presence of the rare Desmoulin’s Whorl Snail, and there are other important wetland habitats and important populations of priority UK Biodiversity Action Plan species such as water vole.
Firstly, in WRMU 2 an abstraction licence held by British Waterways at Colthrop Mills for non-evaporative cooling and process water was revoked in June 2001.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk /subjects/waterres/564321/309477/309483/315356?version=1&lang=_e   (1240 words)

  
 Aspective - Investors - Investcorp, Kennet Venture Partners, 3i   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Kennet serves Europe and the US with offices in London and Silicon Valley.
Kennet's investment professionals have a combination of operational, private equity and corporate finance experience, and they work proactively with management to deliver exceptional growth.
Through this relationship, Kennet companies can gain access to the collective intellectual capital and extended network of the entire Broadview organisation.
www.aspective.com /livesite.nsf/Content/InvestorRelations   (460 words)

  
 Stones of England - West Kennet long barrow
West Kennet is more than 100m (320ft) long and 2.4m (8ft) high and at the left end is a row of large, upright sarsen stones which were repositioned in 1956.
Entering the tomb beyond the forecourt there are two burial chambers either side and a larger polygonal one, 2.3m (7.5ft) high, at the end of the passage.
The construction of West Kennet commenced about 3600 BC, which is some 400 years before the first stage of Stonehenge.
www.stonepages.com /england/westkennet.html   (323 words)

  
 Theme Filter
The website of the Kennet and Avon Canal Museum introduces the history of the Kennet and Avon Canal, and gives details of the Museum which is based in Devizes.
Planning the Kennet and Avon Canal tells the history of the canal, explaining the need for the canal, how the route was chosen, how the money was raised, and what landowners thought.
The history of the Kennet and Avon Canal, its decline, takeover by the railway, and its abandonment.
www.wowheritage.org.uk /filter.php?TID=7&SubThemeID=68   (169 words)

  
 Kennet & Avon Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Rennie's original canal simply connected the River Kennet to the Avon though today the navigable sections of both rivers and Rennie's Canal are all considered to be one route under the name of the Kennet and Avon Canal, stretching 93 miles from Reading to Bristol.
This is the section which was originally known as the River Kennet Navigation and had been used for many years before the canal was built.
In the early days of the navigation boaters on the Kennet were often threatened by those who's livelihood depended on the success of the River Thames.
www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/kennetavonroute.htm   (4877 words)

  
 KenNet Inc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He will be responsible for revamping the KenNet site, as well as assisting with the creation of a digital scrapbook, among other things.
While she was at KenNet, one of her main responsiblities was booking appointments under the Seniors Net Program.
During his term at KenNet, Danny was responsible for a complete redesign of KenNet's website and marketing materials.
www.kennet.pe.ca /aboutkennet/staff.html   (269 words)

  
 kennet shopping
Kennet Shopping in Newbury is a great place to find a great retail experience.
Kennet Shopping is 10 minutes off the M4 with on-site multi-storey car park.
Bus and train stations are a short walk away and provide excellent links into Kennet Shopping.
www.kennetshopping.co.uk   (53 words)

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