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	Trent Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trent Bridge was first used as a cricket ground in the 1830s.
		Trent Bridge hosted its first Test match in 1899, for England playing against Australia, making it the third oldest ground to be used as a Test venue after Lord's and Eden Gardens in Calcutta.
		Trent Bridge's serene pavilion, kept within the architectual parameters of its 1889 foundation, is one of the most renowned trademarks of cricket, and is particularly noted for reflecting the sport's reputation as the gentleman's game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trent_Bridge (447 words)

	Trent University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trent has long been characterized by political debate: the staff, students and faculty actively engage in ultra-political conversations and the education in every discipline is rooted within a new-age educational philosophy.
		The university's campus radio station is Trent Radio 92.7 FM OurTrent is a group of Trent alumni, past and present employees, students and concerned citizens of the City of Peterborough, the Province of Ontario and Canada.
		Trent competes at the varsity level under the name Excalibur in men's[1] and women's[2] rugby, volleyball[3], fencing[4], rowing[5] and soccer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trent_University (1190 words)

	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| An Itinerary of Nottingham: Trent Bridge (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Trent was an important political and local boundary dividing the realm into two parts of " Cintra Trentam " and " Ultra Trentam," while the passage, which has been situated about where Trent Bridge stands from time immemorial, was one of the most important river crossings in England.
		It was called the Heth Beth Bridge, which probably means the bridge by the "hythe" or "wharf" near the "beth," "wath," or "ford" and it bore upon one of its many arches a chapel dedicated to St. Mary which was endowed to support two chaplains and in which marriages might be solemnised.
		These chapels upon bridges were quite common during the middle ages, in fact bridges as well as roads were intimately associated with religious matters the repair and upkeep of both roads and bridges being regarded as a sacred duty.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /articles/itinerary/itinerary1925p1.htm (1019 words)

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		The Trent is the longest river in England, and stands fourth in respect of size.
		Trent Bridge, according to RAPIN, was built by Edward the Elder in 924.
		The Trent Lock Bridge, built in 1842, is a narrow iron structure near the Lock, erected for the convenience of the hawling horses in conducting the boats from the Nottingham to the Grantham canal, or vice-versa.
	www.btinternet.com /~nttsue/Chapt11RiversCanalsBridges.htm (2423 words)

	CricInfo Travel
		Trent Bridge, home to Nottinghamshire, is one of the most pleasant venues in England.
		Attendance was poor to begin with, but by the 1880s Trent Bridge was thriving, with the largest pavilion in the country.
		The placidity of the pitch now is far removed from the strip produced at Trent Bridge in the 1970s and 1980s.
	usa.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/PRODUCTS/travel/grounds/eng/trentbridge.html (648 words)

	BBC Sport \| In Depth \| The Ashes
		Trent Bridge is the world's third oldest major cricket ground and home to Nottinghamshire Cricket Club.
		The main cricket ground was owned by the Town Council, but following the marriage of the Nottinghamshire captain to the landlady of the local Trent Bridge Inn, a new ground was set up in the meadow attached to the hostelry.
		Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor were the heroes in 1989 at Trent Bridge after their momentous 329 runs - the highest first-wicket stand in the Ashes series.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/cricket/2001/ashes/venues/trent_bridge.stm (267 words)

	TRENT BRIDGE PAINTING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A bridge has existed at or around the current location since 924 during the reign of Edward the Elder when an oak superstructure was supported by stone piers - with evidence that the site also had a ferry during occupation by the Danes.
		The Corporation undertook considerable repairs to the bridge at this point, to such an extent that many historians consider this to be the third Trent Bridge.
		The bridge as it appears today was constructed over a three-year period between 1868 and 1871, for the bargain price of £36,000.
	www.itsnottingham.info /ttart12.htm (450 words)

	River Trent & Trent Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1156 a new Trent Bridge was built and it stood till 1871 when the bridge which forms today's basic structure was constructed.
		This new waterway was to have a junction and basin on the River Trent at West Stockwith.
		The Trent and Mersey Canal is never more than a mile away to the east and is often considerably closer, at one point the two waterways are separated only by the A34 dual-carriageway.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/trentriver.htm (7456 words)

	Burton-upon-Trent: Communications \| British History Online
		There was a bridge over the Trent at the north end of town by the early 12th century when a bridge keeper (pontarius) was recorded holding land in Winshill.
		In 1441 the abbot and leading townsmen appointed a layman as keeper and proctor of the bridge for a 30year term, and a layman was appointed for life in 1493.
		The Burton stretch of the Trent and Mersey canal was completed in 1770, and by 1771 there was a warehouse where the canal crossed the Horninglow road in the part of Horninglow township added to the borough in 1853.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=12331 (5432 words)

	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Allen's illustrated guide to Nottingham:
		The Trent Bridge, which crosses the river (and is, generally speaking, the south boundary of the borough of Nottingham), is an elegant and substantial iron structure of three graceful spans, and was opened in 1871.
		Part of the old bridge has been preserved to us, and is crossed by the pathway (against the Police Lodge) which leads to the south river walk.
		A little down the river the railway crosses the Trent by a bridge, of which an illustration is given.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /allen1888/guidep2.htm (532 words)

	Shardlow Heritage Centre -Village Traders - Working Port - about this 18th century canal transhipment port
		Bridge and Boat House at Burton on Trent, franked at Burton on Trent July 8 1908.
		The River Trent is bypassed in Nottingham by the Beeston Cut and a section of the Nottingham Canal.
		Trent Bridge and Exhibition, Nottingham, 1904, Hartmann 1201.4.
	homepages.which.net /~shardlow.heritage/shwppcards.htm (725 words)

	Cricinfo - Grounds - Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		Trent Bridge staged its first Test in 1899 and is a regular, and popular, fixture on the international circuit.
		It used to be the shared home of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Notts County Football Club, but when the football and cricket seasons were considered to have become too overlapped (as far back as 1910) the football club moved a couple of hundred yards away to Meadow Lane.
		Trent Bridge has been home to some of the finest cricketers in the world; Gary Sobers, Clive Rice and Richard Hadlee have all graced the ground and left a permanent mark on its history.
	content.cricinfo.com /england/content/ground/57219.html (411 words)

	WSDOT - Project - SR 290 Trent Bridge Replacement Project
		Old bridge was 55' wide and supports 4 lanes of traffic and sidewalks.
		New bridge is 89' wide supporting 5 lanes of traffic and sidewalks.
		The New bridge radius was increased to improve safety by shifting the majority of the widening to the north.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /regions/eastern/projects/sr290trentbridge/default.cfm?print=yes (366 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Ashes ground guide: Trent Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Trent Bridge clearly does little to inspire the hosts as they have won under 30% of their matches, their worst return at home.
		The Trent Bridge pavilion, the largest in England when it was built in 1886, was used as a military hospital during the Great War and as the Army's central mail-sorting office in the Second World War
		Drinking wise, the Trent Bridge Inn and the Larwood and Voce Tavern are a short long-hop from the ground.
	www45.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/3961627.stm (633 words)

	Guardian \| Trent Bridge puts up fences
		Nottinghamshire have brought in extra security measures, including the introduction of plastic fences, for today's match at Trent Bridge between Australia and Pakistan to help prevent a repetition of the trouble in Sunday's one-day international.
		Trent Bridge's measures will include announcements in Urdu and Punjabi, 350 stewards and 150 police officers - more than double the normal amount - and the use of plastic mesh designed to delay incursions until players and officials have had time to reach the pavilion.
		Invaders of cricket pitches can be charged with public order offences, such as being drunk and disorderly or disturbing the peace, but there is no specific offence for encroaching on the field of play, as there is in football.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4206297-103688,00.html (669 words)

	The Ferry & Toll Bridge In Wilford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The ferry made its last voyage across the Trent on the18th of September, 1864 although the Wilford Toll Bridge was not opened until the 16th of June, 1870.
		The bridge was built to support the traffic for Clifton's Colliery (also opened in 1870) on the opposite banks of the Trent.
		The Clifton influence on the bridge is represented on the North bank of the bridge by a tall, dominating statue of Sir Robert Clifton.
	www.proweb.co.uk /~roymat/ferry/ferry.html (1220 words)

	Ghosts, hauntings, spirits, poltergeists, supernatural, Derby, England, UK, United Kingdom.
		Their ghosts are said to be seen on stormy nights when the River Trent is swollen, looking for their lost loves who were so tragically drowned in the river's murky waters.
		Swarkestone Bridge is the longest stone bridge in England, and in 1745 it was the only bridge across the River Trent between Burton and Nottingham.
		Further along Swarkestone Bridge, I met a lady who also was walking her dogs and asked her if she had seen or heard anything.
	www.derbycity.com /ghosts/ghost-06.html (910 words)

	Australian Sports Tours :: Ashes 2005 - Trent Bridge Tickets & Accommodation Packages
		Note: Tickets for this package have been provided and authorised by the Trent Bridge ticket office for resale as part of a ticket and accommodation package.
		Please beware of companies offering tickets that have not been provided by the Trent Bridge ticket office as they may not be legitimate.
		Trent Bridge is a world famous cricketing landmark and the world’s third oldest cricket ground proceeded only by Lords and Eden Gardens Calcutta.
	www.astsports.com.au /details.asp?id=366 (827 words)

	England v New Zealand, 3rd Test at Trent Bridge - Match Report
		Those who believe a dead series means a dead Test Match were given a healthy correction at Trent Birdge in the final match of this three Test series.
		A determined New Zealand, two-nil down and having to send out emergency signals to find eleven fit players, gave a powerful England side its sternest Test yet, forcing the hosts to dig deep into their reserves to come out with a narrow four wicket victory and claim their first series whitewash in 25 years.
		But the fact that he is a decent chap who played a good game here should not blind anyone to the fact that Giles is not the attacking, destructive spinner England need if they are to progress as a side.
	www.abcofcricket.com /Article_Library/news150604/news150604.htm (3982 words)

	The rivers of Newark, Nottinghamshire, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The castle and River Trent from near Trent Bridge.
		This photo (46,188 bytes) taken (on 21st February 2001) from close to Water Lane and looking upstream shows Trent Bridge in the distance, a converted malting on the right (north) bank and some new flats on the left.
		This view (20,465 bytes, taken on 13th July 2003) is from Devon Bridge (where the river is crossed by the main road to Leicester and Nottingham) on the eastern outskirts of the town, looking downstream towards the Trent.
	homepages.nildram.co.uk /~jimella/nwrkriv.htm (506 words)

	Nottingham Boat Club -- Contact and Travel Information
		When you reach Trent Bridge, cross the bridge and then turn immediately left before the South Bank bar down Trentside.
		You will then pass the Trent Bridge cricket ground on your left and reach a set of traffic lights next to the Trent Bridge Inn.
		To do this, cross Trent Bridge and move into the left-hand lane which will bear off to the Meadows area.
	www.eprg.org /~dre/nbc/contact.html (556 words)

	WSDOT Accountability - Weekly Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For the past 26 months, Trent Avenue was closed just east of downtown Spokane for construction of the new bridge.
		On Thursday, January 15, the second of two bridge caissons (tower foundations) is scheduled to set down on the Narrows seabed as part of the ongoing $849 million project to build a parallel Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
		The closure is necessary so bridge construction crews can place up to eight concrete bridge girders on a new flyover ramp being built as part of the new interchange at State Route 500 and NE 112th Avenue/Gher Road.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /Accountability/weekly/2004/04_0123.htm (804 words)

	BBC News \| 1999 World Cup Cricket \| A Guide to the Grounds
		Trent Bridge was originally named after the single bridge over the River Trent, which gave the inhabitants of Nottingham access to the villages south of the county town.
		The ground is considered by players and spectators to be one of the best in England and can be approached by car from both the M1 and A1 without travelling through Nottingham city centre.
		Trent Bridge is also well served by public transport - the railway station is a 15-minute walk away and there are regular buses run from Nottingham city centre.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/sport/1999_cricket_world_cup/grounds/nottingham.stm (170 words)

	Cricinfo - Trent Bridge pitch made for pace
		Any thoughts of Australia playing two spinners for the fourth Test have been quashed by the Trent Bridge groundsman, who believes his pitch will suit the fast bowlers.
		He already has 20 victims in the current series and is certain to be partnered by Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee on Thursday.
		However, the final spot appears to be a straight shoot-out between Michael Kasprowicz and Shaun Tait on a typical Trent Bridge surface.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /engvaus/content/story/216837.html (219 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - Need for speed - Wednesday August 20, 2003 9:31AM
		Bicknell, aged 34 and with just two caps, and Ali, yet to play a test, were added to the squad after England levelled the series at 1-1 with victory at Trent Bridge.
		England is the favorite to take the series lead, traveling 70 miles (112 kilometers) miles north of Trent Bridge to Vaughan's home ground.
		South Africa will be without playmaker Shaun Pollock who returned home to Durban after Trent Bridge to be with his wife Trisha, who is expecting their first child.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/more/08/20/bc.sport.cricket.safrica.vaughan (787 words)

	Trent and Mersey Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Before 1841 the Caldon branch had a three lock staircase at Hazelhurst, then the course of the canal was changed so that the main line went under the Leek branch, as it does today, and three new separate locks were built.
		Junction with Leek Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal
		Shardlow Heritage Centre : A museum at this important Canal Port situated between the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Trent-and-Mersey-Canal.html (2546 words)

	Trent Bridge to stage internationals until 2011: ECB
		Trent Bridge to stage internationals until 2011: ECB
		LONDON: Trent Bridge in Nottingham will stage one-day internationals and Test matches until 2011 following a long-term agreement between the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
		Next year, Trent Bridge will host the opening match of a triangular series between England and Zimbabwe on June 26.
	www.icricketer.com /news/26aug02/news3.shtml (257 words)

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