Holburn | |
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Location within Northumberland | |
OS grid reference | NU040361 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BERWICK-UPON-TWEED |
Postcode district | TD15 |
Dialling code | 01289 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Holburn is a hamlet in the English county of Northumberland. Holburn is located between Lowick and Belford.
Holburn is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from The Glasgow Herald in 1992. Following the closure of the Sunday Herald, the Herald on Sunday was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018.
Admiral Francis Holburne was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He served as commodore and commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands during the War of the Austrian Succession and then took part in an operation to capture Louisbourg as part of the Louisbourg Expedition during the Seven Years' War. He went on to be Port Admiral at Portsmouth and then Senior Naval Lord. In retirement he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also served as a Member of Parliament.
Captain Sir Alexander Holburn, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish sea captain in the Royal Navy. He was the second son of the advocate Sir James Holburn, 2nd Baronet by his second wife Jean, the daughter of Alexander Spital of Leuchat. Alexander succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1758 when he was killed at sea in 1756.
William Holburne was an officer of the Royal Navy. He entered the navy, and may have served aboard the 74-gun third rate HMS Kent, during her time with Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre.
Holburn Lake and Moss is a nature reserve in Northumberland, England to the east of the village of Holburn. Nearby is St Cuthbert's Cave.
Holborn Head is a headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The point of Holborn Head is at 58°37′23″N03°32′06″W. It has a lighthouse at its south end and the remains of an old fort at its tip.
Toronto Dominion Tower is located at 700 West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver and is connected to part of the Pacific Centre shopping mall.
Alan Douglas McDonald is a parish minister who was the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, from the Assembly of May 2006 until May 2007.
The Holburn Baronetcy, of Menstrie in the County of Clackmannan, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 21 June 1706 for James Holburn who was later titled, Sir James Holburn, 1st Baronet. He was the son of Major General Sir James Holborne of Menstrie. The third Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy. The fifth Baronet was founder of the Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, Somerset. On his death in 1874 the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant.
Holburn West Church was a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The Church united with the congregations of Midstocket Church, Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen and Rubislaw Church to form Fountainhall Church in June 2023.
Marjorie Pizer was an Australian poet.
Garthdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland.
John Goundry Holburn was a Scottish politician and a member of parliament for North West Lanarkshire from 1895 to 1899.
James Holburn is the name of:
Holburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Holburn was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions.
Aberdeen Regent Park was a greyhound racing stadium in Aberdeen. It is not to be confused with the Holburn Stadium.
Holburn Street railway station was a railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was opened in July 1894 by the GNSR and served a suburb of Aberdeen near Duthie Park and Allenvale Cemetery. The station was one of several victims of the 1937 closure of stations on the Aberdeen suburban service. The Deeside Railway itself eventually ran from Aberdeen (Joint) to Ballater.
Sir Thomas William Holburn, 5th Baronet (1793–1874), generally known as William, was a Lieutenant of the British Navy and part of the last of the Holburn baronets. He is mostly known as the owner of the collections that are currently on display in the Holburne Museum.
Sir Francis Holburn, 4th Baronet (1752–1820), was an English baronet and son of Admiral Francis Holburne.
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