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The Grange School and Sports College was an 11–18 mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Warmley, Gloucestershire, England. It closed in 2016.
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Siston Brook rises in two separate streams which issue from a ridge just north of the village of Siston, South Gloucestershire, England. The brook is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long and is a tributary of the Bristol Avon. Much of its course is through the eastern suburbs of Bristol, although it remains outside the city boundaries. Tributaries include the Warmley Brook and an unnamed tributary from Bridgeyate.
Alfred Davidson (1812–1881) was an English pottery owner and commission agent in Australia. He was a Protestant Christian, a Queensland Pioneer of Compassion (humanitarian) and the Queensland representative of the British Aborigines Protection Society.
Herbert Henry Wiltshire was an English footballer who made 27 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City as a left half.
The 1893–94 season was the eleventh to be played by the team now known as Bristol Rovers, and their tenth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. The first team continued to play in the first division of the Bristol & District League, while the reserves became founding members of the second division of the same competition.
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- ↑ "Warmley RD through time; Census tables with data for the Local Government District".
- ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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