infobox UK place country England latitude 51.3994 longitude 2.3042 official name Bathford population ... image Image High Street, Bathford geograph.org.uk 809104.jpg alt Street scene with yellow stone ... Bathford pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable is a village and civil parish convert ... manors Bathford in the centre, Shockerwick to the north Warley Warleigh to the south. This corresponds ... century. The name was derived from the ford that crosses the By Brook, connecting Bathford to neighbouring ... John Aubrey s Monumenta Britannica At Bathford near the citie of Bathe was found by digging of a drayning ... bathford about bathford main.htm title Historic Bathford publisher Bathford Society accessdate 6 September 2009 ref The Fosse Way stills forms the boundary of the parish. Bathford was part of the Hundred ... 9 September 2011 ref The old Bathford railway bridge was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the old ... 6 September 2009 ref The station of Bathford Halt used to exist but closed in 1965. ref cite web title Bathford Halt url http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 499392 work Pastscape National Monuments Record publisher English Heritage accessdate 15 July 2011 ref Near Bathford, on the opposite ... was used to keep the spare horses used to haul the mail coaches up Bathford Hill. They then returned to the field to await the next coach. Some of the older long standing residents of Bathford still refer to Ostlings Lane as Horses Lane . Whether the two areas are related is somewhat uncertain. Bathford ... MEPs using the d Hondt method of party list proportional representation . Geography Image Bathford Bridge geograph.org.uk 325127.jpg thumb Bathford Bridge The old walled village of Bathford is located on the A363, approximately one kilometre south of the A4 road Great Britain A4 . Bathford Bridge ... title Bridges publisher Bathford Society accessdate 6 September 2009 ref Bathford extends up one side ... ref Religious sites File Bathford St Swithun s.JPG thumb right St Swithun s Church St Swithun s Church ... more details
St. Swithun s Church or similar variations can refer to numerous churches St. Swithun s Church, Bathford , Somerset St Swithun s Church, Brookthorpe , Gloucestershire St. Swithun s Church, East Grinstead , West Sussex St Swithun s Church, Headbourne Worthy , Hampshire St Swithun s Church, Martyr Worthy , Hampshire St. Swithun s Church, Thorley , Isle of Wight St Swithun upon Kingsgate Church , Winchester St Swithun s Church, Woodborough , Wiltshire St Swithun s Church, Worcester Disambig church ... more details
Infobox road country GBR type A route 363 header type minor length mi direction a North terminus a Bathford direction b South terminus b Yarnbrook junction ukroadsmall svg 4 br ukroadsmall 361 br ukroadsmall 366 br ukroadsmall 350 destinations The A363 is a main road in the United Kingdom , which runs through Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire . It provides a link between the small market town s of West Wiltshire and Bath, the M4 motorway M4 westbound, and the M5 motorway M5 . It runs from the A4 road Great Britain A4 at Bathford to the A350 road A350 at Yarnbrook , running through Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge on the way. It also links Westbury, Wiltshire Westbury by merging with the A350. Route The road starts off bypassing Bathford to the west. It then climbs up the hill known locally as Sally in the Woods , on the edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , which has been the scene of a fatal accident. ref cite web url http www.thisisbath.co.uk news Police appeal fatal accident article 1785106 detail article.html title Woman cyclist killed in crash publisher Bath Chronicle accessdate 14 November 2010 ref The road summits at the turn off to Monkton Farleigh , ref cite web url http www.wiltshire.gov.uk community getcom.php?id 165 title Monkton Farleigh publisher Wiltshire County Council accessdate 11 December 2009 ref at a height of 144 metres. After this, the road becomes better quality, that is wider and less twisty, until the edge of Bradford on Avon. Through Bradford on Avon itself, the road descends a steep 1 in 7 14 hill, known as Masons Lane . This is the road s main bottleneck since all the traffic travelling through the town has only one way across the river. The traffic from Melksham , Corsham and Chippenham, Wiltshire Chippenham is also fed in here. The road passes on towards Trowbridge. 1 4 mile 400 m after Town Bridge , the traffic .... Points of interest kml PoIgb start PoIgb Bathford 51.4025 2.3096 ST784671 Bathford PoIgb Yarnbrook ... more details
Infobox Historic Site name Shockerwick House native name image Shockerwick House.jpg alt Yellow stone mansion set in parkland of fields and trees caption locmapin Somerset map caption lat degrees 51 lat minutes 24 lat seconds 04 lat direction N long degrees 2 long minutes 18 long seconds 14 long direction W location Bathford , Somerset , England area built c. 1750 architect architecture governing body designation1 Grade I Listed Building designation1 offname designation1 date 1 February 1956 ref name IoE designation1 number 32269 designation2 designation2 offname designation2 date designation2 number designation3 designation3 offname designation3 date designation3 number designation4 designation4 offname designation4 date designation4 number designation5 designation5 offname designation5 date designation5 number Shockerwick House in Bathford , Somerset , England was built as a manor house around 1750 by John Wood the Elder . It has been designated as a Grade I listed building . ref name IoE cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 32269 title Shockerwick House work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 2009 07 19 ref The house was altered in 1896 by E. George and A. B. Yeates. It is now used as offices and a nursing home. ref name IoE It is set in parkland within the Bybrook River valley. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset References reflist Category Houses completed in 1750 Category Grade I listed buildings in Somerset Category Buildings and structures in Bath and North East Somerset Somerset struct stub UK listed building stub ... more details
infobox historic subdivision Name Bathavon Rural District HQ Government Origin Status Rural district Start 1933 End 1974 Code CodeName Replace Motto Divisions DivisionsNames DivisionsMap Image Map Arms Civic PopulationFirst PopulationFirstYear AreaFirst convert 46276 acre km2 AreaFirstYear 1933 DensityFirst DensityFirstYear 1933 PopulationSecond PopulationSecondYear AreaSecond AreaSecondYear DensitySecond DensitySecondYear PopulationLast PopulationLastYear AreaLast AreaLastYear DensityLast DensityLastYear Bathavon was a rural district in Somerset , England, from 1933 to 1974. It was created in 1933 with the abolition of Bath Rural District and Keynsham Rural District. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , becoming part of Wansdyke District which itself was abolished in 1996 with the creation of Bath and North East Somerset . It contained the parishes of Bathampton , Batheaston , Bathford , Camerton, Somerset Camerton , Charlcombe , Claverton, Somerset Claverton , Combe Hay , Compton Dando , Corston, Somerset Corston , Dunkerton, Somerset Dunkerton , Englishcombe , Freshford , Hinton Charterhouse , Kelston , Keynsham , Marksbury , Monkton Combe , Newton St Loe , North Stoke, Somerset North Stoke , Peasedown St John , Priston , Saltford , Shoscombe , Southstoke South Stoke , St Catherine, Somerset St Catherine , Swainswick , Wellow, Somerset Wellow , Weston, Bath Weston and Whitchurch, Bristol Whitchurch . References http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10173176&c id 10001043 Bathavon Rural District at Vision of Britain Local Government Act 1972 Category Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Category History of Somerset Category Local government in Somerset ... more details
St John Basil Wynne Willson was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was the Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1921 to 1937. ref Who s Who Who was Who 1897 1990 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 071363457X ref ref http www.wellscathedral.org.uk education Bishops.pdf List of Bishops ref He was born on 28 August 1868 and educated at Cheltenham College Cheltenham and St John s College, Cambridge . ref Venn id WL887SJ name Willson, St John Basil Wynne ref He was an Teacher Assistant Master at The Leys School and Rugby School Rugby before Headteacher Headships at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Haileybury College and Marlborough College Marlborough . ref http members.cox.net ggthomp stjohnwillson1868.html Genealogy web site ref Ordained in 1904, he was appointed Dean of Bristol in 1916, ref http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk A2A records.aspx?cat 190 d 2 1 3&cid 1&Gsm 2008 06 18 1 National Archives ref a post he held for five years ref Crockford s Clerical Directory 1940 41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP 1941 ref before his ordination to the Episcopal See episcopate as the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1921. ref The Times , Thursday, Nov 03, 1921 pg. 13 Issue 42868 col A Ecclesistical intelligence ref He married Alice Wills ref http www.bathfordsociety.org.uk content people wilson main.htm Bathford Society Alice Wilson ref , retired in 1937, ref Bishopric Of Bath And Wells Bishop Willson to retire The Times Monday, Apr 05, 1937 pg. 14 Issue 47650 col B ref and died on 15 October 1946. ref Obituary Bishop Wynne Willson The Times Friday, Oct 18, 1946 pg. 7 Issue 50585 col E ref References Reflist External links Npg name id 52941 name St John Basil Wynne Willson s start s rel en s bef before Francis Pigou s ttl title Dean religion Dean of Bristol Cathedral Bristol years 1916 &ndash 1921 s aft after Edward Arthur Burroughs s bef before George Wyndham Kennion s ttl title Bishop of Bath and Wells years 1921 &ndash 1937 s aft after Francis Underhill en ... more details
Image Ernest George Fleet Street.jpg thumb 1886 watercolour of Fleet Street by George, from a contemporary print Sir Ernest George RA 13 Jun 1839 1922 was an England English architect , landscape and architectural watercolour painter , and etcher . Life and work His London office was known as The Eton College Eton of architects offices . ref A. Stuart Gray , Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary 1985 , ISBN 0 7156 2141 6, p.186. ref His pupils included Herbert Baker , Guy Dawber , John Bradshaw Gass and Edwin Lutyens . George was the architect of the Golders Green Crematorium . He designed houses for the Cadogan Estate in Chelsea, London Chelsea and Kensington with Harold Peto in the 1870s and a number of country houses with, former pupil Alfred B. Yeates . While in partnership with Peto he designed Stoodleigh Court at Tiverton, in 1881, for Thomas Carew. In 1891, while still with Peto he designed an extension to West Dean House for William James , creating the Oak Room, now Oak Hall in West Dean College . In New Zealand, which he never visited, he designed the Theomin family house Olveston house in Dunedin which was built 1904 1907. ref Blackman, 2007, pp.17 19. ref He was also responsible for the current Southwark Bridge 1921 , and the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice in London s Postman s Park . He served as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1908 to 1910. Houses by George & Yeates Rousdon House for Peek Baronets Sir Henry Peek of Peek Freans became Allhallows College Allhallows School in 1938 Rousdon , Devon 1870 Shockerwick House, Bathford , Somerset including wings, lodge and The Clock House 1896 Cawston Manor & Water Tower Cawston, Norfolk 1897 Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire 1904 08 Olveston, Olveston house . Dunedin , New Zealand for David Theomin 1903 http www.discovershropshire.org.uk html search verb GetRecord CCS MSA3991 Ruckley Grange Tong, Shropshire 1904 Bushridge Hall, Godalming , Surrey 1906 Crathorne Hall, North Yor ... more details
NOTOC The Woodward brothers as they are known were Richard Blake 1848 c.1905, Tugela River? and John Deverell Stewart Woodward 1849 c.1905 , who were English missionaries and ornithologists . ref name WB They were born in Bathford , England to Richard and Mary Woodward. Through their field expeditions, specimen collecting and publications, they, along with Arthur Stark , established a basis for 20th century ornithology in the southern African region. Missionary activities The brothers were trained as Anglican missionaries. ref name SABW cite book last Beyers first C.J. coauthors title Suid Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek, Vol. 4 publisher Human Sciences Research Council date 1981 pages 837 838 month December isbn 9780409091847 ref Their first mission was in the Americas, at an unknown location. They published on missionary work in the Americas before they moved to South African Republic Transvaal in the early 1870s. Here they initially started farming sheep in the Amersfoort, Mpumalanga Amersfoort district, before moving to Ifafa Beach, KwaZulu Natal Ifafa , Colony of Natal Natal , to run a plantation. ref name CC cite book last Clinning first Charles coauthors title South African Bird Names Explained publisher South African Ornithological Society date 1989 pages month isbn 0620141409 ref They also attended to the nearby St Luke mission at Harding, KwaZulu Natal Harding , where they assisted archdeacon Joseph Barker. They were ordained into the Anglican Church in 1881 at Pietermaritzburg , and by 1883 they were assistant priests at St Luke. From 1884 they associated with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions American Board of Foreign Missions which had stations at Hlatikulu , Zulu Kingdom Zululand , and at the Adams mission, Amanzimtoti . ref name SABW Their consequent missionary activities and expeditions were undertaken from these missions. Field expeditions The brothers had a keen interest in the animal life of the region, which was poorly de ... more details
House , before joining the River Avon Bristol Bristol Avon at Bathford , at a point adjacent ... and sluice arrangement does exist today just south of the road bridge to Shockerwick Bathford Mill ... discovered spring to Oxford, where it was judged to contain minerals The spring was dubbed Bathford ... more details
Use dmy dates date November 2011 Infobox SSSI image File Farly Down Quarry.jpg 240px name Brown s Folly aos Avon interest Geological and Biological gridref gbmappingsmall ST793662 latitude 51.39445 longitude 2.29891 displaymap Somerset area convert 98.5 acre km2 sqmi notifydate Start date df yes 1974 enref Brown s Folly gbmapping ST793662 is a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI near the village of Bathford in Bath and North East Somerset , SSSI notification notified in 1974. Also known as Farleigh or Farly Down Stone Quarry, it is operated as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust AWT . Brown s Folly is situated on steep west facing slopes which overlook the River Avon, Bristol River Avon . The Calcareous calcareous soils have developed on Lias Group Lower Lias clays, fuller s earth and Oolite oolitic limestone strata of Jurassic age. ref name engnat cite web url http www.english nature.org.uk citation citation photo 1002510.pdf title Brown s Folly work Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI publisher English Nature accessdate 2 June 2008 ref The local geology is of major importance in the context of the British Bathonian stratigraphy . ref name engnat The site includes the remains of quarries used for the extraction of Bath Stone . These provide a rich variety of wildlife habitats. Downland flora has covered the spoilheaps where wild thyme , harebell and nine species of orchid including the rare Fly Orchid are found. ref name Myles cite book last Green first Ian editor last Myles editor first Sarah year 2000 title The Flora of the Bristol Region isbn 9781874357186 publisher Pisces Publications series Wildlife of the Bristol Region ref rp 252 Monotropa hypopitys Yellow Bird s nest occurs here. ref name Myles rp 108 The damp cliff faces support a variety of fern s, fungi and spiders . Pockets of ancient woodland on the lower slopes are home to woodpeckers , and unusual plants such as Ornithogalum pyrenaicum Bath asp ... more details
Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 Infobox architect name John Palmer image image size if image is smaller than 250px caption nationality British birth date 1738 birth place death date 19 July 1817 death place alma matter practice significant buildings significant projects significant design awards John Palmer c. 1738 19 July 1817, Bath, Somerset Bath was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath in England. ref cite web url http www.bathnes.gov.uk press releases a f releases discovery of 18th century archit.htm title Discovery of 18th century Architectural drawings publisher Bath and North East Somerset accessdate 7 August 2008 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080524073430 http www.bathnes.gov.uk press releases a f releases discovery of 18th century archit.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 24 May 2008 ref He succeeded Thomas Baldwin architect Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. Some works St James Church, Bath on Stall Street 1768 1769, demolished for the Marks & Spencers Building Cottles House now Stonar School , Atworth, Wiltshire 1775 ref cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 433401 title Stonar School formerly listed as Cottles House work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 7 August 2008 ref St Swithin s Church, Walcot , The Paragon, Bath The Paragon , Bath 1777 1780 Shockerwick House , Bathford, Somerset 1785 Lansdown Crescent, Bath 1789 1793 ref cite web title 1 to 20 Lansdown Crescent work Images of England url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk details default.aspx?id 442760 accessdate 14 November 2006 ref Grand Pump Room, Bath Grand Pump Room , begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin who resigned in 1791 and Palmer continued the scheme. ref cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 442110 title Grand Pump Room work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 7 August 2008 ref Norfolk ... more details
This List of schools in Bath and North East Somerset covers schools within the area of the Unitary Authority of Bath and North East Somerset . A review of Secondary Education in Bath was started in 2007, primarily to reduce surplus provision and reduce the number of single sex secondary schools in Bath, and to access capital funds available through the government s Building Schools for the Future programme. ref Cite document url http www.bathnes.gov.uk councilanddemocracy consultations SchoolsConsultation secondary Pages default.aspx title Secondary School Reviews publisher Bath and North East Somerset Council accessdate 2010 10 14 postscript None ref div style font size 95 class wikitable sortable School Locality Description class unsortable Ofsted class unsortable Website Bathampton Primary Bathampton Primary school ofsted 109060 109060 Batheaston CofE Primary Batheaston Primary school ofsted 109184 109184 http www.batheastonprimary.co.uk website Bathford CofE Primary Bathford Primary school ofsted 109185 109185 Bathwick St Marys Bath, Somerset Bath Primary school ofsted 109256 109256 Bishop Sutton Primary Bishop Sutton Primary school ofsted 109061 109061 http www.bishopsutton.bathnes.sch.uk website Cameley CofE Primary Cameley Primary school ofsted 109186 109186 Camerton CofE Primary Camerton, Somerset Camerton Primary school ofsted 109187 109187 Castle Primary Keynsham Primary school ofsted 109081 109081 http www.castle.bathnes.sch.uk website Chandag Infant Keynsham Primary school ofsted 109079 109079 http www.chandag inf.bathnes.sch.uk website Chandag Junior Keynsham Primary school ofsted 109065 109065 http www.chandag jun.bathnes.sch.uk website Chew Magna Primary Chew Magna Primary school ofsted 109062 109062 http www.chewmagna.bathnes.sch.uk website Chew Stoke School Chew Stoke Primary school ofsted 109270 109270 http www.chewstoke.bathnes.sch.uk website Clutton Primary Clutton, Somerset Clutton Primary school ofsted 109063 109063 Combe Down CofE Primary Comb ... more details
Infobox UK constituency main name North East Somerset parliament uk map1 NorthEastSomerset2007 map2 EnglandAvon map entity Avon map year year 2010 abolished type County previous Wansdyke UK Parliament constituency Wansdyke next electorate 68,546 December 2010 ref cite web url http www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk electoral figures electoral figures.htm title Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England date 4 March 2011 work 2011 Electorate Figures publisher Boundary Commission for England accessdate 13 March 2011 ref mp Jacob Rees Mogg party Conservatives and Unionists region England county Somerset european South West England elects howmany One North East Somerset is a county constituency created by the Boundary Commissions United Kingdom Boundary Commission for England as the successor seat to the Wansdyke UK Parliament constituency Wansdyke Parliamentary Seat . It came into being at the United Kingdom general election, 2010 2010 general election . Boundaries The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath UK Parliament constituency Bath constituency . It contains 21 wards of the Bath and North East Somerset Local Authority. Bathavon North the Parishes of Batheaston , Bathford , Bathampton , Charlcombe , Claverton, Somerset Claverton , Kelston , North Stoke, Somerset North Stoke , Swainswick and St Catherine, Somerset St Catherine . Bathavon South the Parishes of Freshford , Hinton Charterhouse , Monkton Combe , Shoscombe , Southstoke South Stoke and Wellow, Somerset Wellow . Bathavon West the parishes of Camerton, Somerset Camerton , Combe Hay , Dunkerton, Somerset Dunkerton , Englishcombe , Newton St Loe and Priston . Clutton the parishes of Chelwood , Clutton, Somerset Clutton and Stanton Drew village Stanton Drew . Chew Valley North the parishes of Chew Magna , Chew Stoke and Norton Malreward . Chew Valley South the parishes of Compton Martin , Stowey Sutton , Nempnett Thrubwell , Ubley . Farmborough the p ... more details
orphan date July 2010 This is a list of town settlement s in the former ceremonial counties of England ceremonial county of Avon county Avon , England . The administrative county administrative and ceremonial county of Avon was created in 1974 and abolished in 1996. See the list of places in England for places in other counties. The red links represent settlements that are awaiting an article. TOC A Abbots Leigh Abson Acton Turville Aldwick Almondsbury Alveston Arnos Vale, Bristol Arnos Vale Ashley Down Ashton, Somerset Ashton Ashton Gate Aust Avonmouth B Backwell Badminton, Gloucestershire Badminton Bannerdown Banwell Baptist Mills Barrow Gurney Barrs Court Barton, Gloucestershire Barton Barton Hill, Bristol Barton Hill Bath, Somerset Bath Bathampton Batheaston Bathford Bathwick Beach Bedminster, Bristol Bedminster Bedminster Down Benter Binegar Bishop Sutton Bishopston, Bristol Bishopston Bishopsworth Bitton Blagdon Bleadon Bourton, North Somerset Bourton Bradley Stoke Brentry Bridgeyate Brislington Bristol Brockley, Somerset Brockley Burrington, Somerset Burrington Butcombe C Cameley Camerton, Somerset Camerton Carlingcott Charlcombe Charmy Down Charterhouse, Somerset Charterhouse Chelvey Chelwood Chew Magna Chew Stoke Chewton Keynsham Chewton Mendip Chilcompton Chipping Sodbury Chittening Churchill, Somerset Churchill Clandown Clapton, Gloucestershire Clapton Clapton in Gordano Claverham Claverton, Somerset Claverton Claverton Down Clay Hill, Bristol Clay Hill Cleeve, Somerset Cleeve Clevedon Clifton, Bristol Clifton Cliftonwood Clifton Wood Clutton, Somerset Clutton Coalpit Heath Codrington, South Gloucestershire Codrington Coleford, Somerset Coleford Combe Down Combe Hay Compton Dando Compton Martin Congresbury Conham Coombe Dingle Corston, Somerset Corston Cotham, Bristol Cotham Cowhill, Gloucestershire Cowhill D Dodington, Gloucestershire Dodington Downend, South Gloucestershire Downend Doynton Dundry Dunkerton, Somerset Dunkerton Dunkirk, Gloucestershire Du ... more details
at Bath The Avon then flows through Bathford , where it is joined by the Bybrook River , and Bathampton ... Claverton, Somerset Claverton name Claverton Pumping Station PoIgb Bathford bridge & Bybrook River confluence 51.401 2.308 ST786669 Bathford name Bathford PoIgb Toll bridge 51.396 2.321 ST777664 ... more details
dablink For the Franco Flemish composer, see Pierre de La Rue . dablink for the RAAF officer, see Hippolyte De La Rue . Infobox Company company name De La Rue plc company logo Image De La Rue logo.svg 100px company type Public company Public lse DLAR foundation 1821 location Basingstoke , Hampshire , United Kingdom key people Nicholas Brookes, Chair official Chairman br No CEO position vacant industry Printing products revenue Pound sterling 561.1 million 2010 ref name AR http investors.delarue.com dlr fininfo reports 2010rep ar2010 AnnualReport2010 Full.pdf Annual Report 2010 ref operating income Pound sterling 101.7 million 2010 ref name AR net income Pound sterling 70.4 million 2010 ref name AR num employees parent subsid homepage http www.delarue.com www.delarue.com slogan footnotes De La Rue plc lse DLAR IPAc en icon d l r u or IPAc en US d l r u is a United Kingdom British security printing, papermaking and cash handling systems company headquartered in Basingstoke , Hampshire . It also has a factory on the Team Valley Team Valley Trading Estate , Gateshead , and other facilities at Loughton , Essex and Bathford , Somerset . ref name bbc libya cite news title How did Libyan money come to be printed in Britain? publisher BBC accessdate 2011 09 02 url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk 14746873 date 2011 09 02 ref It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . History The Company was founded by Thomas de la Rue who moved to London in 1821 and set up in business as a stationer and printer. ref name history http www.delarue.com timeline De La Rue History ref Working as a boy of the streets , in 1831 his business secured a Royal Warrant to produce playing cards, in 1855 it started printing postage stamps and in 1860 it began printing banknotes . ref name history In 1896, the family partnership was converted to a private company. ref name history In 1921, the de la Rue family sold their interests. ref name history It w ... more details
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