Refimprove date September 2007 A NorthBriton is a term used for a person from North Britain , the northern parts of the islands of Great Britain . The adjective form of the name is North British . It is most commonly associated with Scotland and the Scottish people , either by self identification as a Unionism in Scotland Scottish Unionist , or bestowed upon them as an indicator they are from the north of Great Britain and the United Kingdom . Origin main North Britain North Britain as a descriptive term for northern Great Britain emerged following the Union of the Crowns in 1603. It was used by James I of England King James VI & I in the form of South Britain and North Britain for England and Scotland respectively, most famously in his Proclamation of 1606 establishing the first Union Flag , where Scotland and England are not otherwise named Quote Whereas some difference has a risen between our Subjects of South and North Britain, Travelling by Sea, about the bearing of their flags In 1707, the Royal Scots Greys were renamed the Royal North British Dragoons . In Rob Roy novel Rob Roy 1817 , Sir Walter Scott refers to a Scottish person in England as a NorthBriton, sometimes in the mouth of an English character but also in the authorial voice. Quote Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before, returned mine host they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha narra shirt to back but this is a decentish hallion a canny NorthBriton as e er cross d Berwick Bridge I trow ... name Rob Roy ref Newspapers seealso The NorthBriton The The NorthBritonNorthBriton and New NorthBriton were newspapers in the 18th and 19th centuries, and in 1844 there was also a North British Advertiser . The North British Review was founded in 1844 by members of the Free Church of Scotland ... British Periodicals at Minnesota ref See also West Briton South Briton Scottish cultural cringe North South divide in the United Kingdom References references http www.electricscotland.com canada ... more details
about the historical newspaper NorthBriton The NorthBriton was a Radicalism historical radical newspaper published in 18th century London . The NorthBriton also served as the pseudonym of the newspaper s author, used in advertisements, letters to other publications, and handbills. Although written anonymously, ref cite book last Noorthouck first John authorlink John Noorthouck title A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark year 1773 pages 419 450 url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 46741 ref The NorthBriton is closely associated with the name of John Wilkes . ref cite book last Cash first Arthur title John Wilkes The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty publisher Yale University Press year 2006 location New Haven and London url http books.google.com books?isbn 0300123639 isbn 0300123639 page 69 ref The newspaper is chiefly famous for issue number 45, the forty or so court cases spawned by that issue, and for the genesis of 45 as a popular slogan of liberty in the latter part of the 18th century. History 1762 63 Issues number 1 5 June 1762 to number 44 2 April 1763 were published on consecutive Saturdays. The newspaper was begun in response to The Briton , a pro government paper started by Tobias Smollett . Only eight days after that newspaper began publication, the first issue of The NorthBriton came out. It then came out weekly until the resignation of the John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute Bute government. Issue 45 The NorthBriton issue number 45 23 April 1763 is the most famous issue of the paper. It criticized a royal speech in which George III of the United Kingdom King George III praised the Treaty of Paris 1763 Treaty of Paris ending ... References reflist DEFAULTSORT NorthBriton Category Publications established in 1762 Category Publications disestablished in 1771 Category Defunct newspapers of the United Kingdom NorthBriton ... in London Category 1762 establishments in Great Britain ro NorthBriton ... more details
Wiktionarypar BritonBriton can refer to Peoples British people , citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories Britons historical , ancient people from the island of Great Britain Newspapers The NorthBriton , a newspaper in the eighteenth century The West Briton Other uses Briton Ferry , a town in Wales The Britons , an English antisemitic organization formed in 1919 that evolved into the Britons Publishing Society See also Breton disambiguation Britain disambiguation British nationality law disambig tr Briton ... more details
name Briton Ferry welsh name Llansawel population 7,186 unitary wales Neath Port Talbot lieutenancy ... town NEATH postcode district SA11 postcode area SA dial code 01639 os grid reference SS735945 Briton ... Talbot , Wales . The town encompasses the Ward politics electoral wards of Briton Ferry East and Briton Ferry West . Briton Ferry is on the mouth of the River Neath where it enters Swansea Bay and was the first ... on the hills above Briton Ferry. The town was part of the Briton Ferry Estate . ref name archives ... title West Glamorgan Archive Service Briton Ferry Estate publisher Archives Wales accessdate 2011 04 ... wales mineral railway.htm South Wales Mineral Railway ref with its cable powered incline. Briton Ferry floating dock In the 1850s the Briton Ferry Floating Dock Company was incorporated, and bought land from the Earl of Jersey to build the Briton Ferry Docks. ref name archives When it opened in 1861 ... 181 acre ha . ref name coflein cite web url http www.coflein.gov.uk en site 34237 details BRITON FERRY DOCK title Briton Ferry Dock publisher Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments ... industry at the Briton Ferry Docks. The chorus says And me and my old pals With our hammers ... 52 HMS Bermuda , took place at Giants Grave upstream of the floating dock, and north of the M4 ... himself in Briton Ferry and quickly became involved in a number of successful enterprises. His consultancy ... constructed for the Weaver and Co mills in neighbouring Swansea. So important was Briton Ferry for trade with France that Mouchel was, from 1879 to his death, French Consular Agent to Briton Ferry,Talbot ... revolution brought much expansion to Briton Ferry that included iron works, steel works, tinplate ... line railway still passes through but the industries have closed resulting in Briton Ferry being ... Briton Ferry Woods Refimprove section date November 2008 Briton Ferry Woods is a natural woodland that has ... See Category People from Briton Ferry Alf Shea , Welsh cricketer, born in Briton Ferry David Pickering ... more details
The following ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Briton HMS Briton 1812 HMS Briton 1812 , a fifth rate 38 launched at Chatham Dockyard Chatham 11 April 1812, convict ship 1841, target February 1850, and broken up September 1860. 1060 burthen. HMS Briton 1869 HMS Briton 1869 , a wooden screw corvette launched at Sheerness 11 June 1869, sold at Bombay 1887. 1,331 burthen, 1,860 tons. HMS Brilliant 1814 HMS Brilliant 1860 , a fifth rate 36 launched at Deptford Dockyard Deptford 28 December 1814, training ship 1859, renamed HMS Briton 8 November 1889, sold 12 May 1908. 964 burthen. HMS Calypso 1883 HMS Calypso 1883 , a steam and sail corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard Chatham 7 June 1883, took the name HMS Briton 15 February 1916, sold 7 April 1922. Hull still extant. References Colledge Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Briton, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Ancient Briton was a play by early 19th century United States American playwright John Augustus Stone . DEFAULTSORT Ancient Briton Category Plays by John Augustus Stone Category 1831 plays 19thC play stub ... more details
William Briton or Breton died 1356 was a Breton Franciscan theologian. John Bale places his death in 1356 at Grimsby . Works Briton s works, enumerated by Bale, are principally concerned with dialectics . He is rememberes, however, for his Vocabularium Bibli , a treatise explanatory of obscure words in the Scriptures. The prologue and some other parts are in Latin verse. These, with additional specimens, have been printed by Angelo Maria Bandini . ref In his Catal. Codd. Latin. Biblioth. Medic. Laurent. iv. 213 et seqq., Florence, 1777 ref Extracts are given by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange Ducange . ref Glossar. Med. et Infim. Latin. praef., cap. xlix. ref References reflist DNB wstitle Briton, William Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Briton, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1356 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Briton, William Category Year of birth missing Category 1356 deaths Category Franciscans Category People from Brittany ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 Infobox Newspaper name The West Briton image type Weekly newspaper format Tabloid newspaper format Tabloid foundation 1810 owners Cornwall & Devon Media political headquarters Truro , Cornwall editor website http www.westbriton.co.uk The West Briton is a local weekly newspaper published every Thursday. It serves different areas of Cornwall , United Kingdom with four separate editions&mdash Truro and Mid Cornwall, Falmouth, Cornwall Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall Penryn , Redruth Camborne and Hayle , and Helston and The Lizard . It was established in 1810 and is part of the Cornwall & Devon Media group of companies. It is based in Truro . Weekly circulation was 45,928 as of June 2006. The newspaper s website also claims it is the highest selling weekly newspaper in Britain. ref http www.thisiscornwall.co.uk displayNode.jsp?nodeId 147031&command newPage ref Content Each of The West Briton s editions contains news relating to its area of Cornwall, for example the Falmouth and Penryn edition has the local news for these towns. The paper also prints the news concerning all of Cornwall. There are announcements printed in the paper, including birthdays, marriages and deaths. The back pages contain local sport, with information on local sporting activities and leagues. The paper comes with several pull out sections. A property section has houses for sale and rent, the classified section has local businesses and items for sale by readers and a what s on section contains entertainment in Cornwall, such as theatre and cinema listings. References references External links http www.westbriton.co.uk West Briton website Northcliffe Media DEFAULTSORT West Briton, The Categories Category Northcliffe Media Category Newspapers published in Cornwall Category Publications established in 1810 Category 1810 establishments in England England newspaper stub Cornwall stub hu The West Briton ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 No footnotes date April 2009 The Sicilian Briton was an early 5th century Christian theologian known for his egalitarianism . He came from Britannia Roman province Britain and wrote in Sicily , but his name is unknown. He wrote six pamphlets, all on the text If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor Gospel of Matthew Matthew 19 21 . In his best known work, De Divitiis On Riches , he blamed the existence of poverty on the existence of wealth. He divided people into three categories the rich, the poor, and those who have enough, and advocated redistributing the excess wealth of the rich so that everyone has enough. This was summarised in the slogan tolle divitem et pauperum non invenies abolish the rich and you will find no more poor . His views can be considered an early form of socialism . He was associated with his fellow Briton Pelagius , although Pelagius distanced himself from the Sicilian Briton s more radical doctrines. References John Morris 1973 , The Age of Arthur Category Ancient Roman Christian Britons Category Sicilian writers Category 5th century writers cy Y Brython Sisilaidd ... more details
File Briton Hadden.jpg right thumb Briton Hadden in 1928. Briton Hadden February 18, 1898 &ndash February 27, 1929 was the co founder of Time magazine Time magazine with his Yale University Yale classmate Henry Luce . He was Time s first editor and the inventor of its revolutionary writing style, known as Timestyle. Though he died at 31, he was considered one of the most influential journalists of the twenties, a master innovator and stylist, and an iconic figure of the Jazz Age . Early life Hadden got his start in newspaper writing at Brooklyn s Poly Prep Country Day School , where he wrote for the school magazine, the Poly Prep , and distributed a hand written, underground sheet to his classmates that was called The Daily Glonk . Moving to the Hotchkiss School , Hadden wrote for the Hotchkiss Record , a weekly newspaper. After an intense competition, Hadden was elected the chairman of the newspaper and Luce the assistant managing editor. Hadden then turned the Record from a weekly into a bi weekly. At Yale, Hadden was elected to the staff of the Yale Daily News and later served as the paper s chairman twice 1917 1918 and 1919 1920 . Luce was the News managing editing editor the second time. Also at Yale, Hadden was a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon Phi chapter and a member of Skull and Bones . ref name robbins cite book author Robbins, Alexandra title Secrets of the Tomb Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power publisher Little, Brown location Boston year ... greatest magazine editors of the 1920s Briton Hadden and Harold Ross worked in the same building ... new home. The office is today called the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. References references Isaiah ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hadden, Briton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Hadden, Briton Category 1898 births Category 1929 deaths Category American magazine founders ... sepsis Category Time magazine people de Briton Hadden es Briton Hadden fr Briton Hadden ... more details
Image St. George and the Dragon Briton Riviere.jpg thumb right 200px St. George and the Dragon Briton Riviere s depiction of an exhausted St. George lying down beside the slain dragon is a radical departure from the triumphant equestrian position in which this saint is traditionally depicted. Image Daniellion.jpg thumb right 300px Daniel s Answer to the King. Painted in 1890, it is now in the Manchester City Art Gallery. Image Requiescat , oil on canvas painting by Briton Rivi re, 1888, Art Gallery of New South Wales.jpg thumb right 300px Requiescat , oil on canvas painting by Briton Rivi re, 1888, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Briton Rivi re 14 August 1840 &ndash 20 April 1920 ref http ann lauren.blogspot.co.uk 2011 08 19 20th cent briton riviere.html Ann Lauren Biography of Rivi re ref was an artist born in London , England , of Huguenot descent. His father, William Rivi re, was for some years drawing master at Cheltenham College , and afterwards an art teacher at University of Oxford Oxford University . He was educated at Cheltenham College and at Oxford, where he took his degree in 1867. For his art training he was indebted almost entirely to his father, and early in life made for himself a place of importance among the artists of his time. His first pictures appeared at the British Institution , and in 1857 he exhibited three works at the Royal Academy , but it was not until 1863 that he became a regular contributor to the Academy exhibitions. In that year he was represented by The Eve of the Spanish Armada , and in 1864 by a Romeo and Juliet . Subjects of this kind did not, however, attract him long, for in 1865 he began, with a picture of a Sleeping Deer hound ... art historian Sir Walter Armstrong , Briton Rivi re, R.A His Life and Work, The Art Annual 1891 . commons category Briton Riviere 1911 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata ... English painters Category Animal artists el pl Briton Rivi re pt Briton Rivi re ru ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom UK Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Ship name PS Briton Ship owner 1862 Glasgow & Stranraer Steam Packet Co. br 1863 Bristol General Steam Nav Co. br 1877 Bristol Steam Nav Co Ltd br 1890 Waterford Steamship Company br Ship operator Ship route 1862 &ndash 63 Stranraer &ndash Larne br 1864 &ndash 66 Bristol &ndash Waterford 1867 &ndash 90 Bristol &ndash Wexford Ship ordered Ship builder John Macgregor Tod & McGregor , Glasgow Ship yard number 121 Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched June 1862 Ship completed July 1862 Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service 1862 Ship out of service Ship registry Ship fate Scrapped 1892 at Bristol Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Iron Paddle Steamer Ship class Ship tonnage GRT 349 1876 486grt Ship displacement Ship length 176ft 1876 207ft Ship beam 25ft Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship power steam 2cy 100nhp Ship propulsion Ship speed Ship capacity Ship crew Ship notes PS Briton was a paddle steamer that inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne service. Service PS Briton inaugurated the Stranraer to Larne crossing, but the service was not a success and was withdrawn after 18 months, in 1863. ref cite web url http www.portoflarne.co.uk about us history title History publisher Port of Larne accessdate 24 January 2011 ref Following this, she operated from Bristol to the South of Ireland, to Waterford between 1864 1866 and to Wexford between 1867 and 1890. ref cite web url http www.gregormacgregor.com Tod&Macgregor Briton 136.htm title Briton publisher Tod & Macgregor Shiplist accessdate 24 January 2011 ref Her final year was spent under the ownership of the Waterford Steamship Company . Footnotes Reflist Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Briton Category Paddle steamers ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Beric the Briton, A Story of the Roman Invasion title orig translator image image caption author G.A. Henty illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series subject Subject is not relevant for fiction genre Novel Wikipedia WikiProject Novels Novel categorization publisher Blackie and Son Ltd., London release date 1893 english release date media type Print Hardcover pages 352 pp isbn NA Released before ISBN system implemented preceded by Redskin and Cowboy, A Tale of the Western Plains Preceding novel in series followed by Condemned as a Nihilist, A Story of Escape from Siberia Following novel in series Beric the Briton, A Story of the Roman Invasion 1893 is a book by British author G.A. Henty . It was published by Blackie and Son Ltd, London. It tells of the Roman invasion of Britain through the eyes of a half Romanized Briton, Beric. Plot The main character is Beric, a young Briton under Roman Empire Roman subjugation. After he is raised to the rank of chief among his tribe, known as the Iceni, he and his tribe rise up against Roman rule under Queen Boudica . The strong but untrained Britons have success for a short time, but are quickly conquered again by the well trained legionaries. Beric and a small band of men fight to the last from the swamps, conducting a sort of guerrilla warfare . At last he and his men are captured, and Beric is sent to Rome as a gladiator. While in Rome , he becomes friends with some who belong to the rising sect of Christians. When a Christian girl is given to the lions in the Roman amphitheatre , Beric dashes to the rescue and kills a lion single handedly. Taken as a guard to Nero , the mighty emperor, Beric is horrified at the drunken revelry which takes place, and escapes from the palace. At last he is enabled to go back to Great Britain Britain , though not after many more adventures. External links It can be found ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Cleanup date January 2009 Briton Hammon was a slave in the middle of the 18th century, who, after leaving his master, may have encountered more hardships outside his sanctioned slavery than as a slave. He recorded, and published, his uncommon story as a slave and his many hardships. Some of these include being captured by Indigenous peoples of the Americas Indians after a the deaths of all persons but himself on the ship and being held in captivity twice, once for almost five years. He described many attempts of escaping his captives, almost ending his life in a very poor state, and finally prevailing as a Emancipate free man. Encounter with the Indians On December 25, 1747, Briton Hammon left Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield in Boston on his first expedition with the permission of his master, John Winslow British Army officer General Winslow . He intended to go to Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth and from there Jamaica . However on the June 15, 1748, the ship where Hammon was currently located was cast away, not far from the shore of Key Biscayne Cape Florida . The captain ordered the ship s crew to, in smaller groups make for the shore in a smaller boat. At the point when half of the crew was ashore, they were attacked by a group of 60 Indians, who bound, and captured them. Then after killing the remaining crew, which was currently on the ship through burning the ship, returned and killed those who were bound. During which Hammon seeing his eminent death, attempted his escape in swimming away. This was an unsuccessful attempt however he was the only of the crew to survive, as he was held captive by the Indians, and despite his current state, was fed well. However, Hammon escaped due to an acquaintance on a Spain Spanish ship, which arrived there from St. Augustine . The captain of which made a deal with the Indians, giving them 10 dollars ... Briton Hammon, a Narrative Boston Printed and Sold by Green & Russell, 1760. External links DEFAULTSORT ... more details
for the Gallic chieftain Cingetorix Gaul Cingetorix Celtic languages Celtic , marching king or king of warriors was one of the four kings of Cantiaci Kent during Caesar s invasions of Britain Second invasion 54 BC Caesar s second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Segovax , Carvilius and Taximagulus . The four were allies of the British leader Cassivellaunus , and attacked the Roman naval camp in an attempt to relieve him when he was besieged by Caesar in his stronghold north of the River Thames Thames . However the attack failed and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms. References Julius Caesar , De Bello Gallico http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Caes. Gal. 5.22 5 22 External links http www.roman britain.org tribes cantiaci.htm Cantiaci at http www.roman britain.org Roman Britain.org http www.romans in britain.org.uk clb tribe cantium.htm Cantium at http www.romans in britain.org.uk Romans in Britain DEFAULTSORT Cingetorix Category 1st century BC European rulers Category British kings involved in Caesar s invasions of Britain Category Monarchs of British tribes es Cing torix Britania it Cingetorige Britanni uk ... more details
Constantine IPA en k nst nta n was a minor king in 6th century sub Roman Britain , who was remembered in later Matter of Britain British tradition as a List of legendary kings of Britain legendary King of Britain . The only contemporary information about him comes from Gildas , who calls him king of Damnonia probably Dumnonia and castigates him for his various sins, including the murder of two royal youths inside a church. Much later, Geoffrey of Monmouth included the figure in his pseudohistorical chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae , adding fictional details to Gildas account and making Constantine the successor to King Arthur as King of Britain. Under the influence of Geoffrey, derivative figures appeared in a number of later works. Additionally, several churches and chapels in Southwestern Britain and elsewhere were dedicated to a Constantine British saint Saint Constantine , who was generally held to have been a king. While these do not all necessarily refer to the same person, at least some of them appear to reflect back to Gildas Constantine. History Gildas mentions Constantine in chapters 28 and 29 of his 6th century work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae . ref name Gildas s The Ruin of Britain 28 De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae , ch. 28 29 . ref ref name Giles Giles, pp. 24 26. ref He is one of five Britons historical Brythonic kings whom the author rebukes and compares to Biblical beasts. Constantine is called the tyrannical whelp of the unclean lioness of Damnonia , a reference to books of Book of Daniel Daniel and the Book of Revelation Revelation , and apparently also a slur directed at his mother. This Damnonia is generally associated with the kingdom of Dumnonia , a Brythonic kingdom in Southwestern Britain . ref Lloyd, pp. 131 132. ref However, it is possible that Gildas was instead referring to the territory of the Damnonii in what was later known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North . Gildas says that despite swearing an oath against deceit and tyra ... more details
Infobox Neath Port Talbot electoral ward Electoral Ward Briton Ferry East WardMap GridReference SS747948 Largest Settlement Total Population 2,894 2001 census Land Area NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA11 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Aberavon National Assembly for Wales constituency Aberavon Constituency Aberavon UK Parliament constituency Aberavon Briton Ferry East is an ward politics electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales . Briton Ferry West falls within the community Wales parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon UK Parliament constituency Aberavon . Briton Ferry East is bounded by the wards of Briton Ferry West to the west Neath East and Cimla to the north Pelenna to the east Bryn and Cwmavon to the southeast and Baglan electoral ward Baglan to the south. Most of Briton Ferry East consists of open grassland and woodland with a residential and commercial strip to the far west of the ward. In the United Kingdom local elections, 2008 2008 local council elections , the electorate turnout was 34.75 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Colin Morgan Labour 558 Labour hold Anthony Vallario Conservative 266 2012 Local Council Elections It has been announced that for the 2012 Local Council Elections in the ward of Briton Ferry East only one nomination was received. This was from the current Councillor Colin Morgan. This means that no election can be held and Colin Morgan will continue to be the Councillor of Briton Ferry East until the Local Council Elections of 2017. Neath Port Talbot electoral wards coord 51.63801 3.81203 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS747948 display title Category Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot ... more details
File The True Briton.PNG thumb right Masthead in 1853 The True Briton was an English weekly magazine published by Fanny Mayne between 1851 and 1854. ref citation title The Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals 1800 1900 year 1997 page 4718 volume 6 author John S. North publisher North Waterloo Academic Press ref References reflist External links http books.google.co.uk books?id K1RFAAAAYAAJ Volume II scanned from Princeton Library DEFAULTSORT True Briton Category English magazines Category Weekly magazines Category Magazines established in 1851 Category Magazines disestablished in 1854 UK mag stub ... more details
Infobox UK station symbol rail name Briton Ferry image name Briton Ferry railway station in 2009.jpg other name lang cy Llansawel code BNF manager Arriva Trains Wales gridref SS741948 lines South Wales Main Line locale Briton Ferry borough Neath Port Talbot lowusage0405 18,687 lowusage0506 decrease 18,019 lowusage0607 increase 18,332 lowusage0708 increase 22,656 lowusage0809 increase 24,920 lowusage0910 increase 28,974 lowusage1011 increase 31,748 platforms 2 original South Wales Railway pregroup Great Western Railway years 19 June 1850 sfn Butt 1995 p 45 events Opened as Briton Ferry years1 1 July 1924 sfn Butt 1995 p 45 events1 Renamed Briton Ferry West years2 8 July 1935 sfn Butt 1995 p 45 events2 Resited 465m north and renamed years3 2 November 1964 sfn Butt 1995 p 45 events3 Closed years4 1 June 1994 sfn Butt 1995 p 45 events4 Reopened Briton Ferry railway station is a minor railway station in the village of Briton Ferry , Wales . The station is located at street level at Shelone Road in Briton Ferry. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line , served by the Arriva Trains Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff . The station is sited within the Cwrt Sart junction complex where the Swansea District Line meets the South Wales Main Line . The present station opened on 1 June 1994, which replaced an earlier station that closed to passengers on 2 November 1964 and to goods services on 6 September 1965. Facilities File Briton Ferry Station 1910198 c6031507.jpg thumb left The old Briton Ferry railway station closed to passengers in 1964 and to goods services in 1965. The station has 2 platforms Platform 1 , for westbound trains towards Swansea railway station Swansea Platform 2 , for eastbound trains towards Cardiff Central station Cardiff Central The station is unmanned there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must ... Wales railstation stub cy Gorsaf reilffordd Llansawel nl Station Briton Ferry ... more details
West Briton may refer to West Briton , a pejorative term for an Irish person alleged to be excessively sympathetic to or imitative of the British. The West Briton , a local newspaper published in Truro , Cornwall. A person from Wales obsolete usage . disambig ... more details
Briton Cooper Busch , born in Los Angeles, California on 5 September 1936 died in Hamilton village , New York Hamilton, New York on 10 May 2004 , was a specialist in nineteenth century British diplomatic history , military history , and American maritime history at Colgate University . Early life and education The son of Niven Busch and his wife, Phyllis Cooper Busch, Briton familiarily known as Tony Busch attended Stanford University , where he earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1958. From Standord, he went on to the University of California, Berkeley , where he completed his Master of Arts postgraduate master of arts degree in 1960 with a thesis on Muscat and Oman Anglo French conflict, 1894 1914 and his Ph.D. in 1965 with a dissertation on British policy in the Persian Gulf, 1894 1914. He married Deborah B. Stone on 16 August 1958, with whom he had two children. After their divorce in 1984, he married Jill Harsin in 1985. Academic career Busch spent his entire academic career in the History ... in the field of maritime history in the United States, particularly with the North American Society .... Fuller , edited, with introd. and notes by Briton Cooper Busch. Mystic, Conn. Mystic Seaport Museum ... Alert , introduced and edited by Briton Cooper Busch. Glendale, Calif. A.H. Clark Co., 1983. The war against the seals a history of the North American seal fishery , Kingston Ont. McGill Queen ... of captain William Dane Phelps , edited with introduction by Briton Cooper Busch. Glendale, Calif ... , Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentucky, 1994. Fur traders from New England the Boston men in the North ... Swan edited, with notes and introduction by Briton C. Busch and Barry M. Gough . Spokane, Wash. Arthur H. Clark Co., 1997. Canada and the Great War Western Front Association papers , edited by Briton ... University Library Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Busch, Briton C. ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Busch, Briton C. Category 1936 births Category 2004 deaths Category People ... more details
Infobox football club clubname Briton Ferry Llansawel image fullname Briton Ferry Llansawel Athletic Football Club nickname founded 2009 ref http www.britonferryllansawelafc.com Briton Ferry Llansawel Official Website ref ground Old Road, Briton Ferry Old Road br Briton Ferry capacity 2,000 ref http www.soccerway.com teams wales briton ferry athletic fc Soccerway.com ref chairman manager league Welsh Football League Division Three season 2010 11 Welsh Football League Division Three 2010 11 position 7th of 18 website http www.britonferryllansawelafc.com pattern la1 pattern b1 redquarters14 pattern ra1 leftarm1 30b010 body1 30b010 rightarm1 ff0000 shorts1 30b010 socks1 ff0000 pattern la2 pattern b2 pattern ra2 pattern so2 hoops black leftarm2 FCCA00 body2 FCCA00 rightarm2 FCCA00 shorts2 000000 socks2 FCCA00 Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. is a association football football club based in Briton Ferry in Wales , currently playing in the Welsh Football League Division Three . The club was formed in 2009 after the merger between Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. Britton Ferry Athletic and Llansawel F.C. Llansawel . The club s crest uses the colours green, red and yellow, which represent the colours of the two merged teams. For 2009 10 the home colours will be the traditional Briton Ferry quartered red and green shirt, green shorts and red socks. The away colours will be the traditional Llansawel yellow shirt, black shorts and hooped yellow and black socks. ref http www.welshleague.org.uk sub page3.htm The Welsh Football League Official Website ref History During September 2008 representatives of Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. Briton Ferry Athletic and Llansawel F.C. Llansawel entered into discussion ... on April 28, 2009 that the two clubs had merged to form Briton Ferry Llansawel. They will play their first season in Welsh Football League Third Division , replacing Briton Ferry Athletic ... in 2009 Category 2009 establishments in Wales lt Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC ... more details
14 RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun 6.3 inch 64 pounder rifled muzzle loading guns Ship notes The Briton class ... African , North America and West Indies Station North American , and the Pacific Station s. All three ... and description The Briton class corvettes were designed by Sir Edward James Reed Edward Reed , the Director ... which gave the two ships a maximum speed over convert 13 kn . ref name RW Briton and Thetis carried ... a bosun pointed out to him that the largest HMS Achilles 1863 2 and smallest Briton ship rigs in the Royal ... RW HMS Briton 1869 2 Sheerness Dockyard ref name g1 align center 1868 ref name RW align center 6 November ... for two years before being transferred to the North America and West Indies Station. Druid was refitted ... 1879 and returned to the North American Station. She returned home in September 1882 and was Ship .... ref Ballard, p. 92 ref Briton was the first of the trio to be commissioned and was assigned to the East ... of the slave trade. The ship was refitted and rearmed upon her return home and Briton remained ... space to keep AWB drones from altering the space before the navbox Briton class corvette DISPLAYTITLE Briton class corvette DEFAULTSORT Briton class corvette Category Corvettes of the Royal Navy ... more details
Infobox Neath Port Talbot electoral ward Electoral Ward Briton Ferry West WardMap GridReference SS710940 Largest Settlement Total Population 2,866 2001 census Land Area NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA11 DiallingCode 44 1639 AssemblyConstituency Aberavon National Assembly for Wales constituency Aberavon Constituency Aberavon UK Parliament constituency Aberavon Briton Ferry West is an ward politics electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales . Briton Ferry West falls within the community Wales parish of Briton Ferry . Briton Ferry West consists of some or all of the districts of Brynhyfryd, Giant s Grave, Shelone and Warren Hill in the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon UK Parliament constituency Aberavon . It is bounded by the wards of Coedffranc West to the west Neath East to the northeast Briton Ferry East to the east and Baglan electoral ward Baglan to the south. The ward consists of marshland to the northwest, a residential district in the middle and industrial land to the southwest. In the United Kingdom local elections, 2008 2008 local council elections , the electorate turnout was 36.55 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Hugh James Labour 698 Labour hold Richard Riddle Conservative 116 2012 Local Council Elections It has been announced that for the 2012 Local Council Elections in the ward of Briton Ferry West only one nomination was received. This was the current Councillor Hugh James. This means that no election can be held and Hugh James will continue to be the Councillor of Briton Ferry West until the Local Council Elections of 2017. Neath Port Talbot electoral wards coord 51.62998 3.86517 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS710940 display title Category Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot ... more details
Rugby team teamname Briton Ferry RFC fullname Briton Ferry Rugby Football Club nickname location Briton Ferry , Neath Port Talbot countryflag Wales founded 1888 ground capacity president coach league WRU Division Four South West season 2009 10 position 11th ref http www.wru.co.uk 2144.php WRU WRU official site ref WRU Division Three South West url www.britonferryrfc.co.uk pattern la1 pattern b1 thinyellowsides pattern ra1 leftarm1 4169E1 body1 4169E1 rightarm1 4169E1 shorts1 4169E1 socks1 FFFFFF Briton Ferry Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Briton Ferry , South Wales . Although rugby was played in the area prior to 1888, it wasn t until the merger of several smaller local teams the Briton Ferry RFC was formed. The original team was bolstered by many steel workers recruited from the local works. Their first international player was Edward Pegge , ref http www.britonferryrfc.co.uk history.html Briton Ferry RFC history ref who in 1891 represented Wales against England, though at the time was playing for Neath RFC . Briton Ferry RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys rugby team Ospreys . ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi rugby union welsh 3877085.stm title Wales regional rugby map author BBC News publisher BBC date 2004 07 08 accessdate 2008 08 22 ref Notable former players flagicon WAL Tal Harris 1 cap flagicon WAL Edward Pegge 1 cap flagicon WAL Fred Perrett 5 caps References reflist Rugby Wales links Category Sports clubs established in 1888 Category Welsh rugby union teams Category Rugby union in Neath Port Talbot wales rugbyunion team stub ... more details
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