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31Haslington — Infobox UK place official name= Haslington country= England region= North West England population= 6,781 os grid reference= SJ734558 latitude= 53.099 longitude= 2.398 post town= CREWE postcode area= CW postcode district= CW1 dial code= 01270… …
32Roof construction — This article is about house construction that consists of beams and an outer weatherproof skin, as found on most domestic architecture. Such roofs may take a number of different shapes. Construction of a ridged roofA simple ridged roof consists… …
33Withy — is the name given to strong flexible willow stems that are typically used in thatching and for gardening. An advantage of using this type of material is said to be a greater resistance to woodworm. Several species and hybrid cultivars of willows… …
34Lester Piggott — Lester Keith Piggott (né le 5 novembre 1935) est un ancien jockey britannique, considéré comme l un des plus grands de l histoire des courses. Il a remporté 4 493 courses durant sa carrière, dont neuf Derby d Epsom et trois Prix de l Arc de… …
35bracken — brackened, adj. /brak euhn/, n. 1. a large fern or brake, esp. Pteridium aquilinum. 2. a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs. [1275 1325; ME braken < Scand; cf. Sw bräken fern, Norw brake juniper] * * * or… …
36reed — reedlike, adj. /reed/, n. 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. 2. any of the plants themselves. 3. such stalks or plants collectively. 4. anything made from such …
37Reed — /reed/, n. 1. Sir Carol, 1906 76, British film director. 2. Ishmael (Scott), born 1938, U.S. novelist and poet. 3. John, 1887 1920, U.S. journalist and poet. 4. Stanley Forman /fawr meuhn/, 1884 1980, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S.… …
38thatch — thatchless, adj. thatchy, adj. /thach/, n. 1. Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc. 2. a covering of such a material. 3. the leaves of various palms that are used for thatching …
39Maris Wigeon — Maris Widgeon, is an heritage variety of wheat that has traditionally been used for thatching in the UK. This variety was developed in 1964 by the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridgshire. The Maris in the name, was derived from Maris Lane, the… …
40Sedge — Recorded as Sedge, Sedger, Setch, Sedgman, Sedgeman, and locationally Sedgefield, from the village of the same spelling in County Durham, and Sedgeworth or Sedgewood, the name means the same, a now lost village in the county of Norfolk, this is… …
