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3 unusual facts about Baskerville


Baskerville House

A sculpture of the Baskerville typeface, Industry and Genius, in honour of John Baskerville stands outside the main entrance to Baskerville House in Centenary Square.

Cygne blanc

Cygne blanc, from the French term for white swan, is named after the Swan Valley where it was discovered in 1989 growing in a garden in Baskerville, Western Australia by Sally Mann, wife of winemaker Dorham Mann and daughter-in-law of Jack Mann, who noticed that the stray vine had leaves similar to Cabernet Sauvignon.

North Carolina Highway 261

NC 261 is a short state route going from Baskerville to the Tennessee state line where the road turns into Tennessee Route 143.


Baskerville House

T. Cecil Howitt of Nottingham was asked to design the first building, which was to become Baskerville House.

Bayworth

The antiquarian Anthony Wood (1632–95) visited Hannibal Baskerville and said the chapel was attached to the Baskerville mansion.

Blanche Herbert, Lady Troy

Blanche Milborne was one of the eleven co-heiresses (a son and daughter died young) of Simon Milborne and Jane (Baskerville) of Burghill, Herefordshire.

Buckfastleigh

The story's description of Baskerville Hall, however, is based on Cromer Hall in Norfolk.

Clark Discography

This was a split 12" from Bibio and Clark, Clark's track being Baskerville Grinch.

David Oxley

He is best known for portraying Sir Hugo Baskerville in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) and for the major role of Captain W. Stanley Moss in Ill Met by Moonlight (1957).

Eardisley Castle

It is recorded in the Domesday Survey as being held by Robert ( probably Robert de Basqueville, father of Ralph de Baskerville) from Roger de Lacy.

John David Baskerville

Around 1920, Baskerville retired from farming and moved to Dominion City.

John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury

He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford, Newport, Shropshire (died London, 1607 or c. 1607), and wife Eleanor Baskerville, daughter of Sir Thomas Baskerville of Wolvershill, Herefordshire, and of Brinsop, Herefordshire, and grandson of Sir John Talbot of Grafton and Catherine or Katharine Petre.

Lorrainne Sade Baskerville

In 2001, Baskerville received a Certificate for Recognition for Professional Leadership from Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois State Treasurer, and a Certificate of Recognition for Community Activism from Cook County (IL) State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine.

Shep and the Limelites

All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos.

Stephen Baskerville

Baskerville has been described by Paul Craig Roberts as the leading authority on the politics of divorce, custody and the family court system.

Stephen K. Baskerville is an American scholar of political science and is described by Paul Craig Roberts as a leading authority on divorce, child custody and the family court system.

Thomas Bent

A statue of Bent (created by Margaret Baskerville and paid for by public subscription) was erected in 1913 on the Nepean Highway, Brighton.


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