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London Yard was a shipyard in London, in use between around 1856 and 1908 by various shipbuilding companies, including Westwood, Baillie and Yarrow Shipbuilders.

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London Yard

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London Yard was a shipyard in London, in use between around 1856 and 1908 by various shipbuilding companies, including Westwood, Baillie and Yarrow Shipbuilders...

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Yard

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The yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches....

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Scotland Yard

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financial district, Scotland Yard became the name for police activity in London. The force moved from Great Scotland Yard in 1890, to a newly completed...

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Great Scotland Yard

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Great Scotland Yard is a street in Westminster, London, connecting Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall. By the 16th century, this "yard", which was then...

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London

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to as Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The City of London has its own police...

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Naval Submarine Base New London

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London when in town to attend to Yard duties on an "as needed" basis. The submarine base is physically located in the Town of Groton, but New London became...

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Yard of ale

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A yard of ale or yard glass is a very tall beer glass used for drinking around 2+1⁄2 imperial pints (1.4 L) of beer, depending upon the diameter. The...

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Metropolitan Police

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Scotland Yard on the Victoria Embankment. The main geographical area of responsibilities, the Metropolitan Police District, consists of the 32 London boroughs...

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Wrecking yard

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terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breaker's yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car...

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Monument to the Great Fire of London

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Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge...

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Bleeding Heart Yard

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Bleeding Heart Yard is a cobbled courtyard off Greville Street in the Holborn area of the London Borough of Camden. The courtyard is probably named after...

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Coal Drops Yard

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Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England...

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The Yard Theatre

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The Yard Theatre is a theatre in a converted warehouse in Hackney Wick in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It programmes theatre and performance, nightlife...

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List of rail yards

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Parkdale Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling) London, Ontario Quebec St. Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) London Yard (CN, Marshalling) Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia Yard (CN, Marshalling)...

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Yarrow Shipbuilders

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Poplar, then in 1898 as the company grew, Yarrow moved his shipyard to London Yard, Cubitt Town. Hundreds of steam launches, lake and river vessels, and...

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Livery yard

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livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. A livery or boarding yard is...

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Port of London

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Erith. For centuries London was the major centre of shipbuilding in Britain (for example at Blackwall Yard, London Yard, Samuda Yard, Millwall Iron Works...

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New Palace Yard

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New Palace Yard is a yard (area of grounds) northwest of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, England. It is part of the grounds not open...

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International yard and pound

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The international yard and pound are two units of measurement that were the subject of an agreement among representatives of six nations signed on 1 July...

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Feltham marshalling yard

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concentration of freight traffic to and from South West London, and for transfer to other marshalling yards in London. It was built on the Waterloo–Reading line....

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Megalithic yard

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The megalithic yard is a hypothetical ancient unit of length equal to about 2.72 feet (0.83 m). Some researchers believe it was used in the construction...

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