"Moody (surname) Moody is an English surname. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and also in areas of northeast England. There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular Orkney, although this variant, ending ""ie"", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of"
"County Cricket Club batsman John Cartledge (1855–1907). Coincidentally, Cartledge's only Test match appearance was cut short by Burton Joyce-born Alfred Shaw (1842–1907) in 1878; Shaw was an eminent Victorian cricketer known for his captaincy of England in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia (1881–82). Media figures include Hollywood film producer Jack Kitchin (1901–1983), ballet critic Peter Williams (1914–1995), Sherrie Hewson (born 1950), known for her frequent performances in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", and Matthew Horne (born 1978), an actor and comedian best known for his leading role in the sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"". Other figures of"
"Jane McGrath, who married Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath was born in Paignton, her long battle with and subsequent death from breast cancer inspired the formation of the McGrath Foundation, which is one of Australia's leading charities. Tamar Valley AONB Devon Devon (), also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. The city of"
"British actress also named Margaret Lockwood a little before Margaret Lockwood the cricket player played for England. Even more strange, Margaret Lockwood the actress unintentionally created a piece of cricket slang that lasts to this day. Lockwood the actress appeared in the 1945 film ""The Wicked Lady"" and the slang turned ""wicked lady"" to ""wicked maiden"" and finally into ""wicket maiden"". Margaret Lockwood (cricketer) Margaret Lockwood (28 March 1911 – 14 January 1999) was a women's cricket player, who played two test matches for the England women's cricket team in 1951. Lockwood was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire on 8 March"
"the county between 2005 and 2006 against Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. His brother Mark played first-class cricket for Sussex and Derbyshire, as well as List A cricket for the Sussex Cricket Board. Additionally, he also represented Buckinghamshire in Minor Counties cricket. His other brother Keith played first-class cricket for Sussex, Matabeleland and Glamorgan. He also played List A cricket for Wales Minor Counties. Jonathan Newell Jonathan James Newell (born 30 September 1978) is a former English cricketer. Newell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Crawley, Sussex. Newell represented the Sussex Cricket Board in"
"England cricketer was born in Fagley and Eric Anderson (1915–1943), a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross lived in Ashfield Place, Fagley. Eccleshill, West Yorkshire Eccleshill is an area, former village, and ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The ward population of Eccleshill is 17,540, increasing at the 2011 Census to 17,945. Eccleshill is a more or less completely residential urban area with very little open space although there is substantial open land directly to the east. The origins of the name Eccleshill are uncertain. At the time of the"
"her producer husband Nigel Stonier also reside in Cheshire. The county has also been home to several writers, including Hall Caine (1853–1931), popular romantic novelist and playwright; Alan Garner; Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novel ""Cranford"" features her home town of Knutsford; and most famously Lewis Carroll, born and raised in Daresbury, hence the Cheshire Cat (a fictional cat popularised by Carroll in ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and known for its distinctive mischievous grin). Artists from the county include ceramic artist Emma Bossons and sculptor and photographer Andy Goldsworthy. Actors from Cheshire include Tim Curry; Daniel Craig, the 6th James"
"She is directly related to the Wykes family of Egham, Surrey. Decedents from 1959–67, are Simon, Andrew, Justin and Francesca Wykes. Some famous Wykes' include Walter Wykes (American playwright and actor), Thomas Wykes (English chronicler), Ted Wykes (Australian cricket Test match umpire), Sarah Wykes (British human rights activist) and Andrew Paul Wykes (British painter and professor). Wykes Wykes is a very old surname from an English origin. The current distribution of Wykes' tends to be in the UK and the former British Colonies. There are Wykes' living in the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand and even India"
"and Ashley Giles. His father Ken Graveney was a prolific right-arm fast bowler with Gloucestershire between 1947 and 1964, who once took 10/66 in an innings. He captained his county between 1963 and 1964. His uncle Tom Graveney was an elegant batsman with Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (captaining both counties), and played in 79 tests for England (one as captain). David Graveney David Anthony Graveney OBE (born 2 January 1953, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol) is a leading figure in English cricket and former chairman of the England Test selectors, a post he held from 1997 until 2008. Graveney attended Millfield School in Somerset."
"at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, lives in Sedgefield. Mark Gatiss – (born 17 October 1966) Actor and writer for the BBC show Doctor Who and co-creator (with Steven Moffat) of the popular BBC series Sherlock, in which he also acted, was born in Sedgefield and lived opposite to Winterton hospital where his parents worked. Peter Willey – (born 6 December 1949) Peter Willey is a former English cricketer and Umpire, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler was born in Sedgefield. According to an urban myth, it was during a Test match between the"
"Three Counties The Three Counties of England are traditionally the three agrarian counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Including towns and cities such as Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Leominster, Stourbridge, Evesham, Malvern and Kidderminster, they extend from the southern boundaries of Birmingham in the north to Bristol in the south. Traditionally rugby union and cricket playing areas, there is a Three Counties Showground situated in the Worcestershire town of Malvern that holds an annual agricultural show, and the area is also referred to in the names of local businesses and in the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association – the"
"the village. Michael Dent, the only British player to have ever won the European Table Soccer (Sports table football) Championship, first learnt to play Subbuteo whilst a teenager living in Dore. Michael Vaughan of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and former captain of the England cricket team, is a resident; Joe Root also of Yorkshire and now England's rising cricket star, currently captain of England, was born and raised in Dore. Abbeydale Park, a former county cricket ground for both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, lies just north of the suburb. Recently, Sheffield's Olympic gold medalist Jessica Ennis-Hill purchased a property in the"
"English cricket. Chef and TV presenter Jamie Oliver comes from and lives in Clavering. His father Trevor runs one of the two village pubs, The Cricketers. The Fox and Hounds is located at the other end of the village opposite the River Stort. Both the Fox and The Cricketers attract people from nearby villages such as Arkesden, Wicken Bonhunt and Langley Upper Green as well as Clavering residents. Notable sites in Clavering include Clavering Castle and the former Clavering guildhall – now known as The Bury. The remains of the castle are now just ringworks and earthworks. The castle is"
"School in Croydon, and supports the local football team, Crystal Palace. Mark Butcher partnered Sarah Brightman on the second series of ""Just the Two of Us"" aired on BBC One in January 2007; they came third overall. At one time during his playing career, Butcher was married to former England and Surrey teammate Alec Stewart's sister Judy. Surrey's former coach and player, Alan Butcher, is his father, and his brother, Gary, played for Glamorgan and Surrey. Mark Butcher Mark Alan Butcher (born 23 August 1972) is a retired English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until"
"the award was made jointly to Ashley Metcalfe of Nottinghamshire and James Whitaker of Leicestershire. The 1995 winner, Andrew Symonds, went on to make over 200 international appearances for Australia, but at the time of his award was eligible to play for England, as he was born in Birmingham. , representatives of seventeen of the eighteen first-class cricket counties have won the award; no player from Worcestershire has ever won. Yorkshire players have collected the award most frequently, doing so on eleven occasions. Only eight winners have not gone on to play international cricket. On ten occasions, the Cricket Writers'"
"Health Act. The Wetherspoons pub in the area was named the 'Sir Edwin Chadwick', but was closed within three years, after custom failed to live up to expectations. Jason Garrity, speedway rider. John Thaw, the television, stage and cinema actor, was born in Longsight in 1942. Ethel 'Sunny' Lowry, the first British woman to swim the English Channel, was born in Longsight in 1911. The Arsenal player Danny Welbeck and Kerala Blasters player Wes Brown are both from the area. ""Harry Potter"" star Afshan Azad was also born in Longsight. Keith Bennett, one of the Moors murders victims, was from"
"Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who has an official residence at Chequers. John Archdale, the colonial governor of North Carolina and South Carolina, was born in Buckinghamshire. Other notable natives of Buckinghamshire include: Celebrities living in Bucks include: Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east. Buckinghamshire is one of the home counties and towns such as High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham and the Chalfonts in"
"and actress Cara Delevingne. Samantha is also related to Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, Governor of the Bahamas, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago, who was a descendant of Charles II, and of the author and playwright Enid Bagnold. Sir Bede was the father of her maternal grandmother, Patricia Clifford. Through her great-great-great-grandfather Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet, she is a fourth cousin of the late Pamela Harriman, first wife of Winston Churchill's son Randolph Churchill. Samantha Cameron's family also own a large Yorkshire estate called Sutton Park. In March 2015, unpublished photographs from the City of Leeds archives revealed that"
"Abi Titmuss Abigail Evelyn ""Abi"" Titmuss (born 8 February 1976), also known professionally as Abigail Evelyn, is an English actress, television personality, poker player, and former glamour model. Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, Titmuss grew up in Heckington, Lincolnshire where her parents were teachers. She took her A-levels at Kesteven and Sleaford High School where she played the clarinet. When she was 17, her parents divorced and her father moved to Argyll, Scotland, where he remarried. Titmuss graduated from City University in St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1998. She did a nursing diploma, because she ""was interested in becoming a doctor, but"
"discipline. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling. Hannah Hobley, actress, best known for playing Chantelle ""Telle"" Garvey in ITV's ""Benidorm"". Alan Wharton, (1923–1993) England Test cricketer who played for Lancashire and later Leicestershire. Geoff Hall (1941–2009) played for Somerset David Fishwick owns David Fishwick Minibus Company and stars in Channel 4's ""Bank of Dave"". Dave Walker (1941 - 2015), born in Colne, became a professional footballer for Burnley F.C. and Southampton F.C. John Rawnsley, Opera Singer and Actor, Glyndebourne Opera, Royal Opera House and"
"both social and geographical, accents on the east side of Wirral tend to show a stronger Merseyside influence than those on the west side. Neston once had a distinctive dialect derived from the migrant workers at the Denhall Colliery. Wirral has been home to many notable people, including: Ian Botham (cricketer), current ""Antiques Roadshow"" presenter Fiona Bruce, Daniel Craig (actor), Steve Cummings (cyclist), Matt Dawson (rugby union player), Mike Dean (football referee), Austin Healey (rugby union player), Emma Hamilton (mistress of Horatio Nelson), Shirley Hughes (author and illustrator), Andrew Irvine (Everest climber), Glenda Jackson (actress and politician), Paul O'Grady (TV"
"Earls Croome Earl's Croome is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, 1086, as ""Crumba"". The first part of its name is derived from the Earl of Coventry who had Earl's Croome Court as a residence opposite the village church. The church is St. Nicholas Church of England. In 1377, or 1378, Henry de Ardern was granted the manor of Croome Adam (now Earls Croome) by the Earl of Warwick for a red rose. Charles Coventry (1867–1929), who played cricket for England in"
"Violet Bonham Carter. Helena is descended on her father's side from John Bonham Carter, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. Helena's paternal great-grandfather was H. H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Prime Minister of Britain 1908–1916. She is the great-niece of Asquith's son, Anthony Asquith, English director of such films as ""Carrington V.C."" and ""The Importance of Being Earnest"", and a first cousin of the economist Adam Ridley and of politician Jane Bonham Carter. Bonham Carter is a distant cousin of actor Crispin Bonham-Carter. Other prominent distant relatives include Lothian Bonham Carter, who played first-class cricket for Hampshire,"
"Mary, William, Emma, Ellen, Mordecai and Frederick. The name of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, is said to have been inspired partially by Sherwin, and partially by Frank Shacklock. Mordecai Sherwin Mordecai Sherwin (26 February 1851 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England – 3 July 1910 in Nottingham, England) was a professional footballer and cricketer who played in goal for Notts County and as a wicket-keeper for Nottinghamshire between 1878 and 1896. As a footballer, Sherwin played in goal for County from 10 November 1883 until 10 November 1888 and was, according to the sportswriter ""Tityrus"" (the pseudonym of"
"Udimore Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located five miles (8 km) west of Rye on the B2089 road to Brede. The ecclesiastical parish is teamed with Brede; the two parish churches are St George, Brede and St Mary Udimore. The comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier, and actor Spike Milligan lived in Udimore until his death in 2002. The children's novelist Monica Edwards lived in Udimore from 1933 to 1936. Udimore Cricket Club play at Churchfields. They were formed in 1937. They currently play in Division 7 of"
"most famous for playing ""Lou Carpenter"" in the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", was born in Chandler's Ford and grew up in Fareham. Robert Goddard (1954 - ), English novelist, author of 26 novels, born and educated in Fareham. Steve Claridge (1966 - ), English football pundit, manager and former player grew up in Titchfield and started his career at Fareham Town. Andy Vernon (1986 - ), British long-distance runner was born in Fareham, and attended Cams Hill School. Anjali Thakker (1993 - ), New Zealand international ice and inline hockey player. Lived in Fareham while playing for the Solent Lizards"
"for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Marsh was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England. Laura Marsh Laura Alexandra Marsh (born 5 December 1986) is an English cricketer. Born in Pembury, Kent, she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She plays county cricket for Kent Women, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006. She was part of the England team that retained the Ashes"
"Cricket St Thomas Cricket St Thomas is a parish in Somerset, England, situated in a valley beside the A30 road between Chard and Crewkerne in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 50. It is noted for a manor house and estate, formerly home to a wildlife park. The name Cricket St Thomas is not related to the game of cricket, but is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ""cruc,"" meaning a hill or ridge. The estate is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is described as ""Land of the Count of Martin"" paying tax"
"in 2009. Caroline Atkins Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins (born 13 January 1981 in Burgess Hill, England) is an English cricketer and member of the English women's cricket team. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008. Atkins is employed by the Cricket Foundation as a Chance to shine coaching ambassador. She attended Burgess Hill Girls, an all-girls private school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. In Women's cricket, England's opening batters Caroline Atkins and Arran Brindle (aka Arran Thompson) have broken the then world record for an opening partnership for England by"
"in London. She ran in the 2006 London Marathon. Conn married her boyfriend of over a decade, actor Jonathan Kerrigan around 2011. They have a son named Oscar, born in April 2012. Shelley Conn Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is an English actress. Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, which includes Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke. After drama school, Conn had"
"Oates Collection, dedicated to the explorer Lawrence Oates. Journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens was born into a naval family in Portsmouth. Broadcasters Philippa Forrester, Amanda Lamb and Scott Mills also are from the county. Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, the former capital of England. After the metropolitan counties and Greater London, Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county (1.84 million in 2017) in the United Kingdom. Its two largest settlements, Southampton and Portsmouth, are administered separately as unitary authorities and the rest"
"1983. Former England cricketer and current captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club, Glen Chapple was born in Skipton in 1974. Former England and Leicestershire cricketer, and current England national selector, James Whitaker was born in Skipton in 1962. Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales, northwest of Bradford and west of York. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,623."
"Woodbury. The Manchester United teammates and brothers Gary and Phil Neville both the Neville brothers and their father Neville Neville played cricket at Greenmount Cricket club (in the Bolton Cricket League) and both brothers were junior members of Greenmount golf club. Multi millionaire Ron Wood, former owner of Birthday's cards, also lives in the village. TV presenter (and Emmerdale actor) Lisa Riley was born and raised in Tottington, Lisa was a former pupil of Hollymount Primary School and St. Gabriels R.C. High School in Bury. Antony Cotton, star of popular soap opera Coronation Street, was also born and raised in"