Infobox person name GregDyke image caption birth date birth date and age 1947 5 20 df y birth place ... spouse Susan Howes children 4 relations website footnotes Gregory GregDyke born 20 May 1947 is a United ... of York since 2004 . Early years File GregDyke.jpg thumb upright GregDyke at the University of York ... March 2010 ref ref cite news last Jone first Chris title GregDyke An ordinary bloke url http news.bbc.co.uk ... reporter in eight months. ref cite web title GregDyke, excecutive, presenter url http www.screenonline.org.uk ... John last Gifford title GregDyke and John Birt lessons in leadership url http jonathangifford.com business and leadership gregdyke and john birt lessons in leadership work Author on leadership ... Apart from restoring staff morale, GregDyke laid claim to two major achievements during his office ... than half the population. ref cite news last Dyke first Greg title Freeview Former BBC boss GregDyke charts its rise and rise url http www.independent.co.uk news media freeview former bbc boss greg ... and it deserves it. ref cite news first Jane last Robins title The first 100 days of GregDyke url http www.independent.co.uk news media the first 100 days of gregdyke 707382.html newspaper The Independent ... the BBC really matters. ref cite news first Greg last Dyke title GregDyke s email to BBC staff url ... space to include them all. The statement in the advertisement read GregDyke stood ... about govsmins feb04.pdf ref After the Hutton Enquiry On 28 November 2003, GregDyke was formally appointed ... and Television, to found the GregDyke Chair in Film and Television. On 6 February 2004, Dyke announced ... their just deserts. ref cite news first Rob last Sharp title GregDyke The Arts had a good run with Labour but I m still optimistic url http www.independent.co.uk news people profiles gregdyke ... does not already own was all but over. ref cite news first Greg last Dyke title Murdoch s BSkyB deal ... Dyke url http www.telegraph.co.uk lifestyle 8193710 My Perfect Weekend Greg Dyke.html work The Telegraph,10 ... more details
Wiktionary dike dyke TOC right Dyke or dike may refer to A levee , a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels A ditch , a water filled drainage trench A regional term for a dry stone wall Dike geology , a subvertical sheet like intrusion of magma or sediment Dikes, diagonal pliers , a hand tool used by electricians and others Dyking out, a slang term for a uniform or dressing assistant at Virginia Military Institute Ratline Virginia Military Institute and other military schools or colleges Dike mythology , the Greek goddess of moral justice 99 Dike , an asteroid D Yikes , an episode of South Park Dyke slang , a vulgarism meaning lesbian Dyke car , a brass era automobile Dyke & the Blazers the 1960s R&B group Names Dykes surname , a British surname found particularly in northern England Dyke Baronets , a title in the Baronetage of England People D.L. Dykes, Jr. 1917 1997 , Louisiana Methodist clergyman GregDyke born 1947 , former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes born 1939 , a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom John Bacchus Dykes 1823 1876 , an English clergyman and hymnist John Dyke rugby player 1884 1960 , Wales international rugby union player John and Jennie Dyke , American aircraft designers Keilen Dykes born 1984 , American football player William Dyke born 1930 , mayor of Madison, Wisconsin Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet 1837 1931 John Dyke, lead singer of German synthpop band Dyko Places Settlements Dike, Iowa , United States Dike, Texas , United States Dyke, Virginia , United States Dyke, Lincolnshire , England Little Dyke, Nova Scotia , Canada Dyke, Moray , Scotland Earthworks Car Dyke , a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England Offa s Dyke , historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales Wansdyke earthwork , dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it Devil s Dyke disambiguation , one of several ancient embankments or ditches or both See also Van Dyke disambiguation ... more details
David Dyke may refer to David Hart Dyke Sir David William Hart Dyke, 10th Baronet b. 1955 of the Dyke Baronets See also David Dykes hndis Dyke, David ... more details
Thomas Dyke may refer to Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet Thomas Dyke MP for Seaford , MP for Seaford Thomas Dyke cricketer Sir Thomas Dyke, 2nd Baronet c. 1700 1756 , of the Dyke Baronets Sir Thomas Dyke, 4th Baronet 1763 1831 , of the Dyke Baronets See also lookfrom Thomas DykeDyke surname hndis Dyke, Thomas ... more details
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Van Dyke or van Van Dijk disambiguation Van Dijk , Dyck or Dyk etc is a surname of Dutch or Flemish origin. It may refer to Sir Anthony van Dyck , 1599 1641 , Flemish born painter Barry Van Dyke born 1951 , American actor, son of Dick Van Dyke Charlie Van Dyke contemporary , American former radio disc jockey Dick Van Dyke born 1925 , American actor Earl Van Dyke 1930&ndash 1992 , American musician, keyboardist for Motown Records Henry van Dyke 1852&ndash 1933 , American author, educator, and clergyman Jerry Van Dyke born 1931 , American comedian and actor, brother of Dick Van Dyke John Wesley Van Dyke , US oil refiner Leroy Van Dyke born 1929 , American auctioneer and singer Matthew Van Dyke ... Nicholas Van Dyke governor 1738&ndash 1789 , American lawyer and President of Delaware Nicholas Van Dyke senator 1770&ndash 1826 , American lawyer and Senator from Delaware Paul Van Dyk born 1971 , German trance artist and DJ Phillip Van Dyke , voice actor Steve Van Dyck , Australian zoologist W. S. Van Dyke 1889&ndash 1943 , American film director Lamar Van Dyke original name Heather Elizabeth , leader of a group of lesbian separatists from the late 1970s Van Dyke Parks born 1943 , American composer, arranger, producer, and musician Other Jost Van Dyke , one of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands Van Dyke Expressway , highway in the U.S. state of Michigan Van Dyke Records , American record label from about early 1929 through 1932 Van dyke brown , a printing process and colour, named after the painter Van Dyke suit , a velvet suit worn by young males in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, named after the painter Van Dyke beard 19th century name for a style of beard ... from the late 1970s Van Dyke mango , a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida. See also Dyke disambiguation Van Dutch Van Dijk disambiguation Van Dyk Von Tussenvoegsel , in Dutch linguistics, a word between a first and last name. disambig de Van Dyke he tl Van Dyke ... more details
The Dyke Baronetcy , of Horeham in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of England . It was created on 3 March 1677 for Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet Thomas Dyke , Commissioner of Public Accounts and Member of Parliament for Sussex UK Parliament constituency Sussex and East Grinstead UK Parliament constituency East Grinstead . The second Baronet married Anne, daughter and heiress of Percival Hart . In 1836 the fifth Baronet unsuccessfully claimed the Baron Braye barony of Braye , of which peerage he was a co heir through the Hart family. The seventh Baronet was a successful Conservative Party UK Conservative politician. In 2008, the tenth Baronet ran in the Canadian federal election, 2008 40th Canadian General Election as the Green Party of Canada Green Party candidate for Hamilton East Stoney Creek , Ontario . Percyvall Hart Dyke 1872 1952 , grandson of Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke, second son of the fifth Baronet, was a Colonel in the Indian Army . His son Trevor Hart Dyke was a Brigadier in the Queen s Royal Regiment . David Hart Dyke b. 1938 , son of Reverend Eric Hart Dyke, son of the aforementioned Colonel Percyvall Hart Dyke, is a retired Captain naval Captain in the Royal Navy and commanded the HMS Coventry D118 H. M. S. Coventry during the Falklands War . Dyke Baronets, of Horeham 1677 Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet c. 1650 1706 Sir Thomas Dyke, 2nd Baronet c. 1700 1756 Sir John Dixon Dyke, 3rd Baronet 1732 1810 Sir Thomas Dyke, 4th Baronet 1763 1831 Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 5th Baronet 1767 1846 Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 6th Baronet 1799 1875 Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet 1837 1931 Sir Oliver Hamilton Augustus Hart Dyke, 8th Baronet 1885 1969 Sir Derek William Hart Dyke, 9th Baronet 1924 1987 Sir David William Hart Dyke, 10th Baronet b. 1955 References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David editors . Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition . New York ... 26, 2008. Category Baronetcies Dyke Category 1677 establishments in England ... more details
otherpeople John Dyke January 6, 1803 August 1, 1885 was an England English cricket er who played for Kent County Cricket Club Kent . He was born in Lullingstone and died in Sittingbourne . Dyke made a single first class appearance for Kent County Cricket Club Kent , in 1822, against Marylebone Cricket Club . Despite scoring a duck in the first innings of the match, he scored 35 runs in the second innings of the match, the second highest score of the innings. Dyke s brothers, Percyvall Dyke Percyvall and Thomas Dyke cricketer Thomas , and nephew Edwin Dyke , all played first class cricket, as well as his brother in law Herbert Jenner Fust cricketer Herbert Jenner Fust . External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 36 36730 36730.html John Dyke at Cricket Archive Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dyke, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1803 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1885 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dyke, John Category 1803 births Category 1885 deaths Category English cricketers Category Kent cricketers ta ... more details
Infobox UK place country England static image File Baptist Chapel, Dyke geograph.org.uk 1162116.jpg 240px static image caption Baptist Chapel, Dyke latitude 52.78877 longitude 0.36287 official name Dyke civil parish Bourne, Lincolnshire Bourne shire district South Kesteven shire county Lincolnshire region East Midlands constituency westminster Grantham and Stamford UK Parliament constituency Grantham and Stamford post town BOURNE postcode district PE10 0 postcode area PE dial code 01778 os grid reference TF105225 Dyke is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire , England. It lies within the civil parish of Bourne, Lincolnshire Bourne . The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke , a once much larger Roman Britain Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens . The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument. ref Cite web title National Monuments record for listed portion of Car Dyke url http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 1034975 ref For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, Lincolnshire Twenty , South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together Dyke is the largest of these settlements. Citation needed date July 2011 The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598. ref Cite web title Office for National Statistics web site, 2001 census. url http neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk dissemination NeighbourhoodProfile.do?a 7&c PE10 0AF&g 468584&i 1001x1012&j 310664&m 1&p 1&q 1&r 0&s 1250374818778&enc 1&tab 2&inWales false ref Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board . ref Cite web title Black Sluice IDB url http www.blacksluiceidb.gov.uk ref A new fountain ... July 2011 Dyke s public house is The Wishing Well Inn. References reflist External links Commons category inline Dyke, Lincolnshire http homepages.which.net rex bourne dyke.htm Dyke , homepages.which.net. Retrieved 22 July 2011 Category Villages in Lincolnshire Lincolnshire geo stub pl Dyke Lincolnshire ... more details
File Bokerley Dyke, Martin Down geograph.org.uk 674000.jpg thumb right Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down Bokerley Dyke or Bokerley Ditch is a Romano British defensive dyke convert 3.25 mi km 1 long in north east Dorset , England , near the villages of Woodyates and Pentridge . Bokerley Dyke may have originated in the Bronze Age Britain Bronze Age or British Iron Age Early Iron Age and formed a political and cultural boundary. ref name pastscape http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 906268 Bokerley Dyke , Pastscape ref It was cut through by a Roman Road Ackling Dyke running between Old Sarum and Badbury Rings in the 1st century. ref name pastscape In the 4th century it was remodelled and bought back into use, and excavations show that the Roman road was blocked. ref name pastscape ref name putnam Bill Putnam, 2000 , Discover Dorset The Romans , page 71. The Dovecote Press ref A coin of Valens dates this activity to shortly after 364 AD. ref name pastscape It may have been built in 367 8 AD when Roman sources report that Britain was attacked by Picts, Scots and Saxons in a supposed Great Conspiracy . ref name putnam The Roman road was later reopened, but the dyke may have continued in use after the cessation of the Roman rule and still forms part of a boundary between the counties of Dorset and Hampshire . ref name pastscape Bokerley Dyke is continuous with Grim s Ditch which runs into Hampshire. References reflist External links Commons category Bokerley Dyke gbmapping SU042192 coord 50.97220 N 1.94156 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SU042192 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category History of Dorset Category Buildings and structures in Dorset Category Roman sites in Dorset Category Ancient dykes br Douvez Bokerley ca Bokerley Dyke de Bokerley Dyke es Bokerley Dyke no Bokerleydiket ... more details
File Wat s dyke.png thumb right Wat s Dyke in brown Offa s Dyke in red Wat s Dyke is a 40 mile 64 ... generally parallel to Offa s Dyke , sometimes within a few yards but never more than three miles away. Wat s Dyke today These days Wat s Dyke appears, at best, as a raised hedge barrier hedgerow ... Offa s Dyke . Construction & siting It consists of the usual bank and ditch of an ancient dyke, with the ditch on the western side, meaning that the dyke faces Wales and by implication can been seen as protecting the English lands to the east. The placement of the dyke in the terrain also shows that care .... Dating consensus File Wat s Dyke near Northop geograph.org.uk 202714.jpg thumb right Wat s Dyke ..., built the dyke which carries his name sometime during his reign 757 to 796 . Offa s Dyke is viewed ... would seem to place the building of the dyke in the era of the post Roman kingdom whose capital ... of Wat s Dyke based on this evidence would suggest a number of possibilities the dyke formed ... kingdom. These theories all have the construction of Wat s Dyke much earlier and in a different political climate to the building of Offa s dyke by Angles Anglian Mercia in the 8th century. ref cite ... nurse2.htm accessdate ref The dating of the fire site and hence the dyke is disputed by some. It is suggested ... be trusted and also that the dyke could easily have been built on top of the fire site at a later date. ref cite web author Keith J. Matthews title Dating Wat s Dyke year 2000? url http www.kmatthews.org.uk ... either Romano British or later Anglian finds, nearly everything about Wat s Dyke remains uncertain. See also Portal Wales Offa s Dyke Scots Dike three and a half mile linear earthwork, in 1552 to mark ... by Rider. Hannaford, H. R. 1998 Archaeological Excavations on Wat s Dyke at Maes y Clawdd, Archaeology ... s Dyke An Archaeological and Historical Enigma, Bulletin John Rylands Library , Manchester, Vol 79, no. 3, 1997. Wat s Dyke Dated Was it Coenwulf s Dyke? British Archaeology , Nov. Dec. 2007, p. ... more details
Orphan date October 2011 Unreferenced date December 2009 Winter Dyke is a Scotland Scottish word for a clotheshorse used in drying clothing indoors. The word dyke means a wall or a fence made without mortar that was occasionally used for hanging laundry in the summer months. Hence the winter dyke used specifically for the colder weather months. Category Scottish words and phrases Scotland stub ... more details
Mount Dyke coor dm 67 35 S 49 25 E is a mountain , 1,100 m, standing 3 nautical miles 6 km north of Mount Humble in the northeast part of the Raggatt Mountains . It was plotted from air photos taken by ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia ANCA for Flying Officer G. Dyke , RAAF, a pilot at Mawson Station in 1960. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Dyke Category Mountains of Enderby Land EnderbyLand geo stub ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 File DykeMarchToronto.jpg thumb Dyke March at Gay Pride in Toronto , Canada 2007 Dyke March is a mostly lesbian led and inclusive gathering and protest march much like the original ... events, arts, parenting groups, etc. The purpose of a Dyke March is to increase lesbian visibility ... Against the Right organized a second march in Toronto, Ontario . ref name bodypolitic File Dyke Match 17th Street.jpg thumb Topfree participants in a Dyke March in Washington, D.C. in 2005. The first U.S. nationwide Dyke March was held in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 1993. ref http www.rainbowhistory.org ... at this event. ref Belge, Kathy 2005 . http lesbianlife.about.com cs subject1 a DykeMarch.htm Dyke March ... July 2010 The large turnout can be attributed to the fact that the Dyke March coincided with March ... Francisco The first San Francisco Dyke March was held a few months later, in June 1993, and is still celebrated every year on the Saturday evening before the annual Pride Parade. The Dyke March is informal ... and community networking and ends in the Castro District , at the Pink Saturday party where the Dyke ... date December 2009 The San Francisco Dyke March has high attendance numbers yet remains a peaceful ... is around 50,000, as found on the official website. Since its inception, the San Francisco Dyke ... New York City s Dyke March is another beloved tradition. In the 1970s, separate Lesbian Pride marches were held, for several years, but they did not become a continuous tradition. The Dyke March was renewed by the NY Chapter of the Lesbian Avengers in June 1993 after the success of the Dyke March ... 2010 The Dyke March is open to all self identified women. Because of this, men have been asked to stand on the sidewalks and cheer on the marchers. As with the San Francisco Dyke March, the organizers ... 15,000 women attend this monumental event. The reason for the creation of the various Dyke Marches ... associations with NAMBA. Citation needed date December 2009 Seattle Seattle s Dyke March occurs the Saturday ... more details
coord 52.344 3.049 display title region GB scale 5000 Image Offa s Dyke near Clun.jpg thumb Offa s Dyke near Clun Offa s Dyke lang cy Clawdd Offa is a massive linear Earthworks Archaeology earthwork , roughly ... Map of the British isles in AD 802, showing when enlarged Offa s Dyke between Mercia and Wales File Offa s Dyke cross section colour.svg thumb Schematic cross section of Offa s Dyke, showing how it was designed ... of Offa s Dyke It is generally accepted that much of the earthwork can be attributed to Offa of Mercia .... The dyke may have been constructed as a defensive earthwork, as well as a political statement ... to raise a workforce and resources sufficient enough to construct such an earthwork as Offa s Dyke ... was used to construct the Dyke, with people from certain areas being required to build a certain ... with the Dyke, it is possible that both the Dyke and the document stem from a common practice ... kings and provinces around him, and who had a great dyke built between Wales and Mercia from sea ... coming to the Dyke have had Asser in their hand, and have been looking for an earthwork from sea to sea . Sir Cyril Fox completed the first major survey of the Dyke Fox 1955 , and, in agreement with Asser, theorized that the Dyke ran from the estuary of the River Dee, Wales River Dee in the north to the River Wye in the south approximately 150 miles, or 240 km . He observed that the dyke construction dyke was not continuous, and thought it was built only in areas where natural barriers did ... Fox s description, and wrote the introduction to Fox s account of the Dyke. Though Fox s work has now been to some extent revised, it remains a vital record of stretches of the Dyke that still existed ... interest in Offa s Dyke. His MPhil thesis , Offa s Dyke Reviewed 1978 , raised several questions. Noble postulated that the gaps in the Dyke were not due to natural features, but that instead ... also helped establish the Offa s Dyke Association, which maintains the Offa s Dyke Path . This long ... more details
Dyke lang gd D g is a small village located near Forres . It is situated near to Culbin Forest and the village also has its own primary school. The parish was known in Gaelic as Sg re Dh g . infobox UK place country Scotland official name big Dyke big map type Scotland latitude 57.603905 longitude 3.692479 unitary scotland Moray lieutenancy scotland Moray post town FORRES postcode district IV36 postcode area IV dial code 01309 constituency westminster Moray UK Parliament constituency Moray constituency scottish parliament Moray Scottish Parliament constituency Moray constituency scottish parliament1 Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament electoral region Highlands and Islands Dyke , is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles east of Forres . The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word Dig, signifying a water drain or ditch. Dyke is situated close to Brodie Castle and the River Findhorn . It is also near to Macbeth s Hillock, thought to be the setting of Macbeth s meeting with the witches in Shakespeare s play. There are two church buildings in Dyke, the still functional Church of Scotland built in 1781, and the old East Church, which was an old Presbyterian church built in 1856 on land gifted to the town by the Brodie family, still major landowners in the region. This old church was closed in the mid 20th century and used as a potato barn for many decades, a fate common to many old churches in the region. It is now in use as a bed and breakfast establishment. Today the village contains a popular primary school. Images of Dyke are available at Wikimedia commons http commons.wikimedia.org wiki Category Dyke, Moray . References reflist External links https wiki.familysearch.org en Dyke, Moray, Scotland Page about Dyke on wiki.familysearch.org http www.moray.gov.uk index.html Moray council http www.oldkirk.co.uk The bed and breakfast in the old East Church Category Places in Moray Moray ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Oulton Dyke is a freshwater stretch of water in The Broads National Park , located in Suffolk within the United Kingdom . The dyke connects Oulton Broad near Lowestoft to the River Waveney by means of a confluence near the village of Burgh St Peter . Oulton Dyke is approximately a mile long, and from Oulton Broad heads west then after some 400 yards makes a sharp turn to the north to join with the River Waveney . The name Oulton Dyke however is rarely used, because there are many misconceptions that it is in fact the River Waveney. Rivers and Watercourses of Suffolk Coord 52.4768 1.6820 type river dim 2000 region GB SFK display title Category Rivers of Suffolk Suffolk geo stub ... more details
Infobox Film name Arthur s Dyke image image size caption director Gerry Poulson producer Ron Bareham Steve Sheen writer Robb Stringle narrator starring Pauline Quirke, Robert Daws, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Graham, Brian Conley, Rebecca Lacey music Stephen W Parsons cinematography editing Paddy Payne studio Quirky Films distributor Vine International released 2000 runtime 103 mins country UK language English budget gross preceded by followed by Arthur s Dyke is a 2001 British film starring Pauline Quirke and Brian Conley . The plot follows a group of ramblers as they attempt to recreate their conquest of the Offa s Dyke path 20 years earlier. Plot The movie begins with a flashback to 20 years earlier, with four friends celebrating after completing the Offa s Dyke walk, from Chepstow to Prestatyn. ... more details
Jeremiah Dyke baptised 1584, died 1639 was an English conforming Puritan minister. Life His father William Dyke was a minister at Hempstead , Essex, dispossessed for nonconformity, and then a preacher at Coggeshall and Daniel Dyke d. 1614 Daniel Dyke was his brother. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge , matriculating in 1598, graduating B.A. in 1602 and M.A. in 1605. He then became a Fellow of the College. ref Venn DK598J Jeremy Dyke ref After taking orders he was preferred briefly to the living of Toft, Cambridgeshire , and then Epping in Essex in 1609, which he held till his death. His name or that of his brother is among those of the ministers who subscribed the Book of Discipline . Thomas Fuller says he was guardian of his brother s works , which he published in 1635. Works A Counterpoison against Covetousnes, 1619. Good Conscience, or a Treatise shewing the Nature, Means, Marks, Benefit, and Necessity thereof, 1624. The Mischiefe and Miserie of Scandals, both taken and given, &c., 1631. The Righteous Man s Tower, or the Way to be Safe in a case of Danger, 1639. The Right Receiving of and Rooting in Christ, 1640. The Worthy Communicant, or a Treatise showing I the due order of Receiving the Sacrament of the Lord s Supper, 1642. He also published works of his brother, Daniel Dyke, B.D. Notes Reflist References DNB wstitle Dyke, Jeremiah Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dyke, Jeremiah ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English politician DATE OF BIRTH 1584 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1639 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dyke, Jeremiah Category 1584 births Category 1639 deaths Category English Anglican priests Category English conforming puritans England politician stub ... more details
File DammgrabenWinter.JPG thumb The Dyke Ditch The Dyke Ditch lang de Dammgraben is the longest artificial Upper Harz Ditches ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany geography central Germany . Its ... its name from the Sperberhai Dyke which is, in fact, an embankment on top of which the Dyke Ditch runs ... Ditch near Altenau The history of the Dyke Ditch was initially closely related to the history of the Sperberhai Dyke. Not until the completion of the dyke in 1734 could large watercourses east of Clausthal ..., the Dyke Ditch was continually extended eastwards. In 1736 it was extended as far as the Kleiner ... and Kleine S se rivers to the Dyke Ditch. In 1774, it was lengthened as far as the so called Wiege scales on the Dyke Ditch and in 1820, after the two Kellwasser tunnels had been driven and the Blochschleife Ditch laid, the Kellwasser and the Blochschleife were connected to the Dyke Ditch system ... km long section between Sperberhai Dyke and Clausthal. By cutting tunnels, several ditch detours ... years the Dyke Ditch could carry up to 13 million cubic metres of water per year over the Sperberhai Dyke to the Clausthal Plateau. That made it one of the most important lifelines in the Upper Harz mining region. Following the closure of the mines the Dyke Ditch supplied water up to about 1978 for the generation of electricity in Kaiser Wilhelm Shaft. Since 1978 the water of the Dyke Ditch has been led to the M nch valley of the Oker Dam Oker Reservoir at the end of the Dyke Ditch, where ... water supplies of the Harzwasserwerke . Until about 2000, the Dyke Ditch also provided drinking water .... The operator of the Dyke Ditch today is the Harzwasserwerke . Catchment area File DammgrabenZulaufglp.JPG thumb Outlet of the Gro er Gerlachbach into the Dyke Ditch between Altenau and the Sperberhai Dam House dam house The Dyke Ditch draws its water from the region of six Harz rivers S se over the Morgenbrodstal ... m The Dyke Ditch system crosses several Drainage divide watershed s as a result. Statistics The Dyke ... more details
. It is believed that the dyke would have been used to demarcate the boundary of a tribe s influence ... quantity of silt in the ditch fills also suggest that the dyke fell into disuse soon after it was built. The dyke is one of several earthworks in south Cambridgeshire designed to control movement along the ancient Roman roads. The others include Devil s Dyke, Cambridgeshire Devil s Dyke ... dyke.jpg thumb left A rare Juniper tree found on Fleam Dyke The course of the dyke is now controlled ... . A well kept footpath runs the full length of the dyke. The path is also home to several rare ... FleamDykeMap.pdf Illustrated map of Fleam Dyke Category Anglo Saxon sites in England Category ... more details
Image Satellite image of Zimbabwe in December 2002.jpg thumb The Great Dyke can be seen as linear feature, running from north east to south west in this satellite view of Zimbabwe. The Great Dyke is a linear ... thumb Wedza Subchamber of the Great Dyke. Mimosa Mine Mimosa Platinum Mine is located near the heavily wooded section in the centre. The Umvimeela Dyke is visible to the far left of the scene. Image Great Dyke of Zimbabwe.JPG thumb The southern end of the dyke is captured in this astronaut photograph. Geologically the Great Dyke is not a Dike geology dyke , but is lopolith ic and Y shaped in cross ... 12 km mi abbr on . The Great Dyke is unusual in that most ultramafic layered intrusions display near ... the Great Dyke are locally overlain by erosional remnants of Gabbro gabbroic rock . These mark the centres of the four sub chambers within the Great Dyke magma system, namely from north to south ... Syncline synclinal structure, and was fed by a feeder dyke continuous below almost the entire Great Dyke. ref name IMM1 Wilson, A.H. and Prendergast, M.D., 1989. The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe I tectonic ... mined along the Great Dyke, and an upper Mafic Sequence mainly consisting of a variety of plagioclase ..., A.H. 1989. The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe II Mineralisation and mineral deposits. In Prendergast ..., London, 21 42. ISBN 9781870706063 ref The dyke lies within the Zimbabwe craton and has been dated ... U Pb mineral ages, Rb Sr and Sm Nd systematics for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe constraints on crustal ... www.ingentaconnect.com content els 03019268 2002 00000113 00000003 art00215 ref The Great Dyke acts ... area shows that the craton had stabilised by the time the Dyke intruded. ref Dirks, P.H.G.M. ... mafic dykes, the East and Umvimeela, flank the Great Dyke to the east and west respectively. Volcanic surface manifestation of the Great Dyke intrusion have not been recorded and have probably been Erosion eroded . ref name IMM1 The Great Dyke is a strategic economic resource with significant quantities ... more details
A subsurface dyke is a barrier Permeability earth sciences impermeable to water that is placed underground to control the groundwater flow in an aquifer , and to raise the water table . Introduction Although the total amount of water on Earth is generally assumed to have remained virtually constant, the rapid growth in population, together with the extension of irrigated agriculture and industrial development, are putting stress on the quality and quantity aspects of natural system. The sub surface Levee dyke ref Cite news last Nazeer first Mohamed title A model for conserving groundwater newspaper The Hindu date May 22, 2009 url http www.hindu.com 2009 05 22 stories 2009052254951100.htm accessdate ... method for ground water conservation. The success story of the sub surface dyke has demonstrated ... water resources of the state. The dyke is now the largest rainwater harvesting system in the region. What is subsurface dyke Subsurface dyke is a structure that is built in an aquifer with the intention ... the amount of water stored in the aquifer . How the dyke is made A trench was made across the valley ... surface water raising water table in the catchment area. Benefits The dyke was constructed in the 25 ... of KVK indicated that subsurface dyke was an efficient barrier to arrest the subsurface flow ... due to the typical undulating topography could be efficiently arrested by the dyke. The dyke resulted ... dug out pond with top length of 12 m, width 8m a depth 5m in the upstream side of the dyke ... is now maintaining a high water table throughout the year as the dyke ensures an incessant ... , the total water storage capacity of the dyke would be 3000 m3. The crops cultivated in the catchment ..., structures like subsurface dyke are most ideal for in situ conservation of rainfall received in a watershed. Ideal location for the dyke The ideal location for the dyke is a well defined, wide ... on the top with massive or impervious rock below . Subsurface dyke has many advantages. It does not require ... more details
BLP sources date May 2010 Roy Dyke born 13 February 1945, Liverpool , is a rock music rock drummer noted for his playing with The Remo Four , ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p20138 biography pure url yes title Biography Remo 4 last Unterberger first Richie publisher All Media Guide AMG accessdate 18 May 2010 ref Badger band Badger , ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p3613 biography pure url yes title Biography Badger last Eder first Bruce publisher All Media Guide AMG accessdate 18 May 2010 ref and Ashton, Gardner and Dyke . ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p15503 biography pure url yes title Biography Ashton, Gardner & Dyke last Thompson first Dave publisher All Media Guide AMG accessdate 18 May 2010 ref He married Stacia Stacia Blake , a former dancer with Hawkwind . Since the 1980s, Dyke has lived in Hamburg , Germany , where he works with Boogie House. Discography With The Remo Four Smile 1966 Attention 1973 With George Harrison Wonderwall Music 1968 With Ashton, Gardner and Dyke Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1969 Resurrection Shuffle 1970 What a Bloody Long Day Its Been 1972 Last Rebel 1973 Let it Roll Live on Stage, 1971 2001 With Badger band Badger One Live Badger 1973 White Lady 1974 With Pat Travers Pat Travers album Pat Travers 1976 Four Play 2005 With Other Bands With Family band Family Its Only a Movie 1973 With Curtiss Maldoon Maldoon 1973 With Medicine Head One and One is One 1973 With Chris Barber Drat that Frattle Rat 1974 With Axel Zwingenberger Powerhouse Boogie 1979 ref Allmusic class artist id p72954 credits pure url yes AllMusic Discography of Roy Dyke Retrieved 14 June 2010 ref References Reflist Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dyke, Roy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 February 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dyke, Roy Category 1945 births Category Living people Category English rock drummers Category Musicians from Liverpool ... more details
About the slang term other uses Dyke disambiguation Dyke pp move indef File A Dyke on a Bike by David Shankbone.jpg thumb Dykes on Bikes at New York City s 2007 LGBT pride parade . Dyke is slang terminology ... the first recorded use of dike, dyke in 1942, in Berrey and Van den Bark s American Thesaurus of Slang . ref dike, dyke, n.3 The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford UP. 4 Apr ... spelling from her time in Greenwich Village in the 1930s. ref The term bulldyker , which dyke may be shortened .... This in turn may be related to the late 19th century slang use of dyke meaning ditch for the vulva . ref According to http www.etymonline.com index.php?term dyke www.etymonline.com . The OED records ... that dyke was an offensive word. In 2005, after a prolonged court battle involving testimony on the word ... Variants The term will sometimes have an adjective added to it, as in Bulldyke or Bull dyke or Bulldiker ... dyke ndash a young, immature or recently Coming out out lesbian. Sometimes used in a pejorative sense ... lesbianlife.about.com cs youth g babydyke.htm Baby Dyke Bot generated title ref Chapstick Dyke ndash ... define.php?term chapstick 20lesbian&defid 4168493 ref Femme dyke ndash a lesbian who presents in an often stylized traditionally feminine way. Frisco dyke ndash a queer woman who hails ... Francisco Bay Area. Lipstick dyke ndash variation on the pop culture term lipstick lesbian . Also known as a doily dyke. Trans dyke ndash Transsexual or Transgender woman who romantically and or sexually prefers females. Bear dyke ndash a lesbian of especially large build and or physical prowess. Bi Dyke , Byke or Half dyke ndash an identity used in a variety of ways, including by some bisexual women who feel more attracted to women than to men or by lesbian or dyke identified women who acknowledge ... identify preferences. Soft dyke ndash Also referred to as Soft Butch this is generally used for lesbians ... nail polish, feminine shoes, etc. Dyke in Denial ndash D.I.D. Used by lesbians to describe women ... more details
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