18-834: Mary Ward may refer to: Scientists and academics [ edit ] Mary Ward (nurse) (1884–1972) English nurse to the boat people on the waterways Mary Ward (scientist) (née King, 1827–1869) Irish amateur scientist, was killed by an experimental steam car Mary Alice Ward (1896–1972), Australian teacher and pastoralist Writers [ edit ] Mary Ward (suffragist) (1851–1933) Irish-born Cambridge based Women's activist. lecturer and writer Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920), British activist and novelist, known by her married name of Mrs Humphry Ward Mary Behrendsen Ward (1894–1985), American poet and fiction writer Mary Ward Centre , an adult education college located in London named for
36-551: A pay and display car park close to the Museum (charge £3 or 50p after 6pm). The parking restrictions are strictly enforced. A variety of boat trips may be booked from the canalside. Most of the time there is plenty of activity on the canal with boats going through the locks regularly and plenty going in and out of the tunnel. The village has a cricket club with two sides competing in the Northamptonshire Cricket League,
54-404: A Sunday side and a junior section. In 2014 Stoke Bruerne CC merged with a Northampton-based Spencer CC to form Spencer Bruerne Cricket Club. In November 2007 the area of the village and surroundings, including Stoke Park, were the subject of an extensive conservation consultation by South Northants Council. Extensive additional documentation, including maps, pictures and historical documentation,
72-578: A nurse , but she spent ten years travelling as what was then called a "nursing sister" in convents in Europe and the USA before returning home to nurse her sick father. This brought her into contact with the boat families again, many of whom she had known when she was growing up. "People think my boat people are dirty and crude and want to get rid of them, but they are wonderful, proud, wise people". She married Charlie Ward and, as her father's health declined, he took over
90-549: Is available from the South Northants Council's Planning website. Stoke Bruerne had its own railway station , part of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) and misnamed Stoke Bruern . This ran close to the village over Blisworth tunnel near the south portal. The station building has been converted to a private house and is along the road to Blisworth just outside the village. The line of
108-590: Is mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Stoche" meaning "an outlying farmstead or hamlet". The form "Stokbruer" is used in 1254 being a suffix by the "Briwere" family of the Manor House. The village contains many traditional stone and thatched cottages. It is situated on the Grand Union Canal . The parish is currently governed as part of West Northamptonshire . Before local government changes in 2021 it
126-463: Is the south portal of Blisworth tunnel - accessible by a walk along the old towpath (on the eastern side of the canal - north of the village, the western side is either private property or inaccessible.) The tunnel is 3,075 yards (2,812 m) long and is the longest wide, freely navigable tunnel in Europe. The tunnel was awarded a Transport Trust 'Red Wheel' in recognition of its industrial heritage and importance on 22-August-2014 (30th anniversary of
144-577: The University of Wolverhampton nursing faculty. The building from which she worked is now the Spice of Bruerne restaurant. Stoke Bruerne Stoke Bruerne is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire , England, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Milton Keynes and 7 miles (11 km) south of Northampton . The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 373. Stoke Bruerne
162-795: The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School , an educational college in Scarborough, Canada, named for the English Catholic nun Mary Ward (book) , a biography of the nun Mary Ward by Ida Friederike Görres Mary Ward (ship) , a passenger and cargo steamer built in Montreal, Canada in 1865, wrecked in a storm in 1872 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
180-517: The above Mary Augusta Ward Mary Jane Ward (1905–1981), American novelist Mary Ward Brown (1917–2013), American writer Entertainers [ edit ] Mary Ward (actress) (1915–2021), Australian actress and radio broadcaster Mary Mae Ward , a fictional character on the American ABC TV serial General Hospital , played by Rosalind Cash Other [ edit ] Mary Ward (nun) (1585-1645), English Catholic nun who founded
198-523: The area around Stoke Bruerne. One such walk, taking in Grafton Regis , was the subject of a Daily Telegraph article. Other walks in and around Northampton are mentioned in the County Council Right of way site. The village is home to one of the three museums owned and run by Canal & River Trust. The others are at Ellesmere Port and Gloucester Docks. About half a mile north of the village
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#1732880573043216-607: The importance of her work and she was appointed as a "consultant sister" to long-distance boatmen and families. Over several decades she acted as nurse, midwife, and even amanuensis to the mostly uneducated, illiterate boat people. She retired in 1965. She died seven years later in 1972 and was buried in the Baptist churchyard in Roade . Ward was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1951 New Year Honours . On 13 April 1959, she
234-623: The reopening of the tunnel in 1984). The Red Wheel is on the blacksmith's forge in Stoke Bruerne. There are two canalside public houses , The Boat Inn, and The Navigation, both serving a variety of meals and drinks. There is a restaurant/takeaway, The Spice of Bruerne, various bed and breakfast facilities and tearooms. The village attracts many visitors all year round and especially during the summer months. There are parking restrictions at all times, except for residents, on village roads which are all marked with double yellow lines . There is, however,
252-495: The running of the family business. When this moved to a shed (formerly occupied by the stonemason ) by the side of Lock 15, it became her surgery from where she administered medicine and care to the boat people. At first this was in an unofficial capacity and until the late 1930s she financed it from her own pocket. At this point the canal companies (precursors to British Waterways and then the Canal & River Trust ) began to recognise
270-563: The title Mary Ward . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Ward&oldid=1239842068 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mary Ward (nurse) Mary Ellen Holloway Amos Ward , BEM (4 April 1884 – 29 March 1972)
288-507: Was an English nurse to the boat people on the waterways. She was a significant figure in the history of the British canal system . Ward was born on 4 April 1884, the daughter of rope and twine manufacturer Thomas Amos and Sarah Ellen Hollowell. The family life centred on her birthplace of Stoke Bruerne , one of the major junctions of the English canals . She was never professionally qualified as
306-792: Was part of Tove Ward, named after the River Tove , of the district council of South Northamptonshire . The nearby country estate of Stoke Park along Shutlanger Road is occasionally open to the public in August, but all that remains of the main house are the two east and west wings known as Stoke Park Pavilions . In December 2008, the conservation project won the East Midlands' Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Award, alongside Foxton Locks , another major canal restoration project in Leicestershire , near Market Harborough . Many public footpaths cross
324-620: Was the subject of the television programme This Is Your Life . Many of her friends from Stoke Bruerne attended the screening and a picture of this can still be seen hanging on the wall in the Boat Inn there. She was quoted as saying "You can't take me away from boat people. There isn't one of them wouldn't die for me, or one I wouldn't die for." In 2013 the Canal Museum , run by the Canal & River Trust, hosted an exhibition on her life, sponsored by
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