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Old Bailey The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court centre (higher criminal court) in central London, dealing with major criminal cases in Greater London and, exceptionally, in other parts of England. It stands on the site of the medieval Newgate Gaol, in the street also called Old Bailey which is situated between Holborn circus and St Paul's Cathedral.
Old Bank District, Los Angeles, California A part of the Historic Core of Los Angeles, the Old Bank District is a small group of turn-of-the-century buildings centering on on 4th street. During the previous turn of the century it was the financial center of Los Angeles.
Old Baptist Union The Old Baptist Union is a small group of evangelical Baptist churches in the United Kingdom dedicated to the proclamation of the gospel. The Old Baptist Union was founded in 1880, owing largely to the labors of Henry Squire, an itinerant preacher.
Old Bar, New South Wales Old Bar is a coastal town, with a population of approximately 3000 people, in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree. It is east of Taree on the Mid North Coast, and approximately 300km north of Sydney.
Old Bay Seasoning Old Bay Seasoning is a blend of herbs and spices that is currently marketed in the United States by McCormick & Company, and produced in Maryland. It is named for the Chesapeake Bay area where it was developed by German immigrant Gustav Brunn in the 1940s.
Old Bear Stories Old Bear Stories was a BAFTA award winning non-stop animation television series for children based on the Old Bear and Friends books by Jane Hissey. Jane Hissey also created the television series, starting it in 1993, and creating 3 seasons, which ended in 1997 with a double-length Christmas special.
Old Beatty Ford Road Old Beatty Ford Road is a principal thruway in southern Rowan County, North Carolina. It runs from Stokes Ferry road in the easternmost fringes of the county near the Yadkin River to downtown Landis, North Carolina at U.
Old Bedford River The Old Bedford River is an artificial, partial diversion of the waters of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. It was named after the Francis, Earl of Bedford who, as one of Charles I's drainage contractors in the Fens, financed the construction of this man-made canal or "cut" in the first half of the 17th century.
Old Believers In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the Old Believers () separated after 1666 - 1667 from the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon. Old Believers continue liturgical practices which the Russian Orthodox Church maintained before the implementation of these reforms.
Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency) Old Bexley and Sidcup is a UK parliamentary constituency situated wholly within the London Borough of Bexley. The seat's incumbent MP since the 2001 general election is Derek Conway of the Conservative Party, who won the selection contest after Sir Edward Heath, who had held the seat and its predecessors since 1950, announced his retirement at the end of the previous parliament.
Old Blind Dogs Old Blind Dogs is a musical group which plays Celtic folk and traditional Scottish folk music, with influences from rock, reggae and Middle Eastern music rhythms. The three founding members of the band (Ian F Benzie, Buzzby McMillan and Jonny Hardie) first met during a so-called "buskers' holiday" in the Scottish Highlands in 1990, and after playing together for the summer decided to call themselves "Old Blind Dogs".
Old Book (ghost) Old Book is the name given to a purported ghost or spirit which haunts a cemetery and tree on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois. While rumors of ghosts and ghost stories are highly speculative the Old Book tale has been documented many times.
Old Boy (manga) is a Japanese manga, written by Tsuchiya Garon and artwork by Minegishi Nobuaki. It follows the story of a nameless man (later going under the pseudonym Yashizawa) who seeks revenge upon his captors who imprisoned him for 10 years, however Yashizawa has no idea who his captors were and must analyse his past.
Old Bridge CDP, New Jersey Old Bridge is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP had a total population of 22,833.
Old Bridge High School Old Bridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Old Bridge Township Public Schools.
Old Bridge Township Public Schools The Old Bridge Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
Old Bridge, Huntingdon The Old Bridge in Huntingdon (now part of Cambridgeshire, England) is a well-preserved medieval stone bridge over the River Great Ouse, connecting Huntingdon to Godmanchester. The town has long been an important bridgehead, with Ermine Street (connecting London to Lincoln and York), as well as various east-west trade routes, crossing the Great Ouse here.
Old Bridgewater Historical Society The Old Bridgewater Historical Society collects, preserves and publishes material relating to the history of the original settlement of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It possesses many historical materials, including genealogical information and artefacts pertaining to local history.
Old Brooklyn Old Brooklyn is a west side neighborhood of Cleveland, extending east-to-west from the Cuyahoga River to the City of Brooklyn and north-to-south from the Brookside Park Valley to the City of Parma. Originally a portion of Brooklyn Township, the area was settled in 1814 as the hamlet of Brighton, centered at the present-day intersection of Pearl and Broadview Roads.
Old Bunnell State Bank Building The Old Bunnell State Bank Building (also known as the Citizens Bank of Bunnell) is a historic site in Bunnell, Florida, located between 101 through 107 North Bay Street. On June 25, 1992, it was added to the U.
Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an orthodox church used by Julian Calendar. At the request of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church in Bulgaria, the Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) founded the Diocese of Sofia after the collapse of Communism.
Old Campus The Old Campus is the complex of buildings at Yale University in the middle of New Haven, Connecticut that houses incoming freshmen from 10 out of 12 Yale's residential colleges. Although students are assigned a residential college before starting their studies at Yale, they live in Old Campus dormitories during their freshman year and move into their colleges at the beginning of sophomore year.
Old Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Montreal The Canadian Bank of Commerce building (or Édifice Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) at 265 Saint-Jacques Street was built in 1906-1909. The 5 storey building was built by Darling and Pearson with distinctive Corinthian columns in the front.
Old Canes Old Canes is a musical band from Lawrence, Kansas] comprising front man [[Christopher Crisci (of The Appleseed Cast), Nathan Richardson (The Casket Lottery), Jordan Geiger, Aaron Coker, Tyler French, Gabriel Booth, Eric Verhar, and Kelsey Richardson in what they call a "musical collective". During tours, they mostly perform as a trio depending on the artists' availability.
Old Capitol Mall The Old Capitol Mall was a major shopping mall in the downtown area of Iowa City, Iowa during the late 20th century (from 1981 to 1998). Located across the street from the south-east corner of the Pentacrest (a four-block-sized parcel of land with a collection of five buildings with the old Iowa Territory capitol in the middle), the Old Capitol Mall was a convenient shopping center for University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff.
Old Cases "Old Cases" is the fourth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clement Virgo.
Old Castile Old Castille (Spanish: Castilla la Vieja) is a historic region of Spain, which included territory that later corresponded to the provinces of politically, Santander (now Cantabria), Burgos, Logroño (now La Rioja), Soria, Segovia, and Ávila, to which some scholars add Valladolid and Palencia.
Old Castle of Lieto Old Castle of Lieto (Liedon Vanhalinna in Finnish) is a fortified hill in Lieto, Finland. According to excavations, it has been in usage in the Late Bronze Age (1000-500 BCE), in Midlle Iron Age (500-700 CE, contested) and in the Middle Ages up to the end of the 14th century.
Old Cathedral of Coimbra The Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Portuguese: SĂ© Velha de Coimbra) is the most important Romanesque building in Portugal. Construction of the SĂ© Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Count Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital.
Old Catholic Church The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. Many of these were German-speaking churches of laypersons and clergymen who split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1870s because of the promulgation of the dogma of Papal Infallibility as promoted by the First Vatican Council of 1869–1870.
Old Catholic Church of Austria The Old Catholic Church of Austria is the Austrian member church of the Old Catholic Churches' Union of Utrecht. It was nationally recognized in 1877, despite objections of the imperial dynasty and the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the formally pro-Vatican I Roman Catholic state of Austria-Hungary.
Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands The Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands is the mother church related to the Old Catholic Churches. She is sometimes called Ancient Catholic Church, Church of Utrecht (Ultrajectine Church) or Dutch Roman Catholic Church of the Old Episcopal Order.
Old Central Government Offices The old Central Government Office was home to many of Hong Kong Government's departments from 1847 to 1954. Built in 1847 as the Secretriat Building, it was also home to the territory's Legislative Council since the 1930s.
Old Central School Old Central School was a school on Wimbledon Common, south-west London, founded in 1758. It closed in the early 1960s when its role was taken over by Bishop Gilpin School, a new school on a different site in Wimbledon.
Old City (Hyderabad) The Old City is the name given to parts in the east of the city of Hyderabad in Sindh, Pakistan that were part of the city before the creation of Latifabad and Qasimabad. These areas include Paratabad, Islamabad, Noorani Basti, Tando Yousaf and Kalimori.
Old City Hall (Ottawa) The building today commonly referred to as the Old City Hall was the building that served as Ottawa's city hall from 1958 to 2000. Today it is officially known as 111 Sussex Drive and is owned by the Federal Government of Canada.
Old City Hall (Toronto) Toronto's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. It is at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, opposite the new City Hall in the centre of downtown Toronto.
Old City Hall, Hong Kong The first City Hall of Hong Kong was a 2-storey colonial-style building at 1 Queen's Road Central in 1869. It was demolished in 1933, and the first headquarters building of the HongkongBank was built on the site.
Old City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Old City (sometimes spelled "Olde City") is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia located in the area near the Delaware River where William Penn and the Quakers first settled. For tourists it is best known as the home of Elfreth's Alley and many of Philadelphia's other historic sites.
Old Clarksville Site The Old Clarksville Site is along the waterfront of Clarksville, Indiana, roughly between the Interpretive Center and Clark Homesite of Falls of the Ohio State Park. Officially its address is restricted by the National Register, as much of it is on private property where there is no public access to the Ohio River.
Old Clee Old Clee is located in the Clee Road (A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, with which it has historic links. Previously a separate village, its parish church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby, has a Saxon tower dating from 1050 AD.
Old College, University of Edinburgh In 1789 subscriptions were raised to fund a new university in Edinburgh to a plan prepared by Robert Adam, to replace an existing collection of dilapidated buildings of the University of Edinburgh, and the foundation stone was laid in November of that year for what was proposed as a building with a "First Court", giving access to professor's logings, followed by a Great Court, around which the main academic halls and lecture rooms would be arranged. By the end of 1791 several apartments were in use, but in the following year the death of Robert Adam and the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars and the imposition of income tax slowed, then halted progress.
Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railroad The Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railroad is an American tourist railroad located on America's Cup Avenue in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, just across the street from the Visitors Center for the city. Formed over 25 years ago it is presently run by Donald Elbert, Executive Director and Jack Doyle, General Manager as a non-profit 501c 3 Corporation.
Old Colony Railroad The Old Colony Railroad was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts, USA. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Provincetown, the tip of Cape Cod, and Providence, Rhode Island via its Boston and Providence Railroad.
Old Colwyn Old Colwyn (Welsh Hen Golwyn), is a small town just to the east of Colwyn Bay, in the county of Conwy, north Wales. Prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974 it was part of the Municipal Borough of Colwyn Bay, but the reorganisation established it as a separate parish (known as a community in Wales), whose population at the 2001 census was 7,626.
Old Commonwealth Old Commonwealth and White Commonwealth are informal terms used to describe the predominantly white members of the Commonwealth of Nations located in the developed world, specifically the United Kingdom and the realms of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Old Cordilleran Culture The Old Cordilleran Culture, also known as the Cascade phase, is an ancient culture of Native Americans that settled in the Pacific Northwest that existed from 9000 or 10000 BC until about 5500 BC. It is thought it may be even older, depending on when human beings first arrived in America.
Old Corn Meal Old Corn Meal, or Signor Cormeali, was an African American street vendor in New Orleans, Louisiana who became famous in the late 1830s for singing and dancing while he sold his wares. He is one of the earliest known African Americans to have had a documented influence on the development of blackface minstrelsy specifically and American popular music in general.
Old Course at St Andrews The Old Course at St Andrews is one of the oldest golf courses in the world and possibly the oldest surviving course in ScotlandThe Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews], [[Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) club house sits adjacent to the first tee and although it might be imagined that they own the course, they are but one of many clubs that have playing privileges on the course, along with the general public.
Old Covenant The Old Covenant (Icelandic Gamli sáttmáli ) was the name of the agreement which effected the union of Iceland and Norway. It is also known as Gissurarsáttmáli (English: "Gissur's Covenant") after the Icelandic chieftain who worked to promote it.
Old Cummer (GO Station) The Old Cummer GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. It is a stop on the Richmond Hill line train service and offers service to Union Station in downtown Toronto.
Old Dan Tucker "Old Dan Tucker", also known as "Ole Dan Tucker", "Dan Tucker", and other variants, is a popular American song. Its origins remain obscure; the tune may have come from the oral tradition, and the words may have been written by songwriter and performer Dan Emmett.
Old Davidsonville State Park Old Davidsonville State Park preserves the site of the frontier town of Davidsonville. The town was founded in 1815 and rapidly became the most important town in northeast Arkansas Territory, but was abandoned by the 1830s.
Old Days "Old Days" is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VIII (1975), with lead vocals by Peter Cetera. The second single released from that album, it reached #5 on the U.
Old Dee Bridge The Old Dee Bridge, in Chester, Cheshire, England is the very ancient bridge that leads from the bottom of Lower Bridge Street and the Bridge gate across the River Dee to Handbridge/Tre-boeth. It has seven arches, all of which are of unequal dimensions.
Old Dillard High School The Old Dillard High School (also known as the Colored School or Walker Elementary or Old Dillard Art and Cultural Museum) is a historic school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It is located at 1001 Northwest 4th Street.
Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a public/private university located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Old Dutch Old Dutch (Also Old Low Franconian, strictly Old West Low Franconian) is the West Germanic language or dialect group that was spoken and written during the early middle ages (c. 500 - 1150) in the present day Low Countries and areas of France near the North Sea coast.
Old Dutch Foods Old Dutch Foods is a manufacturer of potato chips and other snack foods in the Midwestern United States and Western Canada. Their product line includes brands such as Old Dutch Potato Chips, Dutch Crunch, Ripples and Restaurante Style Tortilla Chips.
Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow is a 17th century church located in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The church and its three acre churchyard feature prominently in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Old Earth creationism Old Earth creationism is a variant of the creationist view of the origin of the universe and life on Earth. It is currently the view of many Catholic and Protestant Christians, and is typically more compatible with mainstream scientific thought, on the issues of the age of the Universe or Earth, than Young Earth creationism.
Old East Dallas, Dallas, Texas Old East Dallas, formerly the city of East Dallas, Texas is a community comprised of several neighborhoods in east Dallas, Texas, (USA). In 1890, the city of East Dallas, much larger geographically than Dallas, was annexed into Dallas, making Dallas the largest city in Texas.
Old East Slavic language Old East Slavic, traditionally known as Old Russian (Russian: древнерусский), is a name for a vernacular literary language used between the 10th and 14th centuries by East Slavs in Kievan Rus and other states formed by that ethnic group. Its dialects were spoken, though not exclusively, roughly in the area today occupied by the European part of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and several eastern voivodships of Poland.
Old Economy, Pennsylvania Old Economy, Pennsylvania is a preserved historic neighborhood in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It was the third and last home of the Harmony Society, a religious movement that died out in the early 20th Century.
Old English (Ireland) Old English (Irish: Seanghaill) is a name retrospectively applied to the descendants of the settlers who came to Ireland from Wales, Normandy and England after the twelfth century conquest of the country. The name was coined in the late sixteenth century and was designed to describe the section of the above community which lived within the heart of English rule in Ireland, The Pale.
Old English District Old English District was one of the districts of Tryon County when it was set off from Albany County, in the American Colony of New York, on March 12, 1772. The district continued under that name when the county name was changed to Montgomery County in April, 1784, after the American Revolution.
Old English language Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon and Englisc) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. It is a West Germanic language and therefore is closely related to Old Frisian and Old Saxon.
Old English morphology The morphology of the Old English language is quite different from that of Modern English, predominantly by being much more highly inflected. It more closely resembles modern German, which has over the centuries been more conservative than English.
Old English phonology The phonology of Old English is necessarily somewhat speculative, since it is preserved purely as a written language. Nevertheless, there is a very large corpus of Old English, and the written language apparently indicates phonological alternations quite faithfully, so it is not difficult to draw certain conclusions about the nature of Old English phonology.
Old English Sheepdog The Old English Sheepdog is a breed of dog formerly used for herding livestock, and now primarily kept as a pet. They are best known for their shaggy grey and white fur which also covers their face, including their eyes, which leads some casual observers to wonder how they can see.
Old Environmental Party in Järfälla Old Environmental Party in Järfälla (in Swedish: Gamla Miljöpartiet i Järfälla) was a political party in Järfälla, Sweden. Its name implies that it predated the formation of the nationwide Miljöpartiet.
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park Old Erie Canal State Historic Park is a part of the New York State Park system. It is a strip park encompassing a 36-mile segment of the original Erie Canal's Long Level section, and extends eastward from Butternut Creek in the town of Dewitt, New York, east of Syracuse, to just outside of the city of Rome, New York.
Old European hydronymy Old European (alteuropäisch) is the term used by Krahe (1964) for the language of the oldest reconstructed stratum of Indo-European hydronymy in Central and Western Europe. The character of these river names is pre-Germanic and pre-Celtic and dated by Krahe to the 2nd millennium BC.
Old European Script The Old European Script (also known as the VinÄŤa alphabet, VinÄŤa script or VinÄŤa-Tordos script) is a name sometimes given to the markings on prehistoric artifacts found in south-eastern Europe. Some believe the markings to be a writing system of the VinÄŤa culture, which inhabited the region around 6000-4000 BC.
Old Executive Office Building The Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), now officially known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (and formerly as the State, War, and Navy Building) is a federal office building next to the White House, on 17th Street, N.W.
Old fashioned glass The old fashioned glass is commonly found in bars and pubs, it is not very tall but is a little wider than the Hi-Ball, making it suitable for cocktails that have fewer ingredients. A drink using two or fewer ingredients is traditionally served in an old-fashioned glass.
Old for young Old for young —ie. where the old sacrifice for the sake of the young, either by self for sake of natural balance, or else by enforced law for sake of population control quotas, is a theme or concept of a custom of human sacrifice typically found within certain types of science fiction stories, however real examples of these customs have been recorded to exist among some indigenous people, such as certain Inuit tribes.
Old Faith In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Old Faith is the chief druidic order in the Flanaess. Though strongly associated with the faiths of Beory and Obad-Hai, the Old Faith also encompasses other deities, principally those concerned with natural phenomema.
Old Faithful, rugby league song Old Faithful a club chant of Hull FC rugby league club, was made popular in the early 1930's when Hull had a full back called Joe Oliver. Oliver, who was the team goal kicker, was so dependable with the boot that the crowd at one match spontaneously started singing the Gene Autry song, with slightly altered lyrics, 'Old Faithful' at him.
Old Farmer's Almanac The Old Farmer's Almanac is a reference book that contains weather forecasts, tide tables, planting charts and recipes. According to the cover of the latest edition, the almanac has been published continuously since 1792, making it the oldest continuously published periodical in North America.
Old Fart (wine) Old Fart is a brand of French wine produced in the Languedoc region. The wine label is unusual for a French wine in that it prominently presents the brand name and the variety of grape from which the wine is produced.
Old Fashioned The Old Fashioned is a cocktail, possibly the first drink to be called a cocktail. It is traditionally served in a short, round, 8-12 ounce tumbler-like glass, called an Old-Fashioned glass, named after the drink.
Old Fields, West Virginia Old Fields is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River in northern Hardy County, West Virginia. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Old Fields has also been known throughout its history as Indian Old Field, Indian Old Fields, and Oldfields.
Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge The Old Finch Avenue bridge is one of two bailey bridges in Toronto (the other is Lakeshore Boulevard Bailey Bridge). The Finch bridge is used for limited vehicular traffic on Old Finch Avenue in north-east Toronto.
Old Finland Old Finland (Vanha Suomi in Finnish) is a name used for the areas that Russia gained from Sweden in the Great Northern War and in the Russo-Swedish War, 1741-1743. Old Finland was joined to the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812.
Old Firm The name Old Firm (sometimes called the Auld Firm) is a collective term for the Glaswegian football clubs, Rangers and Celtic. Its modern usage is generally as a neutral shorthand for the two clubs, for example when describing their derby matches.
Old Fletton Old Fletton was an urban district in the county of Huntingdonshire and then (from 1965) Huntingdon and Peterborough. In 1974 the urban district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and it now forms part of the city of Peterborough.
Old Folks at Home "Old Folks at Home," also known by the words of its first line, "(Way Down Upon the) Swanee River," is a song originally written in 1851 by composer Stephen Foster, to be performed by the New York performing troupe Christy's Minstrels. The name of E.
Old Ford railway station Old Ford railway station was a former railway station in Old Ford, north of Bow, London. It was on the North London Railway between Victoria Park and Bow stations; the station was located on Old Ford Road, east of the junction with Lefevre Road (now Lefevre Walk).
Old Forge, New York Old Forge is a hamlet on Route 28 in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York. Old Forge was formerly a village, which dissolved its incorporation, but it is still the principal community in the region, and, along with the adjacent community Thendara, forms an extensive business district; primarily directed at tourism during the summer months.
Old Fort Providence, Northwest Territories Old Fort Providence, located near the mouth of Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada, was one of the first fur trading outposts on Great Slave Lake. It was established in 1786 by Peter Pond of the Northwest Company and later (1789) operated by Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
Old Fort, Delhi The Old Fort, also known as the Purana Qil'ah or Purana Killa in Hindi, is one of the most famous monuments in Delhi, India and is its oldest historical site. The fort was constructed in the 16th-century by the founder of the Sur Dynasty, Sher Shah Suri.
Old Four The Old Four is a soccer conference comprised of four public institutions of higher education in Central Canada. The name is a traditional appellation for the four universities as a group, but this usage is less common today.
Old Fourth Ward A historic African American community located west of the Poncey-Highlands neighborhood and South of the Midtown neighborhood. The original home of Morris Brown College and Clark College, later Clark Atlanta University.
Old Frankish language Old Frankish was the language of the Franks. Classified as a West Germanic language, it was spoken in areas covering modern France, Germany, and the Low Countries in Merovingian times (until the 6th century), possibly extending into early Carolingian times (8th century).
Old French Sign Language Old French Sign Language is a term that loosely describes the language of the Deaf community in 18th century Paris at the time of the establishment of the first deaf schools. The earliest records of the language are in the work of the Abbé de l'Épée, who stumbled across two sisters communicating in signs, and through them became aware of a signing community of 200 deaf Parisians.
Old Friends: Live on Stage Simon & Garfunkel's Old Friends Live On Stage is a live document from their highly successful "Old Friends" reunion concert tour of 2003, with The Everly Brothers as special guests. Both the CD and DVD were released in November 2004.
Old Frisian Old Frisian was the West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries by the people who, from their ancient homes in North Germany and Denmark, had settled in the area between the Rhine and Elbe on the European North Sea coast in the 4th and 5th centuries. The language of the earlier inhabitants of the region (the Frisians famously mentioned by Tacitus) is not attested.
Old growth forest Old growth forest, sometimes called late seral forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primary forest or ancient woodland is an area of forest that has attained great age and exhibits unique biological features. Old growth forests typically contain large live trees, large dead trees (sometimes called "snags"), and large logs.
Old German Baptist Brethren Old German Baptist Brethren (OGBB) descend from a pietist movement in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708, when Alexander Mack founded a fellowship with 8 believers. They are one of seven Brethren groups that trace themselves to that original founding body.

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