Nonsuch
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Nonsuch may refer to:
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- Nonsuch HouseNonsuch HouseThe four-story Nonsuch House on London Bridge, completed in 1579, is the earliest documented prefabricated building. It was originally constructed in the Netherlands, taken apart and shipped to London in pieces in 1578, where it was reassembled. Each timber was marked so that it could be...
, 1579, on London Bridge - Nonsuch PalaceNonsuch PalaceNonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England; it stood from 1538 to 1682–3. Its ruins are in Nonsuch Park.- Background :Nonsuch Palace in Surrey was perhaps the grandest of Henry VIII's building projects...
, an English royal palace built by Henry VIII in what is now Surrey - Nonsuch ParkNonsuch ParkNonsuch Park is a public park between Stoneleigh, North Cheam, Cheam, and Ewell and the last surviving part of the Little Park of Nonsuch, a deer hunting park established by Henry VIII of England surrounding the former Nonsuch Palace...
, a public park in the London Borough of SuttonLondon Borough of SuttonThe London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It is one of the southernmost boroughs of London...
, part of the larger park associated with the palace - Nonsuch MansionNonsuch MansionNonsuch Mansion is a Grade II listed house located within Nonsuch Park in north Surrey, England. In medieval times it was part of the three thousand acre manor of Cuddington. The mansion was built in 1731-43 by Joseph Thompson and later bought by Samuel Farmer in 1799. He employed Jeffry Wyattville...
, a mansion in Nonsuch Park - Treaty of NonsuchTreaty of NonsuchThe Treaty of Nonsuch was signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Netherlands on 10 August 1585 at Nonsuch Palace in Surrey.-Background:The treaty was provoked by the signing of the Treaty of Joinville in 1584 between Philip II of Spain and the Catholic League in France in which Philip II promised...
, a treaty made at the palace between England and the Dutch Republic in 1585., name of several English and British warships, a Canadian Naval Reserve division in Edmonton, Alberta - USS Nonsuch, a US warship from 1813
- Nonsuch (album)Nonsuch (album)Nonsuch is the eleventh studio album by XTC, released on 27 April 1992. In a 1992 MTV interview, Andy Partridge said that he had selected the name of the album after encountering a drawing of Nonsuch Palace and, thinking that the archaic word "Nonsuch" meant "does not exist" rather than, as he...
, an alternative rock album by British band XTCXTCXTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:... - Nonsuch (sailboat)Nonsuch (sailboat)The Nonsuch line of catboats is a series of popular cruising sailboats built between 1978 and the mid-1990s by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario. They were popular in North America, with over 950 ships built...
, a cat-rigged sailboat manufactured in Canada. - Nonsuch (ship)Nonsuch (ship)The Nonsuch was the ketch that sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668-1669 under Zachariah Gillam, in the first trading voyage for what was to become the Hudson's Bay Company two years later. Originally built as a merchant ship in 1650, and later the Royal Navy ketch HMS Nonsuch, the vessel was sold to Sir...
, the English ship that sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668–69 - Nonsuch IslandNonsuch Island, BermudaNonsuch Island is part of the chain which makes up Bermuda. It is located in St George's Parish, in the northeast of the territory. It is 5.7 ha in area and is situated at the eastern entrance to Castle Harbour, close to the south-easternmost point of Cooper's Island...
, island in Bermuda, being restored to pre-colonial ecology - Nonsuch High SchoolNonsuch High SchoolNonsuch High School is an all-girls' grammar school located in Cheam, South London, England, standing in of grounds on the edge of Nonsuch Park. The school holds Specialist Science College and Specialist language status.-Awards:...
, a girls' Grammar school in Cheam, Surrey UK, near the park - Nonsuch Publishing, publisher of general and local history, in Dublin, Ireland
Not to be confused with:
- Nonesuch (disambiguation)