Lansdowne

Lansdowne

Lansdowne or Lansdown can refer to:

People

* Judith Lansdowne, author of Regency romance novels
* The Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
* Zachary Lansdowne, an aviator in the US Navy who died in the crash of the USS "Shenandoah" (ZR-1) in 1925.

Places

Australia

* Lansdowne (village), New South Wales
* Lansdowne (suburb), New South Wales

Canada

* Lansdowne, Edmonton
* Lansdowne, Ontario
* Lansdowne (electoral division), Manitoba, Canada
* Lansdowne Avenue in Westmount, Quebec
* Lansdowne Avenue in Toronto
** Lansdowne (TTC), a subway station located on the above street
* Lansdowne Park in Ottawa
* Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre in Richmond, British Columbia

India

* Lansdowne, Garhwal
* Lansdowne Road, now known as Sarat Bose Road is one of the arterial roads of Kolkata

Ireland

* Lansdowne Road The oldest international sports stadium in Ballsbridge, Dublin. It is currently out of use for a major redevelopment
* Lansdowne Road is also the name of the adjacent street, from which the stadium gained its name.

New Caledonia

* Lansdowne Bank

United Kingdom

England

* Lansdown, Bath
* Lansdowne, Bournemouth
* Lansdown Crescent, Bath
* Lansdown Crescent, Cheltenham
* Lansdowne Crescent, Leamington Spa
* Lansdowne House, or its Lansdowne Club, London

Wales

* Lansdowne Primary School A primary school found in Canton, a district of Cardiff

United States

* East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
* Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands, Maryland
* Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
* Lansdowne, Virginia
*Lansdowne Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Lansdowne House (Greenville, Ohio), on the National Register of Historic Places
* Lansdowne Resort, in Virginia
* Lansdowne Street in Boston, Massachusetts

Things

* Lansdowne Football Club, a rugby football club in Ireland.
* Lansdowne Letter
* The Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, owned by the first Marquess
* Lansdowne Studios, Lansdowne Road, London, England. Also known as CTS Lansdowne
* The Battle of Lansdowne, 1643
* USS "Lansdowne" (DD-486), a "Gleaves"-class destroyer, was named for Zachary Lansdowne.
* Lansdown (film), a 2002 film
*Lansdowne (band), a band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.


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