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Risley — A Risley is any circus acrobalance posture where the base is lying down on their back, supporting one or more flyers with their hands, feet and/or other parts of the body.Risleys can be separated in to three general categories of skills: * Skills … Wikipedia
Risley — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of the various places named from the Old English pre 7th century words hris , meaning brushwood, plus leah , a wood or clearing. In effect the name is an … Surnames reference
Risley (disambiguation) — Risley may refer to: *Risley, a circus act, and a form of acrobalanceor a building: *Risley Residential College, connected with Cornell University *Risley Hall (Derbyshire, England), a hotel and spa in Derbyshireor a place in England: *Risley,… … Wikipedia
Risley Moss — is an area of peat bog situated near Birchwood in Warrington, England. It covers an area of nowrap|210.5 acres (85.2 ha) at coor dms|53|25|20|N|2|30|12|W|city (53.4221, 2.5034).The moss is one of the last remaining fragments of the raised bogs… … Wikipedia
Risley Park — is a park located off Risley Road in Oak Grove, Oregon. Risley Park is controlled by North Clackamas Parks and Recreation. Risley Park is located near a stream and has a combination of children s play equipment, picnic tables, a walking path,… … Wikipedia
Risley Hall — can mean: *Risley Hall (Derbyshire, England), now a hotel *John Risley Hall at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *Risley Residential College at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, USA … Wikipedia
Risley, Warrington — Risley is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of Warrington, Cheshire, England.It is south of Culcheth and is bordered to its north by the M62 motorway. During the Second World War it was the location of a Royal Ordnance Factory. After the… … Wikipedia
Risley Residential College — Infobox University campus university = Cornell University color = #ffcccc name = Risley Residential College picture = Risley shield stonework.jpg use = Residential college, Dining hall, Theater style = Tudor gothic erected = 1913 demolished = |… … Wikipedia
Risley Park Lanx — The Risley Park Lanx is a large silver dish of Roman origins, first discovered in 1729 in Risley Park, Derbyshire. Subsequently lost, later it apparently reemerged in the 1990s, a supposed heirloom of the Greenhalgh family. Bought by private… … Wikipedia
Risley Hall (Derbyshire, England) — This article is about the Risley Hall in Derbyshire, England. For the Residential College at Cornell University, see Risley Residential College. Risley Hall is an 11th century country house hotel and spa set in 17 acres of private landscaped… … Wikipedia
Risley, Derbyshire — Infobox UK place country = England static static image caption=The war memorial and entrance to the church latitude = 52.916 longitude = 1.320 map type = Derbyshire official name = Risley population = shire district = Erewash shire county =… … Wikipedia
