by Raymond A Roofer December 17, 2003
Get the Hampton mug.“HAMPTON ROADS” is a condensed version of the original name given by the region’s settlers to the harbor in southeastern Virginia known then as: Southampton’s Roadstead.
The term “Hampton” dates from the early 17th century when the first royal governor, Lord de la Ware, named the area in honor of the third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, a major investor of the Virginia Company of London, the financial backers of the Jamestown settlers. And, “Roadstead” is an old English word for a protected harbor.
Some things never change: just as sports stadiums, libraries, and college buildings today are named for major sponsors and donors, so it was then.
“HAMPTON ROADS” also refers to the body of water between the Virginia Peninsula (to the North) and Southside, the southern part of southeastern Virginia. It is formed by the confluence of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers and flows into the Chesapeake Bay whose watershed covers 64,000 square miles and all or part of six states (NY, PA, WV, MD, DE and VA) and DC.
“HAMPTON ROADS” is one of the world’s biggest and deepest natural harbors, the largest in North America, and is home to the world’s largest naval base at Norfolk. “HAMPTON ROADS” has been well known within nautical and maritime communities for centuries.
“HAMPTON ROADS” was widely adopted as the name for the surrounding region in 1984 when two planning districts and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) merged, placing the region in the nation’s top 50.
The term “Hampton” dates from the early 17th century when the first royal governor, Lord de la Ware, named the area in honor of the third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, a major investor of the Virginia Company of London, the financial backers of the Jamestown settlers. And, “Roadstead” is an old English word for a protected harbor.
Some things never change: just as sports stadiums, libraries, and college buildings today are named for major sponsors and donors, so it was then.
“HAMPTON ROADS” also refers to the body of water between the Virginia Peninsula (to the North) and Southside, the southern part of southeastern Virginia. It is formed by the confluence of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers and flows into the Chesapeake Bay whose watershed covers 64,000 square miles and all or part of six states (NY, PA, WV, MD, DE and VA) and DC.
“HAMPTON ROADS” is one of the world’s biggest and deepest natural harbors, the largest in North America, and is home to the world’s largest naval base at Norfolk. “HAMPTON ROADS” has been well known within nautical and maritime communities for centuries.
“HAMPTON ROADS” was widely adopted as the name for the surrounding region in 1984 when two planning districts and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) merged, placing the region in the nation’s top 50.
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Hampshire High School, or HHS, is a public high school in Hampshire, Illinois that is currently in a building that is completely unnecessarily huge. The current one they're in was finished being built in 2008. Hampshire is filled with boys who think they're better than everyone and girls who complain about it. There are cameras all over the school and if you go into the front office you see a computer with all the different camera angles on it... I guess HHS just wants to be your typical jail? I don't really know.
Although the past football season was a letdown, basketball is a different story. Actually did decent! It is one of three HS's in D300, the others being Jacobs HS and Dundee-Crown HS. It's pretty much the pussy school of the three, considering it has the least amount of people and they're all literally in the suburbs... aka corn, corn, galore. At least Algonquin and Carpentersville have civilization.
But that's okay because the lockers are so cute and stubby and the lunch food is to die for! Four stars!
And that's about all there is to HHS... thank you for your time and cooperation.
Although the past football season was a letdown, basketball is a different story. Actually did decent! It is one of three HS's in D300, the others being Jacobs HS and Dundee-Crown HS. It's pretty much the pussy school of the three, considering it has the least amount of people and they're all literally in the suburbs... aka corn, corn, galore. At least Algonquin and Carpentersville have civilization.
But that's okay because the lockers are so cute and stubby and the lunch food is to die for! Four stars!
And that's about all there is to HHS... thank you for your time and cooperation.
HHS student: I hate Hampshire High School, can I transfer to Jacobs or something??
HJD student: Uhhhh
Hampshire boy: Love getting bitches left and right thrown at me! What more could I ask for?
Other Hampshire boy: I don't know, dude, maybe if someone threw a party every once and a while we'd get laid...
Hampshire girl: Wahhhh :'( hml... boys suck
HJD student: Uhhhh
Hampshire boy: Love getting bitches left and right thrown at me! What more could I ask for?
Other Hampshire boy: I don't know, dude, maybe if someone threw a party every once and a while we'd get laid...
Hampshire girl: Wahhhh :'( hml... boys suck
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