Greystoke
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Greystoke may refer to:
- Greystoke, CumbriaGreystoke, CumbriaGreystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about west of Penrith. The village centres on a green surrounded by stone houses and cottages.-Buildings:...
, a village and civil parish in CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England- Greystoke CastleGreystoke CastleGreystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England. .In 1069, after the Norman conquest the English landlord Ligulf of Greystoke was re-granted his land and he built a wooden tower surrounded by a pale . The first stone structure on the...
in this village
- Greystoke Castle
- Greystoke Park, an area of Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, England - Greystoke Park, a modern housing development in Penrith, England
- Baron GreystockBaron GreystockThe title Baron Greystock has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created when John de Greystock was summoned to parliament in 1295 and it became extinct on his death...
or Greystoke, an English noble title, now extinct - TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
, a fictional character whose English name was said to be John Clayton, Lord Greystoke- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a 1984 film
- Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord GreystokeTarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord GreystokeTarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke is a fictional biography by Philip José Farmer. It presents the life story of Edgar Rice Burroughs' literary hero Tarzan as if he were a real person....
(1972), a "fictional biography" by Philip José FarmerPhilip José FarmerPhilip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories....
, based on Tarzan