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Goodyhills
Goodyhills is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St Cuthbert, in northern Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located 1.5 miles east of the village of Mawbray, and 23 miles west of the city of Carlisle. A quarter of a mile to the north-west is the parish seat of Holme St Cuthbert, where the local primary school and parish church are located, and half a mile to the south-east is the small hamlet of Jericho. At nearby Newtown, there is a farm park and tea room called the Gincase. Goodyhills has no nearby public transport links; the closest railway station is at Aspatria, and the closest stop on a regular bus service is on the B5300 coast road at Mawbray. William Wilson, noted English academic, was born in Goodyhills in 1875, and attended nearby Holme St Cuthbert primary school. He attained his PhD at Leipzig University in Germany in 1902, and went on to become a lecturer at King's College, London. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923, and ended his career at Bedfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilson (English Academic)
William Wilson Royal Society, FRS Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, FHAS (1 March 1875 – 14 October 1965) was a leading figure in academic circles. He was born at Goodyhills, in the Abbeytown, Abbey Holme district of Cumberland in 1875. He was educated at the Holme St Cuthbert School, village school at Holme St Cuthbert, Cumberland, before attending the Aspatria Agricultural College, Aspatria, Cumberland. Early years William Wilson was born at Goodyhills, in the Abbeytown, Abbey Holme district of Cumberland in 1875; the eldest of eleven children to be born to William Osmotherley Wilson and his wife Isabella. William had taken his middle name from his grandmother who was a member of a prominent Quaker family which can trace their ancestry back to Ranulph de Osmundwerlaw and Agnes de Langrigg in the thirteenth century. He began his education at the Holme St Cuthbert School, village school at Holme St Cuthbert, Cumberland, where he excelled. On the recommendation of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |