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Holywood Level Crossing And Train
Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway, a village and civil parish in south west Scotland ** Holywood railway station (Scotland), a former station Arts * ''Holy Wood'' (novel), an unpublished novel by Marilyn Manson * ''Holy Wood'' (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), a 2000 album by Marilyn Manson * Holy Wood, a fictional location in the 1990 DiscWorld novel '' Moving Pictures'' by Terry Pratchett Other * Christopher Holywood (1559–1626), 17th-century Jesuit * ''Guaiacum sanctum'', commonly known as Holywood or Holywood Lignum-vitae See also * Palo santo (other), (Spanish: ''holy wood'') * * * Wood (other) * Holy (other) Holy is a synonym for sacred. Holy or Holiness may also refer to: * Holiness moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood, County Down
Holywood ( ) (Irish: ''Ard Mhic Nasca'', meaning 'Height of the Son of Nasca'. Latin: ''Sanctus Boscus'', meaning 'Holy Wood') is a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland of 755 acres lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor. Holywood Exchange and Belfast City Airport are nearby. The town hosts an annual jazz and blues festival. Toponymy The English name ''Holywood'' comes . This was the name the Normans gave to the woodland surrounding the monastery of St Laiseran, son of Nasca. The monastery was founded by Laiseran before 640 and was on the site of the present Holywood Priory. The earliest Anglicised form appears as ''Haliwode'' in a 14th-century document. The Irish name for Holywood is ''Ard Mhic Nasca'' meaning "high ground of Mac Nasca". History In the early 19th century, Holywood, like many other coastal villages throughout Ireland, became popular as a resort for sea-bathing. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood, County Down (civil Parish)
Holywood is a civil parish and townland (of ) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower and covers some areas that are now in Belfast. Settlements The civil parish contains the town of Holywood. Townlands The civil parish contains the following townlands: *Ballycloghan * Ballycultraw * Ballydavey * Ballygrainey * Ballyhackamore * Ballykeel * Ballymaghan * Ballymenagh * Ballymisert * Ballyrobert * Craigavad *Holywood * Killeen * Knocknagoney * Strandtown See also *List of civil parishes of County Down In Ireland, Counties are divided into civil parishes which are sub-divided into townlands. The following is a list of civil parishes in County Down, Northern Ireland: A Aghaderg, Annaclone, Annahilt, Ardglass, Ardkeen, Ardquin B Ballee, Ba ... References {{Authority control Holywood, County Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood Railway Station (Northern Ireland)
Holywood railway station serves Holywood in County Down, Northern Ireland. History The Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR) opened the line between Queen's Quay, Belfast and Holywood on 2 August 1848. Holywood was a terminus until May 1865, when the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (BH&BR) opened from Holywood to Bangor. In 1859 the B&CDR sold its Holywood branch to the BH&BR, with the result that Holywood station came under BH&BR management. However, the B&CDR leased the BH&BR line from 1878 and took it over in 1884, which meant that Holywood station returned to its original management and ownership. When BH&BR opened in 1865 it was single track. In response to increased traffic the B&CDR doubled the track in stages between 1897 and 1902. In 1911 Holywood station handled passenger and parcel traffic, while its goods yard offered facilities for goods, general livestock, horses and prize cattle. Carriages could be conveyed by passenger train. The Ulster Transport Author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood, Dumfries And Galloway
Holywood is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village of Holywood was developed in the mid twentieth century. In 1949 eighteen houses were built by the county council and followed shortly after by another 38. Holywood was the site of a Premonstratensian abbey which was established in 1225 and dissolved in 1609. The abbey was dismantled and used to build the parish church in 1778. No remains are now visible. The site of Holywood Abbey was previously called '' Dercongal'', 'Congal's oak-copse'. The name Holywood refers to this oak-copse. The saint commemorated in this name may be Convallus, disciple of Saint Mungo. However, there are a number of other saints to whom the dedication could apply. The surrounding landscape has several prehistoric monuments, including two cursuses and the Twelve Apostles stone circle, which suggests a continuity of sacred or administrative tradition in the area. The parish previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holywood Railway Station (Scotland)
Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries. History The station opened on 15 October 1849 as Killylung. Within a year it was renamed as Holywood. The station is now closed, although the line through the station is still open. One platform still exists and a level crossing controlled by a signal box. The small village of Holywood Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * ... with its church stands a little way off and the old creamery stands close by to the station site. Views of Holywood signal box and level crossing File:Holywood station site Dumfries.JPG, The old station platform and line looking Dumfries File:Holywood signal box Dumfries.JPG, Holywood signal box File:Holywood level crossing gate.JPG, Detail of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Wood (novel)
''Holy Wood'' is an unpublished novel by Marilyn Manson, written between 1999 and 2000 (although Manson has claimed to have been writing selections since 1995). Initially envisioned as a companion piece to the album ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'', it remained unreleased after a series of delays, alleged by Manson to have been caused by a "publishing war". Plot Describing the plot of the novel itself, Manson said: "The whole story, if you take it from the beginning, is parallel to my own, but just told in metaphors and different symbols that I thought other people could draw from. It's about being innocent and naive, much like Adam was in Paradise before they fall from grace. And seeing something like Hollywood, which I used as a metaphor to represent what people think is the perfect world, and it's about wanting — your whole life — to fit into this world that doesn't think you belong, that doesn't like you, that beats you down every step of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
