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Thwaite (other)
Thwaite may refer to: Placenames *Thwaite (placename element) * Thwaite, North Norfolk, England *Thwaite St Mary, South Norfolk, England *Thwaite, North Yorkshire, England *Thwaite, Suffolk, England Buildings *Thwaite Hall, University of Hull hall of residence *Thwaite Mills Thwaite Mills is an industrial museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a fully restored working water-powered mill built in 1823-25, harnessing the power of the River Aire, and claims to be "one of the best last remaining examples of a w ..., industrial museum in Leeds, England * Thwaite Priory, former building in Lincolnshire, England Other * Thwaite (surname) See also * Thwaites (other) * Thorp and thorpe, similarly archaic placename elements {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite (placename Element)
Thwaite is a common element of placenames in North West England, and Yorkshire. It is also found elsewhere in England, including two places called Thwaite in Norfolk and one in Suffolk. It is most often found as a suffix. It is a common element of field names, as well as settlement names. It is most frequent in the North West, where some 80 examples are found in Cumberland, at least 30 in Westmorland, about 40 in Lancashire and 30 in the North Riding, whilst it is common in the western parts of the West Riding. Elsewhere in England it is rare, only three examples occurring in the East Riding and seven in Nottinghamshire. The name is usually from Old Norse ''thveit'' (also written ''þveit''), but sometimes from Old Danish ''thwēt'', both meaning "clearing" or "meadow". The element is also found in Normandy. In the Eure department alone there are at least five placenames with the same ''thveit'' root and meaning "clearing in a wooded area", locally represented as ''Thuit'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite St Mary
Thwaite St Mary is a rural village (and civil parish) in the English county of Norfolk, it sits just a few miles north of the Suffolk border. Thwaite – sometimes pronounced ‘twayt’ by locals – has approximately thirty-five dwellings and a population of around seventy-nine. The population is included in the civil parish of Hedenham. The name 'Thwaite' means 'Clearing'. Due to its rural location and minimal air and light pollution, Thwaite is home to an astronomical observatory run by the University of East Anglia. The village also backs on to the tiny Seething Airfield, formerly RAF Seething which utilises part of the runway from an old American wartime airbase. The 1941 control tower still stands and serves as a museum to the war years and to the 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in particular. Its unchanged control tower and the fact that it is still an active airfield means that Seething is often used as a location for wartime-themed charity events and air-days. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite, North Yorkshire
Thwaite is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is in Swaledale and is part the district of Richmondshire and the civil parish of Muker. The village lies on the B6270 road that runs through Swaledale from east to west and is west of Reeth. The name "Thwaite" comes from the Old Norse worþveit meaning 'clearing, meadow or paddock'. History The village was the home and birthplace of Richard and Cherry Kearton, who were pioneers in wildlife photography at the end of the 19th century. The Kearton name lives on in the Kearton tea rooms and guesthouse in the centre of the village and the Kearton Country Hotel. Local legend has it that the bridge over Thwaite Beck, was washed away during a fierce thunderstorm in the late 19th century. No-one was injured but a pig, that was taken by the waters, managed to climb out of the beck further downstream. A flash flood did hit the village in 1899, which resulted in the destruction of some outbuildings and garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite, Suffolk
Thwaite is a rural village in Suffolk, England. Thwaite is based on and around the A140 road, midway between Suffolk's county town of Ipswich and the city of Norwich, in Norfolk. It forms part of Mid Suffolk district. The village consists of a Public House (The Bucks Head) which has recently undergone a radical refurbishment, a redundant church, a recently restored 'school room' (used for small gatherings and parish meetings), and a post box. Homes include several thatched cottages interspersed with a number of individual houses, seemingly built during each decade right up to the early 2000s. The community includes a number of farms and maintains close links with neighbouring village of Stoke Ash, which has a post office, village hall and primary school. In 1910, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes dismantled a large timber-framed house, formerly the Queens Head, located next to what is now the A140. He transported it in 688 crates from Tilbury docks to the US, where it was reconstruc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite Hall
Thwaite Hall was a traditional hall of residence of the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History and description Thwaite House was built in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire between 1803 and 1807, it was acquired in 1872 by David Wilson and sold to his brother Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme in 1875, who substantially enlarged it and converted it into a mansion. After further changes of ownership in 1928, along with Needler Hall Needler Hall was a hall of residence of the University of Hull, located on Northgate in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Originally a large private house built in the 18th century, it was acquired, along with Thwaite Hall, by th ..., it was acquired by the newly created university college, and expanded in the 1930s and 40s into a hall of residence. In 2009, it consisted of 187 rooms and included a junior common room, a TV room, games room, library and senior common room. Thwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite Mills
Thwaite Mills is an industrial museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a fully restored working water-powered mill built in 1823-25, harnessing the power of the River Aire, and claims to be "one of the best last remaining examples of a water-powered mill in Britain". It is administered by Leeds City Council through Leeds Museums & Galleries. The mill, the manager's house and three associated buildings are all grade II listed buildings. History The first known mill on the site was a fulling mill built in 1641, as part of the local industry of manufacturing woollen cloth. In 1823–25 the Aire and Calder Navigation company acquired the mill and redeveloped the site. Two new large waterwheels were built, and the site comprised the mill building, the manager's house, stables, workshop, warehouse and workers' cottages. The cottages were demolished in 1968, but the other buildings remain intact. The mill was used for a range of purposes. The firm of W and E Joy used it to cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite Priory
Thwaite Priory was a monastery at Welton le Marsh in Lincolnshire, England. It was a house of Augustinian Canons Regular, dependent on Thornton Abbey Thornton Abbey was a medieval abbey located close to the small North Lincolnshire village of Thornton Curtis, near Ulceby, and directly south of Hull on the other side of the Humber estuary. Its ruins are a Grade I listed building, including not ..., founded before 1440 and thought to have been dissolved before 1536. Part of the remains were incorporated into an 18th-century cottage named Thwaite Hall. It is now a Grade II listed building. References External links * Monasteries in Lincolnshire Augustinian monasteries in England {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaite (surname)
Thwaite is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Ann Thwaite (born 1932), British biographer * Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021), English poet and writer * Bruce Thwaite (1923–1991), Australian paralympic competitor * Mark Thwaite (born 1965), English guitarist * Michael Thwaite Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ... (born 1983), Australian soccer player {{surname, Thwaite English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thwaites (other)
Thwaites may refer to: Companies * Thwaites Brewery * Thwaites & Reed, oldest clockmakers in the world Surnames *Ann Thwaites (1789–1866) English philanthropist also known as Mrs Thwaites, Ann Thwaytes and Mrs Thwaytes *Brenton Thwaites (born 1989), Australian actor *Bryan Thwaites (born 1923), English applied mathematician, educationalist and administrator *Caitlin Thwaites (born 1986), Australian netball and volleyball player *Daniel Thwaites, Sr. (1777–1843), founder of Thwaites Brewery *Daniel Thwaites (1817–1888), English brewer and Liberal Party politician *David Thwaites (born 1976), British actor *Denis Thwaites (1944–2015), English professional footballer who plays outside left *Edward Thwaites (1667–1711), English scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language *F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979), Australian novelist *George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1812–1882), British botanist and entomologist *Guy Thwaites (born 1971), British professor * John Barrass (Jack) Thwaites (1902 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
