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Waterfoot is the name of several places etc. in the United Kingdom: * Waterfoot, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, a village * Waterfoot, Argyll and Bute, a List of United Kingdom locations: Wam-Way#Wat–Waz, location in Scotland * Waterfoot, Cumbria, a List of United Kingdom locations: Wam-Way#Wat–Waz, location in England * Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, a village * Waterfoot, Lancashire, England, a town ** Waterfoot railway station, serving the English town {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfoot, County Antrim
Waterfoot or Glenariff () is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is at the foot of Glenariff, one of the Glens of Antrim, within the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parishes of Ardclinis and Layd. The village is in the townland of Warren. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 504 inhabitants. The village appeared in the news in November 2010 when Peter Wilson, one of the "disappeared" of the Troubles, was found buried on its beach on 2 November 2010. Demographics On Census Day 27th March 2011, in Waterfoot Settlement, considering the resident population: *98.85% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group; *94.62% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 4.42% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and *12.12% indicated that they had a British national identity, 58.65% had an Irish national identity and 31.73% had a Northern Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire
Waterfoot ( sco, Watterfit) is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is on the B767 road between Clarkston and Eaglesham, which are to the north and south respectively, while Newton Mearns is about to the west and East Kilbride about to the southeast. The village shares a community council with the neighbouring community of Eaglesham, the Eaglesham and Waterfoot Community Council meets in Eaglesham on a monthly basis. During the Second World War, deputy leader of the Nazi party Rudolf Hess, crash landed in Floors Farm, west of the village. He was arrested and held in custody until after the war, when he was tried at the Nuremberg trials. The audio equipment manufacturer Linn Products has its factory to the southwest of Waterfoot. Development The Glasgow Southern Orbital road (part of the A726) passes just to the south of Waterfoot. The village lies on the west bank of the White Cart Water, and the original settlement grew up around a farm, mill and smithy. One early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfoot, Lancashire
Waterfoot is a historic mill town in the Borough of Rossendale between Rawtenstall and Bacup in Lancashire, England. The B6238 road from Burnley meets the A681 road, and Whitewell Brook the River Irwell. History Like the majority of the industrial communities in East Lancashire, Waterfoot expanded rapidly in the nineteenth century with the growth of industrialisation; it became a centre for felt-making, a process related to the predominant textile industry of the region. Before that, the main centre was Newchurch-in-Rossendale, that sits above Waterfoot to the north. The township of Newchurch stretched from Bacup to Rawtenstall, and in 1511 it was recorded as having a population of 1,000 people, served by the monks of Whalley Abbey. Waterfoot was on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line between Bury and Bacup. This was dismantled in 1972 and the route is now hard to trace, although the tunnels can be seen in Thrutch Gorge or The Glen, a cutting to the east of the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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