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Whitburn may refer to: Places * Whitburn, Alberta, Canada * Whitburn, Tyne and Wear, England ** Whitburn CofE Academy ** Whitburn Colliery * Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland ** Whitburn Academy People * Denis Whitburn (born 1944), Australian film writer and producer *Joel Whitburn (1939–2022), American music historian *Vanessa Whitburn Vanessa Victoria Whitburn OBE (born 1951) is a British radio producer, and a former editor of ''The Archers''. Early life She was born in Totnes in Devon, the daughter of Victor Whitburn and Eileen Wellington. She has a younger brother (born 19 ..., radio producer Other * Whitburn Junior F.C. {{Disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn, Alberta
Saddle Hills County is a municipal district situated in the central portion of the Peace Country in northwest Alberta, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Edmonton and north of Grande Prairie, its municipal office is located approximately west of the Town of Spirit River at the intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 725. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Saddle Hills County. ;Cities *none ;Towns *none ;Villages *none ; Summer villages *none The following hamlets are located within Saddle Hills County. ;Hamlets *Woking The following localities are located within Saddle Hills County. ;Localities * Bay Tree * Blueberry Mountain *Bonanza *Braeburn *Cotillion *Dunvegan Settlement *Fourth Creek * Gordondale *Happy Valley *Ksituan * Moonshine Lake *Northmark *Poplar Ridge *Savanna * Silver Valley *Whitburn Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saddle Hills Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn, Tyne And Wear
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England. It is located north of the city of Sunderland and south of the town of South Shields. Historic counties of England, Historically, Whitburn was a part of County Durham. Other nearby population centres include Seaburn, Cleadon and Marsden, Tyne and Wear, Marsden. The village lies on a south-facing slope, part of Durham, England, Durham's Magnesian Limestone plateau, which overlooks Sunderland. The population for the combined Whitburn and Marsden Ward in the 2011 UK Census was 7,448. For much of its history, Whitburn was a fishing and agricultural community. The village contains three schools, three churches, cricket club, recreational grounds, a pub and a variety of shops. Etymology The first written instance of Whitburn is an the Boldon Book of 1183, where the village is recorded as ''Whitberne''. This name may refer to a stream or burn running through the vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn CofE Academy
Whitburn Church of England Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitburn, South Tyneside. Its motto is "Excellence for all". The academy was known as Whitburn Comprehensive School before moving and receiving major upgrades funded by the Church of England. It has specialist status in maths and computing and is a national teaching school. Sixth form The academy has had plans to open a sixth form college for many years. Building work started in January 2015 and the building opened in September of the same year. Academic performance The school performs well above the local authority average has held the best GCSE and AS/A level scores in South Tyneside. As of 2015, the school is listed as the second highest in Tyne and Wear At GCSE in 2010, the school came first in the local authority area, above the England average. The school repeated the success in 2014. Ofsted has rated the school as outstanding In 2016, 86% of pupils gained a grade C or above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn Colliery
Whitburn Colliery was a coal mine located about three miles south of South Shields, North East England, located on the North Sea coast. Background Marsden, Tyne and Wear, Marsden was originally a small village, consisting of farms, a few cottages and a lighthouse at Souter Lighthouse, Souter Point. Local industry consisted of a small limestone quarry. Development In the 1870s, the Whitburn Coal Company bought the five quarries, two of which were developed as the Lighthouse (Marsden) Quarries. On 14 July 1874 the company began sinking the Whitburn winnings, a bore-hole put down below the Brockwell Seam. However, the company failed to find any coal, and was faced with large amounts of water ingress from the North Sea. In 1877, a new shaft was developed using the Kind-Chaudron process, its first deployment in the UK coal industry. The section through the water-fissured strata is lined with iron tubing, although throughout its life the electric pumps were required to extract per d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn, West Lothian
Whitburn (originally Whiteburn) is a small town in West Lothian, Scotland, halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, about east of Glasgow and west of Edinburgh. The nearest major towns are Bathgate, and Livingston, . History Originally a small farming & weaving community centred around the burn that runs through, it was once a district of Linlithgow until 1973 and a parish of Livingston until 1730 when it established into its own as the population began to rise. When reliable statistics began with the Statistical Accounts of Scotland the population was counted at 1,322 in 1755 followed by a more accurately count of 1,322 in 1795. Whitburn has appeared on maps since the 17th century of the Early Modern period and appears on a manuscript authored by Scottish map maker John Adair in 1680. The earliest documented reference to Whitburn is dated 26 September 1363 and can be found in the Index of Charters by King David II of Scotland. It grants William de Carnys and his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitburn Academy
Whitburn Academy is a mixed secondary school in Whitburn, West Lothian Whitburn (originally Whiteburn) is a small town in West Lothian, Scotland, halfway between Scotlands's two largest cities, about east of Glasgow and west of Edinburgh. The nearest major towns are Bathgate, and Livingston, . History Originall ..., Scotland. Press Coverage and Achievements In December 2017, students from Whitburn Academy used various fundraising methods, such as a non-dress code day and other events to buy a defibrilator for the school. The defibrilator was bought from ALBA care. The students from Whitburn Academy also designed the logo for the station at Whitburn Cross. In March 2018, S3 pupil Rachel Mann won the 21st Schuh shoe design competition, in which schools all across West Lothian competed in. She won the grand prize of the Schuh trophy and a year's worth of free shoes. References Secondary schools in West Lothian Educational institutions established in 1967 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Whitburn
Denis Whitburn (born 13 September 1944) is an Australian film writer and producer. Selected credits *''Crosstalk'' (1982) - writer * ''The Last Bastion'' (1984) - writer, producer *'' Breaking Loose'' (1988) - script editor *'' Bodysurfer'' (1989) (mini series) - writer * '' Blood Oath'' (1990) - writer, producer *'' Sher Mountain Killings Mystery'' (1990) - writer *'' Bony'' (TV series) (1992) - writer of episode * ''Billy's Holiday'' (1995) - writer, producer *''Elephant Princess'' (1996) - writer References External links Denis Whitburnat Austlit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature), usually referred to simply as AustLit, is an internet-based, non-profit collaboration betwee ... * Australian screenwriters Australian film producers 1944 births Living people {{film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Whitburn
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings. Early life Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on November 29, 1939."Joel (Carver) Whitburn". '' Contemporary Authors''. Detroit: Gale. 2002. He started collecting records in his teens, first subscribed to '' Billboard'' in 1953, and when the Hot 100 was introduced in 1958 started recording the chart placings of records on index cards. After graduating from Menomonee Falls High School in 1957, he attended Elmhurst College and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, but did not receive a degree from either institution. Career Whitburn worked on record distribution for RCA in the mid 1960s, using his chart statistics to inform radio stations, before founding his own company, Record Research, Inc., in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in 1970. He put together a team of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Whitburn
Vanessa Victoria Whitburn OBE (born 1951) is a British radio producer, and a former editor of ''The Archers''. Early life She was born in Totnes in Devon, the daughter of Victor Whitburn and Eileen Wellington. She has a younger brother (born 1954). She failed her 11-plus and her parents sent her to a private convent school in Exeter (which closed in 1997). She graduated from the University of Hull with a BA degree in English and American Studies in 1974. Earlier career She joined the BBC after university in 1974 as a trainee sound technician. From 1976–77, she worked for BBC Television. From 1977, she worked as a producer in radio drama for the BBC, at their Radio Drama Unit, which produced the ''Afternoon Play''. From 1977 to 1980, she was assistant producer of ''The Archers'' while William Smethurst was in charge of the programme. During this period she cast Trevor Harrison as Eddie Grundy and Sara Coward as Caroline Bone (later Pemberton and Stirling). "William Smethurst, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
