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Whitlock Golf
Whitlock may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Whitlock, Tennessee, United States, an unincorporated community * Whitlock Valley, Arizona, United States * Whitlock Island, Western Australia * Whitlock, original name of Bay Terrace station, a railway station in Bay Terrace, Staten Island, New York, United States * Whitlock's End, a hamlet in Dickens Heath parish, West Midlands, England ** Whitlocks End railway station People * Whitlock (surname), people with the surname * Whitlock Nicoll (1786–1838), English physician Businesses * Whitlock (manufacturing) The Whitlock company, based in London, England, started as a carriage builder in 1778, moved into the car industry in 1903 and finally closed in 1991. History Joseph Whitlock had set up his company making coaches and carriages in Holland P ..., a former London-based carriage and automobile manufacturer * F. Whitlock & Sons Ltd, pickle and sauce manufacturers {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock, Tennessee
Whitlock is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ..., United States. Demographics Notes Unincorporated communities in Henry County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{HenryCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock Valley
The Whitlock Valley is a small valley in southeast Graham County, Arizona, southwestern United States, lying between three mountain ranges. The valley lies on the south perimeter region of the White Mountains in eastern Arizona, and lies south of the west-flowing Gila River, and the region transitions south into Cochise County and three large valleys, with some scattered dry lakes. The valley is endorheic, with a small dry lake called Parks Lake, and merges southwest into the north of the San Simon Valley, where the San Simon River has its origins in the flatlands, and surrounding perimeter mountains. The valley was named after Captain James H. Whitlock who commanded during the Battle of Mount Gray in 1864 which was fought near the valley. Description Regional endorheic valley The west-flowing Gila River is forced into a NW-West-SW excursion by the small range of the Black Hills (Greenlee County). The Whitlock Valley drains south from the range, and merges into the north of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock Island
Whitlock Island is an island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia. The island has an area of , is located from the mainland, at the southern end of Jurien Bay, and has a maximum elevation of . The island is part of the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of . The former Carnarvon Tramway crosses the northern part of the island and the old Whitlock station is still present. A population of Jurien Bay skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...s, a threatened species, is known to inhabit the island. Dibblers were discovered on Boullager and Whitlock Islands in 1985; they represent the only original island populations of the species left. See also * List of islands of Western Australia References {{co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Terrace Station
The Bay Terrace station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Bay Terrace, Staten Island, New York. History The station opened in the early 1900s, as Whitlock. Whitlock was located on Park Place (present-day-Railroad Avenue) in between Washington Avenue (Hopkins Avenue) and Grant Avenue (Spratt Avenue). On December 18, 1912, a public hearing was held by the Public Service Commission (PSC), which among other things, was hearing the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company (SIRT)'s petition to abandon the Whitlock station and replace it with the Bay Terrace station. The movement of the station was done in anticipation of a change in the center of population in the area. The new station was to be built to the south of the Whitlock station. On April 13, 1922, the SIRT petitioned to the PSC to move the station to the east of the station to Lincoln Road and to renamed the station Rice Manor. The PSC denied the application as the move would allow fewer people to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickens Heath
Dickens Heath is a large modern village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands incorporating the much older hamlet of Whitlocks End. It was previously part of the civil parish of Hockley Heath, and borders Cheswick Green and Tidbury Green in Solihull, as well as Hollywood in Worcestershire. Situated 3.5 miles southwest of Solihull town centre, Dickens Heath new village had a population of 4,793 people as taken at the 2021 census. Whitlocks End The hamlet of Whitlocks End pre-dates the village of Dickens Heath, with its name believed to date back to at least the 13th century. The origins of the name are believed to be from "Wihtlac's open land". The hamlet would originally have been part of the Forest of Arden, and this name would likely refer to a clearing, or 'open land' in the forest owned by a 'Wihtlac' (pronounced Whitelock). The farm at Whitlocks End is Grade II listed. Whitlocks End Farm is itself of moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlocks End Railway Station
Whitlocks End railway station is a railway station on the North Warwickshire Line located next to, and named after the hamlet of Whitlock's End in the West Midlands of England. It lies a short distance from several villages: Tidbury Green the new village of Dickens Heath in the West Midlands, and Major's Green, and Hollywood in Worcestershire. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. The station serves as the terminus for many local services on the Snow Hill Lines from either , or . Of the three hourly services, two terminate/start here, and one continues to . History The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 6 June 1936 to cater for the increased housing developments in the area, and was originally called ''Whitlocks End Halt'', the suffix was dropped on 6 May 1968. The original 1936 station had short and low platforms, this led to it being completely rebuilt in 1999 at a cost of £800,000. The station formerly had only one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock (surname)
Whitlock is a surname of Old English origin, meaning “white enclosure” from Old English ''hwit'' “white” and ''locc'' “lock, enclosure”. The name also means "white hair" in Old English. Notable people with the name include: * Albert Whitlock (1915–1999), English motion picture matte artist * Anna Whitlock (1852–1930), Swedish feminist * Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967), American botanist * Billy Whitlock (1813–1878), American blackface performer * Bobby Whitlock (born 1948), American session musician * Brand Whitlock (1869–1934), American municipal reformer, diplomat, journalist, and author * David W. Whitlock (born 1962), American university president, author, Baptist minister * E. Florence Whitlock (1889-1978) British composer, conductor, and educator * Ed Whitlock (1931–2017), English-Canadian long distance runner * Elizabeth Whitlock (1761–1836), British stage actress * Garrett Whitlock (born 1996), American baseball player * Harold Whitlock (1903–198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock Nicoll
Whitlock Nicoll or Nicholl (1786–1838) was an English physician. Known in his lifetime as a medical and theological writer, he was also responsible in his capacity as physician to Michael Faraday for the term "electrode", a fact not known until well into the 20th century. Life The son of the Rev. Iltyd Nicoll, he was born at Treddington, Worcestershire. His father was rector of the parish, and died before Nicoll was two years old; his mother was Ann, daughter of George Hatch of Windsor. He was educated by the Rev. John Nicoll, his uncle, and placed in 1802 to live with John Bevan, a medical practitioner at Cowbridge, Glamorgan. In 1806 Nicoll became a student at St George's Hospital, and in 1809 received the diploma of membership of the College of Surgeons of England. He then became partner of his former teacher Bevan at Cowbridge, and engaged in general practice. He went to live in Ludlow, Shropshire, took an M.D. degree 17 May 1816 at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and was adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlock (manufacturing)
The Whitlock company, based in London, England, started as a carriage builder in 1778, moved into the car industry in 1903 and finally closed in 1991. History Joseph Whitlock had set up his company making coaches and carriages in Holland Park, London in 1778. They must have been successful as by the start of the twentieth century they described themselves as "Coachbuilders to the Royal Family". 1900s In 1903 a move into the car business was made when they started to sell the Whitlock Century. They had not built this themselves however, it was a re-badged car from Century Engineering (1885-1907) (Century), a manufacturer in Willesden, London, but they may well have built its body. In 1904 the range was expanded with (probably) engines and chassis from the French Aster (Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster) company again probably with Whitlock's own coachwork. Aster manufactured engines in Saint-Denis, Paris, in single, twin or four cylinder configurations, and in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
