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Whitwell
Whitwell may refer to: Places ;UK *Whitwell, Derbyshire ** Whitwell Common, Derbyshire *Whitwell, Hertfordshire * Whitwell, Isle of Wight *Whitwell & Reepham railway station, Norfolk * Whitwell, North Yorkshire, near Catterick *Whitwell, Rutland * Whitwell-on-the-Hill, in between York and Malton *Whitwell House, County Durham ;USA *Whitwell, Tennessee People * Allan Whitwell (born 1954), English Olympic rower * John Whitwell (1812–1880), English Liberal politician * Field Marshal John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797), British nobleman and soldier * Joseph Whitwell (1869–1932), English amateur first-class cricketer * Mike Whitwell, American football player * Philip Whitwell Wilson (1875–1956), British Liberal politician, writer and journalist * R. J. Whitwell (1859–1928), British medievalist * Sally Whitwell (born 1974), Australian pianist * Thomas Stedman Whitwell (1784–1840), English architect * William Whitwell William Fry Whitwell (12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell & Reepham Railway Station
Whitwell and Reepham railway station, also known as Whitwell station, is a former station situated in Norfolk, England. The station closed in 1959 and is a notable stop on the Marriott's Way long-distance footpath. It is being restored as a railway museum, including the re-laying of track. History The station was opened in 1882 as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway's (M&GN) branch from the main line at Melton Constable to Norwich City. Whilst the route was fairly well-used, it struggled under the competition from the larger Great Eastern Railway and its more direct lines. Only one year prior to opening, the Great Eastern had inaugurated its own station at Reepham which, unlike Whitwell, was conveniently sited to the settlement it purported to serve. The M&GN suffered in the post-Second World War period which saw much freight transfer to road and greater car ownership, leaving the line with its summer and schools traffic. In the face of spiralling losses, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell Common
Whitwell Common is a village, in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, lying just North-West of Whitwell, straddling the A619, which runs between Chesterfield and Worksop. A Battle during the English Civil War took place here. Population details are included on the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ... of Whitwell. There are many farms scattered throughout the area covered by the Common, most dating back to Medieval times. After the enclosure of the village of Whitwell, a coaching house called the Dale Inn was built in 1840. It was during the digging of the foundations that the remains of the Civil War skirmish were discovered including a sword, and ring. Upon the building of the Dale Inn two terraces of stone farm cottages followed soon after. In the 1920s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell, Derbyshire
Whitwell is a village in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Whitwell Common) taken at the 2011 Census was 3,900. Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' celebrations of 1989, it is much older than this celebration suggests. The earliest written references to Whitwell are from the Anglo-Saxon charters. However, many of its historical sites predate this period. Within the parish are several Iron Age burial mounds, an Iron Age fort and settlement, the remains of a Roman villa, medieval field systems, and both a Norman and Saxon church. The World Heritage Site of Creswell Crags was until recently within the parish. Whitwell Old Hall is a medieval manor house. Whitwell is a thriving village with strong community spirit. The village has many active clubs and societies, including Whitwell Scout and Guide Group, Local History Group, Whitwell Players, Whitwell Brass Band and junior band, C of E, Methodist and Poplar chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Whitwell
Sally Whitwell (born 1974) is an Australian classical music pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and teacher. She has released four solo albums, ''Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass'' (3 June 2011), ''The Good, the Bad and the Awkward'' (18 May 2012), ''All Imperfect Things: The Piano Music of Michael Nyman'' (6 September 2013) and ''I Was Flying'' (5 June 2015) all on the ABC Classics record label. All three albums have peaked in the top 5 on the ARIA Charts' Classical Albums. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 Whitwell won the Best Classical Album award for ''Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass''. In 2012 she was nominated in the same category for ''The Good, the Bad and the Awkward''. She won the same category in 2013 for ''All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman''. Virginia Read won Engineer of the Year for that album and was also nominated for Producer of the Year. Biography Whitwell was born in 1974 and grew up in Canberra. She learned to play th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Whitwell Wilson
Philip Whitwell Wilson (1875–1956) was a British Liberal Party politician, writer and journalist. Politics At the 1906 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South, winning the seat from the Liberal Unionists by the slender margin of 61 votes. The Liberal Unionists regained the seat at the January 1910 general election and Wilson switched to the Westmorland seat of Appleby, which he contested unsuccessfully at the December 1910 general election, finishing second. Career In 1910 he became the parliamentary correspondent for the '' Daily News'', a position he held for the next twelve years. He was also the American correspondent for the ''Daily News''. He wrote a number of religious books. He was a supporter of the Settlement Movement The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Whitwell
Michael Carroll Whitwell (born November 14, 1958) is a former American football player who played two seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Browns in the sixth round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M University and attended Cotulla High School in Cotulla, Texas Cotulla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of La Salle County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,718 as of the 2020 census. History Immigrant Joseph Cotulla, who was reared in Silesia, then a part of Prussia, migrated to the Unite .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitwell, Mike Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Whitwell
Joseph Fry Whitwell (22 February 1869 – 6 November 1932) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, against Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge in 1890. Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England, Whitwell was a right-handed batsman, who scored four runs in both innings, and took one wicket for eleven runs. His only first-class victim, with his right arm medium pace, was William Scotton bowled for 20. Whitwell also played for Durham from 1895 to 1902, and was their captain from 1899 to 1902. An ironmaster by trade, Whitwell also played for Norton C.C. and Saltburn C.C., plus he led Durham to the Minor Counties Championship title in 1901. Whitwell died in November 1932, in Langbaurgh Hall, Great Ayton, Yorkshire having committed suicide by shooting himself. His brother, William Whitwell William Fry Whitwell (12 December 1867 – 12 April 1942) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard De Walden
Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, 1st Baron Braybrooke (13 March 1719 – 25 May 1797), (born Whitwell), KB, of Audley End in Essex, was a British nobleman and soldier. He served as a junior officer with the Pragmatic Army in the Netherlands and Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession. After changing his surname to Griffin in 1749, he commanded a brigade of at least four battalions at the Battle of Corbach in July 1760 during the Seven Years' War. He also commanded a brigade at the Battle of Warburg and was wounded at the Battle of Kloster Kampen. Origins He was born John Griffin Whitwell, the son of William Whitwell by his wife Anne Griffin, sister and sole heiress of Edward Griffin, 3rd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, and granddaughter of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden (1619–1689). Career Whitwell was educated at Winchester College and commissioned as an ensign in the 3rd regiment of Foot Guards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitwell
John Whitwell (6 September 1812 – 28 November 1880) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Whitwell was the son of Isaac Whitwell of Kendal and his wife Maria Fisher daughter of William Fisher of Thorpe Hall, Leeds. He was educated at the Kendal Friends School and at the Darlington Friend's School. He was a manufacturer and president of the Kendal Chamber of Commerce and one of the London standing committee of the National Association of the Chambers of Commerce. He was mayor of Kendal six times and a J.P. for Kendal and for Westmorland. He was also Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion Westmorland Rifle Volunteers and author of ''The necessary legislation for incorporating Trades Unions''. When the previous Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell, Tennessee
Whitwell is a city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States, approximately 24 miles northwest of Chattanooga. The population was 1,641 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town that became Whitwell was originally known as Cheekville, but renamed "Whitwell" for Thomas Whitwell, a British metallurgist, inventor and co-founder of the Southern States Coal, Iron and Land Company, who was killed in an accident in his own ironworks in Thornaby in 1878. Whitwell was incorporated as a city in 1956, having grown as a mining town due to the abundance of coal in the mountains near the town. In 1981 there was a major mining accident when 13 coal miners were killed in an explosion. A full list of the names of those killed in the mine explosion is on a monument at Whitwell High School. Whitwell also has an annual Labor Day celebration that has been celebrated for over 50 consecutive years. Geography Whitwell is located at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Whitwell
Allan Whitwell (born 5 May 1954) is a male former rower who competed for Great Britain and England. Rowing career Whitwell was born in 1954 in York, Yorkshire. He was a member of the silver medal-winning British coxed eight at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He competed in three Olympic Games in total, appearing in the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics in addition to his medal winning 1980 Games. In 1977 he was part of the eight that reached the final and finished 5th, at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. In 1986, he was in the World Championship winning in the lightweight double sculls with Carl Smith. He came third teamed with Smith in the 1987 World Rowing Championships in the same boat class. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Personal life He is currently running an international sculling camp for scullers of any level from novice to international. He also teache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell House
Whitwell House is a place in County Durham, in England situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham. It now consists of the hamlet of Whitwell Grange, but was from 1836 was the site of the village of Whitwell Colliery. The village declined following the closure of the colliery in 1875 and was described as 'almost deserted' by 1894. Whitwell House was also an extra-parochial chapelry, and from 1858 a civil parish until its incorporation with Shincliffe. The chapelry was closely associated with the nearby Sherburn Hospital Sherburn Hospital (also known as Christ's Hospital in Sherburn) is a medieval hospital located in the hamlet of Sherburn House to the southeast of Durham, England. History The hospital was founded in 1181 by Hugh de Puiset (Bishop Pudsey), to .... External links Durham Mining Museum entry on Whitwell CollieryVision of Britain entry on Whitwell HouseGenUKi entry on Whitwell House Whitwell Grange {{Durham-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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