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Woodhead may refer to: Places *Burley Woodhead, hamlet in Bradford, England *Woodhead, Aberdeenshire, settlement in Scotland *Woodhead Dam, South Africa *Woodhead, Derbyshire, settlement in England, near to: **Woodhead Reservoir, artificial lake *Woodhead, Hamilton, Scotland, neighbourhood in South Lanarkshire * Woodhead Line, railway line in the north of England, featuring: **Woodhead railway station **Woodhead Tunnel Other uses *Woodhead (surname) *Woodhead Commission, a 1938 commission on the future of Palestine *Woodhead Publishing, an international publishing company *A628 road The A628 is a major road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire in northern England. It crosses the Pennine hills by way of Longdendale and the Woodhead Pass in the Peak District National Park. The road's altitude and exposure to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burley Woodhead
Burley Woodhead is a hamlet in the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is to the south-west of Burley in Wharfedale and is approximately from the spa town of Ilkley. Burley Woodhead comprises chiefly of a small cluster of farms and homes along the road from Ilkley to Guiseley at the foot of Burley Moor, though the village is at above sea level, with the moor being some above sea level. The local public house is The Hermit. Between 1832 and 1976, the hamlet had its own school. The building itself is a grade II listed structure and is now in private hands. The primary schooling is in the nearby village of Burley in Wharfedale at the Burley and Woodhead Primary School. The former Wesleyan Chapel, which dates from 1867, is now a private residence. The moors to the west have attracted meteorologists and tourists to a weather phenomenon known as the brocken spectre. This occurs when it is foggy and the observer is above the fog with the sun behind them, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead, Aberdeenshire
Woodhead of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead", is an inland hamlet in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies to the east of Fyvie near the upper River Ythan. It is believed to have been an ancient royal burgh, as evidenced by the 1723 record of a "stone tolbooth and a stone cross" and a 1765 map showing a large community and mercat cross, whilst Fyvie "was but a huddle of houses at Peterswell". A house called Woodhead Tolbooth, dating to the 18th century, contains masonry reused from an earlier building. All Saints' Episcopal Church (also known as Woodhead Chapel), 1849, was built by John Henderson. Its spire was added in 1870 by James Matthews. The manse, 1844, is also the work of Henderson. Fetterletter Farm, of the late 18th century, contains within its grounds two disused, cylindrical thatched dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Dam
Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008. History In 1870, the growth of Cape Town led to shortages of drinking water. It was decided to build a reservoir on Table Mountain to provide water to the city. Scottish hydraulic engineer Thomas Stewart was engaged to design and build the reservoir. The Woodhead Tunnel was built between 1888 and 1891. It was used to divert the Disa Stream, a tributary of the Hout Bay River, westward to provide water for the reservoir. An aerial cableway was constructed to transport men and materials to the construction site. The dam was constructed between 1894 and 1897. This dam was followed by four others in the area. The Hely-Hutchinson Dam and reservoir were built by 1904 just upst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead, Derbyshire
Woodhead is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the Longdendale valley in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire, north of Glossop, east of Manchester and west of Barnsley. It is close to the River Etherow and the Trans Pennine Trail. Like nearby Tintwistle and Crowden, the hamlet lay within the historic (pre-1974) county boundaries of Cheshire. Woodhead is the location of the western portals of the Woodhead Tunnels, which are three former railway tunnels on the electrified Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield. There was formerly a railway station and signal box at Woodhead. The Woodhead railway line closed in 1981; the trackbed between Woodhead and Hadfield now forms the Longdendale Trail. The platforms are still intact, although the track has been removed. Among the remains in the graveyard of St James Church, a small 18th-century chapel, are the unmarked graves of navvies who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Reservoir
Woodhead reservoir is a man-made lake near the hamlet of Woodhead in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1847 and June 1877 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester. It is at the top of the chain of reservoirs and was the first to be started, though, due to construction problems, it was the last to be completed. Act of Parliament The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1847 gave permission for the construction of the Woodhead and Arnfield reservoirs and the aqueduct of the Mottram Tunnel. The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1848 allowed the construction of Torside and Rhodeswood Reservoir, and an aqueduct to convey the water from Rhodeswood to the Arnfield reservoir. These acts were important, as mill owners relied for their livings on water to power their mills and any potential reduction of supply was opposed. The acts guaranteed a flow of 121 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead, Hamilton, Scotland
Woodhead in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire lies south of Little Earnock, and north of Meikle Earnock. There is a pub, The Woodhead, and the main area in Woodhead is Woodhead Green. The houses are largely local authority homes probably around 40–50 years old; about 28% are social housing (rented from the council). There is a frequent bus service from Woodhead to Hamilton bus station and Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul .... References {{coord, 55, 45, 40, N, 4, 03, 54, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Railway Station
Woodhead railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Woodhead on the Woodhead Line. History The station was opened on 8 April 1844 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. It was served by stopping passenger trains operating on the route from Manchester London Road to Sheffield Victoria. The station was later operated by the Great Central Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway. Second station A new station was opened in 1953 by the Eastern Region of British Railways on a different site in conjunction with the opening of the new Woodhead Tunnel The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans- Pennine long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. The western portals of the tunnels are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and ... and electrification of the line. The station was closed on 27 July 1964 but the line remained open for passengers trains until 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans- Pennine long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. The western portals of the tunnels are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and the eastern portals are at Dunford Bridge, near Penistone, South Yorkshire. The first tunnel, Woodhead 1 was constructed by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. Work on the tunnel commenced in 1837. It was designed by the railway engineer Charles Vignoles, who was later substituted by the civil engineer Joseph Locke. When opened in 1845, Woodhead 1 was one of the world's longest railway tunnels and the first trans-Pennine tunnel. Woodhead 2 was completed in 1853. Both tunnels were difficult to maintain because of their narrowness and heavy traffic, estimated to be around 250 trains per day in either direction. As both tunnels were too narrow to allow for electrification, it was decided to construct a third tunnel in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead (surname)
Woodhead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Woodhead (1609–1678), English writer *Chris Woodhead (1946–2015), British educationalist *Cynthia Woodhead (born 1964), American Olympic swimmer *Danny Woodhead (born 1985), American football running back *Dennis Woodhead (1925–1995), English footballer *Ernest Woodhead (1857–1944), English rugby player *Frank Woodhead (1868–1943), English cricketer *German Sims Woodhead (1855–1921), English pathologist *Joseph Woodhead (1824–1913), English newspaper proprietor and politician *Leslie Woodhead, British documentary filmmaker. *Linda Woodhead (born 1964), British sociologist *Peter Woodhead (born 1939), Royal Navy officer *Red Woodhead (1851–1881), American baseball player *Robert Woodhead, entrepreneur, software engineer and former game programmer * Simon Woodhead (born 1962), English footballer *Thomas William Woodhead Thomas William Woodhead (1863–1940) was an English plant ecologist. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Commission
The Woodhead Commission (officially the Palestine Partition Commission''Palestine Partition Commission Report'', Command Paper 5854, Printed and published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938 (310 pages and 13 maps)) was a British technical commission established to propose "a detailed" partition scheme for Mandatory Palestine, including recommending the partition boundaries and examination of economic and financial aspects of the Peel Plan.Mandated Landscape: British Imperial Rule in Palestine 1929-1948 The Commission was appointed at the end of February 1938 and conducted its investigations from April to early August 1938. It rejected the Peel Commission's plan mainly on the grounds that it required a large transfer of Arabs, and considered two other plans. It preferred a modification of the partition, which forms a satisfactory basis of settlement, if the United Kingdom government accept "the very considerable financial liability involved," that balances the Arab s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhead Publishing
Woodhead Publishing Limited was established in 1989 as an independent international publishing company of science and technical books. The company publishes books in association with The Textile Institute, Cambridge International Science Publishing. They have previously published books in association with The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and the European Federation of Corrosion. History In December 2008 Woodhead Publishing acquired the backlist, future titles and imprint of Chandos Publishing in Witney, Oxford, UK, comprising over 250 books in the fields of library and information management, knowledge management and Asian Studies. In 2011 they launched Woodhead Publishing Online, a resource of scientific, technical and information trends, comprising over 800 e-books, containing 12,000 chapters. This resource was hosted by MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries Inc. Woodhead (and its imprint Chandos) was acquired by Elsevier in August 2013. Its current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
