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Wyke ARLFC
Wyke may refer to: Places in England *Wyke, North Dorset, an area of Gillingham * Wyke Regis, Dorset * Wyke, Shropshire *Wyke Champflower, Somerset * Wyke, Surrey * Wyke, Bradford, an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire *Wyke, an area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire ** Wyke College, a school * Wike, West Yorkshire, a hamlet in Leeds district, West Yorkshire People *Charlie Wyke (born 1992), English footballer * Charles Lennox Wyke (1815-1897), British diplomat * Maria Wyke (born 1957), English professor of Latin *Roger Wyke (died c.1467), English member of Parliament Broadcast call signs * WYKE-CD, a low-power television station (channel 24, virtual 47) licensed to serve Inglis/Yankeetown, Florida, United States * WXZC, a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to serve Inglis, Florida, which held the call sign WYKE from 2011 to 2018 See also *Lower Wyke, Hampshire, England *Middle Wyke, Hampshire, England *North Wyke, Devon, England *Wyke Farms *Wyke House, Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyke, North Dorset
Gillingham ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads, approximately south of the A303 trunk road and northwest of Shaftesbury. It is the most northerly town in the county. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 11,756. The neighbouring hamlets of Peacemarsh, Bay and Wyke have become part of Gillingham as it has expanded. Gillingham is pronounced with a hard initial "g" (), unlike Gillingham, Kent, which is pronounced with a soft "g" (). History There is a Stone Age barrow in the town, and evidence of Roman settlement in the 2nd and 3rd centuries; however the town was established by the Saxons. The church of St Mary the Virgin has a Saxon cross shaft dating from the 9th century. The name Gillingham was used for the town in its 10th century Saxon charter, and also in an entry for 1016 in the annals, as the location of a battle between Edmund Ironside and the Vikings. In the Domesda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |