Whitechurch Road (Hamilton, Ontario)
Whitechurch may refer to: Places * Bila Tserkva, Ukraine * Whitechurch, County Cork, Ireland * Whitechurch, County Dublin, Ireland * Whitechurch, County Kildare, Ireland * Whitechurch, County Down, a townland in the civil parish of Ballywalter, Northern Ireland * Whitechurch, Ontario, Canada People * Victor Whitechurch, an English clergyman and author See also * * White Church (other) * Whitchurch (other) Whitchurch may refer to: Places Canada *Whitchurch, Ontario, since 1971 part of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario England *Whitchurch, Bristol *Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire *Whitchurch, Devon, in Tavistock **Whitchurch, Devon (parish), a civil ...

Bila Tserkva
Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the administrative center of Bila Tserkva Raion and hosts the administration of Bila Tserkva urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Bila Tserkva is located on the Ros River approximately south of Kyiv. The city has an area of . Its population is approximately The ancient city of Bila Tserkva was founded in 1032 to provide important defenses against nomadic tribes. In the 13th century, it was invaded by the Mongols, however, and the city was devastated.Kohut, Zenon E. "Mazepa's Ukraine: Understanding Cossack Territorial Vistas." ''Harvard Ukrainian Studies'' 31, no. 1/4 (2009): 1–28 In 1651, it was the site of an important battle between the warring Zaporozhian Host, Zaporozhian Cossack Army (and their Tatar allies) and the Polish� ...
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Whitechurch, County Cork
Whitechurch () is a village located in County Cork, Ireland, about 11 km north of Cork City. Whitechurch is part of the Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency) Cork North-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional r .... References Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub ...
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Whitechurch, County Dublin
Whitechurch (), is a small suburban area on the south side of Dublin, situated south of Ballyboden, east of Edmondstown and west of Marlay Park. The greater part of the area lies north of the M50 semi-orbital motorway, with some remote parts merging into the mountainous districts of Tibradden and Kilmashogue south of the road, all at the foot of the Dublin mountains. Whitechurch is usually considered to lie within the greater Rathfarnham area. The name of the area is derived its name from a small white church in Kilmashogue, built near an ancient cairn (which is a protected monument). Little remains of the church. The Church of Ireland parish of Whitechurch includes most of Rathfarnham including Tibradden, Larch Hill and Kilmashogue. There is a Moravian cemetery in the area which was the burial ground for the Moravian community, a Protestant sect from what is now the Czech republic that arrived in Ireland in the 18th century. This community had a church in Kevin St but has no ...
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Whitechurch, County Kildare
Whitechurch (Irish: ''An Teampall Geal'') is a townland, monastic site, and former parish situated between Straffan and Kill county Kildare near the M7 motorway in Ireland. Etymology and history The name comes from the White Friars who had a monastery on the site established in 1300 and enfifed in 1506. The church was vacated by the early 17th century. Medieval landmarks A well-preserved moated site at Puddlehall located at . dates to the 13th century and was cited by University College Dublin Professor Sean O Riordain as one of the finest examples of a moated house in Ireland. The remains of a castle are also to be found on the church grounds. Calendar and civil paper references Whitechurch Ecclesia Templi Albi was granted to the order of St John in 1300. In 1508 William Preston enfifed Archdeacon Robert Sutton and Thomas Cornwalshe, Vicar of Stamullen, with the manor of Whitechurch (alias Tullaghtipper), "containing the town and lands of le Tunryng (alias Surnyng), Clonyng ...
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Ballywalter
Ballywalter ( and ''Walter'') is a village or townland (of 437 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century. It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census. Etymology The name of the village is derived from the Irish ''Baile Bhaltair'' meaning ''Walter's townland''. This may have been a gaelicisation of ''Walter(s)ton''. The name Walter was common among the Anglo-Normans who began to arrive in Ireland in the late 1100s. The taxation of Pope Nicholas IV known as Taxatio Ecclesiastica and compiled in 1291-1292 refers to ''Rector ville Walteri de Logan'', i.e. ‘the rector of Walter-de-Logan’s town’. Places of interest On the northern edge of Ballywalter is the townland of Whitechurch (which has been translated as Whitkirk in Ulster Scots). Within this townland is the Whitechurch grave ...
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Whitechurch, Ontario
Whitechurch is a small residential village located in south-western Ontario. Location Whitechurch is located along the border of Huron and Bruce County. It is approximately 10 km west of Wingham, and 8 km east of Lucknow. The coordinates to Whitechurch are 43°55'01.9"N 81°24'20.6"W. History Originally named Ulster, the name was changed when surveying Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ... for the former Ontario Highway 86, now Huron/Bruce County Road 86. Churches The Whitechurch United Church closed on June 24, 2007. The Whitechurch Presbyterian Church closed in the summer of 2016. The Whitechurch Amish Mennonite Church was established in 1999 as a daughter congregation of the Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Church. In 2018 the church had 35 members ...
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Victor Whitechurch
Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (b. Norham, Northumberland 12 March 1868 – d. Buxton, Derbyshire 26 May 1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He wrote many novels on different themes. He is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which featured in the '' Strand Magazine'', ''Railway Magazine'', ''Pearson's'' and ''Harmsworth's'' Magazines. Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. He also wrote religious books, novels set in the church and his autobiography – ''Concerning Himself, The story of an ordinary man'' (1909). Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for their "immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure." The BBC produced a series of five adaptations of shor ...
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White Church (other)
White Church may refer to: Places Slavic language equivalents *Bela Crkva, town and municipality in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia *Bila Tserkva, city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine * Bila Tserkva, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine * Bijela Crkva, village in Montenegro Churches *White Church, Bucharest, Romania * White Church, Iași, Romania *Biserica Albă Postăvari (lit. White Church Postăvari) - part of the Mihai Vodă Monastery, Romania *White Church, Karan, Serbia *White Church, Cainhoy, South Carolina, United States *St Peter's Church, Warmsworth, Doncaster, England See also * * Whitechurch (other) * Whitchurch (other) Whitchurch may refer to: Places Canada *Whitchurch, Ontario, since 1971 part of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario England *Whitchurch, Bristol *Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire *Whitchurch, Devon, in Tavistock **Whitchurch, Devon (parish), a civil ...