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Whitworth Aqueduct
Whitworth may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Whitworth, County Durham, a former civil parish in England **Whitworth Hall, County Durham *Whitworth, Lancashire, a town in England *Whitworth Art Gallery, an art gallery in Manchester, England *Whitworth Gardens, Manchester *Whitworth Hall, Manchester, part of the University of Manchester * Whitworth Park, Manchester *Whitworth Street, Manchester Canada *Whitworth, Quebec, an Indian reserve in Canada Other *Whitworth Ridge, Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica People *Whitworth (surname) Other uses *Whitworth rifle, a British made rifle used by the Confederacy in the American Civil War *70-pounder Whitworth naval gun and 120-pounder Whitworth naval gun, naval guns made on a similar principle *Baron Whitworth, two titles in the Peerage of Ireland *Whitworth University, a private, liberal-arts institution in Spokane, Washington *Whitworth Park Academy, a secondary school in Spennymoor, County Durham, England * Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth, County Durham
Whitworth was a civil parish in County Durham, in England, centred on Whitworth Hall. It was one of several parishes abolished in 1937 to create the parish of Spennymoor. Whitworth Hall (now a hotel) is on the road between Spennymoor and Brancepeth, and is close to Tudhoe. The house was in former times the home of the Shafto family, whose most famous member (from the 18th century) was Bobby Shafto, subject of a famous English nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From .... References Former civil parishes in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth (surname)
Whitworth is an Ancient Norman name, located in Whitworth, County Durham. * Andrew Whitworth (born 1981), American football offensive lineman *Armstrong Whitworth, English manufacturing company *Earl Whitworth, extinct English title * George Whitworth (other) :* George F. Whitworth (1816–1907), American missionary :* George Whitworth (footballer, born 1896) (1896–?), English footballer :* George Whitworth (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2006), English footballer * Jennings B. Whitworth (1908–1960), American college sports coach *Jerry Whitworth (born 1939), US Navy communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union *John Whitworth (other) :* John Whitworth (RAF officer) (1912–1974), Royal Air Force pilot :* John Whitworth (musician) (1921–2013), English countertenor, organist, and teacher of music :* John Whitworth (poet) (1945–2019), British poet * Johnny Whitworth, American actor *Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), English engineer * Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth Park Academy
Whitworth Park Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Spennymoor, County Durham, England. History The school was formerly known as Spennymoor Comprehensive up until 2012, when it merged with Tudhoe Grange School. The school was subsequently renamed Whitworth Park School. The school moved into new buildings in 2013 that were officially opened by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. The school used to operate a sixth form provision which offered a range of A-levels and vocational courses for students. However, in August 2017 the sixth form provision was closed. In December 2016 Whitworth Park School was rated 'Inadequate' by Ofsted who identified poor achievement and lack of leadership in their report. Previously a foundation school administered by Durham County Council, in September 2018 Whitworth Park School converted to academy status and renamed Whitworth Park Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Advance Learning Partnership. Academics Whitworth Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth University
Whitworth University is a private, Christian university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1890, Whitworth enrolls nearly 3,000 students and offers more than 100 graduate and undergraduate programs. Whitworth competes athletically at the NCAA Division III level in the Northwest Conference as the Pirates. Its colors are black and crimson. History In 1883, George F. Whitworth established the Sumner Academy in Sumner, a small town in Washington Territory, east of Tacoma. Incorporated as Whitworth College in 1890, it relocated to Tacoma in 1899. When a Spokane developer offered land just before World War I, the college moved once more, and classes were held for the first time in Spokane in September 1914. The college relocated due to persistent financial difficulties, local competition from College of Puget Sound and the Pacific Lutheran Academy, and a lack of support from the Washington state Presbyterian Synod or the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Whitworth
Baron Whitworth was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1721 when Charles Whitworth was made Baron Whitworth, of Galway. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1725. The second creation came in 1800 when Sir Charles Whitworth was made Baron Whitworth, of Newport Pratt in the County of Mayo. He was the son of Sir Charles Whitworth, nephew and namesake of the first Baron of the 1721 creation. For more information on the second creation, see Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth. Barons Whitworth; First creation (1721) * Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth (1675–1725) Barons Whitworth; Second creation (1800) *see Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, GCB, PC (29 May 1752 – 13 May 1825), known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician. Early years Whitwort ... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
120-pounder Whitworth Naval Gun
The 120-pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal rifled bore design, the principle of which is described in the article on the 70-pounder Whitworth naval gun. Service A number of 120-pounders were bought by the Imperial Brazilian Navy and used to arm some of its ironclads during the Paraguayan War The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest ... in the late 1860s.Gratz, pp. 141, 144, 153 Notes References * * Alexander Lyman Holley"A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor" published by D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1865 Naval guns of the United Kingdom {{artillery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
70-pounder Whitworth Naval Gun
The 70-pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal, rifled-bore design. Principle The gun used polygonal rifling, a principle invented by Whitworth in 1853. The concept was to use the hexagon to impart a very rapid spin to the projectile. The method of manufacturing the rifling was thus described by the Report of the Armstrong & Whitworth Committee of the British War Office (1866): may be described in general terms as a hexagonal bore with a rapid twist, although, strictly speaking, the bore is not hexagonal, but has 24 surfaces. The gun is, in the first instance, bored out cylindrically; a part of this original bore is left in the centre of each side of the hexagon, making six surfaces, then there are the coming out sides of the hexagon which give six more surfaces, and the going in sides giving also six surfaces, and lastly, the rounding off of the angles, which give six more, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth Rifle
The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range accuracy for its era, especially when used with a telescopic sight, the Whitworth rifle was widely regarded as the world's first sniper rifle. The Whitworth rifle saw extensive use with the Confederate sharpshooters in the American Civil War, claiming the lives of several Union generals, including Major General John Sedgwick, one of the highest-ranking Union officers killed during the Civil War, shot on 9 May 1864, at Spotsylvania. In October 2017, a surviving example of a Confederate Whitworth rifle was auctioned with a hammer price of $161,000. The Whitworth rifle was considered to be the very best rifle of its time in terms of accuracy, when compared to other British, French, American rifles, or those produced elsewhere. History The Whitworth rifle was designed by Sir Joseph Whitworth, a prominent British engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth Ridge
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth Hall, County Durham
Whitworth Hall which stands in Whitworth Hall Country Park, near Spennymoor, County Durham England, is a country house, formerly the home of the Shafto family and now a hotel. It is a listed building. Descendants of the Shafto family of Shafto Crag, Northumberland, served as Aldermen, Mayors and Sheriffs of Newcastle upon Tyne in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1652 Mark Shafto, Recorder of Newcastle, purchased the manor of Whitworth. His son Robert, knighted in 1670 was Recorder from 1660 and his grandson was High Sheriff of Durham in 1709. Two sons of Mark Shafto junior represented Durham City in Parliament: Robert Shafto 1712/3 and 1727/30 and John Shafto 1729-42. John was the father of Robert Shafto, better known as ''Bobby Shaftoe'', who vastly increased the family fortune by his marriage in 1774 to Anne Duncombe of Duncombe Park. Their son Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto, (also Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth, Quebec
Kataskomiq is an Indian reserve listed by the Canadian Geographical Names Database. The reserve belongs to the Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk (Viger) First Nation, Maliseet people. It is not listed by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada or the last two Canadian census. It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, geographically located within the territory of Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality but is not legally part of it. Its population was 0 in the 2006 Canadian census and does not appear in either the 2011 or 2016 Canadian Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. .... Before 2021 it was known as Whitworth.https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/pdf/modifications_municipalites.pdf See also List of Indian reserves in Quebec References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitworth Street
Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road ( A6) and Oxford Street ( A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West, which then goes as far as Deansgate ( A56). It was opened in 1899 and is lined with many large and grand warehouses. It is named after the engineer Joseph Whitworth, whose works once stood along the route. Whitworth Street West runs alongside the viaduct connecting Oxford Road and Deansgate railway stations: beyond Albion Street the Rochdale Canal is on the northern side. On the Albion Street corner is the building once occupied by the Haçienda nightclub at nos. 11–13, as well as the Twisted Wheel Club at no. 6 , while further west on the opposite side is the Ritz. Opposite the Sackville Street Building is Sackville Gardens, a public park established in 1900. Notable buildings in Whitworth Street Mainly of the Edwardian period, after the expansion of trade which followed the opening of the ship canal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
