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Wix (other)
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Wix may refer to: Computing * WiX (Windows Installer XML Toolset), a software toolset * Wix.com, an Israeli software company providing cloud-based web development services Places * Wix, Essex, United Kingdom * Vicques, Switzerland, formerly Other uses * Wix (name), a given name and surname * Wix Wickens or Wix (Paul Wickens, born 1956), keyboardist See also * Wicks (other) * Wickes (other) * Wicks (surname) Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician * Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author * Brian Wicks (born 1940), Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wix, Essex
Wix is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of north-east Essex, England. It lies in a small valley about south of the Stour Estuary. The valley drains east towards Harwich. Formerly an important crossroads on the route to Harwich, it has now been bypassed by the A120 road. The place-name 'Wix' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Wica''. It appears as ''Wikes'' in 1191 in the Feet of Fines, and as ''Wiches'' in the Curia Regis Rolls in 1198. The name is the plural of the Old English 'wic', meaning a dairy farm.Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.529. St Mary's Church, Wix has a detached belfry, which stands in the churchyard and contains one bell. In 1961, the then owner of Wix Abbey Farm was ploughing in the church which was overgrown when he struck a large piece of dressed limestone, which with further investigation revealed a large stone coffin with a skeleton inside. Archaeologists we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicques, Switzerland
Vicques (; formerly german: Wix) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The municipalities of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val Terbi.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 Jura Observatory is located above Vicques. History Vicques is first mentioned in 866 as ''Vicum''.Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wix (name)
Wix is both an English surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Wix Garner (1897–1978), American college football coach * Green Wix Unthank (1923–2013), American federal judge ;Surname * Don Wix (born 1946), American politician * Edward Wix (1802–1866), British archdeacon * Florence Wix (1883–1956), English-born American character actress * Henry Otto Wix (1866–1922), German-born American painter * Katy Wix (born 1980), British actress * Samuel Wix (1771–1861), English cleric and controversialist See also * Paul "Wix" Wickens (born 1956), English keyboardist * Wix (other) * Wicks (surname) Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician * Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author * Brian Wicks (born 1940), Australian ... {{surname, Wix English-language surnames Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wix Wickens
Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell, Kevin Coyne and many others. Wickens has been a member of the Paul McCartney Band since 1989. Career In the early 1980s Wickens was a member of Woodhead Monroe, a band that issued two singles distributed by Stiff, "Mumbo Jumbo" and "Identify." Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989. Since then, Wickens has served as the musical director for many of McCartney's tours. He continues to tour with McCartney (as his keyboardist, occasional guitarist and backing vocalist), and of the four musicians in McCartney's touring band, he has worked with McCartney the longest by a considerable margin. Wickens played on albums by Tommy Shaw of the American rock band Styx, the Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Nik Kershaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicks (other)
Wicks may refer to: *Wicks (hairstyle) *Wicks (surname) * ''Wicks'' (TV series), a Canadian television series (1979-81) * See also *Wick (other) *Wickes (other) Wickes is a publicly listed home improvement retailer based in the UK. Wickes may also refer to: Companies * Wickes Furniture, a former US-based furniture store chain * Wickes Companies, a defunct company, later called Collins & Aikman Places * W ... * Wix (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickes (other)
Wickes is a publicly listed home improvement retailer based in the UK. Wickes may also refer to: Companies * Wickes Furniture, a former US-based furniture store chain * Wickes Companies, a defunct company, later called Collins & Aikman Places * Wix, Essex (archaic spelling), England United States * Wickes, Arkansas, a city * Wickes, Missouri * Wickes, Montana, a ghost town Ships * ''Wickes''-class destroyer * USS ''Wickes'' (DD-75) * USS ''Wickes'' (DD-578) Other uses * Wickes (surname) * Wickes Stadium, a football stadium in Michigan, United States * Wickes High School Wickes High School was a comprehensive public high school located in Wickes, Arkansas, United States. The school provided secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12 serving rural, distant communities of Polk County, Arkansas, primar ..., Wickes, Arkansas See also * Wicks (other) * Wix (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
