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Woolston New Cut Canal
Woolston may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Woolston, Cheshire, a village and civil parish in Warrington * Woolston, Devon, on the list of United Kingdom locations: Woof-Wy near Kingsbridge, Devon * Woolston, Southampton, a city suburb in Hampshire * Some hamlets: ** Woolston, Cornwall, to the northwest of St Ive ** Woolston, north Shropshire, near Oswestry ** Woolston, south Shropshire, near Church Stretton and Craven Arms ** Woolston, Somerset, near the village of North Cadbury, between Wincanton and Yeovil * Wolston, Warwickshire New Zealand * Woolston, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch People * Andrew Woolston, English curler in the 2010-2015 European Curling Championships * Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering American missionary teacher in China * Bob Woolston (born 1968), English cricketer * Thomas Woolston (1668–1733), English theologian * Thomas G. Woolston (fl. 1995), American patent attorney * Florence Guy Woolston Seabury (1881–1951), suffragist, jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston, Cheshire
Woolston is a settlement and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in the county of Cheshire, England. Formerly a township called 'Woolston with Martinscroft' within the parish of Warrington, there are two main settlements: Woolston to the west and Martinscroft to the east. The parish is on the north bank of the River Mersey and takes in Paddington to the south-west. It is bounded by the River Mersey to the south, Bruche and Padgate to the west, Longbarn and Birchwood to the north and Rixton to the east. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the township remained an agricultural community on the furthest outskirts of Warrington until the 1970s, when the development of Warrington New Town radically transformed its rural character. The parish is generally known as just Woolston. Geography A 1907 ''Victoria County History'' description reads: The area has two main natural areas: Woolston Linear Park and the Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve, a Sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Index, Washington
Index is a town in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 178 at the 2010 census. History Prior to settlement by White Americans, the Skykomish lived in the area between Sultan and Index. The Skykomish had a village along the north bank of the river named , located at the present site of Index. Logging and lumber booms in the latter half of the 19th century led to the growth of minor settlements in the eastern part of what became Snohomish County in 1861. A gold strike in 1889 at nearby Monte Cristo fueled another influx of prospectors and settlers. Index was founded in 1889 on the homestead of Amos Gunn in 1889, whose home was also a hotel for prospectors and surveyors. The town was named for nearby Mount Index (later renamed Baring Mountain), itself named for its resemblance to an index finger. The settlement gained a post office in 1891 and saw major growth after the arrival of the Great Northern Railway. Gunn filed his town plat for Index on Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston School
Woolston School Language College was a secondary comprehensive school in Southampton, Hampshire, in southern England. The last Ofsted inspection was on 10 October 2006. The school was a Specialist Language College for students that were 11 to 16 years old. There were around 770 pupils enrolled in the school at the time of closure. As part of Southampton City Council's review of secondary schooling program called Learning Futures, the school closed in July 2008. It merged with Grove Park Business and Enterprise College in September 2008 to become Oasis Academy Mayfield with the Woolston site finally closing in 2011, and the site being handed back to the Southampton City Council. The new building was completed in 2012, with the first academic commencing 20 February 2012. Present Oasis Community Learning took over the Grove Park Business and Enterprise College building and Woolston buildings, with the Woolston site housing the KS4 students, with the KS3 on the Grove site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston Railway Station
Woolston railway station is a grade II listed station serving the suburb of Woolston in the city of Southampton, England. The station is operated by South Western Railway. Just past Woolston station the line rounds the River Itchen giving a view across the city of Southampton, including Southampton FC's ground. History The station was built in 1866 in an Italianate style typical of William Tite who designed other stations for the London & South Western Railway company. A single track line was operated by the Southampton & Netley Railway to serve the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, which station was also built in an Italianate style.Netley Hospital and its Railways. J.R. Fairman. 1984. . p30 The station, with a train waiting in it, was bombed during a raid on the Spitfire works at Woolston during the Second World War, and suffered damage. The station's extensive goods yard and brick shed was closed in 1967. In June 2010 the railway bridge was replaced. Services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzhou
Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. Eastern Fujian) linguistic and cultural area. Fuzhou lies on the north (left) bank of the estuary of Fujian's largest river, the Min River. All along its northern border lies Ningde, and Ningde's Gutian County lies upriver. Its population was 7,115,370 inhabitants as of the 2010 census, of whom 4,408,076 inhabitants are urban representing around 61.95%, while rural population is at 2,707,294 representing around 38.05%. As of 31 December 2018, the total population was estimated at 7,740,000 whom 4,665,000 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of 5 urban districts plus Minhou County. In 2015, Fuzhou was ranked as the 10th fastest growing metropolitan area in the world by Brookings Institution. Fuzhou is listed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston Memorial Hospital
The Woolston Memorial Hospital was a Christian hospital in China and the first of its kind in Fuzhou. History The Woolston Memorial Hospital was formed from the expansion of a small Fuzhounese clinic run by a Methodist missionary within the walled city. It was located near Crow Pagoda Park in Gulou (). Originally, the hospital only accepted members of Christian churches to study on the medical course, however this rule was lifted in 1906 and a standard exam was put in place. Of the four girls to pass the exam in 1906, three were not Christian. In 1907, the head physician was forced to rest due to serious illness and it was suggested that the hospital should be closed. However, the physicians sister insisted that the hospital remain open for the public and its reputation slowly recovered under her management. As a Christian hospital, the Woolston held regular services and sought to convert its patients and visitors. A report made to the Foochow Woman's Conference of the Method ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Woolston (1918)
HMS ''Woolston'' was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served through two world wars, surviving both of them. Construction, commissioning and early career ''Woolston'' was ordered under the 10th Order of the 1916 – 17 Programme from the Woolston yards of John I. Thornycroft & Company. She was laid down on 25 April 1917, launched on 27 January 1918 and commissioned on 28 June 1918. She went on to serve briefly with the Atlantic Fleet during the First World War. She became part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in 1921 and transferred with the Flotilla to serve in the Mediterranean. She, along with a number of her sisters, were then reduced to the reserve. She was reactivated in 1938 having been selected for conversion into an anti-aircraft escort (or WAIR) at Chatham Dockyard. Wartime career ''Woolston'' was still under refit at Chatham on the outbreak of the Second World War. Around this time her pennant number was changed to L49, to match those used by escor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Woolston may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Woolston, Cheshire, a village and civil parish in Warrington * Woolston, Devon, on the list of United Kingdom locations: Woof-Wy near Kingsbridge, Devon * Woolston, Southampton, a city suburb in Hampshire * Some hamlets: ** Woolston, Cornwall, to the northwest of St Ive ** Woolston, north Shropshire, near Oswestry ** Woolston, south Shropshire, near Church Stretton and Craven Arms ** Woolston, Somerset, near the village of North Cadbury, between Wincanton and Yeovil * Wolston, Warwickshire New Zealand * Woolston, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch People * Andrew Woolston, English curler in the 2010-2015 European Curling Championships * Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering American missionary teacher in China * Bob Woolston (born 1968), English cricketer * Thomas Woolston (1668–1733), English theologian * Thomas G. Woolston (fl. 1995), American patent attorney * Florence Guy Woolston Seabury (1881–1951), suffrag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Woolston may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Woolston, Cheshire, a village and civil parish in Warrington * Woolston, Devon, on the list of United Kingdom locations: Woof-Wy near Kingsbridge, Devon * Woolston, Southampton, a city suburb in Hampshire * Some hamlets: ** Woolston, Cornwall, to the northwest of St Ive ** Woolston, north Shropshire, near Oswestry ** Woolston, south Shropshire, near Church Stretton and Craven Arms ** Woolston, Somerset, near the village of North Cadbury, between Wincanton and Yeovil * Wolston, Warwickshire New Zealand * Woolston, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch People * Andrew Woolston, English curler in the 2010- 2015 European Curling Championships * Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering American missionary teacher in China * Bob Woolston (born 1968), English cricketer * Thomas Woolston (1668–1733), English theologian * Thomas G. Woolston (fl. 1995), American patent attorney * Florence Guy Woolston Seabury (1881–1951), suff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston Technical
Cashmere Technical is an association football club based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formed in early 2012 from the merger of two of the city's premier teams, Cashmere Wanderers and Woolston Technical. The two clubs had agreed to work together in early 2011, and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake which devastated their home city and resulted in the loss of many playing facilities hastened their merger into a combined side. Cashmere Technical play in the Mainland Premier League, and have won the Chatham Cup twice as Cashmere but also once as Christchurch Technical Old Boys. Club history Christchurch Technical Christchurch Technical was formed in 1923 as Christchurch Technical Old Boys. The club changed its name to Christchurch Technical in 1968. It was also known temporarily as Christchurch City, when Woolston Working Men's Club and Christchurch Technical briefly merged to play in the National Soccer League in 2000 and 2001. Woolston Working Men's Club Was an associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
