Digby may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Digby, Victoria
Digby is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Glenelg, west of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Stokes River, a tributary of the Glenelg. At the 2006 census, Digby and the surrounding area h ...
, a town
Canada
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Digby (electoral district)
Digby was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created as part of the ''British North America Act'', 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was redi ...
, a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1914)
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Digby (provincial electoral district) Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1993.
From 1867 to 1949, the district included all of Digby County. After 1949, the Municipalit ...
, a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1993)
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Digby County, Nova Scotia
Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from New York City
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, a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
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Digby, Nova Scotia
Digby is an incorporated town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is in the historical Digby County, Nova Scotia, county of Digby and a separate municipality from the Municipality of the District of Digby. The town is situated on the western s ...
, a town
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Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district)
Digby, officially named the Municipality of the District of Digby, is a district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
The district municipality forms ...
, the eastern half of Digby County
England
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Digby, Devon
Digby was a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, located by Clyst Heath.
Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital
Digby Hospital was a mental health fac ...
, a village in Exeter
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Digby and Sowton railway station
Digby and Sowton railway station is on the Avocet Line in Devon, England.
History
A small station known as Clyst St Mary and Digby Halt was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1908 to serve Clyst St Mary and Digby Hospita ...
, Exeter
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Digby, Lincolnshire, a village and civil parish in North Kesteven
United States
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Digby, Ohio, an unincorporated community
People
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Digby (name), a given name and surname
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Baron Digby
Baron Digby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, for members of the same family.
Robert Digby, Governor of King's County, was created Baron Digby, of Geashill in the ...
, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
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Digby (blogger)
Digby is the short name of American political blogger Heather Digby Parton from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal/progressive blogosphe ...
, pen name of Heather Digby Parton, writer of the liberal blog Hullabaloo
Military
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Douglas B-18 Bolo
The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company f ...
, a bomber used by United States Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force
* , a Royal Canadian Navy Second World War minesweeper
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RAF Digby
Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force station located near Scopwick and south east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is home to the tri-service Joint Service Signals Organi ...
, Lincolnshire, England, a former Royal Air Force station
Arts and entertainment
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Digby (band), an American power pop band
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''Digby'' (play), a 1985 play by
Joseph Dougherty
Joseph Dougherty is an American television producer, writer, and director. He has written for such television series as ''Thirtysomething'', for which he won an Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for ...
* Digby Geste, one of three brothers in the novel ''
Beau Geste
''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...
'' and its various adaptations
* Digby O'Dell, "the friendly undertaker", a character in ''
The Life of Riley
''The Life of Riley'' is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book.
Radio
The radio program initially aired on the Blue Network (later kn ...
'' comedy series
* Digby (Kento), a
character in ''Animal Crossing''
* The title character of the 1973 film ''
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' is a 1973 British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, N ...
''
* A
dog on the television show ''Pushing Daisies''
* A
character in the 2012 cartoon TV show ''Littlest Pet Shop''
* A cable ship in the Canadian children's television series ''
Theodore Tugboat
''Theodore Tugboat'' is a Canadian children's television series about a tugboat named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show originated (and is set) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a co-production between th ...
''
* A character in ''
Animal Crossing: New Leaf''
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