Speedwell may refer to:
Plants
* ''Speedwell'', several plants in the genus ''
Veronica''
Places
Australia
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Speedwell, Queensland
Speedwell is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Speedwell had a population of 28 people.
History
Speedwell Provisional School operated from 12 August 1912 to July 1913 as a half-time provisional schoo ...
, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
United Kingdom
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Speedwell, Bristol
Speedwell is an area of east Bristol, Part of the ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.
The 2014 population estimate of the population of Speedwell was 2,342.
The one School in the area is Bristol Brunel Academy, previou ...
, England
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Speedwell Castle, Staffordshire, England
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Speedwell Cavern
Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England.
The cave system consists of a horizontal lead miners' adit (a level passageway driven horizontally into the hillside) 200 metres below ground leading to the cave ...
, Derbyshire, England, a former 18th Century lead mine
* Speedwell Mill, 18th century mill in
Wirksworth
Wirksworth is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population of 5,038 in the 2011 census was estimated at 5,180 in 2019. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a mark ...
, Derbyshire
* Speedwell Farm, Woburn, Bedfordshire, designed in 1795 by
Robert Salmon
Robert Salmon (1775 – ) was a Marine art, maritime artist, active in both England and America. Salmon completed nearly 1,000 paintings, all save one of maritime scenes or seascapes. He is widely considered the Father of American Lumini ...
* Speedwell Hill, Cheshire, former site of the
Bluecap Memorial
The Bluecap Memorial stands in the yard of the Cheshire Hunt Kennels in Kennel Lane, Sandiway, Cheshire, England. Bluecap was a Cheshire foxhound that was famous for winning a race against the hounds of Hugo Meynell of the Quorn Hunt in 1763. Th ...
United States
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Speedwell, Kentucky
Speedwell is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was opened for the community in 1852, and closed in 1939. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 374 and Kentucky Route 499.
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, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell, Tennessee
Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
Speedwell is an agricultural community that was first settled c. 1790. It is the site of Powell Valley Elementary School, a Claiborne County public school for kindergarten ...
, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell, Virginia
Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia, United States. Speedwell Is famous for 'Cave Hill', a cave in the side of the mountain. Speedwell has been known to be called Speedville.
The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Ce ...
, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell Township, St. Clair County, Missouri
Speedwell Township is an inactive township in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the mos ...
, an inactive township
Falkland Islands
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Speedwell Island
Speedwell Island (formerly Eagle Island; Spanish ''Isla Águila'') is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the Falkland Sound, southwest of Lafonia, East Falkland.
The island has an area of , measuring approximately from north to south and ac ...
in Falkland Sound
Australia
*Speedwell in the vicinity of
Hivesville, Queensland
Hivesville is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Hivesville had a population of 169 people.
Geography
The town is located on the Proston-Wondai road, north west of the state ...
Manufacturing and vehicles
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Speedwell Forge
Speedwell Forge Mansion, also known as Speedwell Forge Homestead, is a historic home located at Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The ironmaster's mansion was built about 1760, and is a 2½-story, four bay wide and two bay deep ...
, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue (part of U.S. Route 202), just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated ...
, and Speedwell Village, Morristown, New Jersey
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Troublesome Creek Ironworks
Troublesome Creek Ironworks, originally called Speedwell Furnace, is a historic iron furnace and archaeological site located near Monroeton, Rockingham County, North Carolina. The ironworks were established by 1770, and remained in operation into ...
, from 1771, North Carolina, originally called Speedwell Furnace
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Speedwell Motor Car Company
The Speedwell Motor Car Company was a Brass Era American automobile manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914. The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 greatly damaged the Speedwell factory and inven ...
, an early car manufacturer
* Speedwell GT version of the
Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
The Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite is a small sports car that was produced by the Donald Healey Motor Company at its Cape Works in Warwick, the Healey's Speed Equipment Division in Grosvenor Street, London and subsequently by John Sprinzel Ltd fro ...
sports car
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Speedwell bicycles
Speedwell was a brand of bicycle manufactured by Bennett & Wood, a firm established by Charles W. Bennett and Charles R. Wood in 1882 in Sydney. As motorcars and motorcycles became available Bennett and Wood entered the motor trade. They built an ...
, made in Sydney, Australia, from 1882
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Speedwellbus, a former bus company in Manchester, England
Ships
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''Speedwell'' (ship) lists ships with the name ''Speedwell'' including:
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''Speedwell'' (1577 ship) transported Pilgrims with ''Mayflower''
Fictional characters
* Speedwell, a rabbit
character in the ''Watership Down'' novel
* Mrs Speedwell, a character in
''Tit for Tat'' (1921 film)
* Speedwell, a character in ''
Death Comes to Time
''Death Comes to Time'' is a webcast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', produced by the BBC and first broadcast in five episodes on the BBCi Cult website from 12 July 2001, accompani ...
'', a Doctor Who-based audio drama
* Mrs Speedwell, a character in
The Glorious Dead (Upstairs, Downstairs)
"The Glorious Dead" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. It was first broadcast on 2 November 1974 on ITV.
Background
"The Glorious Dead" was filmed on 11 and 12 July 1974. While Elizabeth J ...
Music
*"Speedwell" song on the album
''You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone'' by Saint Etienne
*Dan B. Speedwell, musician on the album ''
Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
''Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express'', the fourth album by The Go-Betweens, was released in March 1986 in the UK on Beggars Banquet Records, the record label that would release the remainder of the original group's LPs through their bre ...
'' by The Go-Betweens
Other uses
*Speedwell Weather Limited, a company making
Weather derivative Weather derivatives are financial instruments that can be used by organizations or individuals as part of a risk management strategy to reduce risk associated with adverse or unexpected weather conditions. Weather derivatives are index-based instr ...
software
*"Speedwell" whistle, by
*Speedwell, an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1894
Middle Park Stakes
The Middle Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is s ...
See also
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Operation Speedwell During World War II, Operation Speedwell was an early Special Air Service raid against Italian rail targets near Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth- ...
, a World War II British raid into Italy
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