Speedwell may refer to:
Plants
* ''Speedwell'', several plants in the genus ''
Veronica''
Places
Australia
*
Speedwell, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
United Kingdom
*
Speedwell, Bristol, England
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Speedwell Castle
Speedwell Castle is a mid-18th-century house at the centre of Brewood, Staffordshire, between Wolverhampton and Stafford. Described by Pevsner as a "peach" and a "delectable folly", it stands beside the village market place, at the head of a T- ...
, 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, Derbyshire
* Speedwell Farm, Woburn, Bedfordshire, designed in 1795 by
Robert Salmon
* Speedwell Hill, Cheshire, former site of the
Bluecap Memorial
United States
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Speedwell, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
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Speedwell, Tennessee, 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
*
Speedwell Township, St. Clair County, Missouri, an inactive township
Falkland Islands
*
Speedwell Island in Falkland Sound
Australia
*Speedwell in the vicinity of
Hivesville, Queensland
Manufacturing and vehicles
*
Speedwell Forge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
*
Speedwell Ironworks, and Speedwell Village, Morristown, New Jersey
*
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
*
Speedwell Motor Car Company, an early car manufacturer
* Speedwell GT version of the
Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite sports car
*
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
Speedwellbus (formerly Speedwell Private Hire) was a bus operator based in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It operated a fleet of 25 buses on commercial and contracted services. Formed in 2002, it ceased operating rather abruptly and unexpect ...
, a former bus company in Manchester, England
Ships
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''Speedwell'' (ship) lists ships with the name ''Speedwell'' including:
**
''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'' by The Go-Betweens
Other uses
*Speedwell Weather Limited, a company making
Weather derivative software
*"Speedwell" whistle, by
Henry Arthur Ward
*Speedwell, an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1894
Middle Park Stakes
See also
*
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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