Weymouth can refer to:
Places
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Weymouth, Dorset
Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,427 in 2021. It is the third l ...
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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 whi ...
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Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, ...
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Weymouth Bay
Weymouth Bay is a sheltered bay on the south coast of England, in Dorset. It is protected from erosion by Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland, and includes several beaches, notably Weymouth Beach, a gently curving arc of golden sand which st ...
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Weymouth Beach
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Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Immediately adjacent to the beach is The Esplanade.
The beach is a popular destination for sea bathing, and was frequ ...
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Weymouth Harbour, Dorset
Weymouth Harbour (or the Old Harbour) is a picturesque harbour at the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, southern England,. It has a 17th-century waterfront.
Overview
The harbour forms the mouth of the River Wey as it enters the Channel. ...
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Weymouth Harbour Tramway
The Weymouth Harbour Tramway (also known as the Quay Branch or Harbour Line) was a heavy rail line running entirely on the streets of Weymouth, Dorset, England from a junction to the north of Weymouth station to Weymouth Quay station at ...
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Weymouth Pavilion
The Weymouth Pavilion, formerly the Ritz, is a theatre in Weymouth, Dorset. The complex contains a 988-seat theatre, 600 (maximum) capacity ballroom known as the Ocean Room, the Piano Bar restaurant, Ritz Cafe and other function and meeting roo ...
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Weymouth railway station
Weymouth railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Weymouth, Dorset, England (the other being Upwey station which is located north of the town centre). The station is the southern terminus of both the South West Main Line, ...
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Weymouth Quay railway station
Weymouth Quay is a disused railway station in Weymouth, Dorset, England at the terminus of the Weymouth Harbour Tramway. Until September 1987 it was the regular terminus and starting point for boat trains to and from London Waterloo, linking to ...
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Weymouth, Massachusetts ("To Work Is to Conquer")
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Weymouth, Ohio
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Weymouth Township, New Jersey
Weymouth Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the township's population was 2,715, reflecting an increase of 458 (+20.3%) from the 2,257 counted in the 2000 Census, which ...
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Weymouth, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Weymouth Hall, a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi
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Weymouth, Tasmania
Weymouth is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of George Town in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of George Town. The 2016 census has a population of 129 for the state subu ...
, Australia
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Weymouth Bay, Queensland
Weymouth Bay is a bay in North Queensland, Australia.
The bay opens onto the Coral Sea, part of the South Pacific Ocean. The Pascoe River flows into the bay. To the south of the bay is the Kutini-Payamu National Park.
It was one of the Austr ...
, Australia
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Weymouth, Nova Scotia
Weymouth is a rural village located in Digby County, Nova Scotia on the Sissiboo River near its terminus on Baie Ste. Marie.
History
The area was settled in the 1760s by New England Planters. The town was formally founded by Loyalist James M ...
, Canada
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Weymouth, New Zealand
Weymouth, also known as Weymouth by the sea, is a southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located adjacent to Clendon Park and Manurewa, some southeast of Auckland city centre, and is sited on a peninsula between the southeastern shore ...
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Saint Michael, Barbados
The parish of St. Michael is one of eleven parishes of Barbados. It has a land area of and is found at the southwest portion of the island. Saint Michael has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir Will ...
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Weymouth F.C.
Weymouth Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Weymouth, Dorset. They compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the Terras due to their t ...
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Weymouth College
Weymouth College is a further education college located in Weymouth, England. The college has over 4,000 students, studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many subjects. The college is part of The University of Plymouth ...
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HMS ''Weymouth'', several ships
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19294 Weymouth
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
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Weymouth New Testament
The Weymouth New Testament ("WNT"), otherwise known as ''The New Testament in Modern Speech'' or ''The Modern Speech New Testament'', is a translation of the New Testament into nineteenth-century English by Richard Francis Weymouth.
It was based ...
People with the surname
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Ceawlin Thynn, Viscount Weymouth
Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath (; ; born 6 June 1974), styled Viscount Weymouth between 1992 and 2020, is a British businessman and the first son and second child of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and his wife Anna Gy ...
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George Weymouth
George Weymouth (Waymouth) () was an English explorer of the area now occupied by the state of Maine.
Voyages
George Weymouth was a native of Cockington, Devon, who spent his youth studying shipbuilding and mathematics.
In 1602 Weymouth was ...
(c.1585-c.1612), English explorer
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George W. Weymouth (1850–1910), American politician
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Katharine Weymouth
Katharine Bouchage Weymouth (born May 28, 1966) is an American lawyer and businesswoman who from 2008 to 2014 was publisher of ''The Washington Post'' and chief executive officer of Washington Post Media.
Early life and education
Weymouth grew u ...
, former publisher of ''The Washington Post''
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Lally Weymouth
Elizabeth Morris "Lally" Graham Weymouth (born July 3, 1943) is an American journalist, and senior associate editor of ''The Washington Post''. She was previously special diplomatic correspondent for ''Newsweek'' magazine during her family's own ...
, American journalist
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(1917-2020), Vice Admiral of the United States Navy
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Richard Francis Weymouth
Dr. Richard Francis Weymouth (M.A., D.Litt.) (1822–1902) was an English schoolmaster, Baptist layman and Bible student known particularly for producing one of the earliest modern language translations of the New Testament.
Life
Born near Devo ...
(1822-1902), English Bible scholar
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Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, KG, PC (13 September 173419 November 1796), of Longleat in Wiltshire, was a British politician who held office under King George III. He served as Southern Secretary, Northern Secretary and Lord Lieuten ...
(1734–1796), 3rd Viscount Weymouth
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Tina Weymouth
Martina Michèle Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Tal ...
, bassist for Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club
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Yann Weymouth
Yann Weymouth is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based architect and the designer of the Salvador Dalí Museum. Early in his career, he served as chief of design for I. M. Pei on the Grand Louvre Project in Paris.
Career
After graduating from Harvard ...
, architect
Waymouth variation
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Henry Waymouth
Henry Waymouth (21 January 1775– 23 January 1848), also spelt Weymouth, was a Baptist activist and campaigner, and a founder of the South Australian Company.
Waymouth was born in Exeter, the son of Henry (d.1803) and Sarah Waymouth (née Brya ...
(1791–1848), one of the British founding directors of the South Australian Company in 1835, was sometimes spelt Henry Weymouth
See also
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Weymouth bit
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Double bridle
A double bridle, also called a full bridle or Weymouth bridle,Gurney, Hilda. "Double Bridle Pros and Cons." ''Practical Horseman'' Sept. 2007. is a bridle that has two bits and four reins (sometimes called "double reins"). One bit is the '' brado ...
or Weymouth bridle
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Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. The academy building is located in Osprey Quay on the northern tip of the island, and the wat ...
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Weymouth Wildcats
The Weymouth Wildcats were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Weymouth, England, who raced in the National League. The Wildcats won the first Conference League Championship in their history in 2008 after winning the Conference Leagu ...
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Weymouth Sands
''Weymouth Sands'' is a novel by John Cowper Powys, which was written in rural upper New York State and published in February 1934 in New York City by Simon and Schuster. It was published in Britain as ''Jobber Skald'' in 1935 by John Lane. ''Wey ...
'', a novel by John Cowper Powys
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Weymouth Harbour (disambiguation)
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Waymouth Waymouth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
* Henry Waymouth (1791–1848), one of the British founding directors of the South Australian Company in 1835
* Louis Waymout ...
(surname list – variant spelling)
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