Wharncliffe may refer to:
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Baron Wharncliffe (disambiguation)
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...
, various holders of a title of the English peerage created in 1826
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Earl of Wharncliffe
Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The earldom was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendan ...
, a title of the English peerage created in 1876
Places
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Wharncliffe and Kynoch
Wharncliffe and Kynoch is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, consisting of the unincorporated communities of Wharncliffe and Kynoch in the Algoma District
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern ...
, a local services board in Ontario province
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Wharncliffe Range
The Wharncliffe Range is a very small mountain range in the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend f ...
, a small mountain range in British Columbia
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Wharncliffe Crags
Wharncliffe Crags is a gritstone escarpment or edge situated approximately north-west of the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Overview
The edge, which is characterised as a ...
, a gritstone escarpment near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England
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Wharncliffe Side
Wharncliffe Side is a village in South Yorkshire, England, northwest of Sheffield and within the city borough.
Wharcliffe Side is located on the west bank of the River Don, approximately northwest of Sheffield city centre, and northwest of ...
, a village in South Yorkshire
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Wharncliffe, West Virginia
Wharncliffe is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is southwest of Gilbert, and has a post office with ZIP code 25651.
The origin of the town's name is obscure. It shares its name with a village north ...
, an unincorporated community in Mingo County
Other
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Wharncliffe Charity Cup
The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition organised by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association from 1878 to 1984.
The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe, who sponsored the event, and w ...
, a football competition named for the 1st Earl of Wharncliffe
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Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Wharncliffe Viaduct is a brick-built viaduct that carries the Great Western Main Line railway across the Brent Valley, between Hanwell and Southall, Ealing, UK, at an elevation of . The viaduct, built in 1836–7, was constructed for the op ...
, a railway viaduct in Ealing, London, named for the 1st Earl of Wharncliffe
*Wharncliffe War Hospital was located during World War I at
Middlewood Hospital
Middlewood Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital situated between the suburbs of Middlewood and Wadsley in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was also known as the South Yorkshire Asylum (1872–1888), the West Riding Asylum ...
, Sheffield
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Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1, 2 & 3 Colliery
Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1, 2 and 3 colliery (part of Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery Company Ltd, the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery Company was formed in 1873 when it purchased the New Willey Colliery, which had been sunk in 1871)
was a coal mine tha ...
, a coal mine near Barnsley, South Yorkshire
*A shape of
knife blade
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