Whitley may refer to:
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Whitley, Berkshire
Whitley is a suburb of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is also an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading.
Geography
Whitley, commonly known as one of the larger suburbs of Reading, is bounded to the north and east ...
, a suburb of Reading
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Whitley, Cheshire
Whitley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is surrounded by the parishes of Antrobus, Comberbach, Little Leigh and Dutton. It also borders Daresbury in Ha ...
, a village near Warrington
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Whitley, Coventry
Whitley is a suburb of southern Coventry in the West Midlands of England and a major centre of the British automotive corporation Jaguar Land Rover. The name Whitley is said to mean "from the white meadow".
St James' Parish Church
From 193 ...
, a suburb of Coventry, West Midlands
*Whitley, Essex, near
Birdbrook
Birdbrook is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately southeast of Haverhill, Suffolk and is 34 km (21 miles) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in th ...
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Whitley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, a
location
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Whitley, North Yorkshire, a village
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Whitley, South Yorkshire, a
location
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Whitley, Wiltshire
Whitley is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It had a population of 1,914 in the 2011 census. This parish was formed in Local Government Act of 1894, when Whitley was united with the nearby settlements of Be ...
, a village
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Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside built-up area, being around e ...
, a town in Tyne and Wear, known as Whitley until the 19th century
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Whitley Lower and
Whitley Upper, West Yorkshire
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Whitley City, Kentucky
Whitley City is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,170 at the 2010 census. Despite its name, it is not an incorporated city; however, it is the county seat of McCreary County. Whitley ...
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Whitley County, Indiana
Whitley County is a rural county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 34,191. Whitley County is the 49th largest county in Indiana. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Columbia City. T ...
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Whitley County, Kentucky
Whitley County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,712. Its county seat is at Williamsburg, though the largest city is Corbin, and the county's District Cou ...
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Whitley Township, Moultrie County, Illinois
Whitley Township is located in Moultrie County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. ...
In the military
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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World ...
, a British bomber of the Second World War
* , a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1921 and from 1939 to 1940
Schools
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Whitley Secondary School
Whitley Secondary School (WSS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in Bishan, Singapore.
History
The school was originally located at Whitley Road, and was officially opened on 1 October 1965. In March 1992, the school was r ...
, Bishan, Singapore
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Whitley Abbey Community School
Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Compre ...
, Coventry, England
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Whitley College
Whitley College is a Baptist theological institute in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college is associated with the Baptist Union of Victoria (Australian Baptist Ministries) and is one of the theological schools of the University of Divinity ...
, University of Melbourne, Australia
People
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Whitley (surname) Whitley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alice Whitley (1913–1990), Australian chemist and educator
* Benton Whitley (born 1999), American football player
* Charles Orville Whitley (1927–2002), Democratic U.S. Congressma ...
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Whitley (singer)
Whitley, the professional name of Lawrence Greenwood, is an Australian Singer and songwriter.
Whitley's album, ''Go Forth, Find Mammoth,'' was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Adult Alternative Album.
In 2017, ''P.S. I'm Haunted'' was rel ...
, singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia
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Whitley Gilbert
Whitley Marion Gilbert-Wayne is a fictional character who appears in the American sitcom ''A Different World'', portrayed by actress Jasmine Guy. Warming up to whiz student Dwayne Wayne, the two have an on/off relationship with their later marriag ...
, fictional character from the 1980s sitcom ''A Different World''
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Whitley Strieber
Louis Whitley Strieber (; born June 13, 1945) is an American writer best known for his horror novels '' The Wolfen'' and '' The Hunger'' and for '' Communion'', a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non-human entities. He has mai ...
, American science fiction and horror writer
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Witley
Witley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England centred south west of the town of Godalming and southwest of Guildford. The land is a mixture of rural (ranging from woodland protected by the Surrey Hills AO ...
, village in Surrey
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Whiteley
Whiteley is a community in the county of Hampshire, England, near Fareham. The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Borough of Fareham to the south and east, and the city of Winchester to the north and west.
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, community in the county of Hampshire, England
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Wheatley (disambiguation)
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