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Watlington
Watlington may refer to: Places *Watlington, Norfolk, England *Watlington, Oxfordshire, England *Whatlington, Sussex, England *Watlington, New Zealand People with the surname *John Perry-Watlington (1823–1882), British politician *Neal Watlington (1922–2019), American baseball player *Samuel Watlington (fl. 1688–1711), British cloth merchant {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watlington, Oxfordshire
Watlington is a small market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about south of Thame. It is near Oxfordshire's eastern edge and less than from its border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the Hamlet (place), hamlets of Christmas Common, Greenfield and Howe Hill, all of which are in the Chiltern Hills. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727. History The Watlington area is likely to have been settled at an early date, encouraged by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The Toponymy, toponym means "settlement of Waeclingas, Waecel's people" and indicates occupation from around the 6th century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, Æthelred of Mercia records eight 'manses' or major dwellings in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 referred to the town as ''Watelintone'' or ''Watelintune''. Medieval documents indicate that the modern street plan was in existence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Watlington
Julius Neal Watlington (December 25, 1922 – December 29, 2019) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1953. Born in Yanceyville, North Carolina, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he was listed as tall and . Watlington broke into professional baseball in the minor leagues in 1941, then missed five seasons (1942–46). He served in the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, where he received a Purple Heart during his service and was 24 years old when he was signed as a free agent by the New York Giants in 1947. Primarily a catcher, Watlington was acquired by Philadelphia in February 1952 when the Athletics took over as parent team of the Triple-A Ottawa Giants of the International League. The Athletics recalled Watlington from Ottawa in the midsummer of 1953, and he appeared in 21 games for them through the remainder of the American League season. He started seven games a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watlington, Norfolk
Watlington is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 2,031 in 852 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 2,455 at the 2011 Census. It is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The villages name means 'farm/settlement of Hwaetel's/Wacol's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement at Wateling (= Wattle/ thatching place)'. It is situated some from the east bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The village is directly served by Watlington railway station (on the Fen Line between Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ... and King's Lynn) which is situated from the centre of the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatlington
Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District, Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is north of Hastings, just off the A21 road (England), A21 road. The village is in two parts, one in the valley on the road from Battle, East Sussex, Battle, where the church and the parish hall lie on either side of the stream, and one a mile or so further on the main A21 road (England), A21 to Hastings, with a triangular village green in front of the Royal Oak Public house, pub and restaurant. The Norman architecture, Norman parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene; the taxus, yew tree which stood there until 1987 was traditionally thought to be one thousand years old, and to have been used by William the Conqueror to hang members of Harold Godwinson, King Harold's personal guard. Malcolm Muggeridge lived with his family in Whatlington; both he and his wife are buried in the churchyard. On the main road a now disused chapel serves as a commercial busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watlington, New Zealand
Watlington is a suburb of Timaru, in the South Canterbury area and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located southwest of the town centre. Talbot Park was an aged-care hospital-level facility in Watlington for over a century, until it closed in May 2021. Demographics Watlington covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Watlington had a population of 2,253 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 45 people (−2.0%) since the 2013 census, and unchanged since the 2006 census. There were 909 households, comprising 1,122 males and 1,134 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 438 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 432 (19.2%) aged 15 to 29, 999 (44.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 387 (17.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 90.0% European/ Pākehā, 10.5% Māori, 2.4% Pasifika, 4.7% Asian, and 1.2% other eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry-Watlington
John Watlington Perry-Watlington (7 December 1823 – 24 February 1882), known as John Watlington Perry until 1848, was a British Conservative politician. Born in London in 1823 as John Watlington Perry, he was the only son of Thomas Perry and Maria Jane, daughter of George Watlington. He was first educated at the Harrow School, before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in Michaelmas of 1841. There, he became a Bachelor of Arts in 1845, and a Master of the Arts in 1849. In 1844, he was admitted to the Inner Temple Four years later he added the additional surname of Watlington, and a year after that he married Margaret Emily, daughter of Reverend Charles W. Ethelston. Perry-Watlington was first elected Conservative MP for South Essex at the 1859 general election, but stood down at the next election in 1865. Throughout his life, Perry-Watlington was a Major in the Essex Yeomanry, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Essex and Hertfordshire, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
