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Whitwell
Whitwell may refer to: Places UK * Whitwell, Derbyshire ** Whitwell Common, Derbyshire * Whitwell, Hertfordshire * Whitwell, Isle of Wight * Whitwell and Reepham railway station, Norfolk * Whitwell, North Yorkshire, near Catterick * Whitwell, Rutland * Whitwell-on-the-Hill, in between York and Malton * Whitwell House Whitwell House is a place in the civil parish of Shincliffe, in County Durham, England situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham, England, Durham. It now consists of the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Whitwell Grange, but was from 1836 was the ..., County Durham US * Whitwell, Tennessee People * Allan Whitwell (born 1954), English Olympic rower * John Whitwell (1812–1880), English Liberal politician * Field Marshal John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797), British nobleman and soldier * Joseph Whitwell (1869–1932), English amateur first-class cricketer * Mike Whitwell, American football player * Philip Whitwell Wilson (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell And Reepham Railway Station
Whitwell and Reepham railway station, also known as Whitwell station, is a former station situated in Norfolk, England. The station closed in 1959 and is a notable stop on the Marriott's Way long-distance footpath. It is being restored as a railway museum, including the re-laying of track. History The station was opened in 1882 as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway's (M&GN) branch from the main line at Melton Constable to Norwich City. Whilst the route was fairly well-used, it struggled under the competition from the larger Great Eastern Railway and its more direct lines. Only one year prior to opening, the Great Eastern had inaugurated its own station at Reepham which, unlike Whitwell, was conveniently sited to the settlement it purported to serve. The M&GN suffered in the post-Second World War period which saw much freight transfer to road and greater car ownership, leaving the line with its summer and schools traffic. In the face of spiralling losses, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell Common
Whitwell Common is a village, in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, lying just North-West of Whitwell, straddling the A619, which runs between Chesterfield and Worksop. A Battle during the English Civil War took place here. Population details are included on the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... of Whitwell. There are many farms scattered throughout the area covered by the Common, most dating back to Medieval times. After the enclosure of the village of Whitwell, a coaching house called the Dale Inn was built in 1840. It was during the digging of the foundations that the remains of the Civil War skirmish were discovered including a sword, and ring. Upon the building of the Dale Inn two terraces of stone farm cottages followed soon after. In the 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell, Derbyshire
Whitwell is a village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The villages lies close to the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish (including Whitwell Common) taken at the 2021 Census was 3,721 History Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' celebrations of 1989, it is much older than this celebration suggests. The earliest written references to Whitwell are from the Anglo-Saxon charters. However, many of its historical sites predate this period. Within the parish are several Iron Age burial mounds, an Iron Age fort and settlement, the remains of a Roman villa, medieval field systems, and both a Norman and Saxon church. Creswell Crags was until recently within the parish. Whitwell Old Hall is a medieval manor house. Whitwell Gap (Hwitan Wylles Geat) Anglo Saxon poets recorded King Alfred's grandson, King Edmund, conquering the 5 Boroughs from the Viking Earls in 942 AD, reaching as far as Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Whitwell
Sally Whitwell (born 1974) is an Australian classical music pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and teacher. She has released five solo albums all on the ABC Classics record label. The first three albums peaked in the top 5 on the ARIA Charts' Classical Albums. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 Whitwell won the Best Classical Album award for ''Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass''. In 2012 she was nominated in the same category for ''The Good, the Bad and the Awkward''. She won the same category in 2013 for ''All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman''. Virginia Read won Engineer of the Year for that album and was also nominated for Producer of the Year. Biography Whitwell was born in 1974 and grew up in Canberra. She learned to play the piano on her grandmother's "imposing beast of an instrument", including " Cockles and Mussels" and " Wedding of the Painted Doll". In the 1980s she had piano lessons where "a classical tuition is what you would receive". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Whitwell Wilson
Philip Whitwell Wilson (1875 – 6 June 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician, writer and journalist. Early life Wilson was born in Westmorland, Cumbria, the son of I. Whitwell Wilson, a Justice of the Peace, and Annie Bagster. He was educated at Kendal Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union, and was also one of the first editors of the literary magazine ''Granta''. Politics At the 1906 general election, he was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South, winning the seat from the Liberal Unionists by the slender margin of 61 votes. The Liberal Unionists regained the seat at the January 1910 general election and Wilson switched to the Westmorland seat of Appleby, which he contested unsuccessfully at the December 1910 general election, finishing second. Career In 1910 he became the parliamentary correspondent for the '' Daily News'', a position he held for the next twelve years. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Whitwell
Michael Carroll Whitwell (born November 14, 1958) is an American former professional football player who played two seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Browns in the sixth round of the 1982 NFL draft after playing college football for the Texas A&M Aggies. Early life and college Michael Carroll Whitwell was born on November 14, 1958, in Kenedy, Texas. He attended Cotulla High School in Cotulla, Texas. Whitwell was a four-year letterman at wide receiver for the Texas A&M Aggies of Texas A&M University from 1978 to 1981. He caught one pass for 17 yards in 1978 and three passes for 21 yards and two touchdowns in 1979. During the 1980 season, he totaled 30 receptions for 603 yards and two touchdowns. His 20.1 yards per catch was the highest in the Southwest Conference (SWC) that year. As a senior in 1981, Whitwell, recorded 27 receptions for 731 yards and three touchdowns. His 27.1 yards per catch led the SWC for the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Whitwell
Joseph Fry Whitwell (22 February 1869 – 6 November 1932) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, against Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge in 1890. Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England, Whitwell was a right-handed batsman, who scored four runs in both innings, and took one wicket for eleven runs. His only first-class victim, with his right arm medium pace, was William Scotton bowled for 20. Whitwell also played for Durham from 1895 to 1902, and was their captain from 1899 to 1902. An ironmaster by trade, Whitwell also played for Norton C.C. and Saltburn C.C., plus he led Durham to the Minor Counties Championship title in 1901. Whitwell died in November 1932, in Langbaurgh Hall, Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard De Walden
Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, KB (13 March 1719 – 25 May 1797), was a British Army officer, politician and peer. He served as a junior officer with the Pragmatic Army in the Dutch Republic and Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession. After changing his surname to Griffin in 1749, he commanded a brigade at the Battle of Corbach in July 1760 during the Seven Years' War. He also commanded a brigade at the Battle of Warburg and was wounded at the Battle of Kloster Kampen. Early life He was born John Griffin Whitwell, the son of William Whitwell by his wife Anne Griffin, sister and sole heiress of Edward Griffin, 3rd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, and granddaughter of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden (1619–1689). Career Whitwell was educated at Winchester College and commissioned as an ensign in the 3rd regiment of Foot Guards and lieutenant in the Army in 1739. He served with the Pragmatic Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitwell
John Whitwell (6 September 1812 – 28 November 1880) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Whitwell was the son of Isaac Whitwell of Kendal and his wife Maria Fisher daughter of William Fisher of Thorpe Hall, Leeds. He was educated at the Kendal Friends School and at the Darlington Friend's School. He was a manufacturer and president of the Kendal Chamber of Commerce and one of the London standing committee of the National Association of the Chambers of Commerce. He was mayor of Kendal six times and a J.P. for Kendal and for Westmorland. He was also Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion Westmorland Rifle Volunteers and author of ''The necessary legislation for incorporating Trades Unions''. When the previous Member of Parliament (MP) for Kendal retired, Whitwell received a requisition signed by 1352 of the borough's 1884 electors to stand at the 1868 general election Whitwell was elected MP for Kendal Kendal, once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell, Tennessee
Whitwell is a city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States, approximately 24 miles northwest of Chattanooga. The population was 1,641 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town that became Whitwell was originally known as Cheekville, but renamed "Whitwell" for Thomas Whitwell, a British metallurgist, inventor and co-founder of the Southern States Coal, Iron and Land Company, who was killed in an accident in his own ironworks in Thornaby in 1878. Whitwell was incorporated as a city in 1956, having grown as a mining town due to the abundance of coal in the mountains near the town. In 1981, there was a major mining accident when 13 coal miners were killed in an explosion. A full list of the names of those killed in the mine explosion is on a monument at Whitwell High School. Whitwell also has an annual Labor Day celebration that has been celebrated for over 50 consecutive years. Geography Whitwell is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Whitwell
Allan Whitwell (born 5 May 1954) is a British former rower who competed for Great Britain and England. Career He taught at The Becket School, when he lived in Mapperley in the 1980s and 1990s. Rowing career Whitwell was born in 1954 in York, Yorkshire. He was a member of the silver medal-winning British men's eight at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He competed in three Olympic Games in total, appearing in the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics in addition to his medal winning 1980 Games. In 1977 he was part of the eight that reached the final and finished 5th, at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. In 1986, he was in the World Championship winning in the lightweight double sculls with Carl Smith. He came third teamed with Smith in the 1987 World Rowing Championships in the same boat class. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitwell House
Whitwell House is a place in the civil parish of Shincliffe, in County Durham, England situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham, England, Durham. It now consists of the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Whitwell Grange, but was from 1836 was the site of the village of Whitwell Colliery. The village declined following the closure of the Coal mining, colliery in 1875 and was described as 'almost deserted' by 1894. The chapelry was closely associated with the nearby Sherburn Hospital. Governance Whitwell House was formerly an extra-parochial tract, in 1858 Whitwell House became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Shincliffe. In 1971 the parish had a population of 18. References External links Durham Mining Museum entry on Whitwell CollieryGenUKi entry on Whitwell House Villages in County Durham, Whitwell Grange Former civil parishes in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
