Collingwood
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Collingwood is an English placename (meaning "wood of disputed ownership") and the source of an English habitational surname
. It may refer to:
Canada
England
New Zealand
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It may refer to:
Places
Australia- Collingwood, VictoriaCollingwood, VictoriaCollingwood is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne
Canada
- Collingwood, Calgary, neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta
- Collingwood, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in southeast Vancouver, British Columbia
- Collingwood, Nova ScotiaCollingwood, Nova ScotiaCollingwood is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County .-References:*...
- Collingwood Corner, Nova ScotiaCollingwood Corner, Nova ScotiaCollingwood Corner is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County .-References:*...
- Collingwood, OntarioCollingwood, OntarioCollingwood is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is situated on Nottawasaga Bay at the southern point of Georgian Bay.-History:...
England
- Collingwood, Northumberland
New Zealand
- Collingwood, New ZealandCollingwood, New ZealandCollingwood is a town in the north-west corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in the hub of the Aorere Valley, in the western half of the Golden Bay area.-Geography:The town lies at the end of State Highway 60 in Golden Bay...
- Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)Collingwood was a parliamentary electorate in the Tasman region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.-Location:The electorate was centred on the towns of Collingwood and Takaka in the South Island.-History:...
, an electorate based on the locality
- Collingwood (New Zealand electorate)
People with the surname Collingwood
- Charles Collingwood (actor)Charles Collingwood (actor)Charles Henry Collingwood is a British actor.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, England, he trained at RADA. He is best known for playing the role of Brian Aldridge in the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since March 1975...
- Charles Collingwood (journalist)Charles Collingwood (journalist)Charles Collingwood was a television newscaster.Born in Three Rivers, Michigan, Collingwood graduated from Deep Springs College and Cornell University and in 1939 received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. After working in London for United Press, Collingwood was hired by Edward R...
- Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron CollingwoodCuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron CollingwoodVice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.-Early years:Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne...
, admiral of the Royal Navy - Edward CollingwoodEdward CollingwoodSir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL was an English mathematician and scientist.He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland...
, British mathematician - Luke CollingwoodLuke CollingwoodCaptain Luke Collingwood was a British sailor and the captain of the slave ship Zong. Prior to the Zong's fateful voyage he had served as Ship's Surgeon on at least one voyage....
, slave trader - Lyn CollingwoodLyn CollingwoodLyn Collingwood is an Australian actress. Collingwood was cast as Colleen Smart on Home and Away and was recurring character in 1988–1989, and returned in 1997 for one episode and then returned in 1999 as regular character....
(born 1936), Australian actress - Paul CollingwoodPaul CollingwoodPaul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting...
, English cricketer - R. G. CollingwoodR. G. CollingwoodRobin George Collingwood was a British philosopher and historian. He was born at Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands in Lancashire, the son of the academic W. G. Collingwood, and was educated at Rugby School and at University College, Oxford, where he read Greats...
, (1889–1943) philosopher and historian at Oxford University - W. G. CollingwoodW. G. CollingwoodWilliam Gershom Collingwood, was an author, artist, antiquary and Professor of Fine Arts at Reading University....
, (1854 – 1932) author, artist and antiquarian
Educational institutions
- Collingwood SchoolCollingwood SchoolCollingwood School is an independent, co-educational, university-preparatory school founded in 1984. Located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, it delivers the British Columbia Ministry of Education curriculum from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12....
, university-preparatory school in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Collingwood College, VictoriaCollingwood College, VictoriaCollingwood College is an internationally accredited government school located in the inner-city suburb of Collingwood, close to the Melbourne CBD. The school's main campus is near Hoddle Street, on the corner of Cromwell Street and McCutcheon Way...
, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school - Collingwood College, DurhamCollingwood College, DurhamCollingwood College is a college of Durham University in England. It is the second largest of Durham's undergraduate colleges. Founded in 1972 as the first purpose-built, mixed-sex college in Durham, it is named after the mathematician Sir Edward Collingwood , who was also for a time Chair of the...
, college of Durham University, England - Collingwood College, SurreyCollingwood College, SurreyCollingwood College is a state secondary school located in Camberley, Surrey, England for 11-18 year olds.-Admissions:It is one of the best secondary schools in Surrey, and the third biggest in the UK, with over 2000 pupils, including more than 400 in the Sixth Form...
, state secondary comprehensive technology college in Camberley, England
Sports Teams
- Collingwood Football ClubCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
of the Australian Football League - Collingwood VFL Football ClubCollingwood VFL Football ClubCollingwood Football Club VFL team, nicknamed The Magpies and often referred to as the Collingwood Reseves, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Victorian Football League...
of the Victorian Football League - Collingwood Warriors S.C.Collingwood Warriors S.C.Collingwood Warriors was an association football team from Melbourne, Australia. It played in the National Soccer League in 1996/97, lasting only a solitary season....
of the National Soccer League
Other uses of Collingwood
- Collingwood 50005, British Rail Class 50British Rail Class 50The British Rail Class 50 is a diesel locomotive built from 1967-68 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works in Newton-le-Willows. Fifty of these locomotives were built to haul express passenger trains on the, then non-electrified, section of the West Coast Main Line between Crewe,...
locomotive - HMS CollingwoodHMS CollingwoodThree ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood....
(disambiguation page), several ships of the Royal Navy - HMCS Collingwood (K180), a flower class corvetteFlower class corvetteThe Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...
ship of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II - Collingwood O'HareCollingwood O'HareCollingwood O'Hare is a TV animation studio based in London headed by writer/director Tony Collingwood and producer Christopher O'Hare. Responsible for animated TV series 'Oscar's Orchestra', 'Dennis the Menace', 'Gordon the Garden Gnome', 'Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!' and 'The Secret Show', among...
, TV animation studio based in London