Wallop (disambiguation)
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Wallop
is a social networking service.
Wallop or Wallops may also refer to:
Wallop
Wallop was originally designed as an Internet social network service tracing its origins from Microsoft Research. As a startup, the company behind Wallop was backed by $13 million from Microsoft and venture capitalists including Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners and Consor Capital.While the...
is a social networking service.
Wallop or Wallops may also refer to:
Places
- Farleigh WallopFarleigh WallopFarleigh Wallop is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately south of Basingstoke. The parish includes about .Since 1486, Farleigh Wallop has been the home of the Wallop family, including John Wallop, Henry Wallop, and Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth.-External...
, a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England - Middle WallopMiddle WallopMiddle Wallop is the local name given to an area between the two Parishes of Over Wallop and Nether Wallop in Hampshire, England. As it does not have its own parish technically it does not exist, however road signs and maps make reference to the location and have done so since the 18th century,...
, a village in Hampshire, England - Nether WallopNether WallopNether Wallop is a village in central Hampshire, England.It is part of The Wallops: Nether, Middle and Over Wallop. The name derives from 'waella' and 'hop' or 'the valley of springing water'...
a village in Hampshire, England - Over WallopOver WallopOver Wallop is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village lies approximately north-west from Stockbride, just off the Hampshire-Wiltshire border....
, a village in Hampshire, England - Wallops IslandWallops IslandWallops Island is a island off the east coast of Virginia, part of the barrier islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.It is located in Accomack County, Virginia...
, Virginia, USA- Wallops Island National Wildlife RefugeWallops Island National Wildlife RefugeThe Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located on Wallops Island, Virginia; the refuge was created on July 10, 1975, with the transfer of of land from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife...
- Wallops Flight FacilityWallops Flight FacilityWallops Flight Facility , located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other U.S. government agencies...
- NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility)NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility)The NASA Visitor Center is located in Building J-17, Wallops Island, Virginia, United States along Route 175. It contains exhibits highlighting past missions conducted at Wallops Flight Facility. The visitor center also provides information about current activities at Wallops Flight Facility,...
- NASA Visitor Center (Wallops Flight Facility)
- Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
People
- Douglass WallopDouglass WallopJohn Douglass Wallop III was an American novelist and playwright.-Early life:John Douglass Wallop III was born on March 8, 1920 to John Douglass, Jr., an insurance agent, and Marjorie Wallop ....
, American novelist and playwright - Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of PortsmouthGerard Wallop, 9th Earl of PortsmouthGerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth , styled Viscount Lymington from 1925 until 1943, was a British landowner, writer on agricultural topics, and politician.-Early life:...
- Henry WallopHenry WallopSir Henry Wallop was an English statesman.He was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire. Having inherited the estates of his father and of his uncle, Sir John Wallop, he was knighted in 1569 and was chosen member of parliament for Southampton in 1572...
, English statesman - Sir John WallopJohn WallopSir John Wallop was an English soldier and diplomatist who belonged to an old Hampshire family from the town of Farleigh Wallop....
, English soldier and diplomatist - Malcolm WallopMalcolm WallopMalcolm Wallop was a Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming.-Early years:...
, Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming - Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of PortsmouthNewton Wallop, 6th Earl of PortsmouthNewton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth JP, DL , styled Viscount Lymington until 1891, was a British Liberal politician...
- Robert WallopRobert WallopRobert Wallop was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times from 1621 to 1660. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....
, one of the regicides of King Charles I of England
Films
- The WallopThe WallopThe Wallop is a 1921 Western film directed by John Ford and starring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Harry Carey - John Wesley Pringle* Mignonne Golden - Stella Vorhis* William Steele - Christopher Foy...
, 1921 film starring Harry Carey - The Old WallopThe Old WallopThe Old Wallop is a 1927 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 65th Our Gang short that was released and was considered to be a lost film. However, a foreign print of the film was found and is nearly complete...
, 1927 Our Gang short silent comedy film
Other
- a dated British slang term for beer - also codswallop
- Wallops, an Internet Relay Chat command