Whitwell
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Whitwell can be a place name in the UK
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It is also a place name in the USA:
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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- Whitwell HouseWhitwell HouseWhitwell House is a place in County Durham, in England situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham. It now consists of the hamlet of Whitwell Grange, but was from 1836 was the site of the village of Whitwell Colliery...
, County Durham - Whitwell, DerbyshireWhitwell, DerbyshireWhitwell is a small village located in Derbyshire, England.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...
- Whitwell CommonWhitwell CommonWhitwell 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....
, Derbyshire - Whitwell, HertfordshireWhitwell, HertfordshireWhitwell is a village in the parish of St Paul's Walden about six miles south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. Situated on a tableland, a spur of the Chilterns, Whitwell is about 400 feet above sea level. The soil is mostly clay with flints....
- Whitwell, Isle of WightWhitwell, Isle of WightWhitwell is located in the south of the Isle of Wight, slightly to the south of Godshill, and extends to the southern shore of the island. The nearest town is Ventnor, about 5 kilometres South of the village. Niton is the nearest village about away, which together, Whitwell and Niton form a civil...
- Whitwell & Reepham railway station, Norfolk
- Whitwell, North YorkshireWhitwell, North YorkshireWhitwell is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.Whitwell consists of little more than a few houses and a farm. The nearest notable settlements are Scorton and North Cowton....
- Whitwell, RutlandWhitwell, RutlandWhitwell is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.It is located about four miles east of Oakham, on the north shore of Rutland Water. A pleasure boat known as the Rutland Belle operates from Whitwell Harbour. It is also a popular sailing and water sports...
It is also a place name in the USA:
- Whitwell, TennesseeWhitwell, TennesseeWhitwell is a city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,660 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Persons
- Allan WhitwellAllan WhitwellAllan Whitwell is a former Olympic rower from England. He was a member of the silver medal-winning British coxed rowing eights at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
(1954- ), a former English Olympic rower - John WhitwellJohn WhitwellJohn Whitwell was an English Liberal 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...
(1812-1880), an English Liberal politician - Field Marshal John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de WaldenJohn Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de WaldenField Marshal John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, 1st Baron Braybrooke, KB was a British nobleman and soldier.-Military career:...
(1719-1797), a British nobleman and soldier - Joseph Fry WhitwellJoseph WhitwellJoseph Fry Whitwell was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, against Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge in 1890....
(1869–1932), an English amateur first-class cricketer - Philip Whitwell WilsonPhilip Whitwell WilsonPhilip Whitwell Wilson was a British Liberal politician, writer and journalist.-Politics:At the 1906 general election, he was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for St Pancras South, winning the seat from the Liberal Unionists by the slender margin of 61 votes...
(1875–1956), a British Liberal politician, writer and journalist - Robert Jowitt WhitwellR J WhitwellRobert Jowitt Whitwell B.Litt. was a British medievalist who made significant contributions to lexicography.- Personal :...
B.Litt. (1859-1928), a British medievalist - Thomas Stedman WhitwellThomas Stedman WhitwellThomas Stedman Whitwell was an English architect, best known for his collaboration with Robert Owen in an unrealised design for a secular communal utopia at New Harmony, Indiana, USA.-Early life:...
(1784–1840), an English architect - William Fry WhitwellWilliam WhitwellWilliam Fry Whitwell was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in thirteen first-class matches between 1890 and 1900. Of those, ten were for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890, two for Lord Hawke's XI in 1894, and one for The Gentlemen in 1900. He also played for Durham from...
(1867–1942), an English amateur first-class cricketer