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Walpole (prison)
Walpole may refer to: People * Walpole (surname) * Baron Walpole, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain * Walpole G. Colerick (1845–1911), American politician * Walpole Vidal (1853–1914), 19th century British footballer Places Australia * Walpole, Western Australia * Walpole River, Western Australia Canada * Rural Municipality of Walpole No. 92, Saskatchewan * Walpole Island First Nation, Ontario England * Walpole, Norfolk, a parish that includes the villages of Walpole St Andrew and Walpole St Peter * Walpole, Suffolk * Walpole Cross Keys, Norfolk * Walpole Highway, Norfolk * Walpole Park, London Borough of Ealing France * Walpole Island (New Caledonia) United States * Walpole, Maine * Walpole, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts, the original village within the town ** Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction, formerly known as Walpole * Walpole, New Hampshire, a New England town ** Walpole (CDP), New Hamps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole (surname)
Walpole is an English surname. People * Aaron Walpole (born 1979), Canadian actor * Alice Walpole (born 1963), British ambassador * Brian Walpole, Concorde pilot * Doug Walpole (born 1942), Australian politician * Edward Walpole (other), several people * Frederick Walpole (1822–1876), British naval officer and politician * Galfridus Walpole (1683–1726), British naval officer and politician * Gary Walpole (born 1963), Australian rules footballer * George Walpole (other) * Henry Walpole (1558–1595), English Jesuit martyr and Roman Catholic saint * Horace Walpole (1717–1797), writer * Horatio Walpole (other), several people * Hugh Walpole (1884–1941), novelist * John Walpole (1797–1864), English soldier and diplomat * Michael Walpole (1570–1614), English Jesuit and controversialist * Ralph Walpole (died 1302), medieval Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Ely * Richard Walpole (1728–1798), British politician * Robert Walpole (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole, Maine
South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island. The town has six nature preserves. History This was once territory of the Wawenock (or more precisely Walinakiak, meaning "People of the Bays") Abenaki people, who traveled in canoes to hunt for fish, shellfish, seals and seafowl. In 1614, Captain John Smith explored the coast, and is said to have named Christmas Cove when he visited it on Christmas Day. The land was subsequently part of the Pemaquid Patent, granted by the Plymouth Council for New England in 1631 to Robert Aldsworth and Gyles Elbridge, merchants from Bristol, England, from which the town derives its name. A palisade fort and settlement were built on the adjacent Pemaquid Peninsula. Between 1630 and 1650, the area was the center for fur trading in Maine. It was attacked and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole Station (MBTA)
Union Station, also known as Walpole station, is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Walpole, Massachusetts. It is located at the crossing of Franklin Branch and Framingham Secondary just west of downtown Walpole. The station has one side platform on the Franklin Branch serving the Franklin Line service. Unlike most MBTA stations, Walpole station is not accessible. Railroad service to Walpole began with the Norfolk County Railroad on April 23, 1849. Walpole became a railroad junction when the Mansfield and Framingham Railroad opened in 1870, and an interlocking tower was built in 1882 to control the junction. The next year, the separate stations on the two lines were replaced with a union station at the junction. The structure burned in 1893 and was rebuilt as a Victorian eclectic depot with Richardsonian influences—one of the few such buildings in the state constructed from wood rather than stone. By 1898, both lines were controlled by the New Haven Railroad, with the ex-Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole Railway Station (England)
Walpole railway station was a station in Norfolk. It is now disused. First opened in 1882, it was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between the Midlands and the Norfolk coast. It took its name from the cluster of villages surrounding Walpole Hall, being nearest to Walpole Cross Keys. It was located very close to the Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ... border. It closed along with the rest of the line in 1959. References Disused railway stations in Norfolk Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 1866 establishments in England 1959 disestablishments in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole (1798 EIC Ship)
''Walpole'' was launched in 1798 as an East Indiaman. She made four complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked in 1808 as she was returning to London from her fifth voyage. Career On 5 April 1797 the EIC agreed with Michael Humble, Esq., that it would engage ''Walpole'', to be built on the Thames, for six voyages to all parts of China and India at a rate of £20 10 s per ton for 820 tons. 1st EIC voyage (1798–1800) Captain Corbyn Morris Venner acquired a letter of marque on 11 April 1798. He sailed from Portsmouth on 29 April, bound for China and Madras. ''Walpole'' reached Rio de Janeiro on 5 July, and arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 4 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the second Bar on 8 January 1799 and reached Madras on 23 February. She visited Calingapatam on 14 March before returning to Madras on 19 April. She left Madras on 11 August, reached St Helena on 26 October and Cork on 17 January 1800, before arriving in the Downs on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole (1779 EIC Ship)
''Walpole'' was launched on the Thames in 1779. She made seven voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On the sixth voyage, on her way to China, her captain discovered an island that he named Walpole Island. She was sold for breaking up in 1799. Career 1st EIC voyage (1779–1781): Captain Burnet Abercromby sailed from Portsmouth on 16 June 1779, bound for Madras and Bengal. ''Walpole'' reached the Cape on 10 October and Madras on 17 January 1780. She arrived at Kedgeree on 12 March. Homeward bound, she sailed from Kedgeree on 1 December and reached St Helena on 14 March. She stayed there until 29 July. She arrived at the Downs on 20 October. 2nd EIC voyage (1783–1784): Captain Henry Churchill sailed from Portsmouth on 10 March 1783, bound for St Helena, Bencoolen, and China. ''Walpole'' reached St Helena on 22 May and Benkulen on 6 September. From Bencoolen she stopped at Manna on 1 October. She arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 17 December. Homeward bound, ''Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Walpole (D41)
HMS ''Walpole'' (D41) was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. The ship was built under the 1916–17 programme in the 10th Destroyer order. ''Walpole'' was assigned to the 13th Destroyer Flotilla in the Grand Fleet after completion. she was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla in September 1939 and served until almost the end of the Second World War. Her role was mostly convoy escort duties, but she took part in two combined arms operations (Operations Amsterdam and Jubilee A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of y ...) and the D-day landings (Operation Neptune). She hit a mine on 6 January 1945 and was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and broken up at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex in March 1945. Bibliography * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole (CDP), New Hampshire
Walpole is a census-designated place (CDP) and the central village in the town of Walpole in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 573 at the 2020 census, compared to 3,633 in the entire town. Geography The CDP is in the west-center part of the town of Walpole, on the east side of the valley of the Connecticut River. The western edge of the CDP follows New Hampshire Route 12, from the outlet of Mill Pond in the north to an unnamed brook south of South Street in the south. The CDP extends southeast to Prospect Hill Road as far as Watkins Hill Road and Maple Grove Road, while the eastern border of the CDP follows North Road and an unnamed brook back to Mill Pond. Route 12 leads north to North Walpole, across the Connecticut River from Bellows Falls, Vermont, and to Charlestown, while to the south it leads to Keene. New Hampshire Route 123 leaves Route 12 just west of the town center and leads west across the Connecticut to Westminster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole, New Hampshire
Walpole is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census. The town's central village, where 573 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Walpole census-designated place (CDP) and is east of New Hampshire Route 12. The town also includes the villages of North Walpole and Drewsville. History The town was first granted in 1736 by colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts as "Number 3", third in a line of Connecticut River fort towns. It was settled as early as 1736, and called "Great Falls" or "Lunenburg". Colonel Benjamin Bellows, for whom Bellows Falls, Vermont, is named, built a large fort here for defense against Native attack. After the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was fixed (with Number 3 on the New Hampshire side of the line), the town was regranted by Governor Benning Wentworth as "Bellowstown", after its founder. It was incorporated in 1756. The grant was renewed in 1761 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction
The Massachusetts Correctional Institution—Cedar Junction (MCI-Cedar Junction), formerly known as MCI-Walpole, is a maximum security prison under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Correction. It was opened in 1956 to replace Charlestown State Prison, the oldest prison in the nation at that time. MCI-Cedar Junction is one of two (the other one being Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center) maximum security prisons for male offenders in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As of January 6, 2020 there was 346 Maximum and 65 Medium inmates in general population beds. MCI-Cedar Junction also houses the Departmental Disciplinary Unit (DDU). During the 1970s, Cedar Junction (then known as Walpole) was one of the most violent prisons in the United States. It is located on both sides of the line between the towns of Walpole and Norfolk, and has a South Walpole mailing address (South Walpole is not a political entity). In 1955, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts
Walpole is a small census-designated place (CDP) located within the much larger town (21 square miles in size) of Walpole in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town as it is called by the US Census Bureau, also includes a much larger population (24,070 in 2010). The population of the Census Designated Place was 5,918 at the 2010 census. Geography Walpole is located at (42.140417, -71.246421). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.5 km (2.9 mi). 7.4 km (2.9 mi) of it is land and 0.2 km (0.1 mi) of it (2.06%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,867 people, 2,478 households, and 1,615 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 792.0/km (2,054.7/mi). There were 2,537 housing units at an average density of 342.5/km (888.5/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.71% White, 0.78% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.02% Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole, Massachusetts
Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located about south of downtown Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population of Walpole was 26,383 at the 2020 census. Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724. The town was named after Sir Robert Walpole, ''de facto'' first Prime Minister of Great Britain. It also encompasses the entirely distinct entity of Walpole (CDP), with its much smaller area of 2.9 square miles. History It started out as a territory that was claimed by the Neponset Native American tribe. The Neponset tribe officially claimed the area that is now Walpole, and some of its surrounding territory, in 1635. The town of Dedham was not included in this claim, so they began to negotiate with the Neponset tribe to gain land. In 1636, a deal was made between the town of Dedham and the Neponsets to grant Dedham lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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