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Washbourne may refer to: * Washbourne, Devon, England, a hamlet * Mona Washbourne (1903-1988), English actress * Thomas Washbourne (1606-1687), English clergyman and poet See also * Great Washbourne, Gloucestershire, England, a village * Little Washbourne Little Washbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dumbleton, in the Tewkesbury district, in Gloucestershire, England, east of Tewkesbury and west of Evesham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27. St Mary's Chu ..., Gloucestershire, England, a village * Washburn (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washbourne, Devon
Washbourne is a hamlet in the South Hams in Devon, England, south of Totnes. It consists of three settlements, Higher Washbourne, Middle Washbourne and Lower Washbourne. Higher and Middle Washbourne are in the civil parish of Halwell and Moreleigh (in Halwell parish until 1988). Lower Washbourne is divided between the civil parishes of Ashprington and Cornworthy. Washbourne was mentioned in the Domesday Book, as ''Waseborne''. The name is from the Old English ''wæsce'' "washing" and ''burna'' "stream", and so means "stream for washing", i.e. clothes or sheep. The stream is now known as the River Wash, a back-formation In etymology, back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via inflection, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a lexical item, in a way that expands the number of lexemes associated with the c ... from the place. References External links {{coord, 50.381, -3.693, region:GB_type:city, display=ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Washbourne
Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film '' Stevie'' (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Early life Mona Washbourne was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist. Her sister Kathleen Washbourne was a violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult. Career Washbourne was performing professionally from the early 1920s. She married the actor Basil Dignam. Her brother-in-law Mark Dignam was also a stage and film actor. In 1948, after numerous stage musical performances, Washbourne began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie '' The Brides of Dracula'', ''Billy Liar'' (1963) and '' The Collector'' (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in ''My F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Washbourne
Thomas Washbourne (1606–1687) was an English clergyman and poet, known for his 1654 book ''Divine Poems''. ''The Poems of Thomas Washbourne, D.D.'', was published in 1869, edited by Alexander Grosart, and kept Washbourne's name as a religious poet alive. He was born at Wichenford Court, in Worcestershire, of the Armigerous Knights Washbourne line, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1642, he became rector of Dumbleton, while a prebendary canon of Gloucester Cathedral. He married Dorothy, daughter of Samuel Fell Samuel Fell D.D. (1584 – 1 February 1649) was an English academic and clergyman, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford during the First English Civil War. Life Samuel Fell was born in the parish of St ... DD, Dean of Christ Church and sister of John Fell, Bishop of Oxford.''The Washbourne Family of Little Washbourne and Wichenford'' (Methuen: London). He died on 6 May 1687. References * Alexander B. Grosart'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Washbourne
Great Washbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dumbleton, in the Tewkesbury district, in Gloucestershire, England, east of Tewkesbury and west of Evesham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 65. History Washbourne was mentioned in the Domesday Book, in the form ''Waseborne''. The name is from the Old English ''wæsse'' (genitive ''wæssan''), meaning "swamp", and ''burna'', meaning "stream", and so means "stream with land subject to flooding". "Great" was added much later (first recorded in the 17th century), to distinguish the place from Little Washbourne. Washbourne was an ancient parish. In the Middle Ages the manor was held by Tewkesbury Abbey. Before the Dissolution of the monasteries it was known as Abbot's Washbourne, and for a while afterwards as King's Washbourne, to distinguish it from its neighbour, Knight's or Little Washbourne, which was a hamlet of Overbury in Worcestershire. The parish became a civil parish in 1866, but o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Washbourne
Little Washbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dumbleton, in the Tewkesbury district, in Gloucestershire, England, east of Tewkesbury and west of Evesham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27. St Mary's Church dates from the 12th century, and is a Grade II* listed building. History Little Washbourne was first mentioned in a copy of a document dated to 780, in the form ''Uassanburnan''. The name is from the Old English ''wæsse'' (genitive ''wæssan''), meaning "swamp", and ''burna'', meaning "stream", and so means "stream with land subject to flooding". "Little" was added much later (first recorded in the 17th century), to distinguish the place from Great Washbourne. In 780 Offa, King of Mercia, gave land there to the monks of Worcester, and as a result the manor became a detached part of Worcestershire, separated from the rest of the county by Great Washbourne in Gloucestershire. It formed a hamlet of the Worcestershire parish of Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
