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Westmoreland Berry Farm
Westmoreland or Westmorland may refer to: Places Australia *Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia Canada *Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada *Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick, Canada Jamaica *Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica New Zealand *Westmorland, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand United Kingdom *Westmorland, a historic county in England *Westmorland and Furness, a unitary authority area in England United States * Westmorland, California, or Westmoreland * Westmoreland, Kansas * Westmoreland, New Hampshire * Westmoreland, New York, a town ** Westmoreland (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town * Westmoreland, Queens, New York City * Westmoreland, Tennessee * Westmoreland, West Virginia * Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania * Westmoreland County, Virginia * Westmoreland (Toledo, Ohio), a neighborhood * Westmoreland, Portland, Oregon * Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania * State of Westmoreland (1784 failed proposal) Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland County, New South Wales
Westmoreland County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains (Australia), Blue Mountains. Coxs River is the border to the north, and the Wollondilly River to the east. Campbells River is the border in the north-east, where the county extends to near Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, with the Fish River (New South Wales), Fish River part of the border. It includes the town of Oberon, and the Kanangra-Boyd National Park. Westmoreland County is named in honour of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, John Fane, Tenth Earl of Westmorland (1759–1841). The Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859. The extra "e" in Westmoreland is a play on "west more land", referring to the extra farming opportunities this newly discovered country provided for settlers at the time. Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (Toledo, Ohio)
Westmoreland is a historic neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio and is roughly bordered by Dorr Street, Parkside Boulevard, Bancroft Street, and Upton Avenue.Westmoreland neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio (OH), 43607 detailed profile http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Westmoreland-Toledo-OH.html#ixzz0YTMezicn "In March 1986 Westmoreland, located about one half mile from the University of Toledo, was designated a historical district by the United States Department of Interior."Historic Westmoreland in Toledo, Ohio "This national designation has helped the neighborhood preserve its unique character." "The vision of real estate developers William B. Welles and Badger C. Bowen, the neighborhood was named because of its rolling hills that reminded them of the east Virginia county hereGeorge Washington was born." "Appropriately, the streets were named after other Virginia namesakes, such as Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (ship)
Several vessels have been named ''Westmoreland'': * was launched in Yarmouth. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the Royal Navy recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data; she actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her. * was launched on the Thames. She made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Between these voyages she cruised as a privateer for some months. She then traded between Britain and the Mediterranean until she was last listed in 1814. * was launched at Whitby. She first sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1816 to 1821, and then again from 1823 to 1825, she sailed to India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). Her crew abandoned her at sea in October 1825. She eventually floated ashore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (ship)
''Westmorland'' or ''Westmoreland'' was a 26-gun British privateer frigate, operating in the Mediterranean Sea against French shipping in retaliation for France's opposition to Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. Service history The most notable incident in the life of the ''Westmorland'' occurred shortly after she sailed for Britain from Livorno under Captain Michael Wallace late in 1778, carrying a large monetary payment for her inbound cargo of salt cod from Newfoundland (Livorno was a trade hub for this commodity), food goods, and 57 crates of artistic objects collected by Grand Tourists such as the Duke of Gloucester, Sir John Henderson and the Duke of Norfolk. In January 1779, she was given chase by four French ships, comprising two men-of-war, the (64) and (74), and two smaller vessels. Wallace attempted to outsail them but, outgunned as he was, soon felt he had little option but to allow the French to board his ship. She was then allowed by Spain (then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland (railcar)
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and Patronage#Arts, art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company Coke (fuel), coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical Henry Clay Frick House, Frick Mansion in Manhattan (now designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark), and upon his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum. However, as a founding member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, he was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. His vehement opposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland Museum Of American Art
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is an art museum in Greensburg, Pennsylvania devoted to American art, with a particular concentration on the art of southwestern Pennsylvania. Art lover and Greensburg resident Mary Marchand Woods hand down her entire estate to establish ''The Woods Marchand Foundation'' in 1949. The museum developed from this foundation, opening ten years later. The museum has expanded several times, beginning with a west-wing addition in 1968. In 2015, the museum reopened after two years of major renovations to expand and modernize its facilities. The expansion added 13,287 square feet to its original 30,000 area, where a cantilevered wing was added for exhibitions. William H. Gerdts wrote that One feature of the museum is a Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture installed on the south facade. Selected artists represented in the permanent collection * Sharif Bey * Tina Williams Brewer * Mary Cassatt * John Singleton Copley * Stuart Davis * Ron Donoughe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland County Community College
Westmoreland County Community College is a Public college, public community college in Youngwood, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1970 during an era of community college proliferation within the state. Its location on the suburban fringe was designed to attract students from both the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County suburbs of Pittsburgh and the Monongahela Valley, then a still booming industrial center. The college has also extended its outreach to provide services to students from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette and Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana Counties. History Westmoreland County Community College, founded in 1970, first offered evening classes at Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Jeannette High School in 1971. By the fall of 1972, the college took up a permanent residence in a former Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse plant in Youngwood and expanded its schedule to include day classes. In the four decades since, Westmoreland's origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmoreland, Bath
Westmoreland is an area and electoral ward in the south-west of Bath, England. Although still shown on some Ordnance Survey mapping, Westmoreland is rarely used by residents as the name of an area of Bath, and is primarily used for electoral purposes within the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, electing two councillors. The name Westmoreland is probably derived from the house, Westmoreland Place (see 1818 and 1852 maps of Bath), that stood approximately where Westmoreland Street is today. Boundary changes for the electoral wards in Bath most recently took place at the May 2019 elections; 2018 ward review Westmoreland remained a ward but with altered boundaries. At that election, Westmoreland elected two [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland And Lonsdale (UK Parliament Constituency)
Westmorland and Lonsdale is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in the south of Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 by Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats (2015–2017). Westmorland and Lonsdale is the Liberal Democrats' longest continuously held seat in England, as the only English seat they have won in every election since 2005. Constituency profile Created in 1983, the seat is named after the Historic counties of England, historic county of Westmorland and the History of Lancashire, Lancashire Lonsdale Hundred, Hundred of Lonsdale, both of which extend beyond the bounds of the constituency. Important towns by size in the constituency include Kendal, Windermere, Cumbria (town), Windermere and Appleby-in-Westmorland. This is one of a minority of rur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Westmorland was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency covering the historic counties of England, county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency had two separate periods of existence. ;Until 1885 :It returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the string of elections from 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election it split in two: Appleby (UK Parliament constituency), Appleby and Kendal (UK Parliament constituency), Kendal, both of which had been parliamentary boroughs but were reconstituted as county constituencies. ;1918–1983 :The constituency was recreated as a single-seater for the 1918 United Kingdom general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (provincial Electoral District)
Westmorland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results References {{coord missing, New Brunswick Former provincial electoral districts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland (federal Electoral District)
Westmorland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act 1867, and was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Westmorland—Kent and Moncton ridings. It consisted of the County of Westmorland. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries: , - , Liberal , Albert James Smith , align="right", acclaimed By-election: on Mr. Wood being called to the Senate: , - , Liberal-Conservative , Henry A. Powell , align="right", acclaimed By-election: on Mr. Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals: , - , Liberal , Henry Emmerson , align="right", acclaimed By-election: on Mr. Emmerson's death: , - , Liberal , Arthur Bliss Copp , al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
