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Weston Mill Fort
Weston may refer to: Places Australia * Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Weston, New South Wales * Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra * Weston Park, Canberra, a park Canada * Weston, Nova Scotia * Weston, Toronto, Ontario ** Weston GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community * Weston, Winnipeg * Weston Island, an uninhabited island in James Bay United Kingdom * Weston, Berkshire * Weston, Cheshire East, a village near Crewe * Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire * Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire * Weston, Devon (near Sidmouth) * Weston, Dorset (on the Isle of Portland) * Buckhorn Weston, Dorset * Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire * Weston, East Hampshire, Hampshire (near Petersfield) * Weston, Southampton, Hampshire (a suburb) ** Weston Secondary School * Weston, Herefordshire * Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire * Weston, Hertfordshire * Weston, Lincolnshire * Weston Longville, Norfolk * Weston, Northamptonshire * We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, Australian Capital Territory
Weston (Postcodes in Australia, postcode: 2611) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the , Weston had a population of 4,000 people. Weston was named after a former homestead built in the area sometime around 1835. The Weston Creek grant was once held by Captain Edward Weston (pastoralist), Edward Weston the Superintendent of the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. Streets in Weston are named after artists. Suburb amenities Weston Creek Centre Weston contains the central shopping area of the Weston Creek (district), Weston Creek district, which includes the Cooleman Court shopping centre. Other facilities in the Weston Creek centre include a post office, petrol station, restaurants, clubs, real estate agents and many other specialty shops. Churches *St Peters (Anglican church) * Baháʼí Faith * Church of Christ (non-denominational) * Presbyterian * Uniting Church in Australia * Sikh temple-Gurduara Educational institutions * Orana School * Islamic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, East Hampshire
Weston is a hamlet (place), hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Buriton. It is southwest of Petersfield, Hampshire, Petersfield. The nearest railway station is Petersfield railway station, Petersfield, northeast of the village. Notes Hamlets in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edith Weston
Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton, Rutland, Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the 2011 census. It is on the south-eastern shore of Rutland Water and is home of the main sailing club and a fishing lodge. The village is named after Edith of Wessex (1029–1075), the queen of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold Godwinson. The Grade I listed Church of St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston, church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and includes stained glass by Paul Woodroffe and Hugh Arnold; the organ is by Samuel Green (organ builder), Samuel Green of London and dated 1787. The village pub is the Wheatsheaf on King Edward's Way. St George's Barracks, North Luffenham, St George's Barracks is located to the south and east of the village; this was previously RAF North Luffenham. In August 2007 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston-on-the-Green
Weston-on-the-Green is a village and civil parish in the Cherwell District, Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Bicester. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 523. Toponym The Toponymy, toponym "Weston" is derived from Old English. A ''List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom, tūn'' was a homestead or enclosure. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as ''Westone''. Variant spellings include ''Westona'', ''Weston'' and ''Westune''. Manor Wigod of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford held the Manorialism, manor of Weston at the time of the Norman conquest of England. Wigod died shortly after the conquest, leaving his estates including Weston to his son-in-law, the Norman baron Robert D'Oyly. Weston descended via Robert's younger brother Nigel D'Oyly to his nephew Robert D'Oyly (Osney), Robert (II) D'Oyly, who in 1129 founded the Augustinians, Augustinian Osney Abbey and included West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, Nottinghamshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Retford Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Linco .... According to the 2001 census it had a population of 312, increasing to 393 (and including Grassthorpe) at the 2011 census, Weston alone reported 333 residents at the 2021 census. The parish church of All Saints is 13th century. At the south-east end of the village are three 16th century tenements built with cruck trusses.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''. pp. 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this: "WESTON, a parish, with a village, in Southwell district, Notts; on the Great North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, North Yorkshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is north–west of Otley and near the River Wharfe which forms the boundary between North and West Yorkshire. The name is from Old English and means western enclosure, farmstead or village. The village is less than a mile north-east of Burley-in-Wharfedale across the River Wharfe, but there is no direct access across the river. Access to Weston village is by an unclassified road (Weston Lane) from Otley and from Askwith and Ilkley to the west. The village of Weston should not be confused with the nearby Weston Estate, a housing estate around Weston Lane between Weston and Newall, within Otley and West Yorkshire. The civil parish extends some north of the village to the River Washburn. Much of the northern part of the parish is an estate including commercial premises and farmland, also known as the Weston Estate. To the south of the village, Weston Hall is part of the Askwith Estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston By Welland
Weston by Welland is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Northamptonshire administered as part of North Northamptonshire. As its name suggests, it is near to the River Welland that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Leicestershire. The Wheel & Compass pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ... stands on the village's outskirts. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 141 people, including Sutton Bassett and increasing to 246 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means 'Western farm/settlement by the River Welland'. References External links Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, Northamptonshire
Weston is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. Together with neighbouring Weedon Lois (also known as Lois Weedon) it forms the civil parish of Weston and Weedon, which had a population of 960 at the 2011 Census. Weston gives its name to Weston Hall, the home of writer Sir Sacheverell Sitwell Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, (; 15 November 1897 – 1 October 1988) was an English writer, particularly on baroque architecture, and an art and music critic. Sitwell produced some 50 volumes of poetry and some 50 works o ... from 1927 until his death in 1988. References External links * Villages in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston Longville
Weston Longville is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximately north-west of Norwich. Its name is derived from the Manor of Longaville in Normandy, France, which owned the local land in the 12th century. It covers an area of and had a population of 303 in 127 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 339 in 144 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. History The village’s name means 'West farm/settlement'. 'Longville' is named after Longueville-sur-Scie, Normandy. The Domesday Book of 1096 recorded that this manor was under the ownership of the Bishop of Bayeux, who may have commissioned the Domesday Book. The village was home to the 18th-century clergyman and diarists, James Woodforde and his niece Anna Maria Woodforde. The village pub is named for James. He has a reputation as a man with a fondness for food which comes from the much edited published versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, Lincolnshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east from the town of Spalding. The Civil Parish also includes Weston Hills. The population of the civil parish including Austendike was at the 2011 census 2,054. History There is evidence of a Romano-British settlement which consists of earthworks and pottery dating from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. The name is from the Old English ''West+tun'', or "West Village". It is written as "Westune" in the ''Domesday Book''. Weston railway station on the Spalding and Norwich Railway opened in 1858 and closed in 1959. The deserted medieval village of Wykeham was once the site of Wykeham Hall, the country residence of the prior of Spalding. All that is left today are earthworks and the ruined chapel of Saint Nicholas. Church The ecclesiastical parish is Weston St Mary It is one of the three parishes in the relatively small ''Cowbit group'' of the Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston, Hertfordshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village stands on a plateau of high ground, about south of Baldock, its nearest town, although Weston's post town is Hitchin, to the west. The parish includes extensive rural areas as well as the village itself, including the hamlet of Hall's Green to the south-east of the village. At the northern end of the parish are the Weston Hills, Baldock, Weston Hills, where the plateau drops down to the southern edges of Baldock. The Weston Hills Tunnel carries the A505 road, A505 Baldock bypass under the hills. The parish had a population of 1,035 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. History Weston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was described as having 75 households. Two priests were mentioned, suggesting Weston was already a parish. At that time Weston included the site where the Knights Templar would later develop the town of Baldock in the 12th century. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weston Under Penyard
Weston under Penyard is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 1,000. It lies on the A40 road two miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The Penyard is a prominent hill. History The parish church of St Lawrence has a tall 14th-century west tower which had a spire until it was damaged by lightning in 1750. A Wesleyan chapel was constructed at Buryhill during the early 19th century but was disused by 1964. The building was subsequently converted for use as private residence. Slightly to the east under farmland lies the former Roman settlement of Ariconium, which gave its name to the historical Welsh Kingdom spanning areas of what is now known as Herefordshire Ergyng and Archenfield. The name Ariconium is Romano-British and may conceivably have an equivalent in or near the Roman province of Galatia. Herefordshire escaped most of the battles with the Vikings but in 914 the Danes made additional visits to the area and ravaged A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
