Wickham may refer to:

Places

Australia

Wickham, New South Wales Wickham is an inner List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. History The Aboriginal people, in this ...

, a suburb of Newcastle *

Wickham, Northern Territory __NOTOC__ Wickham is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south-east of the territory capital of Darwin City and which overlooks Darwin Harbour. Wickham is located on land and adjoining waters, East Arm to the nort ...

, a locality *

Wickham, Western Australia Wickham is a town located 1,572 km north of Perth, Western Australia, Perth and 13 km north of Roebourne, Western Australia, Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In 2016 Wickham had a population of 2,295 people. Aborigi ...

, a town * Wickham River, an ephemeral river in the Northern Territory

Canada

Wickham Parish, New Brunswick Wickham is a geographic parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Wic ...

** Wickham, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community therein *

Wickham, Quebec Wickham () is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,470. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Language Mother ...

England

Wickham, Berkshire Wickham is a village about north-west of Newbury, Berkshire, England. The M4 motorway passes just north of it. It is in the civil parish of Welford. History Wickham is on the course of a Roman road that linked Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) ...

Wickham, Hampshire Wickham () is a village in the civil parish of Wickham, Hampshire#Wickham and Knowle civil parish, Wickham and Knowle, in the City of Winchester, Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 3 miles north of Fareham. I ...

Wickham Bishops Wickham Bishops is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is located around three miles north of the town of Maldon and around two miles south-east of Witham, in whose post town it lies. The place name ''Wick ...

, Essex *

Wickham Market Wickham Market is a large village and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the River Deben valley, Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area. It is on the A12 road (Great Britain), A12 trunk ro ...

, Suffolk * Wickham Skeith, Suffolk * Wickham St. Paul, Essex *

East Wickham East Wickham is a district in south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It is situated north of Welling, east of Shooter's Hill, south of Plumstead, south-west of Abbey Wood and west of West Heath, and east-southeast of ...

, south-east London *

West Wickham, Cambridgeshire West Wickham is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 10 miles south-east of Cambridge on the border with Suffolk. In 2011 it had a population of 423. History The parish of West Wickham and Streetly End is approximately re ...

West Wickham West Wickham is an area of South East Greater London, London, England, in the London Borough of Bromley. It lies south of Park Langley, Eden Park, London, Eden Park, Beckenham and Bromley town centre, west of Hayes, Bromley, Hayes and north o ...

, south-east London

United States

* Wickham, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Wickham, Hampshire County, West Virginia Wickham is an extinct unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It originally developed as a stop on the South Branch Valley Railroad in the Trough. Wickham is located within a gap in Mill Creek Mountain o ...

, a former unincorporated community

Elsewhere

Wickham Island (disambiguation) Wickham Island may refer to a number of places named after John Clements Wickham John Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scotland, Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator. He was first lieutenant on d ...

People

Given name

Wickham Skinner C. Wickham Skinner (February 20, 1924 – January 28, 2019) was an American business theorist. He was the Emeritus James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and has been called "the father of manufacturi ...

, professor at the Harvard Business School

Surname

* Anna Wickham (1884–1947), pseudonym of Edith Mary Harper, English poet *

Archie Wickham Archdale Palmer Wickham (9 November 1855 – 13 October 1935) was an English Anglican clergyman, first-class cricketer and entomologist. Clerical career Wickham was the son of the Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham of Holmwood, and was educated at Marlb ...

(1855–1935), English cricketer, Anglican clergyman and entomologist *

Charles Wickham (police officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles George Wickham, KCMG, KBE, DSO (11 September 1879 - 20 July 1971) was a British Army officer, commander of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1922–1945) and adviser to British police in various colonies of the Empire ...

(1879–1971), commander of the Royal Ulster Constabulary *

Charles Preston Wickham Charles Preston Wickham (September 15, 1836 – March 18, 1925) was a 19th-century congressman and judge from Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. Early life Wickham was born September 15, 1836, in Norwalk, Ohio. He attended the public schools, follo ...

(1836–1925), American congressman from Ohio *

Christopher Wickham Christopher John Wickham (born 18 May 1950) is a British historian and academic. From 2005 to 2016, he was the Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; he is now emeritus prof ...

(born 1950), Chichele Professor of Medieval History at Oxford *

Connor Wickham Connor Neil Ralph Wickham (born 31 March 1993) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. He is currently a free agent. He has previously represented Ipswich Town F.C., Ip ...

(born 1993), English footballer *

David Wickham David Wickham (born 1966) is a British concert pianist, music director and conductor. He was born in Worthing, West Sussex. Performing career As an accompanist, Wickham has worked with Sara Macliver, Aivale Cole, Taryn Fiebig, Michael Goldsc ...

(born 1966), British pianist, conductor and music director *

Edward Wickham Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham (4 May 1890 – 25 August 1957) was a Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton from 1935 until 1945. He had previously served in India from 1910 ...

(1890–1957), British Conservative politician *

Enoch Tanner Wickham Enoch Tanner Wickham (E.T.), 1882–1970, was a self-taught folk artist who built life-size concrete statues along a rural road in Palmyra, Tennessee. Wickham began his creations in 1950 at the age of 67 after retiring from being a tobacco farm ...

(1883–1970), American folk artist *

Florence Wickham Florence Pauline Wickham Lueder (1880October 20, 1962) was an American composer and contralto who made an international career at major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After retiring from the stage, she composed sever ...

(1880–1962), American operatic contralto *

Geoffrey Wickham Geoffrey Gordon Wickham (28 October 1933 – 23 April 2024) was one of the pioneers of artificial pacemaker, cardiac pacemaking. Geoffrey was born in 1933 in Camperdown, Victoria, Camperdown, Victoria, Australia to dairy farmer parents. In 1963 ...

(born 1933), Australian pioneer of cardiac pacemaking, co-founder of Telectronics *

Glynne Wickham Glynne William Gladstone Wickham (15 May 1922–27 January 2004) was a British Shakespearean and theatre scholar. Life Wickham was born in Cape Town, and was the great-grandson of William Ewart Gladstone. He was educated at Winchester College and ...

(1922–2004), British Shakespearean and theatre scholar *

Hadley Wickham Hadley Alexander Wickham (born 14 October 1979) is a New Zealand statistician known for his work on open-source software for the R (programming language), R statistical programming environment. He is the Chief scientific officer, chief scientist ...

, New Zealand statistician *

Henry Wickham (explorer) Sir Henry Alexander Wickham (29 May 1846 – 27 September 1928) was a British explorer. He was the first person to successfully export a large, viable shipment of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire. The British had long planned to ...

(1846–1928), British explorer * Henry Wickham Wickham (1800–1876), British Conservative politician *

Joe Wickham Joe Wickham (1890 in Phibsboro, Dublin – 3 November 1968 in Katowice, Poland) was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Ireland from the 1930s until his death in 1968 at the age of 78. He took over from Jack Ryder in 1936, having ...

(1890–1968), General Secretary of the Football Association of Ireland *

John Wickham (attorney) John Wickham (June 6, 1763 – January 22, 1839) was an American Loyalist, attorney and slaveholder. One of very few Loyalists to achieve any sort of national prominence in the United States after the American Revolution, Wickham may be best ...

(1736–1839), American attorney * John A. Wickham, Jr. (born 1928), retired US Army general and Chief of Staff (1983–87) *

John Clements Wickham John Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scotland, Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator. He was first lieutenant on during its Second voyage of HMS Beagle, second survey mission, 1831–1836, un ...

(1798–1864), Australian naval officer on Darwin's ''HMS Beagle'' and judge in Queensland *

Joseph Dresser Wickham Joseph Dresser Wickham (April 4, 1797 – May 12, 1891) was an American minister. Wickham was born in Thompson, Connecticut on April 4, 1797, the eldest son of Daniel H. and Mary (Dresser) Wickham, who in 1799 removed to New York City. He gradu ...

(1797–1891), American minister * Joseph H. Wickham (1911–2000), American politician *

Keith Wickham Keith Wickham is an English voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''64 Zoo Lane'' and in the British children's series ''Thomas and Friends''. Ca ...

(born 1965), British voice actor *

Kevin Wickham Kevin John Wickham (21 July 1939 – 4 July 2020) was an Australian representative rowing coxswain. He competed as coxswain in the men's eight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Wickham was raised in Colac, Victoria. His sen ...

(1939–2020), Australian rower * Louis Frédéric Wickham (1861–1913), French physician and pathologist * Madeleine Wickham (born 1969), British author of chick lit as Sophie Kinsella *

Nick Wickham Nick Wickham is a British film and television director specialising in live performance, beginning his career in music and fashion by shooting and directing shows and on air presentations at MTV Europe. In 1997 he moved on to establish boutique fi ...

, British film and television director *

Parker Wickham Parker Wickham (February 28, 1727–May 22, 1785) was a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist politician who was banished from the State of New York under dubious circumstances. Wickham was the oldest son of Joseph Wickham and Abigail Parker ...

(1727–1785), New York Loyalist politician *

Phil Wickham Philip David Wickham (born April 5, 1984) is an American contemporary Christian singer, musician and songwriter from San Diego, California. He has released ten worship albums: '' Give You My World'' in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, ''Cann ...

(born 1984), American Christian musician * Reginald Wickham (1871–1952), English cricketer *

Saskia Wickham Saskia Wickham (born 14 January 1967) is a British actress best known for playing Alex Wilton in the drama series ''Boon (TV series), Boon'', and Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV Network, ITV television drama series ''Peak Practice'' between 1996 a ...

(born 1967), British actress *

Steve Wickham Steve Wickham is an Irish musician. Originally from Ballyfermot, Dublin, but calling Sligo home, Wickham was a founding member of In Tua Nua (left in 1985 replaced by Aingeala de Burca) and played violin on the classic U2 song " Sunday Blo ...

, Irish musician *

Ted Wickham Edward Ralph Wickham (called Ted; 3 November 19111994) was a long serving Bishop of Middleton. Wickham was educated at the University of London and was ordained: made deacon in Advent 1938 (18 December) and ordained priest the following St&n ...

(1911–1994), Bishop of Middleton from 1959 to 1982 *

Tracey Wickham Tracey Lee Wickham (born 24 November 1962 in Rosebud, Victoria) is an Australian former middle distance swimmer. Wickham was the World Champion for the 400 m and 800 m freestyle in 1978, and won gold in both events at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwe ...

(born 1962), Australian swimmer *

Vicki Wickham Vicki Heather Wickham (born 1939) is an English talent manager, entertainment producer, and songwriter. Career Wickham was an assistant producer of the 1960s British television show ''Ready Steady Go!'', and was fashion consultant for the shor ...

(born 1939), English talent manager *

Vincent Schofield Wickham Vincent Schofield Wickham (1894-1968) was a New York graphic illustrator, painter, sculptor, teacher, and inventor, whose career coincided with the Golden Age of American Illustration. Wickham worked as an editorial artist for the ''New York Tim ...

(1894–1968), American graphic artist and sculptor *

William Wickham (bishop) William Wickham (Wykeham) (1539 – 11 June 1595) was an English bishop. Life He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow in 1559, and M.A. 1564. He was a fellow of Eton in 1568, and vice-provost there a ...

(1539–1595), English bishop *

William Wickham (1761–1840) William Wickham PC PC (Ire) (11 November 1761 – 22 October 1840) was a British spymaster and a director of internal security services during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was credited with disrupting radical conspiracies in England but ...

, British politician * William H. Wickham (1832–1893), mayor of New York (1875–76) *

Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Conventi ...

(1820–1888), Confederate brigadier general and Virginian politician

Fictional characters

Bobbie Wickham Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Mr. Mulliner stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a mischievous red-headed girl who is fond of practical jokes. She is a friend and one-time love inte ...

, in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories *

George Wickham George Wickham is a fictional character created by Jane Austen who appears in her 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice''. George Wickham is introduced as a militia officer who has a shared history with Mr. Darcy. Wickham's charming demeanour and his ...

, principal villain in Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' * William Wickham, a recurring character of ''

Poldark ''Poldark'' is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, initially published from 1945 to 1953 and continuing from 1973 to 2002. The first novel, '' Ross Poldark'', was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was ada ...

'' fifth season

Other uses

* Wickham A Bluebird, a home-built aircraft * Wickhams (department store) (now closed), in London *

Wickham railway station (disambiguation) Wickham railway station may refer to: * West Wickham railway station, in London, England * Wickham Bishops railway station, in Wickham Bishops, Essex, England * Wickham railway station, New South Wales, former station in Newcastle, Australia (cl ...

Wickham trolley The Wickham trolley was a railroad speeder, railway engineering personnel carrier built by D. Wickham & Co of Ware, Hertfordshire. This long established firm introduced their rail trolley in 1922 as a lightweight track inspection and maintenance ...

, a railway engineering personnel carrier * Wickham striae, a skin condition named after Louis Frédéric Wickham