West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire County (now Merseyside County), England
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West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, England, that achieved significance far earlier than Liverpool itself.
Previously part of Lancashire, and a county borough from 1889, Liverpool became in 1974 a metropolitan borough within the newly created metropolitan county of Merseyside.
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West End, Hampshire County, England
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The Parish of West End in Hampshire is situated within the borough of Eastleigh, and to the north east of the city of Southampton. As well as the village itself, the parish contains the Chartwell Green suburb of Southampton, the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground, St. James CE Primary School, The West End Brewery public house, Southampton Arms Public House and Moorgreen Hospital.
The village is small and generally classed as an area in the outer suburbs or rural urban fringe of Eastleigh because of the surrounding woodland and countryside, including Telegraph Woods and Itchen Valley Country Park.
A series of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age (2000-600 BC, have been discovered in the Moorgreen area of the parish. There were five of these, all situated behind (ie. to the north of) the present Moorgreen Hospital site. A hilltop fort from the Iron Age was built on the ridge above the village around 600-100BC. A shutter telegraph station operated from the site during the Napoleonic Wars, forming part of the line connecting London to Plymouth. It was this station that gave the name to the nearby Telegraph Woods.
The village was originally a hamlet which grew up around a track between Romsey and Portsmouth. The hamlet had a chapel by 1552 primarily for the use of the lords of the manor of Allington. When the track became a turnpike road in the early 19th century, the hamlet began to grow.
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West Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
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West Hall, Paglesham, Essex County, England
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West Ham, historic county of Essex, London Borough of Newham (now mostly Greater London), England
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West Ham is an area in East London, located 6.1 mi (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham.
The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, and it later became a County Borough. The district, part of the historic county of Essex, was an administrative unit, with largely consistent boundaries, from the 12th century to 1965, when it merged with neighbouring areas to become the western part of the new London Borough of Newham.
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West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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West Kirby, Cheshire County (now Merseyside County), England
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West Kirby is a town located on the north west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee, across from the Point of Ayr in North Wales. To the north east of the town is Hoylake, with the suburb of Grange to the east and the village of Caldy to the south east.
West Kirby was a township and parish within the Wirral Hundred. It became part of Hoylake cum West Kirby civil parish and Hoylake Urban District in 1894.
On 1 April 1974, West Kirby was absorbed into the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, at a time of local government reorganisation in the United Kingdom. At that point, West Kirby ceased to be in Cheshire and became part of the nascent county of Merseyside.
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West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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West Mersea, Essex County, England
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West Perth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
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West Riding, Yorkshire County, England
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The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. Unlike most English counties which were divided into hundreds, Yorkshire, due to its size, is divided first into Thrydings (ancient Norse word for thirds), which are now called three ridings (North, East & West), and the City of York (the definition of which is inside the city walls), which is not part of any Riding.
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West Stour, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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West Stour is a small village, situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset, England. It is one of a group of villages known as The Stours, located in the River Stour Valley, five miles south of Gillingham.
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West Village, Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York County, New York, USA
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West Village is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
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Western Synagogue Cemetery, Edmonton, London Borough of Enfield, Greater London, England
Westminster St James (or St. James Piccadilly), London, Middlesex County, England
estminster St James (or St James Piccadilly) was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish followed the building of the Church of St James, Piccadilly, in 1684. After several failed attempts, the parish was formed in 1685 from part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields in the Liberty of Westminster and county of Middlesex. It included part of the West End of London, taking in sections of Soho, Mayfair and St James's. Civil parish administration was in the hands of a select vestry until the parish adopted the Vestries Act 1831. The vestry was reformed again in 1855 by the Metropolis Management Act. In 1889 the parish became part of the County of London and the vestry was abolished in 1900, replaced by Westminster City Council. The parish continued to have nominal existence until 1922.
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Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
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Westminster, Middlesex County (now in the City of Westminster, Inner London), England
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Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, south-west of the City of London and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It has a large concentration of London's historic and prestigious landmarks and visitor attractions, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Cathedral.
Historically part of the parish of St. Margaret in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey (the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name), which has been the seat of the government of England (and later the British government) for almost a thousand years.
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Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
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Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
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Weston-super-mare, Somersetshire County (now Somerset County), England
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Weston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town, and civil parish, in North Somerset, and is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset.
The town is situated on the Bristol Channel, approximately 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Bristol, and has spread along the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It's well known for its sandy beaches, although at low tide the sea can be over a mile from the beach front. Weston-super-Mare is also the most populous civil parish in England.
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Weston, Hertfordshire County, England
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Weston, Portland (Isle of Portland), Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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Weston is a village in Tophill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It abuts the main village Easton, and is north of the village of Southwell.
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Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
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Weymouth, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, on the English Channel coast. The town is 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Dorchester, and 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the Isle of Portland.
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Wheeler Cemetery, Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, USA
Wheeler Cemetery is also known as:
• Harmon Cemetery
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White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA
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White River Junction, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
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Whitechapel, Middlesex County (now in East London, Greater London), England
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Whitechapel is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is the location of Tower Hamlets Town Hall and therefore the borough town centre. Whitechapel is located 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Charing Cross.
Whitechapel, along with neighbouring Spitalfields, were the location of the infamous 11 Whitechapel murders (1888–91), some of which were attributed to the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.
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Wickham Bishops, Essex County, England
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Wicomico County, Maryland, USA
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Wien (Vienna), Bundesland Wien (Niederösterreich), Austria (Österreich)
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Wigan and Leigh, Lancashire County (now Greater Manchester County), England
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Wigan, Lancashire County (now Greater Manchester County), England
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Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, 16.5 miles (26.6 km) west-northwest of Manchester, 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Preston, and 17.4 miles (28.0 km) east-northeast of Liverpool. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, and is its administrative centre. Historically it's a part of Lancashire.
Willesden, Borough of Brent, Outer London, England
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Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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Willowdale, North York, Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Wiltshire County, England
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Wiltshire is a county in South-West England. It is land-locked, and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire.
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Wimpole, Hertfordshire County, England
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I am unable to find a place called Wimpole in Hertfordshire, England. There is, however, a place called Wimpole in Cambridgeshire, England. To add to the confusion, I have no idea how the people associated with this place ended up in our family tree.
Wimpole is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, about 8-1/2 miles (14 km) south-west of Cambridge. It is sometimes sub-divided into "Old Wimpole" and "New Wimpole".
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Winchester, Hampshire County, England
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Winchester is a historic city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen.
Winchester developed from the Roman town of Venta Belgarum, which developed from an Iron Age oppidum. Winchester's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral, one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, with the distinction of having the longest nave and overall length of all Gothic cathedrals in Europe.
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Wincle, Cheshire County, England
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Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
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Windsor, Berkshire County, England
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Windsor is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It's best known as the site of Windsor Castle.
The town is situated 21 miles (34 km) west of Charing Cross. It's immediately south of the River Thames, which forms its boundary with Eton. The village of Old Windsor, just over two miles to the south, predates what is now called Windsor by around 300 years. In the past, Windsor was formally referred to as New Windsor to distinguish the two.
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Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Winfrith Newburgh, Dorsetshire County (now Dorset County), England
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Winfrith Newburgh (commonly called just Winfrith) is a parish and village in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Wareham, and ten miles east of Dorchester. It was historically part of the Winfrith hundred.
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