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Woodhead Commission The Woodhead Commission was established in 1938 in the British Mandate of Palestine after the Peel Commission failed to achieve resolution to the Arab Revolt and the rejection of its recommendations by the three major parties in the conflict: Zionist Jews, Palestinian Arabs, and the British government.
Woodhead Line The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels.
Woodhead Tunnel The Woodhead Tunnels are three trans-Pennine railway tunnels which formerly carried a major rail link (usually known as the Woodhead Route) from Manchester to Sheffield in northern England. The western portals are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and the eastern portals are at Dunford Bridge, near Penistone, South Yorkshire.
Woodhouse College Woodhouse College is a single site sixth form college situated between North Finchley and Friern Barnet on the eastern side of the London Borough of Barnet. The college caters mainly for full-time students aged 16 to 18 whose primary aim is to progress to Higher Education (HE).
Woodhouse Chocolate Woodhouse Chocolate is an upscale chocolate shop in Napa Valley, California popular with celebrities like Steven Spielberg. Founded by John Anderson, a former winemaker and graduate of Claremont McKenna College and his wife and chocolate chef Tracy Wood Anderson, a graduate of Scripps College.
Woodhouse Mill railway station Woodhouse Mill railway station was a station situated on the North Midland Railway's line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield. It was situated to the south of the main A57 road shortly after this left the City of Sheffield and served Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield, Orgreave and Fence (Aston-cum-Aughton), both within Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Woodhouse, South Yorkshire Woodhouse ward—which includes the district of Woodhouse and most of Handsworth—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of 7 km².
Woodchipper A tree chipper or wood chipper is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller parts, such as wood chips or sawdust. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van.
Woodchuck Militia The Woodchuck Militia is a fictional group created by The Walt Disney Company. A volunteer mutual-protection society for what would eventually become the town of Duckburg, the unit was were founded by Cornelius Coot who was their first leader.
Woodchurch Woodchurch is an area of the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, dominated by a large housing estate (the Woodchurch Estate.) The district is serviced by several schools, and has the major Arrowe Park Hospital just outside its boundary.
Woodie A woodie is a type of car, more specifically an early station wagon (US) or estate car/shooting brake (UK), in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood. Frequently this wood is visible, since it is covered in a clear finish, either over the entire wooden area or sometimes just on the framework with the interior panels painted.
Woodie Fryman Woodrow Thompson Fryman (born April 15, 1940 in Ewing, Kentucky), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1966-1983. A two-time All-Star in 1968 and 1976, Fryman spent 18 years in the Majors as a quality left-hander who threw 4 one-hitters in his career.
Woodie Held Woodson George "Woodie" Held (born March 25, 1932 in Sacramento, California) is a former shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1954, 1957[start]), Kansas City Athletics (1957[end]-1958[start]), Cleveland Indians (1958[end]-1964), Washington Senators (1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966-1967[start]), California Angels (1967[end]-1968[start]) and Chicago White Sox (1968[end]-1969). He batted and threw right handed.
Woodingdean Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, separated from the main part of the city by downland and the Brighton Racecourse. It grew up after the First World War in the northern part of the parish of Rottingdean and consisted of plots of land on the South Downs which had formerly been used for sheep-farming.
Woodland [Pine] woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada]]Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely-closed canopy; the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
Woodland cemetery A woodland cemetery is a cemetery where the original landscape with existing trees has been given much influence on the landscape architecture of the cemetery, and where the graves are fitted in among the trees. A woodland cemetery is designed so that the landscape is given a more prominent position, and grave monuments, chapels and other buildings are given less prominent positions.
Woodland Conference The Woodland Conference is a division of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) for high school athletics in Southeastern Wisconsin. The current schools residing in it are Brown Deer, Cudahy, Greendale, Greenfield, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Pewaukee, Shorewood, St.
Woodland Ferry The Woodland Ferry is a cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River, west of the city of Seaford. The Ferry is currently operated by the Delaware Department of Transportationand operates year-round.
Woodland Heights, Houston, Texas The Woodland Heights neighborhood is one of the oldest and most historic in Houston, Texas. It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10.
Woodland Hills School District Woodland Hills School District is a public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was formed in the 1980's when five local school districts (Edgewood, Swissvale, Churchill, General Braddock, Turtle Creek) merged together.
Woodland Kingfisher The Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Africa south of the Sahara and from Pretoria northwards . This kingfisher is essentially resident within 8° of the equator, but northern and southern populations are migratory, moving into the equatorial zone in the dry season.
Woodland period The Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures lasted roughly from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. The term "Woodland" was coined in the 1930s and refers to prehistoric sites between the Archaic period and the Mississippian cultures.
Woodland Park Zoo Woodland Park Zoo, which occupies the western half of Seattle, USA's Woodland Park on Green Lake, began as a small menagerie on the Woodland Park estate of Guy C. Phinney, Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer.
Woodland Park, Portland, Oregon Woodland Park is an exclusively residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Madison South on the west (beyond the I-84 and I-205 freeways), Parkrose Heights on the north and east, and Hazelwood on the south.
Woodland Trust The Woodland Trust, founded in Devon, England in 1972, and now based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.
Woodland-Normanstone Terrace Woodland-Normanstone Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC, adjoining the larger neighborhoods of Woodley Park, Massachusetts Heights, and Observatory Circle. It is therefore often thought to be part of one of those neighborhoods.
Woodlands Christian Centre Woodlands Christian Centre (known colloquially as Woodies) is a New Evangelical Church in Bristol, England. It is situated on the corner of Belgrave Road and Woodlands Road in one of the richest suburbs of Bristol, Clifton, near the University of Bristol complex.
Woodlands MRT Station Woodlands MRT Station (NS9) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for residents living in Woodlands New Town.
Woodlands Park Primary School Woodlands Park Primary School is a years 1-6 school hosting a modest roll currently fluxuating at about 200 students. The school is nestled in the bush in the suburb of Woodlands Park, drawing students from the nearby suburbs of Waima, Laingholm and Titirangi.
Woodlands Park railway station, Adelaide Woodlands Park railway station is a railway station on the Noarlunga railway line and Tonsley railway line, which is located in the inner southwestern Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown. It is the last railway station common to the two lines.
Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange (Chinese: 兀兰区域巴士转换站) was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore.
Woodlands Ring Secondary School Woodlands Ring Secondary School (WRSS) is located at Woodlands Ring Road near Woodlands Ring Primary School, Woodlands NPC and NS10 Admiralty MRT Station in Singapore. In the early years of schools history it had temporary housed some schools, namely Woodlands Ring Primary School, Sembawang Secondary School and Orchid Park Secondary School.
Woodlands School, Coventry The Woodlands School and Sports College is a boys school situated on the west side of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. The school was purpose-built in 1954 as one of the first comprehensive schools in the country, by the collaboration of two local educational establishments, Templars School and Coventry Technical College.
Woodlands, Falkirk Woodlands is a large central area (ward) of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, which is mainly residential. Much of the ward is taken up by leafy streets where property prices are among the highest in Central Scotland (with several houses selling at over ÂŁ800,000) and includes Lochgreen, Slamannan, Rosebank and Gartcows areas.
Woodlands, Singapore Woodlands, or the Woodlands New Town (Chinese: , Pinyin: Wùlán Xīnzhèn), is a suburban town with 3 distinctive constituencies, grouped under the Sembawang Town Council in the northern part of Singapore, comprising 9 individual neighbourhoods.
Woodlands, South Yorkshire Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles (5 km) north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and was built in the early years of the 20th century. Lying between the historic Great North Road (the former A1, now the A638) and a Roman Road, the village includes extensive open spaces, many different designs of houses, and the overall housing and living conditions were superb for their time.
Woodlands, Western Australia Woodlands is a quiet suburb which used to be overlooked for more expensive neighbours, Woodlands is now becoming a prestigious address with many new homes and renovations.() is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Las Vegas) Woodlawn Cemetery, consisting of , is a cemetery located in Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 2006 It is owned by the City of Las Vegas and is a stop on the cities Pioneer Trail.
Woodlawn Plantation Woodlawn Plantation is located in historic Fairfax County, Virginia, near Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic home. In 1799, George Washington gave Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and Lawrence Lewis 2,000 acres (8 km²) of land as a wedding present.
Woodlawn trophy A replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.
Woodlawn Vase A replica of this vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.
Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn (population 7,741) is a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Unlike many other neighborhoods in New York City, its boundaries are fairly well-defined, as it is bounded by the New York City / Westchester County line to the north, the Bronx River to the east, Woodlawn Cemetery to the south and Van Cortlandt Park to the west.
Woodlawn, Chicago Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, USA bounded by Jackson Park to the east, the University of Chicago (and Hyde Park generally) to the north, Martin Luther King Drive to the west, and, mostly, 67th to the south. The all-boys Catholic high school Mount Carmel is in this neighborhood.
Woodlawn, Nova Scotia Woodlawn is an area of eastern Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is mainly residential and retail. It is situated within an area with Nova Scotia Highway 111 on the west, Portland Street (Nova Scotia Route 207) on the east and Main Street (Nova Scotia Highway 7) on the North side.
Woodleigh crater Woodleigh is a large meteorite crater in Western Australia, centered on Woodleigh Station, east of Shark Bay. A team of four scientists at the Geological Survey of Western Australia and the Australian National University, led by Arthur J.
Woodleigh railway station, Victoria Woodleigh was a railway station on the Wonthaggi line in South Gippsland, Victoria, the station operated until the closure of the Wonthaggi line in the late 1970's. All that remains of Woodleigh Station now is the upright supports for the platform retaining wall.
Woodley Park (Neighborhood) Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC. It is bounded on the north by Woodley and Klingle Roads, on the east by the National Zoo and Rock Creek Park, on the south by Calvert Street, on the southwest by Cleveland Avenue, and on the west by 34th Street.
Woodlouse Woodlice (known locally under many names; see below) are terrestrial crustaceans with a rigid, segmented, calcareous exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. They form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3000 known species.
Woodlynde School Woodlynde School is an independent co-educational college preparatory school located in Strafford, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1976, Woodlynde serves students with diverse learning styles, primary through grade 12.
Woodman Light Woodman Light, also known as Woodman Point Lighthouse, Gage Roads Lighthouse and Coogee Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Western Australia. Located at 32Âş 07' S 115Âş 46' E on Woodman Point in the City of Cockburn, it has been in continuous operation since 1902.
Woodmere (LIRR station) Woodmere is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Woodmere, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Woodmere Boulevard and Cedar Lane, between Central Avenue and West Broadway, and is 20.
Woodmere Art Museum Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection focusing on artists from the Philadelphia area and includes paintings and sculpture by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Severo Antonelli, Jasper Francis Cropsey (The Spirit of Peace), Daniel Garber, Edward Moran, Violet Oakley, Herbert Pullinger, Edward Willis Redfield, Nelson Shanks, Jesse Willcox Smith, Benjamin West (The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney), and N. C.
Woodnewton Essentially a pair of parallel streets, the village of Woodnewton lies to the north of a small stream, the Willow Brook, in the forest of Rockingham. It is thus in the East Northamptonshire district of the English county of Northamptonshire.
Woodpecker Cider Woodpecker Cider is an alcoholic drink made by Bulmers, noted for having a lower percentage of alcohol than most other ciders, as well as its sweet taste. It is however, rarely avaliable in pubs and bars, but can be found in most supermarkets.
Woodpecker Finch The Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus, is one of the so-called Darwin's finches. First seen by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, it is a unique species which uses a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool.
Woodridge, Queensland Woodridge, Queensland is a suburb of Logan City in the South East of Queensland, Australia, located just within the Brisbane metropolitan area and had a population of 18,039 as of the 1996 census.Commonwealth of Australia (2006).
Woodroffe Avenue (Ottawa) Woodroffe Avenue (Ottawa Road #15) is the major north-south arterial road in the former city of Nepean in Ottawa, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Ottawa River Parkway through Baseline Road to Prince of Wales Drive towards the communities of Manotick and Barrhaven.
Woodroffe North Woodroffe North is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario. It is bounded on the South by the former CPR right-of-way, on the North by the Ottawa River Parkway and on the East and West by National Capital Commission (NCC) property which is part of or adjacent to the Ottawa River Parkway.
Woodrow Dantzler Woodrow (Woody) Dantzler (born October 4, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays in the main indoor football league in the United States, the Arena Football League. He grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Woodrow Phoenix Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist and writer who also works in the fields of editorial illustration, graphic design, font design and children's books. His work is graphic and playful but is unusual for its high degree of formal experimentation.
Woodrow Stanley Lloyd Woodrow Stanley Lloyd (July 16, 1913 — April 7, 1972) was a Canadian politician who succeeded Tommy Douglas as Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan. Douglas left provincial politics to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New Jersey in 1910.
Woodrow Wilson Award The Woodrow Wilson Award is for Distinguished Government Service honors alumni who have brought credit to their University by their current or recently concluded distinguished public service as elected or appointed officials in Canada.
Woodrow Wilson Barr Woodrow Wilson Barr (8 June 1918– 7 August 1942) was a United States Marine with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. He was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, August 7, 1942 — and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity in action" during the action at Tulagi.
Woodrow Wilson Bridge The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia and Prince George's County, Maryland. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway).
Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas) Woodrow Wilson High School is a secondary school located at 100 South Glasgow Drive in the Lakewood neighborhood of east Dallas, Texas (USA) in the ZIP code 75214. Woodrow was opened in 1928, is a part of the Dallas Independent School District, and serves grades 9-12.
Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington) Woodrow Wilson High School is located in Tacoma, Washington, on 6th Avenue and Orchard. Wilson High is a part of the Tacoma Public School System and is located within distance of Downing Elementary School, also in Tacoma.
Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey Woodrow Wilson Middle School is a middle school located in Edison, New Jersey, in the United States, and is part of the Edison Township Public Schools. The school serves 820 students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in a two-story building.
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center is a state-owned and operated facility in Fishersville, Virginia, designed to provide physical therapy and occupational training to program participants, in order to enable them to be successful in the workplace and in life.
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in campus slang) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.
Woodrow, West Virginia Woodrow is an unincorporated community that lies south of Paw Paw along West Virginia Route 9 in both Hampshire and Morgan Counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Woodrow lies on the eastern flanks of Spring Gap Mountain with Sideling Hill to its east.
Woodruff Woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa. It grows to 30-50 cm long, often lying flat on the ground or supported other plants.
Woodruff Arts Center The Woodruff Arts Center is an arts center in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is home to the Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, the 14th Street Playhouse, and Atlanta College of Art.
Woods Bagot Woods Bagot is a global studio specialising in design and consulting that operates across four regions: Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Within each of these regions studios are staffed with both local and international designers and specialists in the areas of architecture, consulting, interior design, urban design services and project management.
Woods Creek Shopping Center Woods Creek Shopping Center is a power center, located along the busy Randall Road corridor in Algonquin, Illinois. Containing over 400,000 square feet of retail space, it is the 3rd largest shopping center in Algonquin, only behind Algonquin Commons and The Galleria Center.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is devoted to scientific research and science- and engineering-education leading to MS and PhD degrees in oceanography and related fields. It is located in the village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Woods Hole Research Center The Woods Hole Research Center addresses pressing environmental issues, including climate change, through scientific and policy initiatives. The Center has projects in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Alaska, Canada, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic, working in collaboration with a wide variety of partners ranging from NGOs to governments and the United Nations.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
Woods Hutchinson Woods Hutchinson (1862–1930) was an American physician, born at Selby, Yorkshire, England. He graduated from Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1880 and received his medical degree from the University of Michigan four years later.
Woods Motor Vehicle Woods Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois between 1899 and 1916. In 1915 they produced the Dual Power with both electric and internal combustion engines and this continued until 1918.
Woods Mountains The Woods Mountains are found in southeastern California in the Mojave Desert, at the southwestern end of the Lanfair Valley just east of Hole-in-the-Wall. The mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve north of Interstate 40 and the Clipper Valley in San Bernardino County.
Woodsball marksman A woodsball marksman, also known more controversially as paintball sniper, is a paintball player who fulfills the long-ranged combat player position in woodsball and other paintball game types, and concentrates upon accurate low-volume fire and concealment, both while moving and stationary. Woodsball marksmen are used almost exclusively in advanced woodsball and scenarioball, due to their general lack of usefulness in speedball and the general lack of organization in basic woodsball (most marksmen dislike playing without support, especially infantry support).
Woodsball specialists Woodsball specialists are players who fulfill various specialized roles in woodsball or scenarioball teams in the sport of paintball. Some of the most common specialists are gunners, heavy weapons specialists, and marksmen.
Woodseats Woodseats is a district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire in the Graves Park ward. Historically, Norton Woodseats () was a village that straddled Derbyshire Lane running from Four Lane Ends to Bolehill (now part of Graves Park), originally in Derbyshire but since 1934, part of the City of Sheffield.
Woodsetts Woodsetts is a village in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between the towns of Dinnington and Worksop at , and at an elevation of around 60 metres above sea level.
Woodside (LIRR station) Woodside is a railroad station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Woodside is the first station east of Pennsylvania Station (New York City), and is the only Queens station on the Long Island Rail Road that serves both the Port Washington Branch and the other LIRR branches that begin east of Jamaica Station.
Woodside and South Croydon Railway The Woodside and South Croydon Railway (W&SC) was a short, relatively short-lived and unsuccessful railway in what is now the London Borough of Croydon in London, England. Its site is now largely occupied by Croydon Tramlink.
Woodside Elementary School District The Woodside Elementary School District is a single school K-8 public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving incorporated Woodside. Students from this school district who continue on with public schooling matriculate to the Sequoia Union High School District.
Woodside Priory School The Woodside Priory School, commonly known as the Priory, is an independent, coeducational, Roman Catholic, college preparatory, day and boarding school in the Benedictine tradition located in Portola Valley, California. Its current head of school is Tim Molak, and its assistant-headmaster and dean of students is John Erkman.
Woodside railway line, Victoria The Woodside railway line railway line, in Victoria, Australia. Which was also part of the fromer Great Southern Railway(South Gippsland line), branching from the current Pakenham line at Dandenong, extending out into the the South Gippsland region, The Woodside section of the line branched off at Yarram railway station.
Woodside, London Woodside is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon located between Addiscombe and South Norwood. Woodside is a suburban district of residential streets based around Woodside Green, a small sized area of green land.
Woodside, Merseyside Woodside is a locality in Birkenhead, Wirral in England. This site is the terminus of many bus services in Wirral, and was a major transport hub for Wirral until the construction of the new Birkenhead Bus Station.
Woodsmen of the West Woodsmen of the West is a novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger, first published in 1908 by Edward Arnold. In writing the novel, Grainger drew on his experiences as a logger working in the costal forests of British Columbia, Canada.
Woodsongs The WoodSongs Old-time Radio Hour, hosted by folksinger Michael Johnathon, is listened to by over 1,000,000 radio listeners on over 400 radio stations each week via NPR stations. The Woodsongs website contains one of the largest bluegrass and independent artist live music archives available on the web, all available at no charge.
Woodspring Priory Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinian priory beside the Bristol Channel about 4 km north east of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. It was founded in the early 13th century, and dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket (the founder was a grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers).
Woodstock (novel) Woodstock, or The Cavalier, A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set during the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock.
Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency) Woodstock was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1571 until 1832.
Woodstock 1999 Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second rock concert, after Woodstock '94, that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock concert of 1969. Like the previous concerts with the same name, it was held in upstate New York, this time in Rome.
Woodstock Elementary School Woodstock Elementary School is a school in the village of Bryant Pond, located in the Town of Woodstock, Maine, for students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The school of 100 students has 99% White American students, 1% African American, and 43% eligible for free school lunches.
Woodstock High School (Illinois) Woodstock High School or the Blue Streaks is a high school located in Woodstock, Illinois, fifteen minutes south of Wisconsin and one and a half hours northwest of Chicago. It has a population of around 2,000 students.
Woodhead Line The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels.
Woodhead Tunnel The Woodhead Tunnels are three trans-Pennine railway tunnels which formerly carried a major rail link (usually known as the Woodhead Route) from Manchester to Sheffield in northern England. The western portals are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and the eastern portals are at Dunford Bridge, near Penistone, South Yorkshire.
Woodhouse College Woodhouse College is a single site sixth form college situated between North Finchley and Friern Barnet on the eastern side of the London Borough of Barnet. The college caters mainly for full-time students aged 16 to 18 whose primary aim is to progress to Higher Education (HE).
Woodhouse Chocolate Woodhouse Chocolate is an upscale chocolate shop in Napa Valley, California popular with celebrities like Steven Spielberg. Founded by John Anderson, a former winemaker and graduate of Claremont McKenna College and his wife and chocolate chef Tracy Wood Anderson, a graduate of Scripps College.
Woodhouse Mill railway station Woodhouse Mill railway station was a station situated on the North Midland Railway's line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield. It was situated to the south of the main A57 road shortly after this left the City of Sheffield and served Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield, Orgreave and Fence (Aston-cum-Aughton), both within Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Woodhouse, South Yorkshire Woodhouse ward—which includes the district of Woodhouse and most of Handsworth—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of 7 km².
Woodchipper A tree chipper or wood chipper is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller parts, such as wood chips or sawdust. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van.
Woodchuck Militia The Woodchuck Militia is a fictional group created by The Walt Disney Company. A volunteer mutual-protection society for what would eventually become the town of Duckburg, the unit was were founded by Cornelius Coot who was their first leader.
Woodchurch Woodchurch is an area of the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, dominated by a large housing estate (the Woodchurch Estate.) The district is serviced by several schools, and has the major Arrowe Park Hospital just outside its boundary.
Woodie A woodie is a type of car, more specifically an early station wagon (US) or estate car/shooting brake (UK), in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood. Frequently this wood is visible, since it is covered in a clear finish, either over the entire wooden area or sometimes just on the framework with the interior panels painted.
Woodie Fryman Woodrow Thompson Fryman (born April 15, 1940 in Ewing, Kentucky), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1966-1983. A two-time All-Star in 1968 and 1976, Fryman spent 18 years in the Majors as a quality left-hander who threw 4 one-hitters in his career.
Woodie Held Woodson George "Woodie" Held (born March 25, 1932 in Sacramento, California) is a former shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1954, 1957[start]), Kansas City Athletics (1957[end]-1958[start]), Cleveland Indians (1958[end]-1964), Washington Senators (1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966-1967[start]), California Angels (1967[end]-1968[start]) and Chicago White Sox (1968[end]-1969). He batted and threw right handed.
Woodingdean Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, separated from the main part of the city by downland and the Brighton Racecourse. It grew up after the First World War in the northern part of the parish of Rottingdean and consisted of plots of land on the South Downs which had formerly been used for sheep-farming.
Woodland [Pine] woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada]]Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely-closed canopy; the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
Woodland cemetery A woodland cemetery is a cemetery where the original landscape with existing trees has been given much influence on the landscape architecture of the cemetery, and where the graves are fitted in among the trees. A woodland cemetery is designed so that the landscape is given a more prominent position, and grave monuments, chapels and other buildings are given less prominent positions.
Woodland Conference The Woodland Conference is a division of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) for high school athletics in Southeastern Wisconsin. The current schools residing in it are Brown Deer, Cudahy, Greendale, Greenfield, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Pewaukee, Shorewood, St.
Woodland Ferry The Woodland Ferry is a cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River, west of the city of Seaford. The Ferry is currently operated by the Delaware Department of Transportationand operates year-round.
Woodland Heights, Houston, Texas The Woodland Heights neighborhood is one of the oldest and most historic in Houston, Texas. It encompasses approximately 2000 homes in the 77009 ZIP code and is bounded on the north by Pecore Street, on the west by Studewood Street, on the east by I-45, and on the south by I-10.
Woodland Hills School District Woodland Hills School District is a public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was formed in the 1980's when five local school districts (Edgewood, Swissvale, Churchill, General Braddock, Turtle Creek) merged together.
Woodland Kingfisher The Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Africa south of the Sahara and from Pretoria northwards . This kingfisher is essentially resident within 8° of the equator, but northern and southern populations are migratory, moving into the equatorial zone in the dry season.
Woodland period The Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures lasted roughly from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. The term "Woodland" was coined in the 1930s and refers to prehistoric sites between the Archaic period and the Mississippian cultures.
Woodland Park Zoo Woodland Park Zoo, which occupies the western half of Seattle, USA's Woodland Park on Green Lake, began as a small menagerie on the Woodland Park estate of Guy C. Phinney, Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer.
Woodland Park, Portland, Oregon Woodland Park is an exclusively residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Madison South on the west (beyond the I-84 and I-205 freeways), Parkrose Heights on the north and east, and Hazelwood on the south.
Woodland Trust The Woodland Trust, founded in Devon, England in 1972, and now based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.
Woodland-Normanstone Terrace Woodland-Normanstone Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC, adjoining the larger neighborhoods of Woodley Park, Massachusetts Heights, and Observatory Circle. It is therefore often thought to be part of one of those neighborhoods.
Woodlands Christian Centre Woodlands Christian Centre (known colloquially as Woodies) is a New Evangelical Church in Bristol, England. It is situated on the corner of Belgrave Road and Woodlands Road in one of the richest suburbs of Bristol, Clifton, near the University of Bristol complex.
Woodlands MRT Station Woodlands MRT Station (NS9) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for residents living in Woodlands New Town.
Woodlands Park Primary School Woodlands Park Primary School is a years 1-6 school hosting a modest roll currently fluxuating at about 200 students. The school is nestled in the bush in the suburb of Woodlands Park, drawing students from the nearby suburbs of Waima, Laingholm and Titirangi.
Woodlands Park railway station, Adelaide Woodlands Park railway station is a railway station on the Noarlunga railway line and Tonsley railway line, which is located in the inner southwestern Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown. It is the last railway station common to the two lines.
Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange (Chinese: 兀兰区域巴士转换站) was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore.
Woodlands Ring Secondary School Woodlands Ring Secondary School (WRSS) is located at Woodlands Ring Road near Woodlands Ring Primary School, Woodlands NPC and NS10 Admiralty MRT Station in Singapore. In the early years of schools history it had temporary housed some schools, namely Woodlands Ring Primary School, Sembawang Secondary School and Orchid Park Secondary School.
Woodlands School, Coventry The Woodlands School and Sports College is a boys school situated on the west side of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. The school was purpose-built in 1954 as one of the first comprehensive schools in the country, by the collaboration of two local educational establishments, Templars School and Coventry Technical College.
Woodlands, Falkirk Woodlands is a large central area (ward) of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, which is mainly residential. Much of the ward is taken up by leafy streets where property prices are among the highest in Central Scotland (with several houses selling at over ÂŁ800,000) and includes Lochgreen, Slamannan, Rosebank and Gartcows areas.
Woodlands, Singapore Woodlands, or the Woodlands New Town (Chinese: , Pinyin: Wùlán Xīnzhèn), is a suburban town with 3 distinctive constituencies, grouped under the Sembawang Town Council in the northern part of Singapore, comprising 9 individual neighbourhoods.
Woodlands, South Yorkshire Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles (5 km) north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and was built in the early years of the 20th century. Lying between the historic Great North Road (the former A1, now the A638) and a Roman Road, the village includes extensive open spaces, many different designs of houses, and the overall housing and living conditions were superb for their time.
Woodlands, Western Australia Woodlands is a quiet suburb which used to be overlooked for more expensive neighbours, Woodlands is now becoming a prestigious address with many new homes and renovations.() is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Las Vegas) Woodlawn Cemetery, consisting of , is a cemetery located in Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 2006 It is owned by the City of Las Vegas and is a stop on the cities Pioneer Trail.
Woodlawn Plantation Woodlawn Plantation is located in historic Fairfax County, Virginia, near Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic home. In 1799, George Washington gave Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and Lawrence Lewis 2,000 acres (8 km²) of land as a wedding present.
Woodlawn trophy A replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.
Woodlawn Vase A replica of this vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.
Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn (population 7,741) is a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Unlike many other neighborhoods in New York City, its boundaries are fairly well-defined, as it is bounded by the New York City / Westchester County line to the north, the Bronx River to the east, Woodlawn Cemetery to the south and Van Cortlandt Park to the west.
Woodlawn, Chicago Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, USA bounded by Jackson Park to the east, the University of Chicago (and Hyde Park generally) to the north, Martin Luther King Drive to the west, and, mostly, 67th to the south. The all-boys Catholic high school Mount Carmel is in this neighborhood.
Woodlawn, Nova Scotia Woodlawn is an area of eastern Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is mainly residential and retail. It is situated within an area with Nova Scotia Highway 111 on the west, Portland Street (Nova Scotia Route 207) on the east and Main Street (Nova Scotia Highway 7) on the North side.
Woodleigh crater Woodleigh is a large meteorite crater in Western Australia, centered on Woodleigh Station, east of Shark Bay. A team of four scientists at the Geological Survey of Western Australia and the Australian National University, led by Arthur J.
Woodleigh railway station, Victoria Woodleigh was a railway station on the Wonthaggi line in South Gippsland, Victoria, the station operated until the closure of the Wonthaggi line in the late 1970's. All that remains of Woodleigh Station now is the upright supports for the platform retaining wall.
Woodley Park (Neighborhood) Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC. It is bounded on the north by Woodley and Klingle Roads, on the east by the National Zoo and Rock Creek Park, on the south by Calvert Street, on the southwest by Cleveland Avenue, and on the west by 34th Street.
Woodlouse Woodlice (known locally under many names; see below) are terrestrial crustaceans with a rigid, segmented, calcareous exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. They form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3000 known species.
Woodlynde School Woodlynde School is an independent co-educational college preparatory school located in Strafford, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1976, Woodlynde serves students with diverse learning styles, primary through grade 12.
Woodman Light Woodman Light, also known as Woodman Point Lighthouse, Gage Roads Lighthouse and Coogee Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Western Australia. Located at 32Âş 07' S 115Âş 46' E on Woodman Point in the City of Cockburn, it has been in continuous operation since 1902.
Woodmere (LIRR station) Woodmere is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Woodmere, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Woodmere Boulevard and Cedar Lane, between Central Avenue and West Broadway, and is 20.
Woodmere Art Museum Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection focusing on artists from the Philadelphia area and includes paintings and sculpture by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Severo Antonelli, Jasper Francis Cropsey (The Spirit of Peace), Daniel Garber, Edward Moran, Violet Oakley, Herbert Pullinger, Edward Willis Redfield, Nelson Shanks, Jesse Willcox Smith, Benjamin West (The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney), and N. C.
Woodnewton Essentially a pair of parallel streets, the village of Woodnewton lies to the north of a small stream, the Willow Brook, in the forest of Rockingham. It is thus in the East Northamptonshire district of the English county of Northamptonshire.
Woodpecker Cider Woodpecker Cider is an alcoholic drink made by Bulmers, noted for having a lower percentage of alcohol than most other ciders, as well as its sweet taste. It is however, rarely avaliable in pubs and bars, but can be found in most supermarkets.
Woodpecker Finch The Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus, is one of the so-called Darwin's finches. First seen by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, it is a unique species which uses a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool.
Woodridge, Queensland Woodridge, Queensland is a suburb of Logan City in the South East of Queensland, Australia, located just within the Brisbane metropolitan area and had a population of 18,039 as of the 1996 census.Commonwealth of Australia (2006).
Woodroffe Avenue (Ottawa) Woodroffe Avenue (Ottawa Road #15) is the major north-south arterial road in the former city of Nepean in Ottawa, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Ottawa River Parkway through Baseline Road to Prince of Wales Drive towards the communities of Manotick and Barrhaven.
Woodroffe North Woodroffe North is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario. It is bounded on the South by the former CPR right-of-way, on the North by the Ottawa River Parkway and on the East and West by National Capital Commission (NCC) property which is part of or adjacent to the Ottawa River Parkway.
Woodrow Dantzler Woodrow (Woody) Dantzler (born October 4, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays in the main indoor football league in the United States, the Arena Football League. He grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Woodrow Phoenix Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist and writer who also works in the fields of editorial illustration, graphic design, font design and children's books. His work is graphic and playful but is unusual for its high degree of formal experimentation.
Woodrow Stanley Lloyd Woodrow Stanley Lloyd (July 16, 1913 — April 7, 1972) was a Canadian politician who succeeded Tommy Douglas as Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan. Douglas left provincial politics to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New Jersey in 1910.
Woodrow Wilson Award The Woodrow Wilson Award is for Distinguished Government Service honors alumni who have brought credit to their University by their current or recently concluded distinguished public service as elected or appointed officials in Canada.
Woodrow Wilson Barr Woodrow Wilson Barr (8 June 1918– 7 August 1942) was a United States Marine with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. He was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, August 7, 1942 — and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity in action" during the action at Tulagi.
Woodrow Wilson Bridge The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia and Prince George's County, Maryland. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway).
Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas) Woodrow Wilson High School is a secondary school located at 100 South Glasgow Drive in the Lakewood neighborhood of east Dallas, Texas (USA) in the ZIP code 75214. Woodrow was opened in 1928, is a part of the Dallas Independent School District, and serves grades 9-12.
Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington) Woodrow Wilson High School is located in Tacoma, Washington, on 6th Avenue and Orchard. Wilson High is a part of the Tacoma Public School System and is located within distance of Downing Elementary School, also in Tacoma.
Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, New Jersey Woodrow Wilson Middle School is a middle school located in Edison, New Jersey, in the United States, and is part of the Edison Township Public Schools. The school serves 820 students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in a two-story building.
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center is a state-owned and operated facility in Fishersville, Virginia, designed to provide physical therapy and occupational training to program participants, in order to enable them to be successful in the workplace and in life.
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in campus slang) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.
Woodrow, West Virginia Woodrow is an unincorporated community that lies south of Paw Paw along West Virginia Route 9 in both Hampshire and Morgan Counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Woodrow lies on the eastern flanks of Spring Gap Mountain with Sideling Hill to its east.
Woodruff Woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa. It grows to 30-50 cm long, often lying flat on the ground or supported other plants.
Woodruff Arts Center The Woodruff Arts Center is an arts center in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is home to the Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, the 14th Street Playhouse, and Atlanta College of Art.
Woods Bagot Woods Bagot is a global studio specialising in design and consulting that operates across four regions: Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Within each of these regions studios are staffed with both local and international designers and specialists in the areas of architecture, consulting, interior design, urban design services and project management.
Woods Creek Shopping Center Woods Creek Shopping Center is a power center, located along the busy Randall Road corridor in Algonquin, Illinois. Containing over 400,000 square feet of retail space, it is the 3rd largest shopping center in Algonquin, only behind Algonquin Commons and The Galleria Center.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is devoted to scientific research and science- and engineering-education leading to MS and PhD degrees in oceanography and related fields. It is located in the village of Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Woods Hole Research Center The Woods Hole Research Center addresses pressing environmental issues, including climate change, through scientific and policy initiatives. The Center has projects in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Alaska, Canada, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic, working in collaboration with a wide variety of partners ranging from NGOs to governments and the United Nations.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
Woods Hutchinson Woods Hutchinson (1862–1930) was an American physician, born at Selby, Yorkshire, England. He graduated from Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1880 and received his medical degree from the University of Michigan four years later.
Woods Motor Vehicle Woods Motor Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois between 1899 and 1916. In 1915 they produced the Dual Power with both electric and internal combustion engines and this continued until 1918.
Woods Mountains The Woods Mountains are found in southeastern California in the Mojave Desert, at the southwestern end of the Lanfair Valley just east of Hole-in-the-Wall. The mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve north of Interstate 40 and the Clipper Valley in San Bernardino County.
Woodsball marksman A woodsball marksman, also known more controversially as paintball sniper, is a paintball player who fulfills the long-ranged combat player position in woodsball and other paintball game types, and concentrates upon accurate low-volume fire and concealment, both while moving and stationary. Woodsball marksmen are used almost exclusively in advanced woodsball and scenarioball, due to their general lack of usefulness in speedball and the general lack of organization in basic woodsball (most marksmen dislike playing without support, especially infantry support).
Woodsball specialists Woodsball specialists are players who fulfill various specialized roles in woodsball or scenarioball teams in the sport of paintball. Some of the most common specialists are gunners, heavy weapons specialists, and marksmen.
Woodseats Woodseats is a district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire in the Graves Park ward. Historically, Norton Woodseats () was a village that straddled Derbyshire Lane running from Four Lane Ends to Bolehill (now part of Graves Park), originally in Derbyshire but since 1934, part of the City of Sheffield.
Woodsetts Woodsetts is a village in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between the towns of Dinnington and Worksop at , and at an elevation of around 60 metres above sea level.
Woodside (LIRR station) Woodside is a railroad station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Woodside is the first station east of Pennsylvania Station (New York City), and is the only Queens station on the Long Island Rail Road that serves both the Port Washington Branch and the other LIRR branches that begin east of Jamaica Station.
Woodside and South Croydon Railway The Woodside and South Croydon Railway (W&SC) was a short, relatively short-lived and unsuccessful railway in what is now the London Borough of Croydon in London, England. Its site is now largely occupied by Croydon Tramlink.
Woodside Elementary School District The Woodside Elementary School District is a single school K-8 public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving incorporated Woodside. Students from this school district who continue on with public schooling matriculate to the Sequoia Union High School District.
Woodside Priory School The Woodside Priory School, commonly known as the Priory, is an independent, coeducational, Roman Catholic, college preparatory, day and boarding school in the Benedictine tradition located in Portola Valley, California. Its current head of school is Tim Molak, and its assistant-headmaster and dean of students is John Erkman.
Woodside railway line, Victoria The Woodside railway line railway line, in Victoria, Australia. Which was also part of the fromer Great Southern Railway(South Gippsland line), branching from the current Pakenham line at Dandenong, extending out into the the South Gippsland region, The Woodside section of the line branched off at Yarram railway station.
Woodside, London Woodside is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon located between Addiscombe and South Norwood. Woodside is a suburban district of residential streets based around Woodside Green, a small sized area of green land.
Woodside, Merseyside Woodside is a locality in Birkenhead, Wirral in England. This site is the terminus of many bus services in Wirral, and was a major transport hub for Wirral until the construction of the new Birkenhead Bus Station.
Woodsmen of the West Woodsmen of the West is a novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger, first published in 1908 by Edward Arnold. In writing the novel, Grainger drew on his experiences as a logger working in the costal forests of British Columbia, Canada.
Woodsongs The WoodSongs Old-time Radio Hour, hosted by folksinger Michael Johnathon, is listened to by over 1,000,000 radio listeners on over 400 radio stations each week via NPR stations. The Woodsongs website contains one of the largest bluegrass and independent artist live music archives available on the web, all available at no charge.
Woodspring Priory Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinian priory beside the Bristol Channel about 4 km north east of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. It was founded in the early 13th century, and dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket (the founder was a grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers).
Woodstock (novel) Woodstock, or The Cavalier, A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set during the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock.
Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency) Woodstock was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1571 until 1832.
Woodstock 1999 Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second rock concert, after Woodstock '94, that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock concert of 1969. Like the previous concerts with the same name, it was held in upstate New York, this time in Rome.
Woodstock Elementary School Woodstock Elementary School is a school in the village of Bryant Pond, located in the Town of Woodstock, Maine, for students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The school of 100 students has 99% White American students, 1% African American, and 43% eligible for free school lunches.
Woodstock High School (Illinois) Woodstock High School or the Blue Streaks is a high school located in Woodstock, Illinois, fifteen minutes south of Wisconsin and one and a half hours northwest of Chicago. It has a population of around 2,000 students.
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