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Wesley Charles Wesley Charles(Born) in December 12th 1975 Wesley Clarles is an International player for St Vincent & the Grenadines and played in 10 of their 12 world cup qualifiers in 2000, scoring twice. Wesley joined Bray Wanderers in November 2000 after spending two seasons with Sligo Rovers, and he was voted Player of the Year for Wanderers in 2003.
Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in Australia church in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. Originally a built for a Methodist Church of Australasia congregation, it is named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Wesley Kimler Wesley Kimler (1953) an American artist based in Chicago, Illinois, is known for his colossal paintings, up to 15 feet high and 27 feet wide. According to critic Kevin Nance, these are " expressive, gestural, hybrid paintings that combine abstract and figurative elements in a way that's theatrical and beautiful, sometimes grotesque and surreal, and always powerfully evocative.
Wesley L. Fox Wesley Lee Fox (born September 30, 1931) is a decorated United States Military veteran and retired Colonel in the Marine Corps. Fox earned the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, for valor during the Vietnam War.
Wesley Mallard Wesley Mallard is an American football linebacker who plays for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and attended University of Oregon. Between 2002 and 2005, Mallard played for the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
Wesley Mission Wesley Mission is a name used by several members of the Uniting Missions Network, an arm of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley Missions grew out of the inner city missions of the pre-union Methodist Church of Australasia.
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld (1879-1918) was the author of the seminal Fundamental Legal Conceptions, As Applied in Judicial Reasoning and Other Legal Essays. During his life, he published only a handful of law journal articles.
Wesley Pruden Wesley Pruden is the editor-in-chief of The Washington Times, a position he has held for 13 years. In June 2005, he told C-SPAN that he planned to leave in a few years; that would be roughly around the 25th anniversary of the Times.
Wesley Snipes Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. He may be best known for his role as the eponymous vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy of movies.
Wesley United Methodist Church (Austin, Texas) Wesley United Methodist Church is a historic church in east Austin, Texas that has served the Austin community continuously since 1865 and is considered to be one of the leading black churches in Texas. The church was established to serve the freedmen community following emancipation and the end of the Civil War.
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was a musician and artist from Chicago. A diagnosed schizophrenic, he gained a sizeable cult following in the 1990s after releasing several hundred songs of unique but simple music, with emphasis on his stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (born in England, died in Los Angeles) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Douglas Petrie for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by Alexis Denisof.
Wesley's Chapel Wesley's Chapel was opened in 1778 by the founder of Methodism, John Wesley to replace his earlier London chapel, The Foundery. In 1776 John Wesley applied to the City of London for a site to build his new chapel and was granted an area of land on City Road, London.
Wesley's Youth Project Wesley's is a registered charity that was established in June 1997 to provide a safe place place for young people in a friendly environment that is free from drugs and alcohol. The project ceased its operations in January 2001 due to financial difficulties.
Wesleyan Wesleyan is the adjective form of Wesley, referring either to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism (a current within Protestant Christianity) or to one or another of the Methodist denominations deriving from that current. The Wesleyan Church split from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843.
Wesleyan Association The Wesleyan Association, or the Wesleyan Methodist Association, was a Christian denomination that was formed in 1836, largely by Protestant Methodists. Their place of worship was the Wesleyan Association Chapel.
Wesleyan Battling Bishops The Battling Bishops is the name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, at Ohio Wesleyan University. The men's and women's Bishops teams are NCAA Division III teams that compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
Wesleyan Quadrilateral The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of the Methodist movement in the late 18th Century. The term itself was coined by 20th century American Methodist Albert C.
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded by Methodist leaders and residents of Middletown, the now-secular university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Wespe The SdKfz 124 Wespe (German for wasp) or (Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II) was a German self-propelled artillery vehicle developed and used during the Second World War. It was based on the Panzer II tank.
Wess'Har Series The Wess'Har series is a six book Science Fiction novel series written by author Karen Traviss and is set several hundred years in the future. It involves humanity's contact with a number of alien races with conflicting interests and beliefs, while her central character, Shan Frankland, is caught in the middle of a coming conflict.
Wess-Zumino gauge In particle physics, the Wess-Zumino gauge is a particular choice of a gauge transformation in a gauge theory with supersymmetry. In this gauge, the supersymmetrized gauge transformation is chosen in such a way that most components of the vector superfield vanish, except for the usual physical ones, when the function of the superspace is expanded in terms of components.
Wess-Zumino model In theoretical physics, the Wess-Zumino model has become the first known example of an interacting four-dimensional quantum field theory with supersymmetry, at least in the Western world. In 1974, Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino studied, using modern terminology, dynamics of a single chiral superfield (composed of a complex scalar and a spinor fermion) whose cubic superpotential leads to a renormalizable theory.
Wess-Zumino-Witten model In theoretical physics and mathematics, the Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model, also called the Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten model, is a simple model of conformal field theory whose solutions are realized by affine Kac-Moody algebras. It is named after Julius Wess, Bruno Zumino, Sergei P.
Wesselenyi conspiracy The Wesselényi conspiracy, also known as the Magnate conspiracy, was a 17th century attempt to throw off Habsburg and other foreign influences over Hungary. The attempted coup was caused by the unpopular Peace of Vasvár, struck between Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and the Ottoman Empire, Hungary's neighbours.
Wesseling Wesseling is a city in Germany, located 20 km south of Cologne, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis. It is an industrial city on the Rhine, home to several chemicals producing companies including Degussa and Basell, and a Royal Dutch Shell oil refinery.
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is a 240-acre nature preserve located in Evansville, Indiana. It is a National Natural Landmark and a State Nature Preserve owned by the City of Evansville and operated by the non-profit Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Society.
Wesselsbron Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State Province, South Africa. It was named after Commandant Cornelius Wessels who led the 1899 siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War.
Wessex FM Local radio station for the Weymouth, Dorchester and Bridport areas of Dorset. The daytime content is broadcast from Dorchester, however the evening and night output is taken from a national feed from The Local Radio Company.
Wessex League Premier Division The Wessex League Premier Division is at Step 5 in the National League System (Level 9 in the entire English Pyramid). Its champion club is eligible for promotion to the Southern League if it meets the correct ground requirements.
Wessex Regiment The Wessex Regiment was a Territorial Army(TA) infantry regiment of the British Army between 1971 and 1995. It had 2 battalions: The 1st Bn (Rifle Volunteers) with headquarters at Le Marchant Barracks Devizes and the 2nd Bn(Volunteers) with headquarters at Brock Barracks in Reading.
Wessex Regionalist Party The Wessex Regionalist Party is a minor English political party that seeks a degree of legislative and administrative home rule for the area known as Wessex, in the south-west of England. It is also known, less formally, as the Wessex Regionalists, the name under which it usually campaigns.
Wessex Society The Wessex Society is a cultural society that aims to promote a regional identity for Wessex. It was founded in 1999, and its activities have included the promotion of the flag of Wessex the creation of Wessex merchandise and the commissioning of an anthem] for Wessex, with [[music by Gloucestershire-based composer Hayley Savage and lyrics by the Dorset dialect poet Devina Symes.
Wessex Water Wessex Water is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving parts of south west and southern England. The company originated as the Wessex Water Authority, one of ten regional water authorities established by the Water Act 1973.
Wessington Springs College Wessington Springs College was an institution of higher learning located in Wessington Springs, Jerauld County, South Dakota. The college, affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, was founded in 1887 as "Wessington Springs Seminary.
Wessobrunn Prayer The Wessobrunn Prayer (or Wessobrunner Gebet in German), sometimes called the Wessobrunn Creation Poem ("Wessobrunner Schöpfungsgedicht"), believed to date from c790, is among the earliest known poetic works in Old High German.
Wessobrunner School The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey. The names of more than 600 stucco-workers who emerged from this school are known.
Wesson cooking oil Wesson cooking oil is a brand of vegetable oil sold by ConAgra Foods. The products currently sold under the Wesson brand are canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and a soy-based vegetable oil, as well as mixes of different oils.
West 32nd West 32nd takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, attorney John Kim (Cho) finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits.
West 4th Street (Manhattan) West 4th Street is a narrow one lane street in New York City that runs east-west through most of eastern Manhattan and then turns north at 6th Avenue to intersect with West 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Streets in Greenwich Village. The approximate three block section of West 4th on the southern border of Washington Square Park is also called Washington Square South.
West 57th (TV series) Better known as the "yuppie" version of 60 Minutes, West 57th originally premiered as a summer magazine series on CBS during the mid-1980s. The original correspondents were Jane Wallace, Edie Magnus, Bob Sirott, Meredith Vieira, and John Ferrugia.
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
West Adelaide Soccer Club West Adelaide Soccer Club is a defunct Australian football (soccer) club from Adelaide, Australia. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1977 season until the end of the 1998/99 season, after which it folded, except for the periods 1987-89 and 1990-91.
West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa (which coincides with common reckonings of the region) includes the following 17 countries:
West Africa Campaign (World War II) The name West African campaign refers to two battles during World War II: the Battle of Dakar (also known as Operation Menace) and the Battle of Gabon, both of which were in late 1940. The actions involved Allied forces attacking Vichy French forces in French overseas territories in West Africa.
West Africa Time West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in western and west-central Africa (though not in countries west of Benin, which instead use GMT). The zone is one hour ahead of UTC (UTC+1), which makes it the same as Central European Time.
West African catshark The West African catshark, Scyliorhinus cervigoni, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from the eastern Atlantic probably wide-ranging off tropical West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola between latitudes 20° N and 17° S, at depths between 45 and 500 m. Its length is up to 67 cm.
West African cricket team The West African cricket team was a team representing the countries of Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone in international cricket matches whilst they were an associate member of the International Cricket Council between 1976 and 2003. They played in the ICC Trophy on three occasions, in 1982, 1994 and 1997, withdrawing shortly before the start of the 2001 tournament.
West African Economic and Monetary Union The West African Economic and Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is an organization of states of West Africa established to promote economic integration among countries that share a common currency, the CFA franc.
West African Examinations Council [West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is a not-for-profit examination board] formed out of the concern for [[Education|education in Africa. Established in 1951, the council has contributed to education in Anglophonic countries of West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia), with the number of examinations they have coordinated, and certificates they have issued.
West African Pidgin English West African Pidgin English, also called Guinea Coast Creole English, was the lingua franca of commerce along the West African coast during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. British slave merchants and local African traders developed this language in the coastal areas in order to facilitate their commercial exchanges, but it quickly spread up the river systems into the West African interior because of its value as a trade language among Africans of different tribes.
West Anglia Main Line The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines which run from London Liverpool Street, the other being the Great Eastern Main Line. It runs due north from London, through the towns of Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Audley End station before reaching Cambridge, with two branches serving Hertford and Stansted Airport.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) blankets the continent of Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains, covering the area called "Lesser Antarctica". The WAIS is classified as a marine-based ice sheet, meaning that its bed lies well below sea level and its edges flow into floating ice shelves.
West Antarctica West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica () is one of the two major regions of Antarctica, lying on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains and comprising Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, and Antarctic Peninsula. All of West Antarctica lies within the Western Hemisphere.
West Ardsley West Ardsley is commonly used to refer to an area on the south-west edge of the City of Leeds, possessing a WF3 postcode. It roughly approximates to an amalgamation of Tingley, Woodkirk, Hill Top, Upper Green and Common Side.
West Asian Football Federation Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship is a football competition of mainly West Asian countries and territories, that are not invited to the Gulf Cup of Nations The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are Iran], [[Iraq national football team|Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. In 2006, Qatar and UAE are scheduled to compete for the first time.
West Asian Games The West Asian Games were first organised in Tehran, Iran and were considered the first of their kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every 2 years.
West Aurora High School The school's fight song, "Roll On, You Blackhawks," dates from the 1940s, and was written by Sten Halfvarson. A plaque commemorating the composition of the song hangs in a hallway just south of the auditorium, where the opening bars of the song have also been placed into the floor tile.
West Aurora Public School District 129 West Aurora Public School District 129 has a tradition in Aurora, Illinois going back to the 1860s. The West Side High School and East Side High Schools have played an annual football game against each other since 1893.
West Australian (horse) West Australian (1850-1870) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Sold in 1854 to Lord Londesbury for breeding purposes, in 1860 West Australian was purchased by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny and brought to France where he shortly sold him to his half-brother, the Emperor Napoleon lll.
West Australian Music Industry The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMi's) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). The WAMi Awards are Western Australia Music’s night of nights, bringing together local music fans and members of local, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate another year of achievements for Western Australia.
West Bank The West Bank (, Hagadah Hamaaravit, , ), also known as Judea and Samaria, is a landlocked Israeli administered territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. It was occupied by Israel after the conclusion of the Six-Day War of (1967).
West Bank Closures The West Bank closure system comprises a series of obstacles including checkpoints, partial checkpoints, agricultural and road gates, observation towers, earthmounds, roadblocks, tunnels, earth walls, road barriers, trenches and permit restrictions placed by the the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
West Bank Division The Israel Defense Forces West Bank Division is a regional division in the Israeli Central Command which serves as the command level for activities in "Judea and Samaria." The division engages is an ongoing fight against Palestinian political violence, within the Palestinian National Authority-administered territory as well as against attempts by Palestinian militants to infiltrate Israel to commit suicide attacks.
West Bank Story West Bank Story is a 2005 comedy short, directed by Ari Sandel and co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray. The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story, which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
West Beach, South Australia West Beach (postcode 5024) is a seaside suburb of Adelaide, in both the City of Charles Sturt and the City of West Torrens. Its pristine white sands on the eastern shore of Gulf Saint Vincent and boating lakes make it attractive, especially in the summer months.
West Beaver Creek (VIVA) West Beaver Creek is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, on the intersection of West Beaver Creek Road and Highway 7 in Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario.
West Bend Housewares West Bend Housewares, LLC, based in West Bend, Wisconsin produces household appliances such as breadmakers, mixers, coffee urns, and woks. The West Bend Company, founded in 1911, was owned by Regal Ware Inc.
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 10th standard is called the Madhyamik or secondary examination.
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 12 examination (or higher secondary level or pre-university level examination) of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 12th standard is called the Uchyaa Madhyamik or Higher Secondary examination (it is better known by its acronym H.
West Bengal Fire Service West Bengal Fire Service is the state owned service that attends fire/rescue calls throughout the Indian state of West Bengal, including the city of Kolkata. The service consists of 95 fire stations, 7500 Fire Force with over 350 fire appliances.
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation (also known as Bachelors) courses.
West Bengal legislative election, 2006 The 2006 West Bengal legistlative election was held on the 17th, 22nd, 27th of April and on 3rd and 8th of May, 2006 over 5 phases. Results will be declared on May 11, along with the results of Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Pondicheerry legislative elections.
West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) is a company owned by the Government of West Bengal with the goal to carry on interalia the business of electric power generation and supply in the state of West Bengal, India. The main thermal power plants under WBPDCL are in Kolaghat, Bakreswar, Santaldih,and Bandel.
West Bengal state assembly election, 2006 The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency (AC)s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs on May 3,and 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.
West Bengal Socialist Party West Bengal Socialist Party is a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WBSP was formed when the Bengali socialists split in the beginning of the 1980s (the other faction became the Democratic Socialist Party).
West Bengal State Council of Technical Education Apart from the 42 Polytechnics in the state of West Bengal, India, Polytechnic Institute at Narsingarh in the state of Tripura, India is also affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education. The Council has also been entrusted with the responsibilities for conduct of Short Term Vocational Training Programme in different centres and affiliate institutes offering Vocational Courses.
West Bengal State Electricity Board West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) is a state owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of West Bengal in India. It provides electricity to over 40 lakhs hearths and homes, business, industries, agriculture, public utilities, covering 87000 km² of the total 89000 km² area of the state.
West Bengal University of Health Sciences The West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of Burdwan and North Bengal. All the courses have been brought under one umbrella for helping in upgrading the level of teaching in the state.
West Bengal University of Technology The West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) is a state university located in the suburban satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal. As the name suggests, the University primarily provides education in the multidisciplinary fields of science, technology and management.
West Bergholt West Bergholt is a large rural village lying on the border of the English counties of Essex and Suffolk, near to the ancient town of Colchester. With a history going back to medieval times the village is now part of the Colchester Borough Council seat of West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, and has its own Parish Council and concert band.
West Berkeley, Berkeley, California West Berkeley is generally the area of Berkeley, California which lies west of San Pablo Avenue, abutting San Francisco Bay. It comprises the unincorporated 19th century town of Ocean View, and the filled-in areas west of I-80 (the Eastshore Freeway) including, mainly, the Berkeley Marina.
West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, South East England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.
West Berlin Air Corridor [nach Westberlin] 1989 - Display der [[Luftverkehrskontrolle vom Flughafen Tempelhof]] The West Berlin Air Corridor consisted of three compulsory routes through regulated airways for civil and military air traffic of the Western Allies between West Berlin and the other Federal German States over controlled airspace of the former German Democratic Republic (Originally the Soviet occupation zone). The airspace contained in these corridors was for the exclusive use of these flights.
West Blatchington West Blatchington is often seen as subsumed in the shadow of its larger neighbour Hangleton. But while it does have a similar landscape (a Downland dip-slope parish lying north of Hove) West Blatchington has some more substantial and immediately noticeable buildings as its core.
West Bletchley West Bletchley is a district and parish in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The parish covers that part of Bletchley that is south of Standing Way (A421), west of the West Coast Main Line and north of Water Eaton Brook.
West Boca Raton Community High School West Boca Raton Community High School is a public high school in the unincorporated western suburb of Boca Raton, Florida. The school is part of the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida and serves the far western reaches of Boca Raton and some parts of Delray Beach, Florida.
West Bottoms The West Bottoms is an industrial area immediately to the west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River. The area is the oldest and most run-down areas of the city.
West Branch Reservoir The West Branch Reservoir, formed by impounding about one quarter of the West Branch of the Croton River, is located in Putnam County, New York, United States, in the towns of Kent, New York, and Carmel, New York, and is only about 45 miles north of New York City's Central Park Reservoir.
West Branch Susquehanna River The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York, is sometimes regarded as an extension of the main branch, with the shorter West Branch being its principal tributary.
West Branch Susquehanna Valley The West Branch Susquehanna Valley of central Pennsylvania, United States, in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, is the low lying area draining into the West Branch Susquehanna River southeast of the Allegheny Front, northeast of the Bald Eagle Valley, southwest of the Wyoming Valley and nort of the water gap formed between Shamokin Mountain and Montour Ridge.
West Briton West Briton (adjective West British; both often shortened to West Brit) is a potentially derogatory term for an Irish person who is alleged by the user of the term to be excessively sympathetic to Britain or who takes his cultural and social cues from Britain. "West Brit" from World Wide Words
West Brompton West Brompton is an area of West London, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The name refers to the older locality of Brompton to the east, although the areas of South Kensington and Earl's Court separate the West Brompton from its namesake.
West Brompton station West Brompton is a Network Rail West London Line and London Underground District Line station in west London. It is located on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and to the west of Brompton Cemetery.
West Brook Senior High School West Brook Senior High School is one of three public high schools in Beaumont, Texas, the others being Central and Ozen. Originally known as Forest Park, the school's name was changed to West Brook in the late 1980s.
West Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania West Brunswick Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Brunswick Township was formed in 1811 as one of the original townships of Schuylkill County, being named for Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany.
West Buckland School West Buckland School is an English independent school located on the outskirts of the village of West Buckland on the edge of Exmoor, 8 miles east of Barnstaple, Devon. A member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, it comprises a senior school, preparatory school and nursery.
West Buckland, Devon West Buckland is a small village located 8 miles south-east of Barnstaple in North Devon, England. Reached by most from a winding, steep hill that leaves the North Devon Link Road, the village is perhaps most renowned for West Buckland School: educators of, amongst others, British world record triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards.
West Budd Island West Budd Island () is the western of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.
West Burlington, New York West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located three miles east of the hamlet of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80.
Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in Australia church in the centre of Melbourne, Australia. Originally a built for a Methodist Church of Australasia congregation, it is named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Wesley Kimler Wesley Kimler (1953) an American artist based in Chicago, Illinois, is known for his colossal paintings, up to 15 feet high and 27 feet wide. According to critic Kevin Nance, these are " expressive, gestural, hybrid paintings that combine abstract and figurative elements in a way that's theatrical and beautiful, sometimes grotesque and surreal, and always powerfully evocative.
Wesley L. Fox Wesley Lee Fox (born September 30, 1931) is a decorated United States Military veteran and retired Colonel in the Marine Corps. Fox earned the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, for valor during the Vietnam War.
Wesley Mallard Wesley Mallard is an American football linebacker who plays for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and attended University of Oregon. Between 2002 and 2005, Mallard played for the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
Wesley Mission Wesley Mission is a name used by several members of the Uniting Missions Network, an arm of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley Missions grew out of the inner city missions of the pre-union Methodist Church of Australasia.
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld (1879-1918) was the author of the seminal Fundamental Legal Conceptions, As Applied in Judicial Reasoning and Other Legal Essays. During his life, he published only a handful of law journal articles.
Wesley Pruden Wesley Pruden is the editor-in-chief of The Washington Times, a position he has held for 13 years. In June 2005, he told C-SPAN that he planned to leave in a few years; that would be roughly around the 25th anniversary of the Times.
Wesley Snipes Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. He may be best known for his role as the eponymous vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy of movies.
Wesley United Methodist Church (Austin, Texas) Wesley United Methodist Church is a historic church in east Austin, Texas that has served the Austin community continuously since 1865 and is considered to be one of the leading black churches in Texas. The church was established to serve the freedmen community following emancipation and the end of the Civil War.
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was a musician and artist from Chicago. A diagnosed schizophrenic, he gained a sizeable cult following in the 1990s after releasing several hundred songs of unique but simple music, with emphasis on his stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (born in England, died in Los Angeles) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Douglas Petrie for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by Alexis Denisof.
Wesley's Chapel Wesley's Chapel was opened in 1778 by the founder of Methodism, John Wesley to replace his earlier London chapel, The Foundery. In 1776 John Wesley applied to the City of London for a site to build his new chapel and was granted an area of land on City Road, London.
Wesley's Youth Project Wesley's is a registered charity that was established in June 1997 to provide a safe place place for young people in a friendly environment that is free from drugs and alcohol. The project ceased its operations in January 2001 due to financial difficulties.
Wesleyan Wesleyan is the adjective form of Wesley, referring either to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism (a current within Protestant Christianity) or to one or another of the Methodist denominations deriving from that current. The Wesleyan Church split from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843.
Wesleyan Association The Wesleyan Association, or the Wesleyan Methodist Association, was a Christian denomination that was formed in 1836, largely by Protestant Methodists. Their place of worship was the Wesleyan Association Chapel.
Wesleyan Battling Bishops The Battling Bishops is the name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, at Ohio Wesleyan University. The men's and women's Bishops teams are NCAA Division III teams that compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
Wesleyan Quadrilateral The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of the Methodist movement in the late 18th Century. The term itself was coined by 20th century American Methodist Albert C.
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded by Methodist leaders and residents of Middletown, the now-secular university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Wespe The SdKfz 124 Wespe (German for wasp) or (Leichte Feldhaubitze 18 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II) was a German self-propelled artillery vehicle developed and used during the Second World War. It was based on the Panzer II tank.
Wess'Har Series The Wess'Har series is a six book Science Fiction novel series written by author Karen Traviss and is set several hundred years in the future. It involves humanity's contact with a number of alien races with conflicting interests and beliefs, while her central character, Shan Frankland, is caught in the middle of a coming conflict.
Wess-Zumino gauge In particle physics, the Wess-Zumino gauge is a particular choice of a gauge transformation in a gauge theory with supersymmetry. In this gauge, the supersymmetrized gauge transformation is chosen in such a way that most components of the vector superfield vanish, except for the usual physical ones, when the function of the superspace is expanded in terms of components.
Wess-Zumino model In theoretical physics, the Wess-Zumino model has become the first known example of an interacting four-dimensional quantum field theory with supersymmetry, at least in the Western world. In 1974, Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino studied, using modern terminology, dynamics of a single chiral superfield (composed of a complex scalar and a spinor fermion) whose cubic superpotential leads to a renormalizable theory.
Wess-Zumino-Witten model In theoretical physics and mathematics, the Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model, also called the Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten model, is a simple model of conformal field theory whose solutions are realized by affine Kac-Moody algebras. It is named after Julius Wess, Bruno Zumino, Sergei P.
Wesselenyi conspiracy The Wesselényi conspiracy, also known as the Magnate conspiracy, was a 17th century attempt to throw off Habsburg and other foreign influences over Hungary. The attempted coup was caused by the unpopular Peace of Vasvár, struck between Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and the Ottoman Empire, Hungary's neighbours.
Wesseling Wesseling is a city in Germany, located 20 km south of Cologne, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis. It is an industrial city on the Rhine, home to several chemicals producing companies including Degussa and Basell, and a Royal Dutch Shell oil refinery.
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is a 240-acre nature preserve located in Evansville, Indiana. It is a National Natural Landmark and a State Nature Preserve owned by the City of Evansville and operated by the non-profit Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Society.
Wesselsbron Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State Province, South Africa. It was named after Commandant Cornelius Wessels who led the 1899 siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War.
Wessex FM Local radio station for the Weymouth, Dorchester and Bridport areas of Dorset. The daytime content is broadcast from Dorchester, however the evening and night output is taken from a national feed from The Local Radio Company.
Wessex League Premier Division The Wessex League Premier Division is at Step 5 in the National League System (Level 9 in the entire English Pyramid). Its champion club is eligible for promotion to the Southern League if it meets the correct ground requirements.
Wessex Regiment The Wessex Regiment was a Territorial Army(TA) infantry regiment of the British Army between 1971 and 1995. It had 2 battalions: The 1st Bn (Rifle Volunteers) with headquarters at Le Marchant Barracks Devizes and the 2nd Bn(Volunteers) with headquarters at Brock Barracks in Reading.
Wessex Regionalist Party The Wessex Regionalist Party is a minor English political party that seeks a degree of legislative and administrative home rule for the area known as Wessex, in the south-west of England. It is also known, less formally, as the Wessex Regionalists, the name under which it usually campaigns.
Wessex Society The Wessex Society is a cultural society that aims to promote a regional identity for Wessex. It was founded in 1999, and its activities have included the promotion of the flag of Wessex the creation of Wessex merchandise and the commissioning of an anthem] for Wessex, with [[music by Gloucestershire-based composer Hayley Savage and lyrics by the Dorset dialect poet Devina Symes.
Wessex Water Wessex Water is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving parts of south west and southern England. The company originated as the Wessex Water Authority, one of ten regional water authorities established by the Water Act 1973.
Wessington Springs College Wessington Springs College was an institution of higher learning located in Wessington Springs, Jerauld County, South Dakota. The college, affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, was founded in 1887 as "Wessington Springs Seminary.
Wessobrunn Prayer The Wessobrunn Prayer (or Wessobrunner Gebet in German), sometimes called the Wessobrunn Creation Poem ("Wessobrunner Schöpfungsgedicht"), believed to date from c790, is among the earliest known poetic works in Old High German.
Wessobrunner School The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey. The names of more than 600 stucco-workers who emerged from this school are known.
Wesson cooking oil Wesson cooking oil is a brand of vegetable oil sold by ConAgra Foods. The products currently sold under the Wesson brand are canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and a soy-based vegetable oil, as well as mixes of different oils.
West 32nd West 32nd takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, attorney John Kim (Cho) finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits.
West 4th Street (Manhattan) West 4th Street is a narrow one lane street in New York City that runs east-west through most of eastern Manhattan and then turns north at 6th Avenue to intersect with West 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Streets in Greenwich Village. The approximate three block section of West 4th on the southern border of Washington Square Park is also called Washington Square South.
West 57th (TV series) Better known as the "yuppie" version of 60 Minutes, West 57th originally premiered as a summer magazine series on CBS during the mid-1980s. The original correspondents were Jane Wallace, Edie Magnus, Bob Sirott, Meredith Vieira, and John Ferrugia.
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
West Adelaide Soccer Club West Adelaide Soccer Club is a defunct Australian football (soccer) club from Adelaide, Australia. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1977 season until the end of the 1998/99 season, after which it folded, except for the periods 1987-89 and 1990-91.
West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa (which coincides with common reckonings of the region) includes the following 17 countries:
West Africa Campaign (World War II) The name West African campaign refers to two battles during World War II: the Battle of Dakar (also known as Operation Menace) and the Battle of Gabon, both of which were in late 1940. The actions involved Allied forces attacking Vichy French forces in French overseas territories in West Africa.
West Africa Time West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in western and west-central Africa (though not in countries west of Benin, which instead use GMT). The zone is one hour ahead of UTC (UTC+1), which makes it the same as Central European Time.
West African catshark The West African catshark, Scyliorhinus cervigoni, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from the eastern Atlantic probably wide-ranging off tropical West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola between latitudes 20° N and 17° S, at depths between 45 and 500 m. Its length is up to 67 cm.
West African cricket team The West African cricket team was a team representing the countries of Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone in international cricket matches whilst they were an associate member of the International Cricket Council between 1976 and 2003. They played in the ICC Trophy on three occasions, in 1982, 1994 and 1997, withdrawing shortly before the start of the 2001 tournament.
West African Economic and Monetary Union The West African Economic and Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is an organization of states of West Africa established to promote economic integration among countries that share a common currency, the CFA franc.
West African Examinations Council [West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is a not-for-profit examination board] formed out of the concern for [[Education|education in Africa. Established in 1951, the council has contributed to education in Anglophonic countries of West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia), with the number of examinations they have coordinated, and certificates they have issued.
West African Pidgin English West African Pidgin English, also called Guinea Coast Creole English, was the lingua franca of commerce along the West African coast during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. British slave merchants and local African traders developed this language in the coastal areas in order to facilitate their commercial exchanges, but it quickly spread up the river systems into the West African interior because of its value as a trade language among Africans of different tribes.
West Anglia Main Line The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines which run from London Liverpool Street, the other being the Great Eastern Main Line. It runs due north from London, through the towns of Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Audley End station before reaching Cambridge, with two branches serving Hertford and Stansted Airport.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) blankets the continent of Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains, covering the area called "Lesser Antarctica". The WAIS is classified as a marine-based ice sheet, meaning that its bed lies well below sea level and its edges flow into floating ice shelves.
West Antarctica West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica () is one of the two major regions of Antarctica, lying on the Pacific Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains and comprising Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land, and Antarctic Peninsula. All of West Antarctica lies within the Western Hemisphere.
West Ardsley West Ardsley is commonly used to refer to an area on the south-west edge of the City of Leeds, possessing a WF3 postcode. It roughly approximates to an amalgamation of Tingley, Woodkirk, Hill Top, Upper Green and Common Side.
West Asian Football Federation Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship is a football competition of mainly West Asian countries and territories, that are not invited to the Gulf Cup of Nations The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are Iran], [[Iraq national football team|Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. In 2006, Qatar and UAE are scheduled to compete for the first time.
West Asian Games The West Asian Games were first organised in Tehran, Iran and were considered the first of their kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every 2 years.
West Aurora High School The school's fight song, "Roll On, You Blackhawks," dates from the 1940s, and was written by Sten Halfvarson. A plaque commemorating the composition of the song hangs in a hallway just south of the auditorium, where the opening bars of the song have also been placed into the floor tile.
West Aurora Public School District 129 West Aurora Public School District 129 has a tradition in Aurora, Illinois going back to the 1860s. The West Side High School and East Side High Schools have played an annual football game against each other since 1893.
West Australian (horse) West Australian (1850-1870) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Sold in 1854 to Lord Londesbury for breeding purposes, in 1860 West Australian was purchased by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny and brought to France where he shortly sold him to his half-brother, the Emperor Napoleon lll.
West Australian Music Industry The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMi's) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). The WAMi Awards are Western Australia Music’s night of nights, bringing together local music fans and members of local, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate another year of achievements for Western Australia.
West Bank The West Bank (, Hagadah Hamaaravit, , ), also known as Judea and Samaria, is a landlocked Israeli administered territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. It was occupied by Israel after the conclusion of the Six-Day War of (1967).
West Bank Closures The West Bank closure system comprises a series of obstacles including checkpoints, partial checkpoints, agricultural and road gates, observation towers, earthmounds, roadblocks, tunnels, earth walls, road barriers, trenches and permit restrictions placed by the the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
West Bank Division The Israel Defense Forces West Bank Division is a regional division in the Israeli Central Command which serves as the command level for activities in "Judea and Samaria." The division engages is an ongoing fight against Palestinian political violence, within the Palestinian National Authority-administered territory as well as against attempts by Palestinian militants to infiltrate Israel to commit suicide attacks.
West Bank Story West Bank Story is a 2005 comedy short, directed by Ari Sandel and co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray. The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story, which in turn is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
West Beach, South Australia West Beach (postcode 5024) is a seaside suburb of Adelaide, in both the City of Charles Sturt and the City of West Torrens. Its pristine white sands on the eastern shore of Gulf Saint Vincent and boating lakes make it attractive, especially in the summer months.
West Beaver Creek (VIVA) West Beaver Creek is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, on the intersection of West Beaver Creek Road and Highway 7 in Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario.
West Bend Housewares West Bend Housewares, LLC, based in West Bend, Wisconsin produces household appliances such as breadmakers, mixers, coffee urns, and woks. The West Bend Company, founded in 1911, was owned by Regal Ware Inc.
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 10th standard is called the Madhyamik or secondary examination.
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 12 examination (or higher secondary level or pre-university level examination) of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 12th standard is called the Uchyaa Madhyamik or Higher Secondary examination (it is better known by its acronym H.
West Bengal Fire Service West Bengal Fire Service is the state owned service that attends fire/rescue calls throughout the Indian state of West Bengal, including the city of Kolkata. The service consists of 95 fire stations, 7500 Fire Force with over 350 fire appliances.
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation (also known as Bachelors) courses.
West Bengal legislative election, 2006 The 2006 West Bengal legistlative election was held on the 17th, 22nd, 27th of April and on 3rd and 8th of May, 2006 over 5 phases. Results will be declared on May 11, along with the results of Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Pondicheerry legislative elections.
West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) is a company owned by the Government of West Bengal with the goal to carry on interalia the business of electric power generation and supply in the state of West Bengal, India. The main thermal power plants under WBPDCL are in Kolaghat, Bakreswar, Santaldih,and Bandel.
West Bengal state assembly election, 2006 The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency (AC)s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs on May 3,and 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.
West Bengal Socialist Party West Bengal Socialist Party is a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WBSP was formed when the Bengali socialists split in the beginning of the 1980s (the other faction became the Democratic Socialist Party).
West Bengal State Council of Technical Education Apart from the 42 Polytechnics in the state of West Bengal, India, Polytechnic Institute at Narsingarh in the state of Tripura, India is also affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education. The Council has also been entrusted with the responsibilities for conduct of Short Term Vocational Training Programme in different centres and affiliate institutes offering Vocational Courses.
West Bengal State Electricity Board West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) is a state owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of West Bengal in India. It provides electricity to over 40 lakhs hearths and homes, business, industries, agriculture, public utilities, covering 87000 km² of the total 89000 km² area of the state.
West Bengal University of Health Sciences The West Bengal University of Health Sciences has been set up by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical education related courses which were so far taught separately by the University of Calcutta, and the Universities of Burdwan and North Bengal. All the courses have been brought under one umbrella for helping in upgrading the level of teaching in the state.
West Bengal University of Technology The West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) is a state university located in the suburban satellite township of Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal. As the name suggests, the University primarily provides education in the multidisciplinary fields of science, technology and management.
West Bergholt West Bergholt is a large rural village lying on the border of the English counties of Essex and Suffolk, near to the ancient town of Colchester. With a history going back to medieval times the village is now part of the Colchester Borough Council seat of West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green, and has its own Parish Council and concert band.
West Berkeley, Berkeley, California West Berkeley is generally the area of Berkeley, California which lies west of San Pablo Avenue, abutting San Francisco Bay. It comprises the unincorporated 19th century town of Ocean View, and the filled-in areas west of I-80 (the Eastshore Freeway) including, mainly, the Berkeley Marina.
West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, South East England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.
West Berlin Air Corridor [nach Westberlin] 1989 - Display der [[Luftverkehrskontrolle vom Flughafen Tempelhof]] The West Berlin Air Corridor consisted of three compulsory routes through regulated airways for civil and military air traffic of the Western Allies between West Berlin and the other Federal German States over controlled airspace of the former German Democratic Republic (Originally the Soviet occupation zone). The airspace contained in these corridors was for the exclusive use of these flights.
West Blatchington West Blatchington is often seen as subsumed in the shadow of its larger neighbour Hangleton. But while it does have a similar landscape (a Downland dip-slope parish lying north of Hove) West Blatchington has some more substantial and immediately noticeable buildings as its core.
West Bletchley West Bletchley is a district and parish in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The parish covers that part of Bletchley that is south of Standing Way (A421), west of the West Coast Main Line and north of Water Eaton Brook.
West Boca Raton Community High School West Boca Raton Community High School is a public high school in the unincorporated western suburb of Boca Raton, Florida. The school is part of the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida and serves the far western reaches of Boca Raton and some parts of Delray Beach, Florida.
West Bottoms The West Bottoms is an industrial area immediately to the west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River. The area is the oldest and most run-down areas of the city.
West Branch Reservoir The West Branch Reservoir, formed by impounding about one quarter of the West Branch of the Croton River, is located in Putnam County, New York, United States, in the towns of Kent, New York, and Carmel, New York, and is only about 45 miles north of New York City's Central Park Reservoir.
West Branch Susquehanna River The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York, is sometimes regarded as an extension of the main branch, with the shorter West Branch being its principal tributary.
West Branch Susquehanna Valley The West Branch Susquehanna Valley of central Pennsylvania, United States, in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, is the low lying area draining into the West Branch Susquehanna River southeast of the Allegheny Front, northeast of the Bald Eagle Valley, southwest of the Wyoming Valley and nort of the water gap formed between Shamokin Mountain and Montour Ridge.
West Briton West Briton (adjective West British; both often shortened to West Brit) is a potentially derogatory term for an Irish person who is alleged by the user of the term to be excessively sympathetic to Britain or who takes his cultural and social cues from Britain. "West Brit" from World Wide Words
West Brompton West Brompton is an area of West London, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The name refers to the older locality of Brompton to the east, although the areas of South Kensington and Earl's Court separate the West Brompton from its namesake.
West Brompton station West Brompton is a Network Rail West London Line and London Underground District Line station in west London. It is located on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and to the west of Brompton Cemetery.
West Brook Senior High School West Brook Senior High School is one of three public high schools in Beaumont, Texas, the others being Central and Ozen. Originally known as Forest Park, the school's name was changed to West Brook in the late 1980s.
West Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania West Brunswick Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Brunswick Township was formed in 1811 as one of the original townships of Schuylkill County, being named for Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany.
West Buckland School West Buckland School is an English independent school located on the outskirts of the village of West Buckland on the edge of Exmoor, 8 miles east of Barnstaple, Devon. A member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, it comprises a senior school, preparatory school and nursery.
West Buckland, Devon West Buckland is a small village located 8 miles south-east of Barnstaple in North Devon, England. Reached by most from a winding, steep hill that leaves the North Devon Link Road, the village is perhaps most renowned for West Buckland School: educators of, amongst others, British world record triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards.
West Budd Island West Budd Island () is the western of two larger islands at the north end of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.
West Burlington, New York West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located three miles east of the hamlet of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80.
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