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Wem Town Hall

Wem Town Hall is a building in the market-town of Wem in Shropshire, England. It is currently used as a venue for music and dance concerts, films, stage shows and exhibitions. The interior of the building was completely destroyed by fire on 19 November 1995. The incident became famous as a result of a black-and-white photo taken by amateur photographer Tony O'Rahilly, which appeared to depict the image of a young girl in the doorway of the burning building. The image was later proven to be fake after the source image of the alleged ghost girl was discovered to be copied from a postcard from 1922. History The building was built in red brick and completed in 1905. Part of the town hall was operating as a cinema, managed by the Cheshire Animated Picture Company, from the early 20th century. An AWH Sound System, named after its inventor, Arthur William Harris, was installed in the cinema in 1934. After a fire gutted the building in November 1995, the facility was rebuilt, retaining the old Edwardian-era façade but replacing the rest of the building. The building re-opened as a community arts centre in 2000. Apparitional experience During the fire on 19 November 1995, Tony O'Rahilly, a sewage farm worker who was also an amateur photographer, was originally stopped by police from approaching the burning building. He took a picture of the blaze from across the road with a 200mm lens. It appeared to depict the image of a young girl in the doorway of the burning building. Locals averred that this was the ghost of Jane Churm, a young girl who was accused (in 1677) of starting a fire in the same town. The image of a girl in the doorway of the burning building was not noticed by the photographer or the onlookers; it only appeared after the photo had been developed. O'Rahilly sent the photo for analysis to the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP), which determined that a burning piece of wood lay on the railing where the image appears, rendering the image a simulacrum. ASSAP forwarded the photo to the former Royal Photographic Society president, Dr. Vernon Harrison. Harrison concluded that the image did appear to be genuine, but he continued to be sceptical, believing it could have been the smoke or light playing tricks. Blake Smith for Skeptical Inquirer writes "A later analysis by photographic officers of the National Media Museum concluded that the photograph was doctored. A negative made from the photograph (not the original negative) showed horizontal scan lines consistent with those of a television image across the image of the girl. The officers concluded that the girl's image was likely pasted into the photograph." In 2010, five years after the death of the photographer, a 77-year-old local resident debunked the photograph as fake, showing that the girl in the photograph was superimposed from an image of a girl printed on a postcard that appeared in the local paper Shropshire Star in 1922. References External links Official website
Wenlock Basin

The Wenlock Basin, is a 320 metre long canal basin on the Regent's Canal, in the Hoxton area of the London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom. The City Road Basin lies just to the west of Wharf Road and is in the neighbouring London Borough of Islington. There are private residential moorings at the North end, with their own entrance gate and entryphone on Wharf Road. The basin itself narrows considerably towards the South - and is not deep enough to be navigable by anything other than canoe. Unlike the Regent's Canal and City Road Basin, Wenlock Basin is not owned or managed by the Canal & River Trust. History The basin was constructed in 1826 and is close to the entrance of the Islington Tunnel, where a tug service operated until the 1930s. The opening of the basin went badly wrong, with the cofferdam separating it from the Canal collapsing, prematurely filling the basin and leading to the water level of the canal falling by 13 inches. Traffic on the canal was halted until rainfall could restore the water levels. The basin took the name of Wenlock Barns, a local farm. The name Wenlock was used by an electoral ward of the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, it was also, for a time, the name of a ward in the London Borough of Hackney. Residential developments Wenlock Basin is accessible only to residents. The development consists of the following buildings: The Royle Building, one of the earliest schemes on the basin, originally the Royle printworks at the junction of the Regent's Canal and Wenlock Basin. Converted to almost 100 loft apartments with a small number of bachelor apartments newly built on the roof during the conversion. The Canal Building, next to the Royle Building and extending more directly along Regent's Canal, is an art-deco style warehouse originally refurbished and sold as 79 shells. Union Wharf, A development of 90 loft-style apartments and live/work units designed and built by Persimmon Homes (formerly the Beazer Group). Estilo, A mixed-use development of 43 one, two and three-bedroom units overlooking Wenlock Basin completed in 2006 by Telford Homes. Micawber Wharf, a development of 18 studios, flats and live work/units completed in 2008. Designed by Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects, and developed by Isotop. The Wenlock Building, New mixed use development of 82 units on the west side of the basin at its junction with the Regent's Canal. Design by Johnson Naylor Architects, developed in a joint venture between Londonewcastle and Modern City Living, completed in late 2008. Businesses While no longer serving the original cargo handling and warehousing business, a number of modern businesses have office space on Wenlock Basin, either in the ground floor business units of the larger residential developments - or in their own property directly backing on to the basin. They include the Victoria Miro Gallery, a leading British contemporary art gallery in London run by Victoria Miro, and the British Ecological Society, a learned society in the field of Ecology. Gallery See also List of canal basins in the United Kingdom References External links Tuesday Night Club: a visit to Wenlock Basin
Wennington Hall

Wennington Hall is a former country house in Wennington, a village in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. The house is a Grade II listed building and from 1940 until 2022 was used as a school, at first by the Quaker boarding school Wennington School before its move to Yorkshire, then by Lancashire County Council. History In its early history, Wennington Hall was the seat of William de Wennington. and in the 14th century, it passed to the Morley family. In 1674 the hall was sold to Henry Marsden, MP for Clitheroe. It descended to Henry Marsden, who lived at the hall with his younger brother John, known as "Silly Marsden", and their aunt. Henry died in 1780 from alcoholism and John was induced by his guardian aunt and her ambitious husband to sell the hall and buy Hornby Castle, Lancashire. Wennington was bought in 1788 by the Rev Anthony Lister, who took the surname Marsden. The hall was later sold to Richard Saunders in 1841. The present building on the site, designed by Lancaster architect Edward Graham Paley, was constructed in 1855–56 for Richard's son William Allen Francis Saunders, High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1862. After him it passed to Charles Morley Saunders and later William Morley Saunders. During the Second World War it housed the Wennington School, who moved to Ingmanthorpe Hall in Yorkshire at the end of the war. From 1954 until 2022 it was occupied by Wennington Hall School, a Lancashire County Council boarding school for boys with learning or behavioural difficulties. After the school's closure the building was acquired by Bowland Inns & Hotels; in 2023 planning permission was granted for its conversion to a hotel. It is expected to open in spring 2024. Wennington Hall was designated as a Grade II listed building on 4 December 1985. The Grade II designation—the lowest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest". Architecture Wennington Hall is built of sandstone rubble. Most of the roofs are stone slate. The plan is asymmetric and there is a large crenellated tower to the rear. The front facade is gabled. The house is in two storeys, and is in Tudor Revival style. Inside the house is a staircase hall with a hammerbeam roof, and stained glass. Connected to the main building, there is a stable block that has its own crenellated tower. The main section of the building is in Tudor revival style with wooden beams going across the ceiling of the central section of the building. The main door still remains in its original form and has been treated with care, the walls of the grounds still also remain in their original forms. See also Listed buildings in Wennington, Lancashire List of works by Sharpe and Paley References Citations Sources
Wensum Local Nature Reserve

Wensum Local Nature Reserve or Wensum Valley is a Local Nature Reserve in Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The reserve consists of two sites; Mile Cross Marsh 52.6419°N 1.2657°E﻿ / 52.6419; 1.2657 and Sycamore Crescent Wood which are linked by the Riverside Path a public footpath via the Sycamore Crescent footbridge Location Sycamore Crescent Wood Waterworks Road forms the site's southern boundary. A housing estate lies to the east with the Norwich waterworks on its western edge. The wood is bounded by the River Wensum to the north. Description The wood is located on a north facing slope adjoining the River Wensum. Wildflowers recorded in the reserve include bluebell, wood anemone, lily of the valley, red campion, winter aconite, snowdrop and crocus. The narrow strip of woodland supports many mature trees including beech, horse chestnut, lime and a small stand of elm close to the Waterworks Road entrance. Contained within the reserve is approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) of tree-lined riverside frontage. Location Mile Cross Marsh The marsh is bounded by two public footpaths: The Riverside Walk to the south and the Marriott's Way NCR1 on its northern boundary. Sweetbriar Road Meadows SSSI adjoin the marsh on the west and mostly industrial land lie to the east. Description The marsh consists of an area of fen and damp grassland. A small man-made pond in the reserve is used by breeding amphibians and provides a hunting ground for damselflies and is home to several species of dragonfly. During spells of prolonged drought the pond is prone to dry out. In the spring of 2012, the pond was filled in to stop the spread of the invasive New Zealand pigmy weed to the adjoining SSSI. Wildflowers including meadowsweet, marsh marigold, and purple loosestrife have been recorded. References External links "Map of Wensum Valley (Mile Cross Marsh and Sycamore Crescent)". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
Wentworth College, York

Wentworth College is a college of the University of York, named after Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. Wentworth was refounded in 2001 and is a postgraduate-only college. History The college was founded in 1972. Wentworth was refounded in 2001 and became the postgraduate-only college of the university. Postgraduates can however choose membership of any of the colleges at the university. Wentworth College currently has around 500 resident graduate students and a further 4500 non-resident college members. When York Nightline was created in 1972, it was based in Wentworth College until it moved to Vanbrugh College in 1979. In summer 2024 it was announced that the Wentworth College Nucleus building would be closed and mothballed. The university cited high operational costs and the lack of the buildings suitability to modern demands. Buildings and services Wentworth houses the Department of Sociology, and the Vedge cafe (formerly the Edge), which is currently closed. The Graduate Common Room functions as a games room while the Senior Common Room is used for small formal and informal gatherings, including the Wentworth Seminar Series and the College Manager's afternoon tea. Other communal areas include a breakout room and a study space, as well as a lending library. In addition, Wentworth has a computer room, a prayer room and a laundry room as well as an art and ceramics studio. Student life As a postgraduate only College Wentworth does not have a Junior Common Room, it does however have a Graduate Common Room and a Graduate Common Room Committee. The college is a vibrant, academic and social community. Principal The current principal of Wentworth College (provost until 2015) is Russell Yates. List of provosts and principals Eric W Hawkins 1972-1975 Norman Rea 1975-1977 J Martin Bell 1978-1985 Peter M Lee 1985-2005 Carl A Thompson 2005-2010 Russell Yates 2010-present References External links University pages on Wentworth College
Weobley Castle (Herefordshire)

Weobley Castle war eine einfache Burg in der englischen Grafschaft Herefordshire. Die Burg um 1140 erbaute Burg gehörte der Familie Lacy, die auch die Burgen Ludlow Castle und Ewyas Harold Castle besaß. Walter de Lacy war als Lord of Meath einer der mächtigsten Magnaten in Irland. König Johann Ohneland zweifelte an seiner Loyalität und eignete sich daher De Lacys Besitzungen an. Die Ländereien wurden unter die Verwaltung von William de Braose, De Lacys Schwiegervater, gestellt. 1208 setzte De Braose Weobley Castle ein, um die Besitzungen des Königs in Herefordshire zu attackieren. Dann floh er nach Irland, um bei seinem Schwiegersohn, Walter de Lacy, auf Trim Castle Schutz zu suchen. König Johann verfolgte ihn und bestrafte beide. Walter de Lacy, sein Bruder Hugh und William de Braose schafften es nicht, den Streit mit dem König beizulegen und flohen nach Frankreich. Daraufhin übernahm die Krone alle Besitzungen der De Lacys. Heute sind von der Burg nur noch stark beschädigte Erdwerke erhalten. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Weobley Castle. Gatehouse Gazetteer.
Weobley Castle, Herefordshire

Weobley Castle was a ringwork and bailey castle in the English county of Herefordshire (grid reference SO40365135). The castle belonged to the De Lacy family who also owned the castles of Ludlow and Ewyas Harold. Walter de Lacy, as Lord of Meath, was one of the most powerful magnates in Ireland. King John I of England doubted his loyalty and so took de Lacy's property into his possession. The estates were put under the custodianship of William de Braose, de Lacy's father-in-law. In 1208 de Braose used Weobley Castle to attack the king's property in Herefordshire. He fled to Ireland, seeking safety with Walter de Lacy in Trim Castle; John pursued him and punished the pair. Walter de Lacy, his brother Hugh, and William de Braose failed to appease the king and fled to France. As a result, all the de Lacy property was taken into the possession of the Crown. All that remains of the castle are severely damaged earthworks. References Notes Bibliography External links Bibliography of sources related to Weobley Castle, England
Weoley Castle

Weoley Castle ist die Ruine eines befestigten Herrenhauses im Stadtteil Weoley Castle in Birmingham in der englischen Verwaltungseinheit West Midlands. Das Haus gehört der Stadt Birmingham und wird vom Birmingham Museums Trust als Stadtmuseum verwaltet. English Heritage hat es als historisches Bauwerk II. Grades gelistet und es gilt als Scheduled Monument. Die archäologischen Beweise weisen auf eine normannische Gründung des Geländes hin, das von einem Graben und einem Wall mit einer Holzpalisade darauf umgeben war. 2019 wurde Weoley Castle von rund 8.000 Personen besucht. 2024 betrug die Besucherzahl etwa 2.900 Personen. Einzelnachweise Weblinks
Weoley Hill United Reformed Church

Weoley Hill United Reformed Church is at the junction of Bryony Road and Green Meadow Road in Birmingham. It is notable architecturally for its unusual Scottish gable. Other sources refer to it as a Danish-style gable. History The church was opened on 1 July 1933. It was built to designs by the architect J.R. Armstrong (architect to the Bournville Village Trust). The church cost £600 (equivalent to £37,127 in 2025). Initially it was a Presbyterian Chapel, but became a United Reformed Church in the union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales in 1972. Organ The organ was built by Conacher of Sheffield. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References
Wescott Infant School

Wescott Infant School is a coeducational infant school located in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The school caters for children from ages four to seven (Reception to Year 2). Children join the school as "Rising Fives" and there is a three-term intake with a maximum of around 150 children on roll each year. Wescott holds the prestigious Artsmark Gold Award from the Arts Council, and in 2003 it was awarded a DFES School Achievement Award. The school has also been awarded Healthy Schools status. History The school was founded in 1828 as a National School for boys and girls, and was originally located in Rose Street, Wokingham, behind the existing houses at numbers 9 and 11. By 1901, the population of the town had increased threefold and as there was no room for expansion on the Rose Street site it was decided to build a new school in Goodchild Road. The new school opened on 8 January 1906. It was known as the Wescott Road Council School, and was named after Thomas Manley Wescott, the first Mayor of Wokingham. The school was built by W. Watson, builders of Ascot, at a cost of £6,000. The architect was Edmund Fisher, who was also responsible for the design of a number of other Berkshire schools. The school was intended to accommodate 400 children but the attendance was mixed and averaged 240 pupils a day during its early years. The school originally catered for boys and girls from five through to 14, which was then the school leaving age. The first headmaster was a Mr George Manoah Ebenezer Fryer. There were 11 other teachers and 222 children on the register in the first month. A further building, known as the annexe, was erected in 1911 for woodwork, cookery, and the evening continuation classes. The secondary-age pupils moved out in the 1950s to join the newly built St Crispin's School. In 1974, with the opening of Westende Junior School, Wescott became an infant school, educating children up to the age of seven. Wescott School was designated as a Grade II listed building on 24 June 1998 by English Heritage, who describe it as a "well-designed and executed early-C20 school in the Arts and Crafts style". The adjacent school annexe, which was originally the technology block but now houses a nursery school, is also a Grade II listed building. The school celebrated its centennial in 2006. Her Royal Highness Princess Anne visited the school on 28 March 2006 as part of the centennial celebrations to unveil a commemorative plaque. She was entertained with a short musical performance by the children, followed by the first public performance of The Wescott School song, commissioned by the school from Luke Bedford, a former pupil and winner of the BBC’s Young Composer of the Year award (2004). Previously a community school administered by Wokingham Borough Council, in July 2020 Wescott Infant School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Circle Trust. References External links School overview and profile from Schoolsfinder
Wesley Chapel, Harrogate

Wesley Chapel, Harrogate is located on Oxford Street in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II listed building. History Wesley Chapel opened in 1862. It was built by architects Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson. The facade is Hexastyle Corinthian. The funeral of George Dawson was held here in 1889, because the building could accommodate the large number of mourners who followed his coffin. Organ The church started with a 3 manual pipe organ dating from 1877 by Forster and Andrews. This was replaced in 1912 by an organ by James Jepson Binns. The specification can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. See also Listed buildings in Harrogate (Low Harrogate Ward) References External links Media related to Wesley Chapel, Harrogate at Wikimedia Commons
Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford

Wesley Memorial Church is a Methodist church in central Oxford, England. John and Charles Wesley studied in Oxford, and the congregation was founded in 1783. The present church building was completed in 1878. The building is now a focus for various social activities as well as Christian worship. History Oxford's first Methodist meeting house was a building on the east side of New Inn Hall Street. It is now numbered 32–34 and is part of Brasenose College. A plaque on the wall commemorates the fact that John Wesley preached there on 4 July 1783. New Inn Hall Street Chapel 1818–1878 In 1815 Oxford Methodists started to plan and raise funds and support for a chapel to be built in the centre of Oxford. A plot on New Inn Hall Street was purchased from Daniel Harris in 1817, and the chapel, designed by William Jenkins, was opened on 19 February 1818. The society (congregation) later moved to the current building, constructed in front of the chapel, when it was opened in 1878, although the chapel continued in use as a teaching space until it was sold to St Peter's College in the 1930s. The building was demolished in 1969. Current building The present Gothic Revival building was started in 1877 and opened in October 1878. The architect Charles Bell designed it in a revival of Decorated Gothic. The building contractor was Joshua Symm. Henry Frith of Gloucester carved the capitals of the columns, which portray twelve different kinds of English plants. Gallery References Sources Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Wesley Memorial Methodist Church". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. p. 495. ISBN 0-333-39917-X. Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. External links Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford
Wessex Water

Wessex Water es una compañía de suministro de agua y alcantarillado público que opera en algunas partes del sur y del suroeste de Inglaterra. Es regulada a través del Acta de la Industria del Agua de 1991. La empresa se originó como Wessex Water Authority, una de las diez autoridades regionales de agua establecidas por el Acta del Agua de 1973. Habiendo sido privatizada en 1989, Wessex Water Services Limited fue comprada por Enron en julio de 1998 por $2,4 millones. Después del colapso de esa compañía, Wessex Water fue vendida a YTL Power International, de Kuala Lumpur (Malasia), en 2002. La compañía tiene su sede central en Bath (Somerset) en un edificio construido por Bennetts Associates y Buro Happold.
Renegade Brewery

Renegade Brewery is a brewery in Yattendon, Berkshire, England. Founded in 1995 as the West Berkshire Brewery by husband and wife Dave and Helen Maggs, the brewery began in a brickworks shed in Frilsham. The company has received a number of SIBA and CAMRA local beer festival awards. Having entered administration in 2021, the brewery was acquired by the Yattendon Group and was renamed the Renegade Brewery. History West Berkshire Brewery was founded in the summer of 1995 in a dilapidated building behind the Pot Kiln in Frilsham. Within the first year of operations, the brewery won their first award. By 2000, the business had outgrown the original site and so opened a second unit in Yattendon, thus increasing capacity to 25 barrels per week. Further growth meant that in 2006 more fermenters were installed, increasing capacity to 80 barrels per week. In 2005, the brewery acquired their first pub, the Rising Sun at Stockcross. In 2007, the pub won West Berkshire CAMRA's pub of the year award. The same year, the Frilsham plant ceased operations, and the brewery operated solely from Yattendon. In 2013, the brewery appointed David Bruce, founder of the Firkin pub chain, as director. and is chairman of the company. In 2017, the brewery opened a purpose-built facility with shop, bar, and restaurant. References External links Official website