Bellingham
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Places
Australia:- Bellingham, TasmaniaBellingham, TasmaniaBellingham is a tiny coastal hamlet in Northern Tasmania, situated on the mouth of the Pipers River directly opposite the town of Weymouth. The town is located from Launceston, from Bridport and from George Town...
, coastal hamlet in Northern Tasmania
England:
- Bellingham, LondonBellingham, LondonBellingham is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, and consists mainly of social/council housing built in the 1920s on what was then farm land. Many houses have been bought by the tenants under the Right to Buy Scheme. However, the majority are still rented out to...
, neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham - Bellingham, NorthumberlandBellingham, NorthumberlandBellingham is a village in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne. Hareshaw Linn is a waterfall on the Hareshaw Burn near Bellingham. It is pronounced Bell-ing-jumFamous as a stopping point on the...
, village
United States:
- Bellingham, WashingtonBellingham, WashingtonBellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
- Bellingham (Amtrak station)Bellingham (Amtrak station)The Bellingham Amtrak Station is an train station serving Amtrak trains and bus station serving Greyhound Lines and local Whatcom Transportation Authority buses in Bellingham, Washington, United States...
- Bellingham (Amtrak station)
- Bellingham BayBellingham BayBellingham Bay is a bay located on the northern Pacific coast of Washington state in the United States. It is separated from the Strait of Georgia on the west by the Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, and Lummi Island. It is bordered on the east by Bellingham, Washington, to the south-east by the...
, bay in Washington - Bellingham, MassachusettsBellingham, MassachusettsBellingham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,332 at the 2010 census. The town sits on the southwestern fringe of Metropolitan Boston, along the rapidly growing "outer belt" that is Route 495...
- Bellingham (CDP), MassachusettsBellingham (CDP), MassachusettsBellingham is a census-designated place in the town of Bellingham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,497 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bellingham is located at ....
- Bellingham (CDP), Massachusetts
- Bellingham, MinnesotaBellingham, MinnesotaBellingham is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 168 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
People
- Edward BellinghamEdward BellinghamSir Edward Bellingham , lord deputy of Ireland, was a son of Edward Bellingham of Erringham, Sussex, his mother being Jane Shelley of the Shelley family....
, (died 1549), Lord Deputy of Ireland - Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th BaronetSir Edward Bellingham, 5th BaronetBrigadier-General Sir Edward Henry Charles Patrick Bellingham, 5th Baronet CMG, DSO was an Irish soldier, politician and finally diplomat.-Background and education:...
, Irish politician and soldier - Henry Bellingham (politician) (born 1955), English politician
- Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st BaronetSir Henry Bellingham, 1st BaronetSir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an English politician and lawyer, cavalier and baronet.He was the son of Sir James Bellingham and Agnes Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen. Bellingham was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge in 1609, and admitted to the Middle Temple a year later...
(died 1650), English politician - Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th BaronetSir Henry Bellingham, 4th BaronetSir Alan Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet JP , commonly known as Henry Bellingham, was a British Conservative politician and barrister-at-law.-Background:...
, British barrister-at-law. - John BellinghamJohn BellinghamJohn Bellingham was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. This murder was the only successful attempt on the life of a British Prime Minister...
(c.1769–1812), assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval - Kate BellinghamKate BellinghamKate Bellingham is a British engineer and television presenter most widely known for her role presenting popular BBC science show Tomorrow's World from 1990-1994...
, British engineer and former television presenter - Lynda BellinghamLynda BellinghamLynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
(born 1948) Canadian-born English actress - Norman BellinghamNorman BellinghamNorman Bellingham is an American sprint canoer and Olympic champion who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won gold in the K-2 1000 m event at Seoul in 1988....
(born 1964), American canoer and Olympic champion - Rebecca BellinghamRebecca BellinghamRebecca Bellingham is a female badminton player from New Zealand.At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the mixed team event...
(born 1978), New Zealand badminton player - Richard BellinghamRichard BellinghamRichard Bellingham was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death...
, (1592-1672), colonial magistrate, lawyer, and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - Sydney Robert BellinghamSydney Robert BellinghamSydney Robert Bellingham was an Irish-born businessman, lawyer, journalist and political figure in Canada East. He represented Argenteuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878.-Birth:...
, (1808-1900), Irish-born Canadian businessman - Sir William Bellingham, 1st BaronetSir William Bellingham, 1st BaronetSir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an Irish-born British politician and the "controller of the storekeepers' accounts" for the Royal Navy. Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition...
, after whom Bellingham Bay is named
Fictional characters
- Morag BellinghamMorag BellinghamMorag Bellingham is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Cornelia Frances. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 June 1988. She appeared until 1989 and briefly appeared in 1993. She returned yearly from 2001 until 2009 and...
, fictional character in Home & Away - Governor Bellingham, fictional character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an...
Other
- Bellingham BaronetsBellingham BaronetsThere have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bellingham, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain...
, three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bellingham, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain - Bellingham BellsBellingham BellsThe Bellingham Bells are a collegiate summer baseball team in the West Coast League. The Bellingham Bells strive to provide their fans, sponsors, and partners with the very best in competitive baseball and affordable entertainment in a family-friendly atmosphere.The team is composed of college...
, a baseball team in Bellingham, Washington, a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919