Hampden
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Asia/Pacific

  • Hampden, New Zealand
    Hampden, New Zealand
    Hampden is a rural settlement defined as a "populated area less than a town" in North Otago, New Zealand. It is located close to the North Otago coast, some 30 kilometres south of Oamaru, and 50 minutes north of Otago's largest city, Dunedin. It was named after the English politician John Hampden...

     (township), North Otago, New Zealand
  • Hampden Cup (cricket tournament), Perth, Western Australia

Europe

  • Hampden Park
    Hampden Park
    Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

     (stadium), Glasgow, Scotland
  • Hampden Park, Eastbourne (suburb), East Sussex, England
  • Great and Little Hampden (civil parish), Buckinghamshire, England

United States

  • Hampden, Maine, a town in Penobscot County
    • Hampden (CDP), Maine
      Hampden (CDP), Maine
      Hampden is a census-designated place in the town of Hampden in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,126 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hampden is located at ....

      , census-designated place within the town
    • Hampden Academy
      Hampden Academy
      Hampden Academy is a public high school located on 1 Main Road North in Hampden, Maine. The school is a part of M.S.A.D. 22, and approximately 738 students from Hampden, Newburgh, and Winterport attend for grades 9–12...

      , former theological seminary, now a public high school
  • Hampden, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood
  • Hampden County, Massachusetts
    Hampden County, Massachusetts
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 461,228 people, 175,288 households, and 115,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 738 people per square mile . There were 185,876 housing units at an average density of 301 per square mile...

    • Hampden, Massachusetts
      Hampden, Massachusetts
      -Transportation:Hampden is one of sixteen towns in Massachusetts that has no numbered highways or state routes. Of these, half are on the islands, and one is the North Shore town of Nahant. Of the rest, Hampden is the easternmost town to have this distinction. In fact, the town does not even have...

      , a town in Hampden County

People

  • John Hampden
    John Hampden
    John Hampden was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643)...

     (circa 1595–1643), English politician and Roundhead in the English Civil War
  • John Hampden (1653-1696)
    John Hampden (1653-1696)
    John Hampden , the second son of Richard Hampden, returned to England after residing for about two years in France, and joined himself to Lord William Russell and Algernon Sidney and the party opposed to the arbitrary government of Charles II...

     (1653-1696), English politician, pamphleteer, and opponent of Charles II and James II, convicted of treason after the Monmouth Rebellion
  • Renn Dickson Hampden
    Renn Dickson Hampden
    Renn Dickson Hampden , was an English Anglican clergyman whose selection as Bishop of Hereford formed a minor cause celebre in Victorian religious controversies.-Biography:...

     (1793–1868), English theologian and Professor at Oxford
  • Richard Hampden
    Richard Hampden
    Richard Hampden was an English Whig politician and son of John Hampden. He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1689 and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 18 March 1690 until 10 May 1694....

     (1631–1695), English Whig politician, Privy Counsellor, and Chancellor of the Exchequer for William III of England
  • Walter Hampden
    Walter Hampden
    Walter Hampden is the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty was a U.S. actor and theatre manager. He was the younger brother of the American painter Paul Dougherty ....

     (1879–1955), American actor
  • The Viscount Hampden
    Viscount Hampden
    Viscount Hampden is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1776 for the diplomat and politician Robert Hampden, 4th Baron Trevor...


Other

  • Hampden Bank
    Hampden Bank
    Hampden Bank is currently one of two banks headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, Established in 1852, Hampden Bank is a full-service bank that serves both families and businesses in Hampden County, Massachusetts, and in surrounding communities...

    , a centuries' old bank in Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

    , and a registered national historic building.
  • Handley Page Hampden
    Handley Page Hampden
    The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force serving in the Second World War. With the Whitley and Wellington, the Hampden bore the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and the first 1,000-plane...

    , a twin-engine medium bomber aircraft
  • Hampden-Sydney College
    Hampden-Sydney College
    Hampden–Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden Sydney, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1775, Hampden–Sydney is the oldest private charter college in the Southern U.S., the last college founded before the American Revolution, and one of only three four-year,...

    , an all-male liberal arts college in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
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