Speedwell
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Places named Speedwell
- Speedwell, BristolSpeedwell, BristolSpeedwell is an area of east Bristol, Part of the ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.The shows a population of 1,515....
, in England - Speedwell IslandSpeedwell IslandSpeedwell Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the Falkland Sound, southwest of Lafonia, East Falkland....
, one of the Falkland Islands - Speedwell, New JerseySpeedwell, New Jersey-History:Alfred Vail of Speedwell received a one half share of the telegraph patents held by Samuel F. B. Morse on September 23, 1837 in exchange for Vail providing a working model from his Speedwell Ironworks. -References:...
, an unincorporated community - Speedwell, TennesseeSpeedwell, TennesseeSpeedwell is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee.Speedwell is an agricultural community that was first settled circa 1790. It is the site of Powell Valley Elementary School, a Claiborne County public school for kindergarten through grade 8, and a post office that is assigned...
, an unincorporated community - Speedwell, VirginiaSpeedwell, VirginiaSpeedwell is an unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia, United States. Speedwell Is famous for 'Cave Hill' a Cave in the side of the mountain. Speedwell has been known to be called a 'Sinkhole'...
, an unincorporated community
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- Speedwell bicyclesSpeedwell bicyclesSpeedwell was a brand of bicycle manufactured by Bennett & Wood, a firm established by Mr. Charles W. Bennett and Mr. Charles R. Wood in 1882 in Sydney, Australia. As motorcars and motorcycles became available Bennett and Wood entered the motor trade. They built and sold the Speedwell bicycle and...
in Sydney, Australia - Speedwell CavernSpeedwell CavernThe Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England.It consists of a horizontal lead miners' adit leading to the cavern itself, a limestone cave...
in Derbyshire, England - Speedwell ForgeSpeedwell ForgeSpeedwell Forge was built in 1760 in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It operated continuously until 1854, when it closed as iron production moved west. The following are notes collected while researching the associated ironmaster's mansion for a National Historic Register...
in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Speedwell IronworksSpeedwell IronworksSpeedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell, New Jersey, USA, just north of Morristown, New Jersey. It is on Speedwell Avenue, part of U.S. Route 202...
in Morristown, New Jersey, also known as Speedwell Village - Speedwell Motor Car CompanySpeedwell Motor Car CompanyThe Speedwell Motor Car Company was an early United States automobile manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the Wright Company to build its airplanes from February to November 1910 while the Wright...
, an early car manufacturer - Speedwell (ship)Speedwell (ship)The Speedwell was a 60-ton ship, the smaller of the two ships intended to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to North America...
, 16th century English sailing ship - HMS SpeedwellHMS SpeedwellFifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:*Speedwell was a galley captured from the French in 1560 and broken up in 1580.*Speedwell was a 40-gun galleon launched in 1573 as the 41-gun Swiftsure...
, the name of 15 ships of the Royal Navy - SpeedwellbusSpeedwellbusSpeedwellbus is a bus operator based in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It operates a fleet of 25 buses on commercial and contracted services. Operations commenced in 2002 with a service between Glossop and Tintwistle, and were expanded with the addition of contracts from Derbyshire County...
, a bus company in Manchester, England - Any plant in the genus VeronicaVeronica (plant)Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae...
- The rabbit Speedwell in the novel Watership Down