Standish
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Places

In England:
  • Standish, Greater Manchester
    Standish, Greater Manchester
    Standish is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located on the A49 road between the towns of Chorley and Wigan, a short distance from Junction 27 of the M6 motorway....

    , a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
  • Standish-with-Langtree
    Standish-with-Langtree
    Standish-with-Langtree was, and to a limited extent remains, the name of a local government district centred on Standish, Greater Manchester, in North West England. Historically the name applied to an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby and county of Lancashire...

    , a former urban district of Lancashire
  • Standish, Gloucestershire
    Standish, Gloucestershire
    Standish is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud local government district in Gloucestershire, England.The village is north-west of Stroud, on the B4008 road to Quedgeley...



In the United States of America:
  • Standish, California
    Standish, California
    Standish is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California. It is located southwest of Litchfield, at an elevation of 4049 feet ....

    , a locality in Lassen County
  • Standish, Maine
    Standish, Maine
    Standish is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,874 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of Standish Corner, Sebago Lake Village and Steep Falls, and the localities known as Richville, Standish Neck and Two Trails...

  • Standish, Michigan
    Standish, Michigan
    Standish is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,581. It is the county seat of Arenac County.The town was platted by John D. Standish in 1871...

  • Standish Township, Michigan
    Standish Township, Michigan
    Standish Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,026 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* The City of Standish is adjacent to the northwest part of the township and is administratively autonomous....

  • Standish, Minneapolis, Minnesota

People

  • Myles Standish
    Myles Standish
    Myles Standish was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth Colony. One of the Mayflower passengers, Standish played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception...

    , one of the early Pilgrim settlers in America
  • Standish brothers
    Standish brothers
    Colin D. Standish and Russell Roland Standish are identical twin brothers and "historic" Seventh-day Adventists. They are often referred to collectively as the Standish brothers...

     Colin and Russell, historic Seventh-day Adventists
  • Frank Hall Standish
    Frank Hall Standish
    Frank Hall Standish, born Frank Hall was an English art and book collector.He was born in 1799 at Darlington, County Durham to Charlotte Key and her husband Anthony Hall, the latter dying later the same year...

    , English collector of art and literature

Other

  • USS Standish (1864)
    USS Standish (1864)
    USS Standish was an iron-hulled screw tug of the United States Navy.Built at Boston in 1864, but completed too late for service in the American Civil War. After completing her trials in January 1866, the ship was laid up at Norfolk.-Service history:...

    , an iron-hulled screw tug
  • Standish family, fictional family in the American television soap opera Passions
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