Walpole
Encyclopedia
Canada
- Walpole No. 92, SaskatchewanWalpole No. 92, SaskatchewanThe Rural Municipality of Walpole No. 92, Saskatchewan was originally called Pipestone No. 92, Saskatchewan and is now named Walpole as of January 30, 1910...
; rural municipality in Saskatchewan - Walpole, Saskatchewan; community in Saskatchewan
- Walpole IslandWalpole IslandWalpole Island is an island and Indian reserve in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, approximately thirty miles northeast of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario.In...
, Ontario, Canada
England
- Walpole, SuffolkWalpole, SuffolkWalpole is a village and a parish in Suffolk, England. Walpole has a chapel called Walpole Old Chapel and a primary school called Cookley and Walpole CEVC Primary School. The village is on the River Blyth. Nearby settlements include the town of Halesworth and the village of Cookley. It is in the...
, England - Norfolk, England
- Walpole, NorfolkWalpole, NorfolkWalpole is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of , including the villages of Walpole St. Peter and Walpole St. Andrew, and had a population of 1,707 in 654 households as of the 2001 census....
, a parish that includes the villages of Walpole St Andrew and Walpole St Peter - Walpole Cross KeysWalpole Cross KeysWalpole Cross Keys is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 469 in 182 households as of the 2001 census....
- Walpole railway stationWalpole railway stationWalpole railway station was a station in Norfolk. It is now disused.First opened in 1882, it was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between the Midlands and the Norfolk coast. It took its name from the cluster of villages surrounding Walpole Hall, being nearest to Walpole...
- Walpole HighwayWalpole HighwayWalpole Highway is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 685 in 266 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk....
- Walpole, Norfolk
United States
- Walpole, MassachusettsWalpole, MassachusettsWalpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located about south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 24,070 at the 2010 census. Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724...
, USA- Walpole (MBTA station)Walpole (MBTA station)Walpole is a station along the MBTA Commuter Rail's Franklin Line from Franklin, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in Walpole, Massachusetts near the town center....
- Walpole (MBTA station)
- Walpole, New HampshireWalpole, New HampshireWalpole is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,734 at the 2010 census.The town's central settlement, where 605 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Walpole census-designated place , and is east of New Hampshire Route 12...
, USA - Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction, formerly known as Walpole, maximum security prison in Walpole
People
- The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert WalpoleRobert WalpoleRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
(1676 - 1745), KT GCB 1st Earl of Orford, Prime Minister of Great Britain - Baron WalpoleBaron WalpoleBaron Walpole, of Walpole in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The holders of the peerage also held the titles of Baron Walpole, of Houghton in the County of Norfolk, Viscount Walpole and Earl of Orford from 1745 to 1797, the title of Earl of Orford from 1806 to...
, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain - Captain Brian Walpole Concorde pilot
- Colonel Robert Walpole (1650 - 1700)
- Alton Walpole, film editor of Koyaanisqatsi
- Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of OrfordHorace Walpole, 4th Earl of OrfordHoratio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors,...
(1717 - 1797), writer - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of WoltertonHoratio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of WoltertonHoratio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC , English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole....
(1678 - 1757) - Hugh WalpoleHugh WalpoleSir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large...
(1884 - 1941), novelist