Wenham
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Locality

  • Wenham, Massachusetts
    Wenham, Massachusetts
    Wenham is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,875 at the 2010 census.The Town of Wenham was originally settled in 1635 and has retained much of its unique historic character and tranquil rural scenery...

    , town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
    • Wenham Historic District
      Wenham Historic District
      Wenham Historic District is a historic district on both sides of Main Street between the Beverly and Hamilton city lines in Wenham, Massachusetts.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973....

      , historic district in Wenham, Massachusetts
    • Hamilton/Wenham (MBTA station)
      Hamilton/Wenham (MBTA station)
      Hamilton/Wenham is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Newburyport/Rockport Line.It is located just south of the intersection of Bay Road and Walnut Road in South Hamilton, MA. The station straddles the town line between Hamilton and Wenham with the southern end of the platform...

      , Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company passenger station
    • Wenham Lake
      Wenham Lake
      Wenham Lake is a lake located in Wenham and Beverly, Massachusetts. In the 19th century the lake was famous for its ice, harvested and transported by ship throughout the world. It was reputed to be Queen Victoria's favorite...

      , lake near Wenham, Massachusetts
      • Wenham Lake Ice Company
        Wenham Lake Ice Company
        The Wenham Lake Ice Company, operating out of Wenham Lake in Wenham, Massachusetts, USA, harvested ice and exported it all around the world before the advent of factory-made ice. Wenham-lake ice was awarded a royal warrant from Queen Victoria....

  • Wenham, village in Carver, Massachusetts
    Carver, Massachusetts
    Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,163 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2008 population of 11,574. It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.- Demographics :...

    , now East Carver
  • Wenham Magna
    Wenham Magna
    Wenham Magna, also known as Great Wenham, is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England. The parish also contains the hamlets of Vauxhall and Wenham Hill. In 2005 it had a population of 150.-References:...

    , Wenham Parva
    Wenham Parva
    Wenham Parva is a village and a civil parish in Suffolk, England. It covers the village of Little Wenham and the hamlet of Wenham Grange...

    , Little Wenham
    Little Wenham
    Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Wenham Parva within Babergh district....

    , villages in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England

People

  • Brian Wenham
    Brian Wenham
    Brian Wenham was the controller of BBC Two from 1978 until 1982. He was known for having nurtured Not The Nine O'Clock News, and coverage of snooker and opera.-Notes:...

    , controller of BBC Two from 1978 until 1982
  • David Wenham
    David Wenham
    David Wenham is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Carl in Van Helsing and Dilios in 300 and Neil Fletcher in Australia...

     (1965–), Australian actor
  • David Wenham (theologian)
    David Wenham (theologian)
    Revd Dr David Wenham is a British theologian and author of several books on the New Testament.David Wenham was born in 1945 and studied theology at Cambridge University before undertaking doctoral research under F. F. Bruce...

     (1945–), British theologian, son of John Wenham
  • Francis Herbert Wenham
    Francis Herbert Wenham
    Francis Herbert Wenham was a British marine engineer who studied the problem of manned flight and wrote a perceptive and influential academic paper which he presented to the first meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society in London in 1866.Wenham's report, "Aerial Locomotion," was published in the...

     (1824–1908), British engineer
  • Gordon Wenham
    Gordon Wenham
    Gordon Wenham is an Old Testament scholar and author of several books about the Bible. Tremper Longman has called him "one of the finest evangelical commentators today."...

     (1943–), English theologian
  • Kelly Wenham
    Kelly Wenham
    Kelly Wenham is an English actress. Wenham's early career was spent in modelling, before answering a casting call for a bit part in Always and Everyone. Following this she entered drama school, but quit three months later after being cast in a regular role in Where the Heart Is, as Jess Buckley, a...

     (1983–), English actress
  • Jane Wenham
    Jane Wenham
    Jane Wenham was the subject of what is commonly but erroneously regarded as the last witch trial in England. The trial took place in 1712 and was reported widely in printed tracts of the period, notably F...

     (?–1730), subject of what is commonly but erroneously regarded as the last witch trial in England
  • Jane Wenham (actress)
    Jane Wenham (actress)
    Jane Wenham is an English actress.Ann Jane Wenham Figgins was born in Southampton, Hampshire and led a long career in film, television and the stage. She made her film debut in the film adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls...

     (1927–), English actress
  • John Wenham
    John Wenham
    John W. Wenham was an Anglican Bible scholar. Born in 1913, he devoted his professional life to academic and pastoral work. He died February 13, 1996 at age 82 after a series of debilitating strokes....

     (1913–1996), Anglican bible scholar, father of the theologian David Wenham
  • Stuart Wenham
    Stuart Wenham
    Stuart Wenham is the current director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics and Director of Academic Studies of the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Dr...

    , (1957–), Australian scientist

Other

  • "The Witch of Wenham", 1877 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
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