Whitchurch
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Whitchurch can refer to:

Towns in the United Kingdom:
  • Whitchurch, Shropshire
    Whitchurch, Shropshire
    Whitchurch is a market town in Shropshire, England on the border between England and Wales. It is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the town is 8,673, with a more recent estimate putting the population of the town at 8,934...

  • Whitchurch, Hampshire
    Whitchurch, Hampshire
    Whitchurch is a town in Hampshire, England. It is on the River Test, from Newbury, Berkshire, from Winchester, miles from Andover and miles from Basingstoke. Much of the town is a Conservation Area. Because of the amount of wildlife in and near the river, parts of the town are designated as...



Villages in the United Kingdom:
  • Whitchurch, Bristol
    Whitchurch, Bristol
    Whitchurch is a village in north Somerset, England and an adjoining suburb of south eastern Bristol, bounded by Hartcliffe to the west and Hengrove and Knowle to the north. The suburb was initially developed during the 1930s....

  • Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire
    Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire
    Whitchurch is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about four miles south of Winslow, four miles north of Aylesbury and has approximately 850 residents....

  • Whitchurch, Cardiff
    Whitchurch, Cardiff
    Whitchurch is a suburb in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. It falls within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward.-History:Whitchurch draws its name from...

  • Whitchurch, Devon
    Whitchurch, Devon
    Whitchurch is a village just to the south-east of the town of Tavistock, Devon, England. It lies in the West Devon local authority area, and within Tavistock Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes...

  • Whitchurch Canonicorum
    Whitchurch Canonicorum
    Whitchurch Canonicorum or Whitechurch Canonicorum is a village in south-west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale five miles northwest of Bridport.The village has a population of 647 ; 10.1% of dwellings are second homes...

    , Dorset
  • Whitchurch, Herefordshire
    Whitchurch, Herefordshire
    Whitchurch is a village in Herefordshire named after the church of Saint Dubricius which was originally white in colour.Whitchurch is situated on the A40, connecting nearby Ross-on-Wye to Welsh town Monmouth...

  • Whitchurch, an alternative name for Little Stanmore in the historic county of Middlesex.
  • Whitchurch-on-Thames
    Whitchurch-on-Thames
    Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the Oxfordshire bank of the River Thames, about northwest of Reading, Berkshire. Opposite Whitchurch on the Berkshire bank is the village of Pangbourne.-History:...

    , Oxfordshire
  • Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire
    Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire
    Whitchurch is a small village and civil parish in north-western Pembrokeshire, West Wales.Whitchurch, located 2 km from the coast and 5 km east of St David's, includes the parish church, but only a few houses, the main settlement in the parish being at Solva...

    , near St. David's
  • Whitchurch-by-Cardigan, Pembrokeshire
  • Whitchurch, Somerset
  • Whitchurch, Warwickshire
    Whitchurch, Warwickshire
    Whitchurch is a small hamlet south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. it used to be a detached part of Worcestershire until 1931.It consists of 5 properties. There are 19 people living in Whitchurch....



In Canada:
  • Whitchurch, Ontario, since 1971 part of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario

People

  • Harry Frederick Whitchurch
    Harry Frederick Whitchurch
    Harry Frederick Whitchurch VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...

     (1866-1907), English soldier
  • Philip Whitchurch
    Philip Whitchurch
    Philip Whitchurch is a British stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for playing Chief Inspector Philip Cato in The Bill from 1993 to 1995...

     (b.1951), British actor

See also

  • Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
    Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
    Whitchurch was a parliamentary borough in the English County of Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1586 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

  • Whitchurch railway station (disambiguation)
  • Whitchurch Rural District (disambiguation)
  • Whitechurch (disambiguation)
  • Whitchurch Bridge
    Whitchurch Bridge
    Whitchurch Bridge is a toll road bridge over the River Thames in England. It carries the road between the villages of Pangbourne, Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and crosses the river on the reach above Mapledurham Lock, just before Whitchurch Lock...

  • Whitchurch Lock
    Whitchurch Lock
    Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787...

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