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Wolverhampton

(Encyclopedia)Wolverhampton wo͝olˈvərhămpˌtən [key], city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 263,501), W central England, in the Black Country. Wolverhampton is highly industrialized; products include automo...

Whipple, Amiel Weeks

(Encyclopedia)Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1818–63, American soldier and topographical engineer, b. Greenwich, Mass. He became (1841) a topographical engineer in the U.S. army and engaged in surveying the U.S. borders w...

Fleet Street

(Encyclopedia)Fleet Street, street in the City of London, England. It was formerly the center of English journalism.

Chadderton

(Encyclopedia)Chadderton, town, Oldham metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Cottons and electrical and aircraft equipment a...

Oldham

(Encyclopedia)Oldham, metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 107,095), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area. The city's industries include papermaking, tanning, food processing, and mail-order distribut...

Bournemouth

(Encyclopedia)Bournemouth bôrnˈməth [key], borough and unitary authority (2021 pop. 163,600), S central ...

Blackpool

(Encyclopedia)Blackpool, borough and unitary authority (2021 est. pop. 138,380), Lancashire, NW England, on the Irish Sea. Famed as a traditionally working-class reso...

Stockport

(Encyclopedia)Stockport, metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 276,800), W central England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the slopes of a narrow valley at the head of the Mersey River. The ravine is cros...

Hyde

(Encyclopedia)Hyde, town, Tameside metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has iron foundries and factories that produce co...

Paddington

(Encyclopedia)Paddington, London, England: see Westminster, City of. ...