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unusual facts about Whitton, North Lincolnshire



Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

The Duke established an estate at Whitton Park, Whitton in Middlesex in 1722 on land that had been enclosed some years earlier from Hounslow Heath.

David Whitton

Following the first Scottish Parliament elections, Whitton became Special Adviser to the First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar and Official Spokesman for the First Minister and the Scottish Executive.

Duke of Northumberland's River

The eastern section diverts water from the River Crane, London in Kneller Gardens Whitton, north-eastwards past The Stoop and Twickenham Stadium, through Isleworth, originally to the Mill then onwards to supply the ornamental ponds in the Duke of Northumberland's estate at Syon Park.

Hull and East Riding Hospital

The hospital offers private care to patients from a wide geographic area covering East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

Levi Bellfield

Bellfield was also charged with abduction and false imprisonment of Anna-Marie Rennie (then aged 17) at Whitton on 14 October 2001, after she identified him in a video identity parade four years later.

North Lindsey Light Railway

The line passed through Winterton and Thealby, West Halton and Winteringham; it was later extended to reach Whitton.

Posted Workers Directive

The Directive came to prominence during the 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes after British workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Killingholme, North Lincolnshire claimed that they were being undercut by skilled foreign labour when the Italian construction contractor IREM appointed several hundred European (mainly Italian and Portuguese) contractors on the site at a time of high unemployment in the local and global economy.

Thornton Abbey railway station

Thornton Abbey railway station is a railway station close to the site of Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire, England.

Twickenham Academy

Twickenham Academy (formerly Whitton School) is a co-educational secondary school and Sixth Form with academy status located in Whitton, Twickenham, London, England.

Whitton, North Lincolnshire

A drawing, by Nattes, of 1794 shows a dilapidated structure with a south aisle and a south porch.

Roman Coins of Claudius Gothicus (268–270 AD) and Constantine I (the Great) (309–337 AD) have been found in the fields.

Whitton, Suffolk

The Team's dig help provide more evidence gathered in the 1949 dig by archaeologist Basil Brown.

The parish of Whitton is bordered by Ipswich to the south, the parish of Westerfield to the east, the parishes of Akenham (now part of the enlarged parish of Whitton with Thurleston and Akenham) and Claydon to the north and Bramford to the west.


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