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2 unusual facts about Wykeham


Thomas Master

After 1629, he was ordained and in 1637 became rector of Wykeham, Lincolnshire.

Wykeham, Weston, Lincolnshire

Wykeham is a deserted medieval village in the civil parish of Weston, and the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.


Bishop Strachan School

Bishop Strachan School first opened September 1867 at Pinehurst, near the Art Gallery of Toronto (currently the Art Gallery of Ontario), then relocated in 1868 to a cottage on Front Street, and then relocated to Wykeham Hall at Yonge and College Streets in 1870.

European Honey Buzzard

Its most well-known summer population is in the New Forest (Hampshire) but it is also found in the Tyne Valley (Northumberland), Wareham Forest (Dorset), Swanton Novers Great Wood (Norfolk), the Neath Valleys (South Wales), the Clumber Park area (Nottinghamshire), near Wykeham Forest (North Yorkshire), Haldon Forest Park (Devon) and elsewhere.

Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele

In 1965 he changed his surname by Deed poll to Fiennes thereby relinquishing the surnames Twisleton and Wykeham.

Oswald Cornwallis

Their absence was allowed following the death of their brother, Lieutenant Fiennes Wykeham Mann Cornwallis who was killed in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence by the IRA.

Ranulf

Ranulph Fiennes correctly Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Bt.

Vale of Pickering

In the 17th and 18th centuries wealthy landowners created fine buildings and estates such as those at Wykeham Abbey estate, Nunnington Hall and Ebberston Hall.

Weaverthorpe railway station

The name changed again after the opening of a station in Wykeham itself (on the Forge Valley Line), and the station became 'Weaverthorpe' on 1 May 1882.

Wykeham railway station

Wykeham railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line.


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