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    Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It is bounded by the River Itchen, Sholing, Peartree...
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  • History of Woolston, suburb of Southampton, Hampshire. Woolston is believed to originate from Olafs tun and it remained part of the Itchen Urban District...
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  • Kingsbridge, Devon Woolston, Southampton, a city suburb in Hampshire Some hamlets: Woolston, Cornwall, to the northwest of St Ive Woolston, north Shropshire...
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    386928 The Woolston Floating Bridge was a cable ferry that crossed the River Itchen in England between hards at Woolston and Southampton from 23 November...
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    founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866. It moved to Woolston, Southampton, in 1908, merging in 1966 with Vosper & Company to form one organisation...
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    Woolston railway station is a grade II listed station serving the suburb of Woolston in the city of Southampton, England. The station is operated by South...
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    founded in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Ltd on the River Itchen close to Woolston, Southampton, on ground previously purchased by Noel Pemberton Billing to construct...
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    City of Southampton wards of Bargate, Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Harefield, Peartree, Sholing, and Woolston. 2024-present: The City of Southampton wards of:...
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    lived in the Portswood area of Southampton, and his house is today marked with a blue plaque. Heavy bombing of the Woolston factory in September 1940 destroyed...
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    British aircraft, designed by Noel Pemberton Billing and built at Woolston, Southampton after Pemberton Billing's company became Supermarine Aviation Works...
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    biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J. Mitchell at their works at Woolston, Southampton. Primarily used as a maritime patrol aircraft, it was the first...
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  • 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vosper Thorneycroft at Woolston, Southampton and launched on 2 November 1982 by The Duchess of Gloucester. Gloucester...
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    HMS Charity (R29) (category Ships built in Southampton)
    the Royal Navy laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston, Southampton on 9 July 1943. She was launched on 30 November 1944 and commissioned...
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  • Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C. were an English amateur football club, based in Woolston, Southampton. The club was formed by employees of John I. Thornycroft...
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  • Scilly Steamship Company in 1955 by John I. Thornycroft & Company of Woolston, Southampton. She was designed to carry 500 passengers and cargo between Penzance...
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  • 3675250°W / 50.8966500; -1.3675250 Woolston School Language College was a secondary comprehensive school in Southampton, Hampshire, in southern England....
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    1000 boats in nearly 12 acres (5 ha) of exhibition space. South of Woolston, Southampton has a shingle beach within its boundaries at Weston Shore. The area...
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    and built by the British Supermarine Aviation Works company at Woolston, Southampton. It was developed during the 1930s on behalf of its principal operator...
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    There is a focus on Supermarine, the aircraft company based in Woolston, Southampton, and its most famous products, the Supermarine S.6 seaplane and...
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    premises and factories and the Supermarine factory building Spitfires in Woolston. Being a large port city on the south coast it was within easy reach of...
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    straddling Woolston and Weston in Southampton, England. The stream that runs through the park is the boundary between the two districts of modern Southampton. The...
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    shipbuilding companies Vosper Limited of Portsmouth and J I Thornycroft of Woolston, Southampton in 1966, at which time the Company became listed on the London Stock...
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    Scotland RNSD Trecwn, Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, West Wales RNSD Woolston, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, England Royal Navy Aircraft Yards RNAY Wroughton...
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    Broken up 1985. F78 Blackwood (a) & (b) JI Thornycroft and Co Ltd, Woolston, Southampton 14 September 1953 4 October 1955 August 1957 22 August 1957 £1,769...
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    Southampton with two SR.N6 craft. The Cowes terminal was located on Medina Road, and the Southampton terminal on Crosshouse Road next to the Woolston...
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    destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston, Southampton. She was launched on 14 March 1945 and commissioned on 8 July 1946...
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    designed by John I. Thornycroft & Company and built by them at Woolston, Southampton for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named...
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  • connected Southampton to Woolston At that time Woolston was a separate village on the east bank of the River Itchen; it did not become part of Southampton until...
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    his specifications. The yacht was built at Thornycroft's yard at Woolston, Southampton. She was completed in 1938 and christened MY Shemara. MY Shemara...
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    and was greeted like a heroine. On June 19, 1928, Earhart flew to Woolston, Southampton, England, where she received a rousing welcome.[page needed] She...
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