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Walkden Gardens

Public green space in Sale, Greater Manchester.

Wallsuches Bleachworks

Bleachworks that takes its name from an area of Horwich in Greater Manchester, England. The area is notable for the bleachworks started by Thomas Ridgway.

Walter Arnold

First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.

Walter Bruce, minister

Scottish minister at Inverkeithing and Rosyth who played a significant role in the witch-hunt of 1649–1650.

Walter Traill Dennison

Orcadian folklorist and antiquarian

Walthamstow Chase

Redirected to Tottenham Outrage.

Walton Hall, Derbyshire

Grade II* listed country house in the village of Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, built in 1723.

Wandering Jew

Jewish cobbler named Cartophilus, condemned by Jesus to roam the world without rest until the end of time, for taunting him on his way to the Crucifixion.

Wapentake

Anglo-Saxon administrative unit.

Warburton Toll Bridge

Privately owned statutory tolled undertaking which incorporates a public highway road length, one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges in the UK.