"reciprocate by referring to Glaswegians as ""keelies"". More recently, the word ""weegie"" has become more widely used to describe Glaswegians. The long-running TV drama ""Taggart"" and the comedies ""Empty"", ""Chewin' the Fat"", ""Rab C. Nesbitt"", ""Still Game"", ""Limmy's Show"" and ""Dear Green Place"" depict the Glaswegian ""patois"", while Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle, Craig Ferguson and Billy Connolly have made Glaswegian humour known to the rest of the world. Glasgow is Scotland's main locus of Gaelic language use outside the Highlands and Islands. In 2011, 5,878 residents of the city over age 3 spoke Gaelic, amounting to 1.0% of the population."
"Weybridge Weybridge is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the Wey, from which it gets its name. It is an outlying suburban town within the Greater London Urban Area, situated 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Woking and 16 miles (25 km) southwest of central London. Real estate prices are well above the national average: as of 2008, six of the ten most expensive streets in South East England (defined as the official government region, which excludes Greater London) were"
"Smoggie Smoggie or Smoggy is a nickname given to people from the Middlesbrough area in Teesside, north east England, originating with visiting football supporters. It is a contraction of 'smog monster'. Originally, this was a term of abuse for supporters of Middlesbrough F.C. coined by their Sunderland A.F.C. counterparts. The name was meant to refer to the heavy air pollution once allegedly produced by the local petrochemical industry, and from Dorman Long. Though, at first, Smoggie was used as a pejorative term, it has become an example of reappropriation with many people now proudly calling themselves 'Smoggies'. Though primarily directed"
"Weeton, North Yorkshire Weeton is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ""Widetun(e)""/""Wideton(e)"" and seems to derive from Old English ""wiðig"" 'willow' and ""tūn"" 'settlement, estate, farm', thus meaning 'willow farm'. Located between Otley and Harrogate it is close to the River Wharfe. Largely populated by commuters working in Leeds and Bradford, it is accessed from the A61 (Leeds-Harrogate road) or the A658 (Harrogate-Bradford road). The parish also contains the village of Huby, approximately north-west of Weeton, where Weeton railway station is"
"Walkley Walkley is a suburb in the north west of Sheffield in England. It lies west of Burngreave, south of Hillsborough and north-east of Crookes. The area consists mainly of Victorian stone-fronted terraced housing and has a relatively high student population. The area falls into the catchment of Forge Valley School, a secondary which was judged by Ofsted as requires improvement in April 2017, though noted to have good provision for the 16 to 19 study programmes. After a period of decline with many shops closing, the area has seen a recent resurgence in independent shops and cafes. The origin"
"given a Latin name ""Vaga"", an adjective meaning 'wandering'. The Tithe map references a Vagas Field in both Whitchurch and Chepstow. Philologists such as Edward Lye and Joseph Bosworth in the 18th and early 19th centuries suggested an Old English derivation from ""wæg"", ""wave"". The source of the Wye is in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon. It flows through or past several towns and villages including Rhayader, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford (the only city on the River Wye), Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Monmouth and Tintern, meeting the Severn estuary just below Chepstow. Its total length is . The lower of the"
"Wingrave Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about four miles north east of Aylesbury and three miles south west of Wing. The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Aylesbury Vale district and incorporates the hamlet of Rowsham. Wingrave is twinned with La Bouëxière in France. Its name occurs in the Domesday Book as ""Withungrave"" and in 1163 as ""Wiungraua"". It comes from Old English ""Wiwinga grāf"" or ""Wēoinga grāf"" = ""the grove of the people referred to by Wing, Buckinghamshire"" or ""the grove of the people of the heathen temple"". Around the recreation ground and in other"
"Walkley Library Walkley Library is a public lending library in Walkley, a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England. It stands at the junction of Walkley Road and South Road in one of the busiest parts of the area. It is one of 27 suburban branch libraries within the city. The building is a Carnegie library, the only library in Sheffield to receive Carnegie funding, it is also a Grade II listed building as are the boundary walls and commemorative plaque in front of the library. Construction of the library began in August 1904 to served the growing population"
"Wallasey Wallasey () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula. At the 2011 Census, the population was 60,284. The name of Wallasey originates from the Germanic word ""Walha"", meaning stranger or foreigner, which is also the origin of the name Wales. The suffix “""-ey""” denotes an island or area of dry land. Originally the higher ground now occupied by Wallasey was separated from the rest of Wirral by the creek known as Wallasey Pool (which later became the docks), the"
"Wakefield Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 99,251 at the 2011 census. Wakefield was dubbed the ""Merrie City"" in the Middle Ages and in 1538 John Leland described it as, ""a very quick market town and meately large; well served of fish and flesh both from sea and by rivers ... so that all vitaile is very good and chepe there. A right honest man shall fare well for 2d. a meal. ... There be plenti of se coal in the quarters"
"with its large bay windows and distinctive entrance which consists of a portico with six Ionic columns with a curving staircas leading to it. Walkley Library Walkley Library is a public lending library in Walkley, a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England. It stands at the junction of Walkley Road and South Road in one of the busiest parts of the area. It is one of 27 suburban branch libraries within the city. The building is a Carnegie library, the only library in Sheffield to receive Carnegie funding, it is also a Grade II listed building as are"
"Wortley, Leeds Wortley (pronounced ""Wurt-lee"") is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It begins one mile to the west of the city centre. The appropriate City of Leeds ward is called Farnley and Wortley. It was known as ""Wirkelay"" until about 1700. Wortley was a weaving township within the parish of Leeds before it became industrial with coal pits, brickworks, railway yards and engine sheds—including a roundhouse, on Wellington Road. This Listed building, originally constructed to house a dozen or so steam locomotives, is now the premises of a major commercial vehicle hire company. In the 1880s,"
"outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free). Weybridge Weybridge is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the Wey, from which it gets its name. It is an outlying suburban town within the Greater London Urban Area, situated 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Woking and 16"
"Listed buildings in Wigan Wigan is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The town, together with the suburbs of Pemberton, Scholes, Whelley, Worsley Mesnes, Winstanley, and Goose Green, contains 125 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, nine are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Wigan is an ancient settlement that developed into a market town, but its main growth came with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution when it became one of the"
"Withielgoose Withielgoose or Withel-goose is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. Withielgoose, from the Cornish ""gwyth"" (trees), ""yel"" (origin unknown) and ""coes"" (wood) suggests the clearance of woodland to create agricultural land. The hamlet is accessed via Withielgoose Lane and contains Withielgoose Manor. Withielgoose belongs historically to the parish of Withiel along with Retire and Tregawne; the parish had a total population of about 300 in 1824. It lies about five miles west of Bodmin and six miles east north east of St Columb Major. Withielgoose Manor belonged to Bodmin Priory and previously to William I by the Earl of"
"Cross near his childhood home. Lye, West Midlands Lye or The Lye is a suburban area of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England. It was formerly a village within the parish of Oldswinford, historically situated within the boundaries of the county of Worcestershire. It used to be famous for the manufacture of nails, anvils, vices, chain, crucibles and firebricks. Lye Waste, adjacent to the original village of Lye, was an area of uncultivated common land but it was settled by people who, by building houses including a fireplace within 24 hours by using mud and clay"
"has begun in Ballycogley. Ballycogley Ballycogley is a large townland located 8 miles from Wexford town, in Ireland. It plays host to one of Europe's highest water towers, as well as a proposed wind farm. The townland social life revolves around the two pubs - the Halfway House and the Hitching Post. Ballycogley has been a haven for devotees of heavy metal and rock over the years. In the late eighties and early nineties, it was the host of several 'biker' festivals and events. In recent years, the Halfway House has become a regular venue for local rock bands, and"
"Woodley, Berkshire Woodley is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is the largest suburb of Reading, situated east of the town centre and is joined to the neighbouring large suburb of Earley, to the west, and from the historic market town of Wokingham. Nearby are the villages of Sonning, Twyford, Winnersh, Hurst and Charvil. The toponym Woodley is derived from Old English words meaning ""a clearing in the wood"". Anciently, Woodley was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Sonning. In the west of Woodley, Old Bulmershe Manor was the home of the Blagrave family and probable birthplace"
"Metropolitan Borough of Wigan The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town and former county borough, Wigan and includes the towns and villages of Leigh, part of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield, Hindley, Orrell, Standish, Atherton, Tyldesley, Golborne, Lowton, Billinge, Astley, Haigh and Aspull. The borough was formed in 1974 and is an amalgamation of several former local government districts and parishes. The borough has three civil parishes and lies directly to the west of the City of Salford and southwest of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton."
"Burnage Burnage is a suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England, about south of Manchester city centre and bisected by the dual carriageway of Kingsway. The population of the Burnage Ward at the 2011 census was 15,227. It lies between Withington to the west, Levenshulme to the north, Heaton Chapel to the east and Didsbury and Heaton Mersey to the south. The name Burnage is thought to have stemmed from ""Brown Hedge"", from the old brown stone walls or ""hedges"" which were common there in medieval times. In a survey of 1320, the district is referred to"
"Burnage Burnage is a suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England, about south of Manchester city centre and bisected by the dual carriageway of Kingsway. The population of the Burnage Ward at the 2011 census was 15,227. It lies between Withington to the west, Levenshulme to the north, Heaton Chapel to the east and Didsbury and Heaton Mersey to the south. The name Burnage is thought to have stemmed from ""Brown Hedge"", from the old brown stone walls or ""hedges"" which were common there in medieval times. In a survey of 1320, the district is referred to"
"Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 103,608, whilst the wider borough has a population of 318,100. Historically in Lancashire, Wigan during classical antiquity was in the territory of the Brigantes, an ancient Celtic tribe that ruled much of what is now northern England. The Brigantes were subjugated in the Roman conquest of Britain during the 1st century, and it"
"of the borough. The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has one twin town in France. Metropolitan Borough of Wigan The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town and former county borough, Wigan and includes the towns and villages of Leigh, part of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield, Hindley, Orrell, Standish, Atherton, Tyldesley, Golborne, Lowton, Billinge, Astley, Haigh and Aspull. The borough was formed in 1974 and is an amalgamation of several former local government districts and parishes. The borough has three civil parishes and lies directly to the"
"Woking Woking ( ) is a town in northwest Surrey, England. It is at the southwestern edge of the Greater London Urban Area and is a part of the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of approximately 24 minutes to Waterloo station. Woking is southwest of Charing Cross in central London. Woking town itself, excluding the surrounding district, has a population of 62,796, with the whole local government district (the borough of Woking) having a population of 99,500 (mid-2011 estimate). Woking has been a Conservative area since the constituency was created in 1950, with Jonathan Lord"
"wine industry. Historically, the region was well known for the limestone, iron, and dairy industries. A unique term to the region is the word ""raggie"". Used as an insult by some and with a sense of local pride by others, the term ""raggie"" denotes someone with a lower income and approximates the term ""white trash"". The term probably originated from iron workers from Mount Riga in Salisbury. These workers were often poor immigrants wore grubby clothes as a result of their work. After the iron works closed down, the workers moved to Norfolk, Winsted, and Torrington, and the name stuck."
"features in the famous legal case about causing a ""nuisance"" between neighbours - ""Sturges v. Bridgman"" (1879). Wigmore Street Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east. The well-known Wigmore Hall concert hall is located on the north side of Wigmore Street, just to the east of the junction with Welbeck Street. For about a hundred years beginning in the late 19th century, Wigmore Street"
"Waxies' Dargle ""The Waxies' Dargle"" is a traditional Irish folk song about two Dublin ""aul' wans"" (ladies) discussing how to find money to go on an excursion. It is named after an annual outing to Ringsend, near Dublin city, by Dublin cobblers (waxies). It originated as a 19th-century children's song and is now a popular pub song in Ireland. In the 19th century, during the Summer, the gentry of Dublin would travel out to Bray and Enniskerry with their entourages and have picnics on the banks of the River Dargle. The Dargle was a popular holiday resort, and the name"
"to 1925; a prefab Evangelical church was opened later on. Now a fully suburbanised village within south Gillingham, the area has a community primary school, medical centre, and local football team, Wigmore Youth F.C. Rock bands associated with the locality-championing Medway scene have referenced Wigmore; The Buff Medways in the song ""Medway Wheelers"" (2005) and the Len Price 3 with ""Wigmore Swingers"" (2014). Wigmore, Kent Wigmore is a suburb/village in the Unitary Authority of Medway, in Kent, England. The placename is attested in 1275 as ""Wydemere"", from an Old English ""*wīd-mere"" ""broad pool"". A sparsely-populated hamlet and farming area until"
"Crigglestone West was on the line between Sheffield and Leeds via Wakefield, Crigglestone East on the closed and lifted line between Thornhill and Royston Junction. Crigglestone Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as ""Crigeston"" (along with neighbouring ""Orberie"") in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census. On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men. The site of the colliery is now an industrial estate. This area has two Anglican churches: the Church of"
"Wigan Pier Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan is in fact an inland and traditionally industrial town. The original ""pier"" at Wigan was a coal loading staithe, probably a wooden jetty, where wagons from a nearby colliery were unloaded into waiting barges on the canal. The original wooden pier is believed to have been demolished in 1929, with the iron from the tippler (a mechanism for"
"Weeley Weeley is a village and civil parish in Tendring, east Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,768. It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester. The name came from the Old English ""Wēo-lēah"" meaning ""temple clearing"". Before the Christian era there may have been a heathen temple here. The parish church is St Andrew's, Weeley, which shares a priest with neighbouring Little Clacton. There is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school, also dedicated to St Andrew, which traces its"
"exhibited at the Royal Academy, and is now at RIBA. The 18th-century Bubwith farmhouse is also a Grade II listed building, as is the post office in the High Street. The Monarch's Way and Mendip Way long-distance footpaths both pass through the village, as does National Cycle Route 3. Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve is just outside the village. Wookey Hole Wookey Hole is a village close to Wells in Somerset, England. It is within the parish of St Cuthbert Out. One possible origin for the name Wookey is from the Old English ""wocig"" (an animal trap), although it is"
"Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) Wakefield is a constituency created in 1832 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Mary Creagh, a member of the Labour Party. 1918-1950: The County Borough of Wakefield. 1950-1983: The County Borough of Wakefield, the Urban District of Horbury, and part of the Rural District of Wakefield. 1983-1997: The City of Wakefield wards of Horbury, Wakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural, and Wakefield South. 1997-2010: The City of Wakefield wards of Wakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, and Wakefield Rural, and the Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby"