Captain James Wilson
Sea captain and trader. Then he served the London Missionary Society, 1796–98, as Honorary Commander of the ‘Duff’, the first British Missionary Ship of modern times. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Wa...
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Winchester Cathedral
The original building was founded to the north of the present one. Work began on a new cathedral in 1079 and was consecrated in 1093. It has the longest nave of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. See ...
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Winchester Palace
A nearby information board gives: These ruins are all that remain of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester, one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London. Founded i...
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Bishop Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
Bishop of London (1901-39), Chairman of the Trustees of Whiteley Village. Born and died in Worcestershire.
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Richard Winter, DD
Minister at New Court, Carey Street 1759-99, following on from Thomas Bradbury, and succeeded by Dr Robert Winter, his nephew, and Bradbury’s grandson.  Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman
Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman was the first Archbishop of Westminster. Born at Seville, Spain, of an Irish father. Click on New Advent for more information. In the 1851 census he is sh...
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Bishop Wood of Croydon
Wilfred Denniston Wood was Bishop of Croydon 1985 -2003, the first Black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the "100 Great Black Britons" list in 2004. Born in Barbados, ordained th...
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Eugene Wood
Dean of Armagh 1590 -1609/10. From University of Houston:  In 1597 his wife was Joan, widow of John Ballett. Wood's Cathedral was St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, Church of Ireland.  This is not Ro...
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Bishop Thomas Wood
Born in the Parish of Hackney. He seems to have been a bad boy: Ejected from his rectory for scandal in 1651. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1671 until his death, but suspended 1684 - 87 for bein...
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