Southwell

Southwell may mean the following towns in England:

  • Southwell, Dorset
  • Southwell, Nottinghamshire
    • Southwell Minster, historic cathedral
    • Southwell Racecourse, horse racing venue located near Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
    • Southwell Rural District, a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974
  • Southwell School, a co-educational independent preparatory school in Hamilton, New Zealand

Southwell can also be a surname:

  • Alfredo Salazar Southwell (1913–1937), aviator
  • Charles Southwell (1814–1860), journalist
  • David Southwell (born 1971), author
  • Hugo Southwell (born 1980), rugby player
  • Paul Southwell (1913–1979), Premier of Dominica and Saint Kitts-Nevis
  • Richard V. Southwell (1888–1970), mathematician specializing in applied mechanics
  • Richard Southwell (disambiguation)
  • Robert Southwell (disambiguation)
  • Viscount Southwell, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
  • Southwell, assumed name of Nathaniel Bacon (Jesuit)

Famous quotes containing the word southwell:

    “Not Solomon, for all his wit,
    Nor Samson, though he were so strong,
    No king nor person ever yet
    Could ‘scape, but death laid him along:”
    —Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)

    “As in hoary winter’s night stood shivering in the snow,
    Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;
    And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,
    A pretty Babe all burning bright did in the air appear;”
    —Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)

    “grant me grace, O god, that I
    My life may mend, sith I must die.”
    —Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)