- Wardour
Wardour may refer to:
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Wardour Castle , a castle in Wiltshire
*Wardour Street , a street in Westminster
* Wardour, a neighbourhood inAnnapolis ,Maryland
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Wardour Castle — Ruins of Old Wardour Castle … Wikipedia
Wardour Street — in a street located in London s Soho, running one way south to north from Leicester Square, passing through Chinatown, across Shaftesbury Avenue, to Oxford Street. The street is named after Sir Archibald Wardour, who was the architect of several… … Wikipedia
Wardour-street — affected pseudo archaic diction of historical novels, 1888, from street in London lined with shops selling imitation antique furniture. This is not literary English of any date; this is Wardour Street Early English a perfectly modern article with … Etymology dictionary
Wardour Street English — /wörˈdər strēt ingˈglish/ noun Sham antique diction as found in some historical novels ORIGIN: Wardour Street, London, once noted for antique and imitation antique furniture, now associated with the film industry … Useful english dictionary
Wardour Castle — (spr. Uarderkässel), Landsitz in der englischen Grafschaft Wilt; hat Trümmern eines alten Schlosses, welches zur Zeit Cromwells von der Wittwe des Lords Arundel (dessen Familie der Landsitz noch jetzt gehört) mit 25 Mann gegen 1300 M.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Wardour Street — 51° 30′ 51″ N 0° 08′ 04″ W / 51.51419, 0.13456 Wardour Street est une rue de la … Wikipédia en Français
wardour street — ˈwȯ(r)də(r) adjective Usage: usually capitalized W&S Etymology: from Wardour Street, London, England, formerly center of the antique and spurious antique trade : falsely imitative of archaic forms Wardour Street English … Useful english dictionary
Wardour Street — a street in the Soho district of central London, England, known mainly as the place where a lot of film companies have their offices. The name Wardour Street is sometimes used to refer to the British film industry in general. * * * … Universalium
wardour — war·dour … English syllables
Baron Arundell of Wardour — Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Baron Arundell of Wardour, in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1605 for Thomas Arundell, known as Thomas the Valiant . He was… … Wikipedia
