Wemyss
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Places
- Wemyss BayWemyss BayWemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde falling within the Inverclyde council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The name may derive from the Gaelic uaimh, meaning 'cave'...
, a large village in Inverclyde, Scotland- Wemyss Bay railway stationWemyss Bay railway stationWemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the Inverclyde Line, about west of . The station incorporates the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal connecting mainland Scotland to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute...
- Castle WemyssCastle WemyssCastle Wemyss was a large mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland.It stood high on Wemyss Point, overlooking the Firth of Clyde where it heads south towards the North Channel of the Irish Sea. It was built around 1850 for Charles Wilsone Brown, a property developer who had plans to develop the land around...
, a demolished mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland
- Wemyss Bay railway station
- East WemyssEast WemyssEast Wemyss is a village situated on the south coast of the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population was recorded as 1841.- History :...
, Fife, Scotland - West WemyssWest WemyssWest Wemyss is a village lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. According to the 2007 population estimate, the village has a population of 237. The village was granted burgh of barony status in 1511, bearing the name from the Wemyss family who lived in Wemyss Castle...
, Fife, Scotland- Wemyss CastleWemyss CastleWemyss Castle is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland.- History :Accounts date the construction of the castle to the year 1421 when Sir John Wemyss decided to build a fortified castle to replace one destroyed by the Duke of Rothesay at...
, a large mansion in Fife, Scotland - Wemyss Caves, Fife, Scotland
- Wemyss Castle
- Castle Wemyss (sugar estate), Jamaica
- Wemyss House, a residence hall at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
Titles
- Baron Wester Wemyss, a creation in the peerage of the United Kingdom
- Earl of WemyssEarl of WemyssEarl of Wemyss and Earl of March are two titles in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 and 1697 respectively, that have been held by a joint holder since 1826. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. In 1625 John Wemyss was created a...
, a creation in the peerage of the United Kingdom
People
- Clan WemyssClan WemyssClan Wemyss is a Lowland Scottish clan.-Origins of the Clan:The name "Wemyss" is derived from the Gaelic word ‘uaimh’, meaning ‘cave’, and is believed to be taken from the caves and cliffs of the Firth of Forth in that part of Fife where the family of Wemyss made its home. Wemyss in Fife has been...
, Scottish clan - Wemyss Mackenzie SimpsonWemyss Mackenzie SimpsonWemyss Mackenzie Simpson was a Canadian fur trader and political figure. He represented Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1871....
(1824-1894), Canadian fur-trader - Kathy WemyssKathy WemyssKathy Wemyss is a multi-instrumentalist from Australia who was a member of Chad's Tree and The Jackson Code.-Biography:Wemyss was classically trained, due to her Salvation Army upbringing, but in the 1980s and 1990s performed in post punk and rock bands, playing live gigs in inner Sydney...
, Australian musician - Stig Wemyss, Australian character actor and voice-over artist
Other
- Wemyss WareWemyss WareWemyss Ware is the brand name of the Griselda Hill Pottery, which is situated in the village of Ceres, Fife, Scotland.It was established in 1985 to produce colourful pottery based on the local Wemyss Ware that was made in Sinclairtown in the 19th century...
, a type of pottery - Castle Wemyss (march), a slow march for pipe band, used by the Seaforth Highlanders