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English antiquarian (1687–1765)
William Stukeley (7 November 1687 – 3 March 1765) was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, physician, Anglican clergyman, and freemason. He was a significant
William_Stukeley
Surname list
Stukeley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: William Stukeley Thomas Stukley (alternate spelling) This page lists people with the surname
Stukeley
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
Great Stukeley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Stukeleys in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north-west
Great_Stukeley
Civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England
The Stukeleys is a civil parish in the district of Huntingdonshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, consisting of the villages of Great Stukeley and Little
The_Stukeleys
Topics referred to by the same term
Stukeley is a surname. Stukeley may also refer to: Great Stukeley, village in Cambridgeshire, England Little Stukeley, village in Cambridgeshire, England
Stukeley_(disambiguation)
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
Little Stukeley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Stukeleys, in Cambridgeshire, England. Little Stukeley lies approximately
Little_Stukeley
Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England
religious and practical reasons. The antiquarians John Aubrey and William Stukeley took an interest in Avebury during the 17th and 18th centuries, respectively
Avebury
Market town in Lincolnshire, England
before the suppression of chantries and hospitals. The antiquarian William Stukeley reported that his father removed the ruins from the site which is now occupied
Holbeach
Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, close to the villages of Great Stukeley, Little Stukeley, and Alconbury. Flying operations are no
RAF_Alconbury
Series of fortifications in northern China
appears in a letter written in 1754 by the English antiquary William Stukeley. Stukeley wrote that, "This mighty wall [Hadrian's Wall] of four score miles
Great_Wall_of_China
Prehistoric monument in England
11th-century writers are "stones supported in the air". In 1740, William Stukeley notes: "Pendulous rocks are now called henges in Yorkshire ... I doubt
Stonehenge
National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. "Sir "Judas" Stukeley" . Devonshire Characters and Strange Events – via Wikisource. Wolffe, Mary
Lewis_Stukley
English mercenary
_noise_in_the_world_Thomas_Stukeley_Soldier_Scoundrel_Mercenary_Spy?auto=download. & https://www.dib.ie/biography/stukeley-stucley-thomas-a8365. Jowitt
Thomas_Stukley
Neolithic stone complex in Oxfordshire, England
Meanwhile, antiquarians such as William Camden, John Aubrey and William Stukeley had begun to take an interest in the monuments. Fuller archaeological investigations
Rollright_Stones
Head of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585
Thomas Stukeley with a ship and an army of 800 men to land in Ireland to aid the Catholics against the Protestant plantations. To his dismay, Stukeley joined
Pope_Gregory_XIII
interchangeably with lake, for example St. Peters Lake is also known as Stukeley Pond. Some ponds or barachois have their sandbars flooded and become coves
List of lakes of Prince Edward Island
List_of_lakes_of_Prince_Edward_Island
English clergyman and antiquarian
William Stukeley over the antiquity and imagery of the carvings on the walls of the recently discovered cave at Royston. He attacked Stukeley's claim that
Charles_Parkin
Fictitious identity for Robin Hood
fictitious identity for Robin Hood. The name was first published in William Stukeley's Paleographica Britannica in 1746. By then the association of Robin with
Robert_Fitzooth
British colonist in North America (1592–1677)
Bullock, Jonathan Russell (1886). Incidents in the life and times of Stukeley Westcote, with some of his descendants. Bristol: J. Russell Bullock (self-published
Stukely_Westcott
English lawyer and physician (1682–1754)
the Rev. John South, as a curiosity. Darwin communicated with William Stukeley who obtained the fossil for the Royal Society and described it in a paper
Robert_Darwin_of_Elston
Human settlement in England
Alconbury Weald is a new settlement in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, in the Huntingdonshire district, of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The
Alconbury_Weald
Australian convict novelist
of Van Diemen's Land (1829). This occurred under the pseudonym 'Simon Stukeley' as a convict could be sent to the far harsher Macquarie Harbour Penal
Henry_Savery
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997
Shortly thereafter he and Norma moved to a larger house (Finings) in Great Stukeley; Major generally spent his weekends there, and weekdays at a rented flat
John_Major
Mythical northern region in Greek mythology
Boyd (2002). "Chapter 7: Much Greater, Than Commonly Imagined.". William Stukeley: Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century England. Woodbridge
Hyperborea
Card deck used in Germany
trace their ancestry to the 15th-century Stukeley type cards named after their identifier, William Stukeley, in 1763. Unters of Acorns in Northern decks
German-suited_playing_cards
Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England
Great Stukeley Railway Cutting is a 34.7-hectare (86-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The site is
Great Stukeley Railway Cutting
Great_Stukeley_Railway_Cutting
Church in Somers Town, Central London
William Stukeley in the 1750s. However, some at least of Stukeley's contemporaries could see no trace of this camp, and considered that Stukeley had let
St_Pancras_Old_Church
Specialist in antiquities
Jacques Seligmann George Dudley Seymour Sir Hans Sloane John Stow William Stukeley Ralph Thoresby Robert Thoroton George Vertue Ibn Wahshiyya Horace Walpole
Antiquarian
international power. Antiquarians and archaeologists, notably William Stukeley, were conducting excavations of megalithic sites, including Stonehenge
Cultural depictions of Stonehenge
Cultural_depictions_of_Stonehenge
Structure consisting of three stones
"stone", and was first used in its modern archaeological sense by William Stukeley. Other famous trilithons include those found in the megalithic temples
Trilithon
Former county town of Huntingdonshire
parts of Huntingdon: Huntingdon North, Huntingdon East, The Stukeleys (covering Stukeley Meadows), and Brampton (covering Hinchingbrooke). The three wards
Huntingdon
Literary forgery by Charles Bertram
existence of the work through his correspondence with the antiquarian William Stukeley by 1748, provided him "a copy" which was made available in London by 1749
The_Description_of_Britain
Historic county and district of Cambridgeshire, England
Stow Longa Tetworth, Tilbrook, Toseland, The Offords, The Raveleys, The Stukeleys Upton, Upwood Wansford, Warboys, Waresley, Water Newton, Winwick, Wistow
Huntingdonshire
Prehistoric site in Wiltshire, England
the early 18th century, the site was recorded by the antiquarian William Stukeley although the stones were destroyed by local farmers in the 1720s. The Sanctuary
The_Sanctuary
Modern nature-based spiritual movement
modern Druids aligned themselves with Christianity. The writer William Stukeley regarded the Iron Age druids as monotheist proto-Christians who worshipped
Druidry_(modern)
Large stone used to build a structure or monument
Prehistory. Universal Publisher. ISBN 978-1612332550 Stukeley, W., Burl, A., & Mortimer, N. (2005). Stukeley's 'Stonehenge': an unpublished manuscript, 1721–1724
Megalith
Dolmen in England
century seemingly before any antiquarian interest was taken in them. William Stukeley attempted to reconstruct the damaged tomb in plan in the eighteenth century
Little_Kit's_Coty_House
Neolithic stone complex in Cumbria, England
Wiltshire, making it a popular tourist destination for antiquarians. William Stukeley, famous for his work at Avebury, visited the site before its destruction
Shap_Stone_Avenue
Human-made things that can be seen from space
for the factoid that the Great Wall is visible from the Moon. William Stukeley mentioned this claim in his letter dated 1754, and Henry Norman made the
Artificial structures visible from space
Artificial_structures_visible_from_space
Learned society for historians and archaeologists
1 January 1718. The first secretary of the revived society was William Stukeley. Those attending these early meetings examined objects, gave talks, and
Society of Antiquaries of London
Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
Stone circle in Cumbria, England
to the attention of the wider public, when William Stukeley visited the site in 1725. Stukeley's account of his visit to Castlerigg is brief and was
Castlerigg_stone_circle
British actress (born 1978)
The Mistress of Spices Hameeda Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story Dr. Stukeley 2006 Outsourced Asha Bhatawdekar 2007 Loins of Punjab Presents Opama Menon
Ayesha_Dharker
English polymath (1642–1727)
seemingly disparate fields to stimulate creative breakthroughs." William Stukeley wrote that Newton "was not only very expert with his mechanical tools,
Isaac_Newton
English stone crosses erected in 1291–95
to the Eleanor Cross. A letter from the 18th-century antiquary William Stukeley (now untraceable) is alleged to have stated that he had one of the lions
Eleanor_cross
Family home and birthplace of Isaac Newton
Newton in the house. Isaac Newton recounted to his contemporary William Stukeley how an apple tree in the orchard inspired him to work on his law of universal
Woolsthorpe_Manor
English architect (1704–1754)
antiquarian William Stukeley. Wood's interpretation of the monument as a place of pagan ritual was vehemently attacked by Stukeley who saw the druids not
John_Wood,_the_Elder
Theories on the origin and purpose of Stonehenge
Stonehenge the work of Druids. This view was greatly popularised by William Stukeley. Aubrey also contributed the first measured drawings of the site, which
Theories_about_Stonehenge
Cave in Royston, England
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Minute Book IV. p. 133. Stukeley, W. (1743). Palaeographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in
Royston_Cave
Stonehenge's use in tracking seasons
acknowledged since William Stukeley drew the site and first identified its axis along the midsummer sunrise in 1720. Stukeley noticed that the Heel Stone
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge
Archaeoastronomy_and_Stonehenge
Neolithic earthwork
islands. The name 'cursus' was suggested in 1723 by the antiquarian William Stukeley, who compared the Stonehenge cursus to a Roman chariot-racing track, or
Cursus
Type of burial mound
is a type of tumulus identified as such by both John Aubrey and William Stukeley. In the United Kingdom, they take the form of a circular mound or mounds
Bell_barrow
Hill figure near Cerne Abbas in Dorset
Camden as "Hegle". In the 1760s William Stukeley recorded that locals referred to the giant as "Helis". Stukeley was one of the first to hypothesize that
Cerne_Abbas_Giant
Village and civil parish in England
title.[citation needed] Norton Disney is also important in that William Stukeley, the antiquarian, visited Potter Hill in 1722. He described the site as
Norton_Disney
Two standing stones in Wiltshire, England
may have extended further to the south-west beyond the stones. William Stukeley recorded the site in the 18th century when it was only partially destroyed
The_Longstones
Standing stone in east Yorkshire, England
Eighteenth-century antiquarian William Stukeley found "the dimensions of the monolith within ground as large as those without". Stukeley found many skulls during his
Rudston_Monolith
English astronomer, mathematician and physicist (1656–1742)
1800 years. In 1720, together with his friend the antiquarian William Stukeley, Halley participated in the first attempt to scientifically date Stonehenge
Edmond_Halley
UK Parliament constituency (1801–1918, 1983 onwards)
Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, St Ives North, St Ives South, The Stukeleys, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys, and Yaxley; and The City of Peterborough
Huntingdon_(constituency)
Emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 286 to 293
published argument does not offer any evidence to support Stukeley's involvement or motives (since Stukeley never mentions the medals or a Virgilian expansion
Carausius
Range of beliefs regarding earthly supernatural phenomena
antiquarians: John Aubrey and William Stukeley, who both believed that Stonehenge was associated with the druids. Stukeley mixed together ancient monuments
Earth_mysteries
British archaeologist
Britain. After the war he went to Oxford to study the work of William Stukeley, but in 1946 was offered the Abercromby Chair of Archaeology at Edinburgh
Stuart_Piggott
Instrument designed to measure the density
No. 655, 27. February 1836. Online bei Google Books Gresley, William Stukeley: A glossary of terms used in coal mining, E. & F.N. Spon London, New York
Aerometer
Embodiment of reason and law in the mythology of William Blake
Blake was attracted to the Masonic and Druidic speculations of William Stukeley. The compass and other drafting symbols that Blake associates with Urizen
Urizen
Medieval castle ruins in England
Ruins of King Johns Palace at Clarendon, engraving after William Stukeley, 1723
Clarendon_Palace
Country house in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire
The remains of a Roman villa and bath house were identified by William Stukeley in 1739 and again in 1824 and 1960. No substantive ruins are preserved
Stoke_Rochford_Hall
Neolithic henge in Cumbria, England
known burial mounds." (The presence of the spring was noted by William Stukeley.) The main communication routes of the time – "from Shap, from the Upper
Mayburgh_Henge
Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire, England
antiquarians exploring the area in that period, like John Aubrey and William Stukeley. The earliest known report of the site came from a Mr Falkner, who discovered
Falkner's_Circle
Neolithic henge monument
side of the northwest entrance. These stones had disappeared when William Stukeley saw the monument in 1725. In 1891, C. W. Dymond produced a comprehensive
King_Arthur's_Round_Table
Stone circle in Dorset, England
may have had symbolic meaning. Antiquarians like John Aubrey and William Stukeley first took an interest in the site during the eighteenth century. It later
Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas
Nine_Stones,_Winterbourne_Abbas
Primitive method of relatively shallow mining
Retrieved 2016-05-23. Example and illustrated description Gresley, William Stukeley (1883). A glossary of terms used in coal mining. London, New York: E. &
Bell_pit
Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
The Stewkley (or Stukeley, or Stukely) Baronetcy, of Hinton in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 9
Stewkley_baronets
List of London Covent Garden street names etymologies
reached here prior to the building of the Thames Embankment Stukeley Street – after William Stukeley, clergyman and archaeologist, who lived nearby in the 18th
Street_names_of_Covent_Garden
Market town in Kent, England
Faversham Abbey, sketched by William Stukeley in 1722, was established by King Stephen in 1148. He was buried there in 1154.
Faversham
English type of cheese
1722, another early printed reference to Stilton cheese came from William Stukeley. Daniel Defoe in his 1724 work A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain
Stilton_cheese
British writer, curator and lecturer (born 1968)
College, London. He is the author of a number of books, including William Stukeley: Science, Archaeology and Religion in Eighteenth Century England (2002)
David_Boyd_Haycock
Labyrinth made by cutting a path into turf
"ruinous" in 1908) Ashwell, then in Bedfordshire (mentioned by William Stukeley in the 18th century) Bere Regis, Dorset Boughton Green, near Boughton,
Turf_maze
Village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
concluded, they had been in old time complete. In the 18th century, William Stukeley visited the site and chronicled the further damage that had been done.
Avebury_(village)
2006 novel by Justin Somper
skill. Sugar Pie – Waitress at Ma Kettle's Tavern; sings at parties Jez Stukeley – Used to be a pirate aboard the Diablo, another good friend of Connor;
Vampirates:_Tide_of_Terror
Form of vaulting
thought to have been fan vaulted on the basis of a drawing by William Stukeley, and the only fan-vaulted chapter house of its kind; no other chapter houses
Fan_vault
British cartographer and publisher (d. 1732)
throughout his life, such as the polymath Robert Hooke, antiquary William Stukeley, and circumnavigator William Dampier. For the last, Moll engraved numerous
Herman_Moll
Local election in England
The Stukeleys (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Tom Sanderson* 878 45.9 N/A Liberal Democrats Louise Ascroft 670 35.0 N/A Liberal
2026 Huntingdonshire District Council election
2026_Huntingdonshire_District_Council_election
British journalist and politician
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of Howard Browning Coote of Stukeley Hall, later Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, and Jean Coote (née Gray)
Colin_Coote
Part of Chiltern Hills, England
northern tip of the Dunstable Downs. First described by antiquarian William Stukeley in the 18th century, the site contained burials from the late Neolithic
Dunstable_Downs
Church in England
monuments to Giles Breame and William Heigham survive, whilst William Stukeley is said to have selected the church's churchyard in his lifetime - he is
St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham
St_Mary_Magdalene's_Church,_East_Ham
Neolithic henge in Somerset, England
survive today. It was recorded by both John Aubrey in 1664 and William Stukeley in 1723. The Great Circle probably was surrounded by the ditch (approximately
Stanton_Drew_stone_circles
Church
The spire was saved from collapse following a recommendation by William Stukeley in 1741 that it should be repaired, work which was eventually carried out
St_Mary's_Church,_Stamford
Commander of British Forces in Ireland before 1922
Irish Academy. Retrieved 8 November 2022. Clavin, Terry; Barry, Judy. "Stukeley (Stucley), Thomas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy
Commander-in-Chief,_Ireland
Hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe
Free Press. ISBN 0-684-85931-9. OCLC 47073310. Hoskin, Micheal (1985). "Stukeley's Cosmology and the Newtonian Origin of Olber's Paradox". Cambridge University
Big_Crunch
Neolithic standing stones in the Scottish Outer Hebrides
temple" mentioned by Diodorus with the Calanais Stones. In 1743, William Stukeley described the stone circle as a druid circle and the avenue like a serpent
Callanish_Stones
Type of Neolithic earthwork
English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1989. Quotes William Stukeley (1740): "Pendulous rocks are now called henges in Yorkshire ... I doubt
Henge
Type of sandstone block found in southern England
stone into pieces of a suitable size for use in construction. William Stukeley wrote that sarsen is "always moist and dewy in winter which proves damp
Sarsen
Avenue
Wiltshire Site notes Excavation dates from 1740, 2013 Archaeologists William Stukeley, Heather Sebire Condition Excellent Public access Yes Website National
Stonehenge_Avenue
Historical mathematical concept; form of derivative
Cotes (student) William Whiston (student) John Keill (disciple) William Stukeley (friend) William Jones (friend) Abraham de Moivre (friend) Depictions Portrait
Fluxion
Roman settlement at what is now Carmarthen in Wales
vicus took over and the place became a town. A map from 1723 by William Stukeley places Mori dunum (Caermarthen) at the western extremity of the network
Moridunum_(Carmarthen)
King of Leinster
Domhnall was taken into the care of the seneschal of Wexford, Thomas Stukeley. When Stukeley left for Spain in 1568 Domhnall went with him, which explains the
Domhnall Spáinneach Mac Murchadha Caomhánach
Domhnall_Spáinneach_Mac_Murchadha_Caomhánach
Legendary Arthurian king
Knight, Gareth; Stephenson, Robert; Beskin, Geraldine; Potter, Chesca; Stukeley, William; Spence, Lewis; Bayley, Harold; Insole, Alan V.; Nichols, Ross
King_Lot
British furniture designer
Luke Hughes in the Stukeley Street workshop, c. 1987
Luke Hughes (furniture designer)
Luke_Hughes_(furniture_designer)
Order of reptiles (fossil)
and are today partly preserved in the Sedgwick Museum. In 1719, William Stukeley described a partial skeleton of a plesiosaur, which had been brought to
Plesiosaur
2010 UK local government election
Alconbury and The Stukeleys Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Keith Baker 1,108 58.4 −9.9 Liberal Democrats Ann Monk 621 32.7 +6.4 Labour Marion
2010 Huntingdonshire District Council election
2010_Huntingdonshire_District_Council_election
Time-varying quantity or variable
Cotes (student) William Whiston (student) John Keill (disciple) William Stukeley (friend) William Jones (friend) Abraham de Moivre (friend) Depictions Portrait
Fluent_(mathematics)
"Gillian's Bore" and "Gilling Bore". The 18th-century antiquary William Stukeley mentions a "Julian Bower" turf maze at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, and in
Julian's_Bower
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Hindu
Wife of Lord Indra (Wife of Indra)
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Arabic, Muslim
The Awaiting
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Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Devine Wish
Girl/Female
Tamil
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bangles
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Latin
Persuasion.
Male
Egyptian
, an Egyptian sacerdotal officer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Stanborough in Devon, so named from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + beorg ‘hill’, ‘tumulus’. There is a place called Stanbury in West Yorkshire near Haworth, but it does not seem to have given rise to the surname.
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Optimistic and full of hope, Princess, Queen
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of German Eberhard, EBERARDO means "strong as a boar."
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