Speedwell

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Speedwell may refer to:

Plants

Speedwell, several plants in the genus Veronica

Places

Australia

Speedwell, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland

United Kingdom

Speedwell, Bristol, England
Speedwell Castle, Staffordshire, England
Speedwell Cavern, Derbyshire, England, a former 18th Century lead mine
Speedwell Mill, 18th century mill in Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Speedwell Farm, Woburn, Bedfordshire, designed in 1795 by Robert Salmon
Speedwell Hill, Cheshire, former site of the Bluecap Memorial

United States

Speedwell, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
Speedwell, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
Speedwell, Tennessee, an unincorporated community
Speedwell, Virginia, an unincorporated community
Speedwell Township, St. Clair County, Missouri, an inactive township

Falkland Islands

Speedwell Island in Falkland Sound

Australia

Speedwell in the vicinity of Hivesville, Queensland

Manufacturing and vehicles

Speedwell Forge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Speedwell Ironworks, and Speedwell Village, Morristown, New Jersey
Troublesome Creek Ironworks, from 1771, North Carolina, originally called Speedwell Furnace
Speedwell Motor Car Company, an early car manufacturer
Speedwell GT version of the Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite sports car
Speedwell bicycles, made in Sydney, Australia, from 1882
Speedwellbus, a former bus company in Manchester, England

Ships

Speedwell (ship) lists ships with the name Speedwell including:
- Speedwell (1577 ship) transported Pilgrims with Mayflower

Fictional characters

Speedwell, a rabbit character in the Watership Down novel
Mrs Speedwell, a character in Tit for Tat (1921 film)
Speedwell, a character in Death Comes to Time, a Doctor Who-based audio drama
Mrs Speedwell, a character in The Glorious Dead (Upstairs, Downstairs)

Music

"Speedwell" song on the album You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone by Saint Etienne
Dan B. Speedwell, musician on Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express album by The Go-Betweens

Other uses

Speedwell Weather Limited, a company making Weather derivative software
"Speedwell" whistle, by Henry Arthur Ward
Speedwell (horse), an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1894 Middle Park Stakes

See also

Operation Speedwell, a World War II British raid into Italy

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