A winch is a mechanical device used to pull in, let out, or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or cable.
Winch or winching may also refer to:
Wolseley may refer to:
Thomas Allen may refer to:
Thomas, Tom or Tommy White may refer to:
Yelverton may refer to:
Richard Lee may refer to:
Thomas Taylor may refer to:
Trevelyan is a Welsh and Cornish name derived from a place-name which originally meant "farmstead 'trev' or Tref of Elyan".
Craven may refer to:
Bagot may refer to:
Sykes may refer to:
Events from the year 1622 in England.
Lowther may refer to:
Ley may refer to:
Colebrooke, Devon is a village and parish in the county of Devon, England.
Smythe, a less common spelling of the surname Smith, may refer to:
Willis is a surname of English, Norman French, and Scottish origin. The oldest extant family of the name, the Willes family of Warwickshire, formerly of Newbold Comyn and Fenny Compton, has used the spellings 'Willis,' 'Willys,' and 'Wyllys' and appear in records from 1330. In this case, the name derives from the name de Welles which comes from the Norman name de Vallibus, which in turn was derived from the Vaux family tree. The Vaux family, established in England by Harold de Vaux, a close relative of William the Conqueror, appears in French records from 794. They had held power in their own right and through royal intermarriages.
Bland is a surname thought to derive from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’. It is thought to have originated in an area in Yorkshire
Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, itself derived from Old English beorce léah meaning birch lea. People with the name include:
Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1689.
Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet (ca. 1650–1729) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1684 to 1689.