Woodstock
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Woodstock may refer to any of the following:
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[edit] Places
[edit] United Kingdom
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire is a town in Oxfordshire, from which all other uses of the term originated.
- Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency), a defunct Parliamentary constituency based around the town
- Woodstock Palace
- Woodstock, Belfast
[edit] Ireland
- Woodstock (townland) near Ballindine in County Mayo
- Woodstock Estate, Inistouge, Co. Kilkenny. A wooded estate by the river Nore.
[edit] United States
- Woodstock, Alabama
- Woodstock, Connecticut
- Woodstock, Georgia
- Woodstock, Illinois
- Woodstock, Maine
- Woodstock, Maryland
- Woodstock, Minnesota
- Woodstock, New Hampshire
- Woodstock, New York, a town from which the 1969 festival (see below) took its name, although the festival was not staged there
- Woodstock (CDP), New York, the primary hamlet within the town of Woodstock
- Woodstock, Ohio
- Woodstock, Portland, Oregon, neighborhood
- Woodstock, Vermont
- Woodstock (village), Vermont, in the town of Woodstock
- Woodstock, Virginia
- Battle of Woodstock, a fight near Woodstock, Virginia, during the American Civil War
[edit] Australia
[edit] Canada
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] South Africa
[edit] Culture
- Woodstock (novel), the 1826 novel by Walter Scott
- Woodstock (Peanuts), a character in the comic strip Peanuts
- Thomas of Woodstock (see Richard II, Part I), a play that may have been written by Shakespeare
[edit] Woodstock Festival
- The Woodstock Music and Art Fair (Woodstock Festival), a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. documentary film; it was followed by commemorative festivals including:
- Movies and albums from these festivals include:
- Woodstock (film), the 1970 documentary movie about the 1969 festival
- Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More, a live album from the 1969 festival
- Woodstock 2, the second live album from the 1969 festival
- Woodstock 1999, a live album from the 1999 festival
- "Woodstock" (song), a song by Joni Mitchell about the original festival
- Przystanek Woodstock, an annual Polish music festival, named after the 1969 event
[edit] People
- Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301-1330)
- Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397), a son of Edward III of England
- William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock
[edit] Schools
- Woodstock School, an international residential school in the Indian Himalayas, established 1854
[edit] Other uses
- Woodstock (typewriter), improved by Alvah Curtis Roebuck
- Woodstock Pub, a pub in Bangkok, Thailand
- Woodstock Times, newspaper in the New York town of Woodstock