Did you ever stop to think about the strange relationship between the Weasleys and the town of Ottery St. Catchpole? Some of the folks in town must know about that odd house out there in the middle of the fields. It’s only about a… Read MoreWendelin the Weird• Character
Wendelin the Weird was a witch living during the Middle Ages who enjoyed being burned at the stake. She allowed herself to be captured by witch-hunting Muggles many times. She used a Flame Freezing Charm to protect herself from the flames (PA1, FW). Appearances Harry Potter… Read MoreWest Ham
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Place
West Ham is a region of eastern London which lends its name to the West Ham United F.C., a Muggle football club that is a favorite of Dean Thomas, who was Muggle-born. Every year Dean pins a poster of the club up over his bed in the dormitory, though Ron… Read MoreWest Ham United
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Sports teams
West Ham United is a Muggle football club, founded in 1895, and based in West Ham, East London. Dean Thomas is a West Ham fan (PS9, PS11, OP11). Every year Dean pins a poster of the club up over his bed in… Read MoreLittle Whinging
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Towns
A quiet, perfectly normal suburb of London, where the houses are large and square (OP1), and where you’ll find the perfectly normal residence of number four, Privet Drive. Locations in Little Whinging alley between Wisteria Walk and Magnolia Crescent Grunnings Drill Firm (probably) Magnolia Crescent Magnolia Road number two,… Read Morewhinging
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Glossary
complaining or whining persistently and in a peevish or irritating way… Read MoreWHP: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot• Source
“The Wizard and the Hopping Pot” is a wizarding world fairy tale, part of the collection The Tales of Beedle the Bard. In the story, a “kindly old wizard” dies and leaves his magical cooking pot to his foolish son. The son spurns his neighbours’ requests for help and discovers… Read MoreWildbrook Crescent
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Place
A street in Lowercroft, Scotland, Wildbrook Crescent is – at number 25 – home to fifteen-year-old Nicola Wells. Nicola is a fictitious Muggle reader who writes to J.K. Rowling on the FAQ – About Me section of her website. Wildbrook Crescent is, of course, fictitious as well. Read Morewildebeest• Creature
Either of two species – the black wildebeest and the blue wildebeest – of large antelopes, each of which has long shaggy heads, hooked horns, and long tails (NSOED). Read MoreMonica Wilkins• CharacterWilliam Shakespeare, English playwright and poet, is born• EventWilly Widdershins enchants Muggle toilets• Event
In a spate of Muggle-baiting, Widdershins enchanted the toilets to spew out their contents all over unsuspecting Muggles (OP7). Widdershins was injured and captured when one of the toilets exploded (OP23). Read MoreWimbledon
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A southwestern suburb of London, Wimbledon is of course famous for hosting the annual Wimbledon tennis championships. Far more importantly, however, it was also one of the sites of Willy Widdershins’s exploding toilet gags that Arthur Weasley investigated for the Ministry of Magic (OP7). Read MoreThe Wizarding community votes Perseus Parkinson out of office• Event
As Minister for Magic, Parkinson attempted to pass legislation making it illegal to marry a Muggle, carrying on the anti-Muggle policies of his predecessor, Damocles Rowle. This stance had become unpopular and Parkinson was voted out of office (Pm). Read MoreThe Wizards' Council bans all Quidditch matches within 100 miles of a town or village• Event
The 50 mile Quidditch match limit of 1362 wasn’t big enough…. (QA5)… Read MoreThe Wizards' Council bans all Quidditch matches within 50 miles of a town or village• Event
The Wizard’s Council is concerned about anti-Muggle precautions and issues this decree to try to curtail the exuberance of fans and players. The rule proves ineffective and further rulings over the next decades demonstrate the Council’s frustration over the issue. Read MoreWoolworth Building
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Buildings • Wizarding places
After the Great Sasquatch Rebellion of 1892, MACUSA was relocated to New York (Pm:History of Magic in North America). When the Woolworth Building was being built between 1910-1912, the construction site was infiltrated by wizards who concealed a secret space for their use that could be opened using spells. Thus… Read MoreWorcestershire
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Regions, counties, and territories
Worcestershire is a county in western England, and formerly the location of a monastery of Franciscan friars, one of whom saw a Jarvey in the middle ages in the monastery’s herbe garden (FB). Upon research, there seems to have been only one such monastery in Worcestershire at the time, so… Read MoreWorld War I begins• Event
World War I was a vast military conflict fought between the Allies, a group of nations including Britain, France, and the United States, and the Central Powers, which consisted principally of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war originated in Europe due to a web of alliances and treaties which drew in… Read MoreWorld War Two ends• Event
The global conflict, in which Frank Bryce fought and was injured, ends when Japan surrenders after atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagaski. The official date of the end of the war is September 2, 1945, when the document of surrender is signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo… Read More
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🎙️ The Weasleys and Ottery St Catchpole
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Did you ever stop to think about the strange relationship between the Weasleys and the town of Ottery St. Catchpole? Some of the folks in town must know about that odd house out there in the middle of the fields. It’s only about a… Read More
Wendelin the Weird
• Character
Wendelin the Weird was a witch living during the Middle Ages who enjoyed being burned at the stake. She allowed herself to be captured by witch-hunting Muggles many times. She used a Flame Freezing Charm to protect herself from the flames (PA1, FW). Appearances Harry Potter… Read More
West Ham United
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Sports teams
West Ham United is a Muggle football club, founded in 1895, and based in West Ham, East London. Dean Thomas is a West Ham fan (PS9, PS11, OP11). Every year Dean pins a poster of the club up over his bed in… Read More
WHP: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
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“The Wizard and the Hopping Pot” is a wizarding world fairy tale, part of the collection The Tales of Beedle the Bard. In the story, a “kindly old wizard” dies and leaves his magical cooking pot to his foolish son. The son spurns his neighbours’ requests for help and discovers… Read More
wildebeest
• Creature
Either of two species – the black wildebeest and the blue wildebeest – of large antelopes, each of which has long shaggy heads, hooked horns, and long tails (NSOED). Read More
William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet, is born
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Woolworth Building
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Buildings • Wizarding places
After the Great Sasquatch Rebellion of 1892, MACUSA was relocated to New York (Pm:History of Magic in North America). When the Woolworth Building was being built between 1910-1912, the construction site was infiltrated by wizards who concealed a secret space for their use that could be opened using spells. Thus… Read More
World War I begins
• Event
World War I was a vast military conflict fought between the Allies, a group of nations including Britain, France, and the United States, and the Central Powers, which consisted principally of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war originated in Europe due to a web of alliances and treaties which drew in… Read More
