Shadwell

American

[shad-wel, -wuhl] / ˈʃædˌwɛl, -wəl /

noun

Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.

Shadwell British

/ ˈʃædwəl /

noun

Thomas. ?1642–92, English dramatist; poet laureate (1688–92). He was satirized by Dryden

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Nazmush Shahadat escaped a deadly fire in 2023 at an HMO in Shadwell, east London.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

After inheriting his family's Shadwell estate, Jefferson began constructing a new brick mansion on the property he dubbed Monticello, which means "little mountain" in Italian.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022

“We are definitely considering the Belmont,” said Rick Nichols, racing manager for Shadwell Stable, which owns Malathaat.

From Washington Times • May 16, 2021

Although an 8-year-old, the Britain-based gelding hasn’t lost his finishing kick as he demonstrated at Keeneland last month with a stout rally, missing by only three-quarters of a length in the Shadwell Mile.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2019

The third of ten children and the oldest boy, he was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, the family plantation in Virginia’s Piedmont region.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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