Proper noun
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
(uncountable) A placename:
A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).
A city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgDuring a 1946 season at the Haymarket the King and Queen attended a performance, "Court Circular", The Times, 12 April 1946, p. 7 which, as the journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft put it, gave the play "a final accolade of respectability." Source: Internet
Paula Louise Wheatcroft, 36, of Oakdene Avenue, Huncoat, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. Source: Internet
Wheatcroft (2003) p. 73. In modern times The dhimma and the jizya poll tax are no longer imposed in Muslim majority countries. Source: Internet
The number of prisoners throughout the Russian Empire, which had peaked at 116,376 in 1893, fell by over a third to a record low of 75,009 in January 1905, chiefly because of several mass amnesties granted by the Tsar; Wheatcroft, SG (2002). Source: Internet
With the scam uncovered, Ms. Wheatcroft was still curious. Source: Internet
Wheatcroft often looks people in the eye when he talks, a force of habit from when he could see. Source: Internet