Speedwell may refer to:

Plants

  • Speedwell, several plants in the genus Veronica

Places

Australia

  • Speedwell, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland

United Kingdom

  • Speedwell, Bristol, England
  • Speedwell Castle, Staffordshire, England
  • Speedwell Cavern, Derbyshire, England, a former 18th Century lead mine
  • Speedwell Mill, 18th century mill in Wirksworth, Derbyshire
  • Speedwell Farm, Woburn, Bedfordshire, designed in 1795 by Robert Salmon
  • Speedwell Hill, Cheshire, former site of the Bluecap Memorial

United States

  • Speedwell, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Speedwell, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
  • Speedwell, Tennessee, an unincorporated community
  • Speedwell, Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Speedwell Township, St. Clair County, Missouri, an inactive township

Falkland Islands

  • Speedwell Island in Falkland Sound

Australia

  • Speedwell in the vicinity of Hivesville, Queensland

Manufacturing and vehicles

  • Speedwell Forge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  • Speedwell Ironworks, and Speedwell Village, Morristown, New Jersey
  • Troublesome Creek Ironworks, from 1771, North Carolina, originally called Speedwell Furnace
  • Speedwell Motor Car Company, an early car manufacturer
  • Speedwell GT version of the Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite sports car
  • Speedwell bicycles, made in Sydney, Australia, from 1882
  • Speedwellbus, a former bus company in Manchester, England

Ships

  • Speedwell (ship) lists ships with the name Speedwell including:
  • Speedwell (1577 ship) transported Pilgrims with Mayflower

Fictional characters

  • Speedwell, a rabbit character in the Watership Down novel
  • Mrs Speedwell, a character in Tit for Tat (1921 film)
  • Speedwell, a character in Death Comes to Time, a Doctor Who-based audio drama
  • Mrs Speedwell, a character in The Glorious Dead (Upstairs, Downstairs)

Music

  • "Speedwell" song on the album You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone by Saint Etienne
  • Dan B. Speedwell, musician on the album Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express by The Go-Betweens

Other uses

  • Speedwell Weather Limited, a company making Weather derivative software
  • "Speedwell" whistle, by Henry Arthur Ward
  • Speedwell, an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1894 Middle Park Stakes

See also

  • Operation Speedwell, a World War II British raid into Italy