Students of these matters seem fairly sure that the rhyming conundrum about the polygamist with the felinophile entourage: refers to the Cambridgeshire St. Ives, not its Cornish namesake. Another rhyme seen as with a particular appeal to the very young, involves the city of Norwich, and the Man in the Moon: who on his trip to Earth, has trouble with his desired visit to said community; and also falls victim in unlikely circumstances, to gruel-consumption-related misfortune.
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D6130
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Sheffield in South Yorkshire also has a pub named 'The Fat Cat'.
Sheffield's name derives from the River Sheaf, a tributary of the River Don. The Sheaf flows through Sheffield; the two streams which converge to form it, both rise near Totley, South Yorkshire: a few miles south of, and nowadays a suburb of, Sheffield.
John Griffiths
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Beauchief is also a district of Sheffield that was part of Derbyshire until the mid 1930s.
Springs Branch
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Dryburgh in the Scottish Borders was also the location of a Premonstratensian abbey.
On a mound at the west end of Dryburgh village stands a nine-columned gazebo called the Temple of the Muses: a memorial to the 18th-century poet James Thomson -- author of, among other things, the lyrics of Rule Britannia. Thomson was born in Ednam, Scottish Borders: a dozen miles east of Dryburgh.
John Griffiths
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Ednam was the birthplace of Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), who wrote the words of the wonderfully gloomy Abide With Me* on his deathbed (which was in the Riviera resort of Nice). Lyte had studied at Trinity College Dublin and "with very limited training for the ministry" nevertheless qualified for holy orders, his first curacy being at Taghmon, Co Wexford.
*It is the first on my funeral list, for when the casket is brought in to the - I trust - cathedral.
*It is the first on my funeral list, for when the casket is brought in to the - I trust - cathedral.
Taghmon is named after the 6th-century Saint Fintan Munnu: who received a grant of land there (Taghmon meaning in Irish, "House of Munn"). This saint's name has various permutations: one of which, favoured in Scotland, is Mun. Ballachulish, Highland, has a Saint Mun's Church.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bethesda in Gwynedd is another settlement where slate quarrying was carried out.
Springs Branch
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Lerwick in Shetland also has a pub named The Douglas Arms.
Good to observe the establishment in Bethesda seems to be retaining its character as a friendly, old-school boozer. I wonder if they still quote prices in shillings and pence (as they continued to do long after decimalisation) and have a Rhodesian flag behind the bar?
Good to observe the establishment in Bethesda seems to be retaining its character as a friendly, old-school boozer. I wonder if they still quote prices in shillings and pence (as they continued to do long after decimalisation) and have a Rhodesian flag behind the bar?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Mallaig in Highland also has a church that is dedicated to St Columba.
Springs Branch
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Brodick on Arran is also a CalMac ferry terminal.
EbbwJunction1
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Brodick Castle is a former residence of the Dukes of Hamilton, as is Ashton Hall, a largely rebuilt 14th-century mansion in the civil parish of Thurnham, Lancashire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Ellel in Lancashire also lies on the line of the River Condor.
EbbwJunction1
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St John's, Ellel was built in 1906 - 1907 to replace a church of 1800 located on a different site. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley, and cost about £5,000 (equivalent to £560,000 in 2021), providing seating for 380 people. Another church designed by the partnership is St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme, Lancashire, which was built between 1897 and 1898.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Garstang in Lancashire also lies on the line of the River Wyre,
Xenophon PCDGS
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Accrington in Lancashire also has historical connections to calico printing.
John Griffiths
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Hull also had a redevelopment plan drawn up by Sir Patrick Abercrombie to deal with post-war reconstruction.
The Plymouth plan as a joint effort with the city engineer James Paton Watson, who had previously been borough engineer at South Shields.
The Plymouth plan as a joint effort with the city engineer James Paton Watson, who had previously been borough engineer at South Shields.
John Griffiths
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Mass murderer Denis Nilsen was arrested after the drains at his flat in Muswell Hill were blocked with human remains. Nielsen was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
John Griffiths
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Prince Charles (later Charles I) and his wife Henrietta Maria disported themselves at the fashionable spa - yes! - of Wellingborough in the late 1620s, but after the waters were diluted by flooding, Hen-Ma switched her custom to what became Tunbridge Wells. She didn't like it much*, but her presence gave the joint a boost, and - best recommendation - she soon became pregnant with Charles II.
*There were no buildings and she and her posh mates had to rough it in tents.
*There were no buildings and she and her posh mates had to rough it in tents.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Falmouth in Cornwall also has a church that is dedicated to King Charles the Martyr.
You could say that she was rather Disgusted with Tunbridge Wells, ha ha.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, also has a namesake settlement in Jamaica (the Jamaican Falmouth and Wakefield are in fact located close to each other).
EbbwJunction1
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The first Bishop of Wakefield was William Walsham How, who was appointed in 1889. He Served the Bishopric until his death in 1897 in Leenane, County Mayo. Although there is a marble memorial to him in Wakefield Cathedral, he was buried in Whittington, Shropshire, where he had been rector for twenty eight years.
DerekC
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The royal residence of the medieval Princes of Powys (and at one point of all Wales) was at Mathrafal, near Meifod. The royal residence for modern Princes of Wales has been at Clarence House in Westminster, but the Llwynwermod estate near Myddfai in Carmarthenshire was purchased by the Duchy of Cornwall in 2006 as a base for Welsh visits and is likely to continue in use.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Doddiscombsleigh in Devon also has a Grade I listed church that is dedicated to St Michael.