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James Hutchinson was born in Radcliffe in 1895. Whilst serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers during WWI he was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery. He died at the age of 72 in Torquay, Devon.

Sculcoates

Evesham is said to ne named after the home of one Eof, a swineherd who saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 701 AD. A similar apparition in Surbiton in 1984 was denounced by the Vatican as a fraud.

Rye Hill and Burstwick

Kirtlebridge Gretna

The Pontnewynydd Ironworks produced much of the corrugated iron for the WWII "Anderson Shelters" which saved many lives. Less well known are the reinforced concrete "Stanton Shelters" produced by the Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Curdridge in Hampshire was also once a place where strawberries were cultivated in market gardens.

Flemington

Shildon?

Methven Junction

The last National Garden Festival was held in Ebbw Vale in 1992. The first was in Liverpool in 1984.

Brown rats have been eliminated from Canna in the Inner Hebrides, as they have from Gugh.

Dalchonzie Halt

Not Mumbai But Sydney is spot on. From Mortuary Station to Rookwood Cemetery - which surely can't be a coincidence of names! The whole setup looked a bit better class than the London one - see image below. Anyway, your turn to ask the eternal question.

Keeping the same subject, which other major city in the British Empire had a similar setup to the London Necropolis Railway?

One for Catholics and one for Protestants?

Shell was an extra-parochial area before the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1863. Many other places had a similar anomalous status - they had originally been uninhabited or with very few inhabitants and has grown a significant population over time. The best named was Nowhere, Norfolk - a marshy...

Farthinghoe

The name Offchurch is thought to be related to King Offa of Mercia. According to legend King Offa's son Fremund was murdered nearby and was buried in the churchyard. The story doesn't end there however. Sixty six years later three crippled virgins were passing by and saw a vision demanding...

Long Stanton