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Welshman

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John [now St. John] Plessington, who was hanged, drawn and quartered at Boughton, near Chester in 1679 for being a Roman Catholic priest, was born just outside Garstang.
 

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Some buildings in Bath have also been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
 

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Dolwyddelan Castle was used to film the exterior castle scenes in the 1980 movie Dragonslayer.
Lincoln Cathedral was used to double as Westminster Abbey in the film The Da Vinci Code
 

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Not to be confused with the one down saarf [on Thames], which is supposed to be one of the "happiest places to live" in the UK.
 

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Workington

[Aintree is famous for, amongst other things, The Grand National. The Leyland National was assembed at Workington]
 

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Ipswich had a close affiliation with a Royal Navy ship, the now De-commisioned HMS Grafton (Type 23 Frigate). Nottingham shared a similar affiliation with another de-commisioned Royal Navy ship HMS Nottingham (Type 42 Destroyer).
 

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An obscure one this. In Teignmouth, there is a building called Pellew House, presumably after Admiral Pellew who later became Viscount Exmouth.
 

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