Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thwing in the East Riding of Yorkshire was also once administered by the Dickering Wapentake.

 

[John Griffiths]

Thwing until recently had a pub named The Falling Stone after a local meteorite strike; another place to be so afflicted is Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, hit by the heavenly missile on 28 February 2021. One shudders to think what the inhabitants had been up to to merit that.

 

[Springs Branch]

Winchcombe is allegedly crossed by no fewer than seven long-distance footpaths, which may account for the town's participation in the 'Walkers Are Welcome' network of towns which promote their facilities for visiting hikers.

Another settlement in the Walkers Are Welcome scheme is Otley in West Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mirfield in West Yorkshire also hosts an agricultural show.

 

[D6130]

Southgate in North London also has a Church of England theological college.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swindon in Wiltshire also has a church named Christ Church.

 

[Calthrop]

Reading, Berkshire, is also twinned with a settlement in Nicaragua. Swindon's "twin" is Ocotal; Reading's is San Francisco Libre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thirsk in North Yorkshire also has a Quaker school.

 

[Calthrop]

Thirsk lies on the stream called the Cod Beck (nothing to do with marine white fish, we learn; it's a variant of "cold"). The Cod Beck flows into the River Swale at Topcliffe, North Yorkshire; some three or four miles southwest of Thirsk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Welbury in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Birdforth Wapentake.

 

[Calthrop]

Some ten days ago, we had flat-cap throwing in the eastern parts of Yorkshire. Learnt just now, that Welbury's village pub "gives land over" to the welly wanging championships. Whereas at Geldeston, Norfolk -- between Beccles and Bungay -- a Saturday in May or June each year, is dedicated to a concentrated bout of the sport, rather "out of the same stable", of dwile-flonking. There's no getting away from it -- the English are weird.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beccles in Suffolk also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael.

 

[Springs Branch]

Beccles has some odd street names - e.g. Blyburgate, Puddingmoor, Ballygate.

One of the less eccentric specimens is Newgate. There is also a thoroughfare named Newgate in Rochdale

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York slso has a church that is dedicated to St Chad.

 

[D6130]

Southwell in Nottinghamshire also has both a minster and a racecourse.

 

[Calthrop]

We learn that "dumble" is a dialect word around Southwell, meaning a small wooded area. Dumble Farm at Arram, East Riding of Yorkshire -- north of Beverley -- would seem to do a big business in organising visits in which people can get acquainted with the livestock -- Highland cattle, the farm's speciality.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sculcoates in the East Riding of Yorkshire was also once administered by the Harthill Wapentake.

 

[John Griffiths]

Carenarfon also has a swimming pool which opened in 1905, albeit open-air.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lacock in Wiltshire also has an agricultural college within its environs.

 

[John Griffiths]

Like Lacock, Chiddingstone in Kent is almost entirely owned by the National Trust.

 

[Calthrop]

Chiddingstone is located on the Kentish River Eden (tributary of the Medway). A better-known River Eden, is in England's far north-west; running through Wetheral, Cumbria -- just east of Carlisle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanwix in Cumbria was also once under the jurisdiction of the Carlisle Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

Stanwix is connected to the rest of Carlisle by a bridge over the River Eden, designed by architect Robert Smirke. Smirke also designed the Westgate Bridge in Gloucester, built 1813-16 to replace a medieval bridge, and itself replaced in 1941.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leicester also lends its name to a variety of cheese.

 

[D6130]

Hinkley was also once a noted centre of the hosiery industry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Presuming that you meant HINCKLEY.....

Aston Flamville in Leicestershire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hinckley Poor Law Union.

 

[D6130]

Presuming that you meant HINCKLEY.....

Apologies....I did indeed. It's well past midnight here in Italy and I really should be getting to bed - although, of course, there's an extra hour tonight!

 

[Calthrop]

Presuming that you meant HINCKLEY.....

Aston Flamville in Leicestershire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hinckley Poor Law Union.

Yaxley, Cambridgeshire -- just south of Peterborough -- also has a church dedicated to St. Peter.

 

[Springs Branch]

Cirencester in Gloucestershire also has a chippy named Friar Tuck’s.

 

[Calthrop]

Cirencester in Gloucestershire also has a chippy named Friar Tuck’s.

No doubt presided over, by the Chip-Monk ...

Cirencester lies on the River Churn (tributary of the Thames); as does South Cerney, Gloucestershire, a few miles to the south-east. It is reckoned that the names of the river, and of the two settlements, are related -- though "which was called after which, or what", does not seem totally certain.