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Xenophon PCDGS
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Epsom in Surrey also has a clock tower.
Tetragon213
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The Thames Downs footpath passes through Epsom on its way down to Kingston-upon-Thames
There is "on display" in the grounds of Kingston-upon-Thames's Guildhall, a large stone -- the Coronation Stone -- which is traditionally believed to have played a part in the 10th-century coronations of kings of the then infant kingdom of England. A corresponding similar and rather better-known "stone", is associated with Scone in Perth & Kinross -- just north-east of the city of Perth.
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D6130
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Scone Palace is the Scottish seat of the Earl of Mansfield.
Mansfield lies on the River Maun (one of several theories concerning origin of the town's name, suggests that it comes from name of said river). The Maun is part of a "tangle" of assorted watercourses -- featuring also, the rivers Meden and Idle -- which runs essentially in a north-easterly direction; finally debouching into the Trent at West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire (four miles north-west of Gainsborough).
D6130
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The Chesterfield Canal joins the River Trent at West Stockwith, having passed through Retford on its winding course.
Tetragon213
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Andover is also home to a Grade II Listed pub called The White Hart
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bishop Monkton in North Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Baptist.
This broadly general area of North Yorkshire is well off for "Monktons". A dozen or so miles south-south-east of Bishop Monkton -- thus, a little way north-west of York -- are two more of same, very close to each other "per crow"; but getting from the one to the other by road, would seem a circuitous business. Of this pair, Nun Monkton occurred in this game earlier this month; so I'll go for t'other, Moor Monkton.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Birstwith in North Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Nidd.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Gilston in Hertfordshire was also once admininstered by the Hundred of Braughing.
Portscatho, Cornwall -- near Falmouth -- also has a pub called the Plume of Feathers.
(My italics above: I was at school in that part of the world; and re the name, sometimes idly wondered: "how does one braugh?")
Xenophon PCDGS
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Gerrans in Cornwall is also a settlement on the Roseland peninsula.
Concerning this one, I'm having to cheat a bit. At a guess, Gerrans gets its name from the dedicatee of the parish church: seemingly one of the rather numerous saints unknown outside Cornwall -- St. Geraint / Gerent / Gerendus. Can find no church anywhere else in our islands, dedicated to this gentleman: there are however a fair number dedicated to St. Germain (looks and sounds rather like
) -- albeit I've had much trouble with finding out anything about him / her ! One such church, is that of Wiggenhall St. Germans, Norfolk (a little way south of King's Lynn) -- whose church is, as per village name, dedicated to St. Germain / St. German -- you pays your money and...
Xenophon PCDGS
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Crimplesham in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Downham Poor Law Union.
Hailing from Crimplesham, was Francis Dereham: executed on the orders of Henry VIII in 1541, as being reckoned guilty of adultery with Henry's fifth Queen, Catherine Howard -- who was executed at the same time, for the same reason. In the matter of the other of Henry's Queens whom he had put to death -- Anne Boleyn -- one of those found guilty of similar misconduct with the hapless lady, and executed accordingly, in 1536: was William Brereton, son of Sir Randle Brereton, lord of -- "inter alia" Cheshire settlements -- Malpas, Cheshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bickley Moss in Cheshire West & Chester was also once administered by the Higher Division of the ancient Hundred of Broxton.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Condover in Shropshire also lies on the line of the waterway known as the Cound Brook.
The American author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain),1835 -- 1910: spent holidays at Condover Hall, Condover, in 1873 and 1879. He also stayed in 1900, as a guest of the newspaper proprietor Hugh Gilzean-Reid, at Dollis Hill House, Dollis Hill -- now in the London Borough of Brent.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Whittlesford in Cambridgeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary and St Andrew.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Torquay in Devon also has a church that is dedicated to The Assumption of Our Lady.
Tetragon213
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During the 1948 London Olympics, sailing was held at Torquay.
During the 2012 LondonOlympics, sailing was held at Weymouth
During the 2012 LondonOlympics, sailing was held at Weymouth
Sailing stuff of a different kind -- Weymouth is the only port in the world to have hosted the start of the Tall Ships' Races three times: in 1983, '87, and '94. If I understand rightly, Aberdeen is to be the host for this event in 2025.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kingston-upon-Hull is also a large east-coast settlement with a maritime museum.
Kingston-upon-Hull has a renowned statue of King William III on horseback and in Roman garb; statue known familiarly in those parts, as "King Billy". That gentleman under that appellation, is a long-standing "byword" in Northern Ireland -- the name, favoured by those in the Protestant camp in the long-standing regrettable contentions in that region; such matters having been liable to be especially tense in the city of Londonderry aka just Derry.
Tetragon213
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Maurice Harron has a sculpture/art installation named "Hands Across the Divide" in Derry, symbolising peace and reconciliation. Harron himself was educated at the University of Ulster in Belfast