Settlement Association

[D6130]

The supposed round table of King Arthur and his knights - although carbon-dating indicates that it is from a considerably later period in history - is displayed in the great hall of Winchester Castle. More than three hundred miles to the North there is a pair of Neolithic henges - known as King Arthur's Round table - just outside the village of Eamont Bridge, near Penrith in Cumberland.

 

[Calthrop]

Eamont Bridge lay, pre-1974, on the border of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. The same is true of Pooley Bridge, five miles south-west of Eamont Bridge. Pooley Bridge is now, of course, in ?Cumbria ?Cumberland -- confess to my shame, that I'm very vague on the recent which-is-which ins-and-outs -- tend just to go for, standard-wise, "Cumbria".

 

[John Griffiths]

Like Pooley Bridge, Morpeth in Northumberland also has a Sun Inn.

 

[Calthrop]

We learn that Morpeth has one of only four floral clocks in England. One of the other three is in Evesham, Worcestershire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Frome in Somerset is another settlement in which a hoard of Roman coinage was discovered.

 

[Calthrop]

Per Wiki: "In 2019 the BBC ranked Frome as, among places in the UK, having the most difficult name to pronounce." Eh? One would reckon that there are, up and down said Kingdom, myriad far more strange pronunciation pitfalls. What about Shotteswell, Warwickshire ("Satchel"); Kilncadzow, South Lanarkshire ("Kill-cay-geh"); or Launceston, Cornwall ("Lanson")?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lezant in Cornwall was also once under the jurisdiction of the Launceston Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

Filby in Norfolk also recorded a population of 765 in the 2011 census.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thrigby in Norfolk was also once administered by the Hundred of East Flegg.

 

[Calthrop]

Seemingly, not a lot to tell about Thrigby. I'm reduced to its having a church dedicated to St. Mary. Among the huge number of places also with a church thus dedicated: is Wigton, Cumbria.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aikton in Cumbria was also once under the jurisdiction of the Wigton Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Aikton's name is considered to come from the Old Norse eik-tun = "oak-tree hamlet / settlement". Similarly, Britain's various "Ashtons" are reckoned to come in "modernised" form, from -- in the old tongues -- "ash-tree farm / settlement". One such is the village of Ashton, North Northamptonshire -- just east of Oundle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sale in Greater Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

 

[John Griffiths]

Sale's professional Rugby Union team is known as Sale Sharks. The oldest Aussie Rules team in Scotland is (or are) the Glasgow Sharks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dublin is also a major city with a noted botanic garden.

 

[Calthrop]

Time for a couple of awful feeble riddles, dredged up from long-ago memories:

Why is the Republic of Ireland a very rich country? Because its capital is always Dublin ("doublin' ").

Which is the most studious county in England? Berkshire -- because one town in it is always Reading.

 

[John Griffiths]

Carlisle is also renowned for the manufacture of biscuits.

 

[Calthrop]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, is also twinned with a settlement in the far north of Poland. Carlisle's "twin" is Slupsk; Trowbridge's is Elblag.

 

[johnnychips]

Matlock, Derbyshire, is also a county town that is not the same place as the name of the county. (I assume Wiltshire comes from Wilton).

 

[Calthrop]

One of my favourite murder-mystery authors, Carola Dunn: is most renowned for a long series of same, set in the 1920s -- one of this series, Gone West, is set partly in Matlock. The action of another in the series, Superfluous Women; takes place chiefly in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

(I assume Wiltshire comes from Wilton).

Indeed: Wilton was the county town until 1889, when Trowbridge took over the role -- chief reason for this according to Wiki, was that Trowbridge "could be more easily reached by rail from all parts of the county".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Godshill on the Isle of Wight also has a model village.

 

[Calthrop]

Northwood, Isle of Wight -- just south of Cowes -- also lies on the A3020 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sully in the Vale of Glamorgan also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

 

[Calthrop]

I discover that Sully features in the much-enjoyed TV comedy series Gavin and Stacey -- it would appear that the character Nessa moves into a caravan in the village with her fiance Dave Coaches. An English settlement which has prominence in this series: is Billericay, Essex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fobbing in Essex was also once administered by the Hundred of Barnstable.

 

[Calthrop]

Fobbing in Essex was also once administered by the Hundred of Barnstable.

Fobbing was deeply involved in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381; one of the rebel leaders thereof, Thomas Baker, was born in Fobbing. Another leading light of the Revolt, John Ball, was also Essex-born; though at the opposite (northern) end of the county, from Fobbing: in Peldon, some seven miles south of Colchester.

 

[John Griffiths]

Layer-de-la-Haye was also damaged during the Colchester Earthquake of 1884.

 

[Calthrop]

Midsomer Norton, Somerset, also has a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hinton Blewett in Somerset was also once administered by the Hundred of Chowton.

 

[Calthrop]

The journalist and politician William Rees-Mogg received in 1988, the title of Baron Rees-Mogg of Hinton Blewett. His son Jacob, controversial politician, now dwells at West Harptree, Somerset: three miles west of H.B.