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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blantyre in South Lanarkshire also lies on the line of the River Clyde.

 

[Hamma52]

Blantyre has a curious namesake in Malawi. This is no accident, as Blantyre, Scotland, was the birthplace of David Livingstone, famed Scottish explorer and colonist, and thus the town in Malawi was named as such in his honour.

Place names related to British explorers are found frequently throughout the Southern African continent, with the likes of Zambia, Zimbabwe and not least South Africa having several places dedicated to their colonial "founders".

Another well known British explorer/general/colonist was Benjamin D'Urban, who gives his name to Durban, South Africa, as well as other settlements across the country.
His place of birth was Halesworth, Suffolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hollesley in Suffolk also has a post-mounted illustrated village sign.

 

[High Dyke]

Freiston near Boston, Lincolnshire also has a Category D 'open prison'.

HM Prison North Sea Camp. Notable prisoners:

• Former MP Jeffrey Archer (who was also incarcerated at Hollesley)
• Gary Hart (guilty of causing the Selby rail crash in 2003).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Scrane End in Lincolnshire was also once administered by the Skirbeck Wapentake.

 

[Hamma52]

I can't really find much to say about Scrane End, as it looks to be just a small collection of houses, however it IS near the site of former RAF Freiston, that was predominantly used in World War 1.

RAF Bekesbourne also fits into this category - a now disused and forgotten RAF base used mainly in the First World War. It is near Bekesbourne, Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I can't really find much to say about Scrane End, as it looks to be just a small collection of houses, however it IS near the site of former RAF Freiston, that was predominantly used in World War 1.

When my wife and I were touring that region of Lincolnshire many years ago, we were advised to visit the Grade II listed 12th century church dedicated to St Benedict, as it had typical Norman architectural adornments and there was also a welcoming village pub. I could not resist using that settlement in this thread when the opportunity afforded itself.

 

[Tetragon213]

I can't really find much to say about Scrane End, as it looks to be just a small collection of houses, however it IS near the site of former RAF Freiston, that was predominantly used in World War 1.

RAF Bekesbourne also fits into this category - a now disused and forgotten RAF base used mainly in the First World War. It is near Bekesbourne, Kent.

Iain Fleming of 007 fame lived in Bekesbourne. He was born in Mayfair

 

[Calthrop]

A highly-prestigious area of Dublin, is Ballsbridge -- one of its streets is the highest-scoring area on the Dublin variation of the Monopoly board -- equivalent to Mayfair in "our" Monopoly. (Incidentally -- I wonder how the Dublin Monopoly handles the business of the four rail stations? Suburban ones usable, I suppose, but that seems a bit feeble -- there are a couple of now-closed [quasi]-termini which could be, at need, roped in.)

 

[High Dyke]

Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland also saw fighting during the 1916 Easter Rising.

 

[Tetragon213]

A highly-prestigious area of Dublin, is Ballsbridge -- one of its streets is the highest-scoring area on the Dublin variation of the Monopoly board -- equivalent to Mayfair in "our" Monopoly. (Incidentally -- I wonder how the Dublin Monopoly handles the business of the four rail stations? Suburban ones usable, I suppose, but that seems a bit feeble -- there are a couple of now-closed [quasi]-termini which could be, at need, roped in.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly:_Europe#Ireland Apparently they use 2 airports, but for some reason Dublin Connolly station wasn't on the original!

Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland also saw fighting during the 1916 Easter Rising.

Swords (Co Dublin) is also on the Broadmeadow River

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harwich in Essex also has a church that is dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Heaven.

 

[Calthrop]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly:_Europe#Ireland Apparently they use 2 airports, but for some reason Dublin Connolly station wasn't on the original!

Thank you for above, re Dublin Monopoly. With my being by temperament, old-fashioned: I feel that having instead of four rail stations: Heuston station, Busaras, and Dublin and Shannon airports, is pretty "naff". Old-fashioned as I am: I've never liked what I see as CIE's 1966 re-naming antics with stations: for me, nothing at all to do with politics -- the whole business has just struck me as daft. Harking back to times past: my ideal for Dublin Monopoly's stations, would be a "handy" four: one for each of the big railway companies -- pre-their "Grouping" in nineteen-twenty-whatever-it-was -- of what became the Free State / Republic; Amiens Street, Westland Row, Kingsbridge, and Broadstone !

Harwich in Essex also has a church that is dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Heaven.

In November 1918, the German submarine fleet surrendered to the Royal Navy in Harwich harbour. Germany's surface fleet in that conflict "left the stage", in rather protracted and complicated circumstances, in Scapa Flow -- body of water surrounded by several Orkney islands. Adjacent to Scapa Flow, is Lyness on the island of Hoy in that group.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gosport in Hampshire also has a Royal Naval cemetery.

 

[High Dyke]

Keeping the maritime theme.  Cowes, Isle of Wight is also linked to a major British city by a ferry service.

 

[John Griffiths]

Cowes stands - on this thread settlements normally lie, but that seems inappropriate in this case - astride the River Medina. There is a Medina Food Stores, doubtless named after the Vectis waterway, and renowned for its excellent fresh samosas, in the district of Fenham in Newcastle upon Tyne (for reference, the name of the city is unhyphenated).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bootle in Merseyside also has a church that is dedicated to St Monica.

 

[D6130]

Bradford in West Yorkshire also has regional offices of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Salisbury in Wiltshire also hosts an annual literary festival.

 

[Hamma52]

Really pushing the boat out here, yet Salisbury is a very near homophone for Solsbury. Of course, this is in reference to Solsbury Hill, the iron age hill fort near Bath, Somerset.

However our story doesn't end here my friend. Solsbury Hill is a rather well known song by 80s pop star Peter Gabriel. Amongst his other works is a (really awesome) song entitled "Mercy Street", of which a near homophone, "Mersey Street", exists in Borth-y-Gest, Gwynedd, near Porthmadog.

(That was a tediously linked rollercoaster, but I do like an unusual connection!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanfachraeth in Anglesey also lies on the route of the long-distance trail known as the Wales Coast Path.

 

[Calthrop]

Close by Llanfachraeth, is the Baddmanarch-Cymyran Site of Special Scientific Interest -- a significant wintering site for various bird life, including the ringed plover (Charadnus hiaticula). Another good place for this bird species is the RSPB reserve near Snettisham, Norfolk (between King's Lynn and Hunstanton).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bircham Tofts in Norfolk was also once administered by the Hundred of Smithdon.

 

[Calthrop]

The parish church of Bircham Tofts -- now disused and in ruins, following from its having been in the "territory" of a World War II airfield -- is/was dedicated to St. Andrew. Chippenham, Wiltshire, has a church with the same dedicatee.

 

[Hamma52]

Chippenham celebrates Whitsunday every year with a large folk festival that's very well respected within folk circles.

With this festival occuring at the start of the (Christian) week, Whitfriday comes at the end, which many will know as the day that thousands of brass band players descend on a collection of sleepy villages in Saddleworth and Tameside. This includes my personal favourite village to march in when I've participated in Whit Friday - Dobcross, Greater Manchester.

 

[D6130]

Gargrave in North Yorkshire also has a pub named the Swan Inn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burscough in West Lancashire also lies on the line of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

 

[D6130]

Burscough has a pub named The Hop Vine, whereas Cowling in North Yorkshire has a similarly-named micropub....The Hop & Vine

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandrindod Wells in Powys also has a church that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

 

[Calthrop]

I know I resort to this rather a lot; but -- Loughborough, Leicestershire, is also twinned with a settlement in the French departement of Vosges. Llandrindod Wells's "twin" is Contrexeville; Loughborough's is Epinal.