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Trainfan344

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In the UK Parliament Constituency of Wandsworth, the Majority of Voters voted for the Conservative Party in the 2010 General Election, The Majoirity iof voters in the UK Parliament Constituency of Witney also voted for the conservative party in the 2010 General Election
 

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I wonder if Moreton-in-Marsh was the inspiration of the BBC comedy "Much Minding-in-the-Marsh"? [showing my age now!].

Or even Much Binding in the Marsh - I listen every week on Radio 4 Extra.

In Haworth there is an Edinburgh Wollen Mill shop.
 

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During the Second World War, a meeting took place at the Swan & Royal Hotel in Clitheroe, where Rover and Rolls-Royce met with various local engineers whilst developing the jet engine. Part of the legacy of this is that Whittle Close in the town is named after Frank Whittle, the ultimate inventor of the product.

After Whittle's death in 1996, his body was put to rest in Cranwell, near Sleaford.
 

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I can't say the name Potterhanworth is one I recognise, unfortunately.

However, should one delete the first two syllables, leaving "Hanworth", then assuming the Hanworth in the London Borough of Hounslow is the one being considered then it is a different matter! :p
 

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Similarly named Sileby is also only two miles from the A607 road, which runs between Leicester and Lincoln (via Grantham).

INFORMATION POSTING ONLY.....It is a village and a civil parish in the North Kesteven area of Lincolnshire, having a population of 648......see you all again when we return from West Sussex very late this coming Sunday.

We don't have a post like these very often, so thank you Paul. And enjoy your trip to Bognor.
 

Welshman

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Kirkburton
also had a psychiatric hospital[formerly an asylum [Storthes Hall] - now thankfully also disused.
 

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Lady Windermere's Fan was written by Oscar Wilde, who was living in the family home in Chelsea at the time of his arrest.
 

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There is no Lake Windermere, a common mistake to make. It is, of course, simply Windermere. There is only one lake in the Lake District, that being Bassenthwaite Lake. All others are either meres, or waters. So Windermere is the name of the body of water and a town, with the town named for the mere it stands beside. Stewartby lake is, as is easy to discover,named after the town and is not a real lake at all, instead being man made through clay extraction.

Harrogate also has a famous flower show.
 

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Whitchurch (Shropshire) is very close to the England / Wales border
 

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