Settlement Association

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Findon in West Sussex is a village that lies beneath Cissbury Ring Iron Age fort

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Odiham in Hampshire was another settlement that was chosen to be the site for a Pest House.

 

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The RAFGSA club located Odiham is The Kestrel Gliding Club, the nearest non forces club is at LASHAM

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kimmeridge in Dorset is another area where oil wells have been drilled.

 

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Nodding Donkeys can be seen doing their thing at Long Clawson, a name better associated with Blue Stilton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Roydon by Diss in Norfolk also has a church that is dedicated to St Remigius.

 

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Not many people know that Bassett Sweets used to have a main distribution centre at Roydon Herts but their London factory was in Wood Green

 

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Cheltenham also has an animal shelter.

 

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"Racing from Redcar" - as heard on Radio 4

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kempston in Bedfordshire is another settlement with an Anglo-Saxon burial ground.

 

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Grimbsy also gets its drinking water from Anglian Water

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kings Lynn is another East Coast port with both fishing and seafood industries.

 

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Kings Sutton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Horsmonden in Kent also has a Grade II* listed great house...Capel Manor House

 

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Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) also hosts and annual horse fair for the traveler community.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aldford in Cheshire was another settlement chosen by the Normans to build a castle.

 

[High Dyke]

Montford Bridge in Shropshire also has a river crossing designed by Thomas Telford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanidloes is another crossing point of the River Severn.

 

[cjp]

There is a a famous bridge at Ironbridge as well it being a settlement of the same name

(I know it is not an an onomatopoeia but there has to be a special name for such things - Paul??)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheddar also has a gorge in its environs.

 

[High Dyke]

Colston Bassett also shares an association with cheese.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Malmesbury also has a market cross....a very nice one at that !!

 

[High Dyke]

The Old Bridge (Welsh: Yr Hen Bont), in Pontypridd is another Scheduled Ancient Monument, protected by law. Malmesbury Abbey falls into the same legal protection.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Senghenydd is another Welsh settlement with a history of coal mining.

 

[High Dyke]

Blantyre, Scotland was also the scene of a serious mining disaster.

 

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From Wormit you can see the remains of the Tay Bridge disaster

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardigan also has a boating club

 

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Tarbert, on Harris, also has associations with clothing

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilmartin in Argyll and Bute was another important area of the Gaelic Kingdom of Dal Riata.

 

[Welshman]

Terence Kilmartin was an Irish translator and literary editor of the Observer. Although born in Ireland, he was educated at Mayfield College in East Sussex.