Settlement Association

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Church Gresley was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Repton and Greasley.

 

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Stamford, Lincolnshire, is also on the route of National Cycle Route 63

 

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Crowland also lies on the line of the River Welland.

 

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The main road through Crowland is the A16, which provides connections with Spalding to the north and Peterborough to the south (via the A47).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester is another settlement where a Corn Exchange was built.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Bridgewater Canal also served Leigh (located in Lancashire or Greater Manchester, depending on your preference)

 

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Georgie Fame was born Clive Powell on 26th June 1943 in Leigh. After taking part in a singing contest at the Butlins Holiday Camp in Pwllheli, North Wales he was offered a job there by the band leader, early British rock 'n' roll star Rory Blackwell.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanelwedd has also hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

 

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The River Wye also flows through Symonds Yat.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Helsby is also the site of an Iron Age hillfort.

 

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Helsby lies on the A56, which runs between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road passes through the village and former civil parish of Mickle Trafford, which is also in Cheshire.

 

[Springs Branch]

Broughton in Lancashire is also the site of a Holy Well.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Michael on Wyre was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Amounderness.

 

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Out Rawcliffe also lies on the River Wyre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inskip in Lancashire was also part of the Garstang Poor Law Union area.

 

[Springs Branch]

Prestbury in Cheshire also has a listed church dedicated to St Peter.

 

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Beechdale (Bloxwich) has also counted Noddy Holder as a resident

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Darn Hill in Heywood is also a former social housing estate that was constructed in the late 1950s/1960s time period

 

[Springs Branch]

When the Manchester overspill estates were built in the 1950s and 60s, Manchester Corporation Transport Department introduced many new longer-distance bus services, since inhabitants of the far-flung estates often retained close work, family and social links with central Manchester. These new bus routes usually went well beyond MCTD's historic operation boundaries.

Bus service 163 was one example which ran from Manchester to terminate at Darn Hill. The 163 still runs today, but has been extended to Bury.

 

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Stornaway is also famous for black pudding

 

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Two local teams currently participate in the Lewis and Harris Football League: Stornoway Athletic (Aths) and Stornoway United. Another team in that league is Ness FC, who play their home matches on Fivepenny Machair, Ness.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skigersta is another of the settlements that are part of the Galson Estate Trust on the Isle of Lewis.

 

[Springs Branch]

Seahouses, in Northumberland, is another settlement where fish smoking has been carried out.

 

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Seahouses is within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as is Lindisfarne.

 

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Jarrow also had its religious houses attacked by Viking invaders during their raids in the period AD793 to AD794.

 

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The first overnight stop of the Jarrow March (or Jarrow Crusade) of October 1936 was at Chester-le-Street.

 

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Thorpe le Street also lies on the line of the Roman road known as Cade's Road.

 

[Springs Branch]

Pocklington is also in the YO42 postcode district.

 

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East Cottingwith also lies on the line of the Pocklington Canal.

 

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The civil parish of Cottingwith is formed by the village of East Cottingwith and the hamlet of Storwood.