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[John Griffiths]

Brigg in North Lincolnshire also has a name that ends in a 'double G'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bishopbridge also lies on the line of the River Ancholme.

 

[DerekC]

Widford in Hertfordshire also had a Bell Inn which, like the one in Bishopbridge, has been closed and converted to a house.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newton (the one near Porthcawl) also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

 

[John Griffiths]

Pen y Cae, Breckonshire, also has a pub called The Ancient Briton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sennybridge also lies on the route of the A4067.

 

[DerekC]

Trawsfynydd is another place in Wales where you can experience sheep trekking.

 

[johnnychips]

What on earth is sheep trekking?
Anyway, the nuclear power station at Trawsfynedd is now closed down. So is Calder Hall, part of the Sellafield complex, which is near to Calder Bridge.

 

[Springs Branch]

One bus per day (Mon - Fri) in each direction calls at Calder Bridge on Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancs route 30 - which operates between Seascale and Maryport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wallsend was also the location of a Roman fort on the line of Hadrians Wall.

 

[John Griffiths]

T Dan Smith, born in Wallsend in 1915, was chairman of the Peterlee
New Town Development Corporation 1968-70.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Apollo Pavilion at Peterlee was designed in 1970 by Victor Pasmore, the British artist and architect who pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. It provided a focal point for the Sunny Blunts estate as well as a bridge across a water-course, and was named after the Apollo moon missions. Victor Pasmore CH CBE was born in Chelsham, Surrey, on 3rd December 1908.

 

[DerekC]

Worms Heath near Chelsham is the site of a Neolithic flint mine The best known such mines are at Grimes Graves, near Brandon in Suffolk.

What on earth is sheep trekking?

Just like llama trekking, of course, only with sheep!

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Brandon is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, as does the village of Mundford in Norfolk.

 

[John Griffiths]

Finchley, north London, also has a pub named the Five Bells.

 

[DerekC]

Brandon is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, as does the village of Mundford in Norfolk.

On 16th December 1942 Abwehr agent Eddie Chapman was dropped by parachute from a German aircraft on a mission to sabotage the de Havilland factory at Hatfield. He was intended to land near Mundford but got stuck in the aircraft hatch so actually landed fifteen miles away at Littleport! He surrendered to the local police and offered his services to MI5.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heaviley also has a noted church that is dedicated to St George.

 

[Springs Branch]

The A6 road passes through Heaviley. Further north, the same road passes through Galgate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasson Dock also has a marina

 

[Springs Branch]

Glasson Dock is located on a branch of the Lancaster Canal. Construction of this canal was never completed to the original plan, which would have seen its southern terminus at Westhoughton.

The furthest point actually reached by the Lancaster canal, before its southern section was subsumed into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was Aspull.

 

[John Griffiths]

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasson Dock is located on a branch of the Lancaster Canal. Construction of this canal was never completed to the original plan, which would have seen its southern terminus at Westhoughton.

The furthest point actually reached by the Lancaster canal, before its southern section was subsumed into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was Aspull.

Ramsbottom was also once administered by the Hundred of Salford.

 

[Nick_C]

Ramsbottom is in the news today because of the effects of storm Ciara, and so is Mytholmroyd

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Failsworth also lies on the line of the Rochdale Canal.

 

[Nick_C]

Luton is also well known for hatmaking.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanstead Abbotts also lies on the line of the River Lea.

 

[Nick_C]

The All Nations Christian College in Stanstead Abbotts was used as a filming location for the original "St Trinian's" films - as was the Longmoor Military Railway near Liss

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hersham also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[Nick_C]

Brockham also lies on the river Mole

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heald Green also has a church that is dedicated to Christ Church.