Settlement Association

[johnnychips]

Norwood, a suburb of Rotherham, also has a St Leonard’s church.

 

[DerekC]

You can walk or cycle the Killamarsh Greenway and then the Cuckoo Way, following the towpath of the Chesterfield Canal all the way to West Stockwith where it locks down into the River Trent.

 

[John Griffiths]

West Stockwith was linked to East Stockwith -across the Trent in Lincolnshire - by a 'winch ferry', also known as a chain ferry. A similar ferry links Trowlock Island to the mainland in the SW London district of Teddington, albeit across a rather smaller waterway, an arm of the Thames.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Richmond upon Thames also has a lock on the River Thames.

 

[Calthrop]

Bangor, Co. Down, is also twinned with a settlement on Lake Konstanz alias the Bodensee: Richmond's twin is Konstanz (Germany); Bangor's is Bregenz, Austria.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Herne Bay in Kent also has a clock tower.

 

[Calthrop]

Hastings also -- and quite a number of other settlements too, in this part of England nearest to France -- featured prominently on the smuggling scene a couple of centuries ago.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dover was also an original port in the Cinque Ports Confederation.

 

[Calthrop]

The actress Miriam Margolyes (Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films) owns a home in Dover. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also hosts a noted folk festival.

 

[Calthrop]

Bruton, Somerset, also has a prestigious girls' school.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Baltonsborough in Somerset also lies on the line of the River Brue.

 

[Calthrop]

Saint Dunstan (c.909 -- 988) was born in Baltonsborough. At one stage of his career he was Bishop of Worcester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woodstock in Oxfordshire also has historical connections to trade of glove-making.

 

[Calthrop]

Taking one of my favourite "go-to" 's -- Castleton, Derbyshire, also has a namesake town in the U.S. state of Vermont. (I had long thought that the celebrated 1969 pop / rock happening took place at Woodstock, Vermont -- hence the name; but find that in fact its venue was instead, a relatively short way north of New York City -- not very far from, but also not very near, another settlement called Woodstock. Seems that with these rock-'n-roll types, nothing can ever be straightforward ...)

 

[John Griffiths]

Allendale Town, Northumberland, was also formerly a major centre of lead mining

 

[Calthrop]

Comrie (Perth and Kinross) also holds each New Year, a celebration involving fire. Comrie's, features torches; Allendale Town's, flaming tar barrels carried on people's heads. (The Allendale Town custom is in fact relatively new -- well under 200 years.)

 

[DerekC]

There is a lunar crater which bears the name of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, as there is one called Comrie.

 

[Calthrop]

Harry Churchill Beet (1873 -- 1946) whom I like for his marvellous name (were his parents fans of Winston's dad?) -- Boer War hero and Victoria Cross recipient -- was born a little way outside Bingham; but for the majority of his life in England (he emigrated to Canada, relatively early), resided in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ludlow also has a church that is dedicated to St Lawrence.

 

[Springs Branch]

Former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman described Ludlow as "the loveliest town in England".
Another of his favourite locations, which featured in his poem An Edwardian Sunday.... is the Sheffield suburb of Broomhill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanhilleth in Blaenau Gwent also has a church that is dedicated to St Mark.

 

[341o2]

Llanhilleth has two mounds which are the site of a former castle, Buckland Rings, Lymington is the site of an iron age fort

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brockenhurst in Hampshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lymington Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Brockenhurst in Hampshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lymington Poor Law Union.

Indian soldiers wounded in World War I were concentrated for treatment, at the above-bolded settlement; similarly, at Brighton (in the Royal Pavilion).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holmfirth in West Yorkshire is another settlement where very early-period British films were made.

 

[Calthrop]

Holmfirth in West Yorkshire is another settlement where very early-period British films were made.

I learn that the pioneering film-making firm referenced here, subsequently switched to the production of saucy seaside postcards. Ryde, Isle of Wight, has a museum dedicated to the works of Donald McGill, creator par excellence of s.s.p.'s. (I often visit the Island -- keep meaning to call in at this museum, but have yet actually to do so.)

 

[341o2]

Phil Millar using the pseudonym Pedro also provided a range of saucy seaside postcards, 25 of his original paintings were found dumped in a skip in Calne

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quemerford in Wiltshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Calne.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ripley in Surrey also has a licenced establishment named The Talbot Inn.

Take care with the next association - there are several better-known Ripleys dotted around the country