Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lower Largo in Fife was also created a Burgh of Barony in the 16th century.

 

[D6130]

17th century Scottish privateer and naval officer Alexander Selkirk - the real life inspiration for the fictitious Robinson Crusoe - was born in Lower Largo. He married widowed innkeeper Frances Candis while on a visit to Plymouth in Devon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hull also has a noted aquarium.

 

[D6130]

Twentieth century writer and poet Philip Larkin was for many years the librarian at the University of Hull, in which city he died. He was born in 1922 at Radford, near Coventry.

 

[Calthrop]

There is something of an oddity by which Coventry and Leamington Spa -- large towns about ten miles apart -- each have a neighboring village / now-largely- become-suburb, strongly resembling each other name-wise: for Coventry, Radford, as above; for Leamington, Radford Semele. (Even more oddly, Radford and Radford S., each has a church dedicated to St. Nicholas.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Butlers Marston in Warwickshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Kineton.

 

[Calthrop]

There is a horse sanctuary / rescue centre near Butlers Marston; there is another, at Bransby, Lincolnshire -- in between Lincoln and Gainsborough.

 

[DerekC]

There is a "Rome Farm" at Giggleswick, as at Bransby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Zennor in Cornwall is another settlement in which a Plague Stone was erected.

 

[Springs Branch]

According to Cornish legend, the Mermaid of Zennor was a mysterious, beautiful, dulcet-toned woman who infrequently attended services at St. Senara's Church in Zennor.

According to Irish folklore, a version of a mermaid - a merrow - was said to have been involved in a "mixed" marriage with a local fisherman and produced descendents with fish-like scaly skins in the Co. Cork town of Bantry.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Scheduled bus services connect Bantry with Cork city, Killarney, Castletownbere via Glengarriff (17 km north of Bantry) and some smaller local centres.

 

[Calthrop]

Glengarriff (Co. Cork) has a near-namesake in Northern Ireland: Glenariff, Co. Antrim -- one of the scenically acclaimed Glens of Antrim: the glen reaches the sea at the village of Glenariff alias Waterfoot.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Glenariff alias Waterfoot is the termination point of the A43 road from Ballymena.

 

[Calthrop]

Broughshane also lies on the Braid River.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 2007 and 2012, Broughshane won the 'Champion of Champions' award in the RHS Britain in Bloom competition. Another village in County Antrim, Ahoghill, also won the same award in 2016.

 

[Calthrop]

Ahoghill's name derives from the Irish-language wording for "plain -- or field -- of the yew forest". Another settlement with a name associated with this variety of tree (this time, via the English word) is Bells Yew Green, East Sussex (just south of Tunbridge Wells).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rusthall in Kent was also once under the jurisdiction of the Tunbridge Wells Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Close by Rusthall is a natural rock formation of some local note, called Toad Rock because of its visual resemblance to a sitting toad. Cheddar, Somerset, has comparably, the Lion Rock: considered to look like a crouching lion. (I learn that to describe such phenomena -- natural rock "sculptures", particularly when resembling living creatures -- there is a newish word, "mimetolith"; which has yet to make it into most dictionaries.)

 

[D6130]

Garstang in Lancashire also has a creamery which manufactures cheese.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dolphinholme in Lancashire also lies on the line of the River Wyre.

 

[DerekC]

Dolphinholme worsted mill was the site of what is reputed to be the first gas works in the world, built in 1811 and designed by Samuel Clegg. Clegg was apprenticed to Boulton and Watt at their Soho Works, Birmingham and later became involved in a number of different projects including the atmospheric railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Everton in Merseyside also has a church that is dedicated to St John Chrysostom.

 

[Springs Branch]

Confectionary company George Bassett & Co. is well-known as a manufacturer of Everton Mints (not to mention Liquorice Allsorts, Murray Mints and Wine Gums).

Perhaps surprisingly, Bassett's Everton Mints are not made on Merseyside, but in the Sheffield suburb of Owlerton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kinsley in West Yorkshire also has a greyhound racing stadium.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kinsley is on the B6273 Wakefield Road, which joins the A638 at Nostell, West Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Disley in Cheshire also has a large property owned by the National Trust in its environs.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The organ in St Mary's Church, Disley, was built by Samuel Renn in 1836, although it has been restored several times and the only original parts are the organ case and some stops. A complete organ by him is in St Mary and All Saints Church in the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire which was installed in 1839.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Daresbury in Cheshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Bucklow.

 

[Calthrop]

Daresbury holds an annual dance festival. There also takes place annually near Market Harborough, an electronic music and arts -- including dance -- event, called (honestly) the Noisily Festival.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Spalding in Lincolnshire also lies on the line of the River Welland.