Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

Fondly associated with Cleobury Mortimer is Simon Evans, best known for his work in the latter part of his shortish life (1895 -- 1940) as a writer and broadcaster on country-life matters. Born at Hirnant, Powys -- near Lake Vyrnwy -- Evans worked as a postman: natural talent, and a correspondence course in use of English, led to writing / broadcasting. While serving in World War I, he was badly gassed: in the mid-1920s he was able to swap his city residence and postal round, for postman's job in Cleobury Mortimer, with its pure country air. He lived there for the rest of his life.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa in Powys was also once administered by the Hundred of Llanfyllin.

 

[Calthrop]

Timsbury, Hampshire -- near Romsey -- also has a pub called the Goat.

 

[341o2]

And there is another Timsbury in Somerset

 

[Calthrop]

And there is another Timsbury in Somerset

The singer and comedian Fred Wedlock (1942 -- 2010), of "Oldest Swinger in Town" fame, lived for a long time near Timsbury, Somerset; he was born in Bristol, and died in Bath.

(I'd previously been aware of the Somerset Timsbury -- not because of Fred; but in a railway connection -- another bit of the "Titfield" line. Previously to today and this bit of the game, the Hampshire one had been unknown to me.)

 

[341o2]

Bath has the Circus, a Grade 1 listed building, designed to have the same diameter as Stonehenge, it was believed that Bath was a centre of Druid activity during the Bronze age by its creator John Wood the Elder. Amesbury is the nearest settlement to Stonehenge

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deeping St James in Lincolnshire was also chosen as a settlement in which to establish a Benedictine priory.

 

[DerekC]

Castle Cary in Somerset also possesses a village lockup.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Macmillan Ways are a network of long-distance footpaths in England promoted to raise money for the charity Macmillan Cancer Relief.

The Macmillan Way West runs between Castle Cary and Barnstaple. The network also has a branch known as the Cotswold Link between Banbury and Chipping Campden.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quethiock in Cornwall is also a settlement where almshouses were established.

 

[Calthrop]

Quethiock's parish church is dedicated to St. Hugh (not, in this case, some weird Cornish saint !). Luton, Bedfordshire, has a church with the same dedicatee.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bedford has also lent its name to a commercial motor vehicle.

 

[Calthrop]

Plymouth also has a "semi-namesake" settlement in the USA -- prefixed by "New". (New Bedford, Massachusetts -- once a big whaling port -- and New Plymouth, Idaho.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ellesmere Port in Cheshire West & Chester also has a noted aquarium.

 

[Calthrop]

John Prescott -- UK Deputy Prime Minister for a spell -- attended school in Ellesmere Port. He was born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire -- rather fittingly, re his surname.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chepstow in Monmouthshire also lies on the route of the Offa's Dyke long distance footpath.

 

[Calthrop]

Peterborough also had, many centuries ago, a completely different name. Chepstow was Striguil; Peterborough, Medeshamstede.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cogenhoe in Northamptonshire also lies on the line of the River Nene

 

[Calthrop]

Cogenhoe in Northamptonshire also lies on the line of the River Nene

The above-bolded is one of many settlements in England, whose local pronunciation is decidedly "not as spelt" -- the locals say "Cook-nor". In similar case is Quernmore near Lancaster -- locally pronounced "Quormer".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Over Kellet in Lancashire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lunesdale Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

The parish church of Wells, Somerset (not to be confused with the Cathedral) is dedicated to St. Cuthbert; as is that of Over Kellet.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shepton Mallet in Somerset was also on the route taken by the rebel army during the 17th century Duke of Monmouth rebellion.

 

[Calthrop]

Babycham sparkling perry was invented in the late 1940s by Francis Showering, a brewer in Shepton Mallet, and subsequently marketed by his firm. In the mid-1960s the writer on food and politics, and mystery novelist, Raymond Postgate: published an article adversely criticising the drink for its as it were pretending to be champagne, but being made of pears (which the makers did not deny) -- a court case ensued. Raymond Postgate studied at St. John's College, Oxford, in the World War I era.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Greenhithe in Kent is also a settlement that was chosen to site a religious house in medieval times for the Dominican Sisters.

 

[Springs Branch]

Before its transfer to dry dock in Greenwich, the clipper ship Cutty Sark was used between 1938 and 1954 as a training ship at the Thames Nautical Training College at Greenhithe. Immediately prior to this, Cutty Sark was used as a training ship based in Falmouth, Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arklow in County Wicklow also has a maritime musem.

 

[Calthrop]

The vessel Gipsy Moth III in which (later Sir) Francis Chichester won the first Single-Handed Transatlantic Race in 1960, was built by John Tyrell & Son of Arklow. Chichester was born at Shirwell, Devon (near Barnstaple).

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The church of St Peter is the parish church for Shirwell. It has 13th century origins while the chancel is of 14th-century date, and underwent a Victorian restoration by the architect William White between 1873 and 1889. Another church restored by him is St John the Baptist Church, Instow, Devon, which was restored 1872 and 1873.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Meeth in Devon also lies on the route of the Tarka Trail footpath and cycleway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Meeth lies to the west of the River Torridge, which rises close to the border with Cornwall. Its two primary sources are Seckington Water, which rises near Baxworthy Cross, and Clifford Water, the longer of the two, which rises alongside the A39 at Higher Clovelly.