Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire was also subjected to a 14th century outbreak of the plague known as The Black Death.

 

[Calthrop]

Haverfordwest has a suburb called Prendergast. The name is shared by Peter Prendergast (1946 -- 2007), painter of some distinction, who spent most of his life in various parts of Wales; he was born in Abertridwr, County Borough of Caerphilly.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bottomstown in County Limerick was also a settlement in which a notable personage with left-wing leanings fought with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (Frank Ryan).

Anyone interested, Christy Moore sings "Viva la Quinta Brigada" in which Frank Ryan is named. It is on YouTube.

 

[Calthrop]

Bottomstown would seem to be one of those awkward Irish thingies -- "townlands", tending to be sort-of two or three houses with no discernible features or properties. So far as I can make out, the nearest "settlement which is a settlement" is Bruff, Co. Limerick. If I may seize on that community; and carry on with the "song" theme, but with a song not about self-sacrifice in a cause, but about having a good time: The Limerick Rake makes a mention of "Biddy from Bruff in the town of ..."; and at another point in the song, the supposed narrator tells of fun had with various other ladies in Newcastle West, also in Co. Limerick.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Mary, Lady Heath, was an Irish aviator who began life as Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans in Knockaderry, County Limerick, before moving to Newcastle West at a young age. She was one of the best-known women in the world as an athlete and an aviator for a five-year period from the mid-1920s.

 

[John Griffiths]

Brandon in Suffolk also suffered a damaging fire in 1789.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Framlingham in Suffolk also has a post-mounted illustrated village sign.

 

[John Griffiths]

Harwich, Essex, also hosts an annual sausage festival.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dymchurch in Kent was also chosen as a site in which establish a redoubt fort.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Dymchurch also has a couple of Martello Towers, which survive to this day; there are also two in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Neyland in Pembrokeshire also lies on the line of the River Cleddau.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 1856, Neyland became the site for the western terminus of the Great Western Railway with a transatlantic terminal for the largest ships of the time. The construction of a more substantial port at Goodwick (based on an earlier plan of 1846) was revived in 1899, and opened in 1906. Many people relocated from Neyland to Goodwick and Fishguard at that time.

 

[Calthrop]

Goodwick and neighbouring Fishguard were the site of "Britain's last invasion" -- the soon-defeated attempt thereat by the French, in 1797. After defeat, the French troops assembled on Goodwick Sands prior to their unconditional surrender. Principal commander of British opposition to the invasion was local landowner John Campbell, First Baron Cawdor (1753 -- 1821) -- commander of the local militia. Like many of his contemporaries, Cawdor retired to Bath, Somerset, and died there.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swainswick in Somerset was also once under the jurisdiction of the Bath Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

William Prynne (1600 -- 1669) -- a controversial figure (Puritan lawyer, theologian, politician, and author) in the era of the English Civil War, was born in Swainswick, and spent time intermittently there, later in life. During his career, he underwent much falling-out with authority both royal and Parliamentarian, and had numerous spells of imprisonment; one of such, in Dunster Castle, West Somerset.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Luccombe in Somerset was also once administered by the Hundred of Carhampton.

 

[Calthrop]

A thing which we will all, no doubt, be delighted to know: Luccombe -- we learn -- used to be the location of the annual St. Albans (Hertfordshire) Cathedral Choir Camp.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire was also the scene of a battle during the Wars of the Roses.

 

[Calthrop]

Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, also lies only just within its county: being right on the border of another -- Tewkesbury vis-a-vis Worcestershire, and Kingscourt vis-a-vis Meath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Moycullen in County Galway also has a church named the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

 

[Calthrop]

We learn that Moycullen's said church, comes under the remit of the diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora -- which bolded last, in Co. Clare, is reckoned quite big on the tourist circuit; and has, it appears, been much used in filming of the -- to admitted miserable killjoy me -- extremely un-funny Father Ted.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Carndonagh in County Donegal also has an example of a stone high cross.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Carndonagh FC are the local football club and participate in the Strand Hotel First Division of the Inishowen Football League (IOFL). Another club in that division is Quigley's Point Swifts FC, who play at the School Field, Muff.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lifford in County Donegal also lies on the line of the River Foyle.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

George Gardiner VC, a Sergeant in the 57th Regiment of Foot (later the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)) was awarded the Victoria Cross as a result of his actions at Sebastopol, Crimea in March 1855. He was born in Warrenpoint, County Down in 1821 and died in Lifford aged 70 in 1891; he is buried in Clonleigh Churchyard.

 

[Calthrop]

George Gardiner VC, a Sergeant in the 57th Regiment of Foot (later the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)) was awarded the Victoria Cross as a result of his actions at Sebastopol, Crimea in March 1855. He was born in Warrenpoint, County Down in 1821 and died in Lifford aged 70 in 1891; he is buried in Clonleigh Churchyard.

In the words of the old song from the north of Ireland, on the subject of the area's seaside resorts:

You may talk of Bundoran, of Warrenpoint and Bangor,
But come to Portrush if you want to be gay... (as said, an old song -- from the days when that word just meant "cheery, jolly", etc. ...)

 

[Springs Branch]

Tynemouth in North Tyneside also has a RNLI station equipped with a Severn class lifeboat.

 

[D6130]

Guisborough in North Yorkshire also has a ruined priory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Upleatham in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Langbaurgh Wapentake.

 

[Calthrop]

There is a bit of a rivalry as to which is the smallest church in England: St. Andrew's, Upleatham (in fact, a remnant of a one-time larger structure); or the church of Bremilham, Wiltshire (near Malmesbury). Bremilham's church would seem, actually, to have something of a "Parliamentary" quality to it: it has no dedication, and only one service a year is held there.