Settlement Association

[Welshman]

Does Wigan have a pier?
Southend does

 

[Ivo]

Sigh...

From one dump to the place that tries (and fails) to imitate said dump, and is thus far worse:

Weston-super-Mare has also seen its pier ravaged by fire in the last ten years. The difference being ours is traditional

 

[The Barlow Boy]

Weston Super Mare has a name derived from French, as does Theydon Bois.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Porlock in Somerset had the remains of an Iron Age camp discovered near to the National Trust Holnicote estate, wheres a similar Iron Age camp at Weston super Mare was named Worlesbury Camp.

 

[Welshman]

Nether Stowey

where Coleridge was living when he received an unwelcome interruption by a person from Porlock.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What a remarkable place is Nether Stowey, with many notable events in its past history.....I was spoilt for choice as to which one to use...

Launceston was also a site where the Normans chose to build a motte-and-bailey castle, after their invasion.

 

[Schnellzug]

During the "Bloody Assizes" in the autumn of 1685, in the aftermath of Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion men from Nether Stowey who were caught up in the rebellion are said to have been hanged, drawn and quartered in the village after they were sentenced to death by Judge Jeffries. The duke of Monmouth landed with 82 supporters, including Lord Grey of Warke,[8] and gathered about 300 men at Lyme Regis in Dorset on 11 June.


* All right, Paul beat me to Nether Stowey while I was doing all that research, but nevertheless, it's interesting, don't you think.

Anyway, Launceston, this is mildly interesting, has the only document in the UK signed by Queen Mary II and her husband, William of Orange. Queen Mary II is not to be confused with Queen Mary 2, which is a large Ship that can often be observed at Southampton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth was also attacked and severely damaged (as was Southampton) in 1338 by a tri-partite naval raiding fleet, under French auspices, in which Charles Grimaldi (the family name of the current ruling family of Monaco) was a leading naval presence.

 

[deltic1989]

Plymouth also has a large Naval base.

 

[Ivo]

The main stadium in Milton Keynes was also to have been massively developed had England won the rights to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Telford was also in the "third wave" of New Town developments.

 

[Welshman]

Amongst other things, Thomas Telford built a suspension bridge at Conwy

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Caernarfon also has a ruined castle

 

[Schnellzug]

Caernarvon, Carnarvon or Caernarfon was popularly the venue for the investiture of the Prince of Wales. The current holder of this post, Prince Charles, owns a considerable proportion of the West of England, and has constructed with his own bare hands a bizarre fantasy village called Poundbury, stuck like a limpet onto the side of Dorchester, Dorset.

 

[Ivo]

Another site within the Duchy's jurisdiction is Newton St Loe, just outside Bath - one of two villages close to my University.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lullingstone in Kent is another settlement to have the remains of a Roman villa.

 

[Ivo]

Gravesend also comes under the DA postal area.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth was also attacked and suffered much damage by French raiding fleets during the Hundred Years War.

 

[LE Greys]

Chatham is another historic naval dockyard town

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canterbury also lies on the line of of what was an old-established Celtic road, that the Romans had paved after their invasion and renamed it as Watling Street.

 

[deltic1989]

Horsey (Norfolk) you can Canter on a horse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bruisyard in Suffolk also has a church with a round-tower (St. Peters) similar to that of All Saints at Horsey.

Round-tower churches are specific to this area of East Anglia.

 

[Welshman]

Unlike Bruisyard, there is still an Order of Poor Clares in Lynton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Minehead also is on the line of the South West Coast Path

 

[Welshman]

Minehead is linked during the summer months to Lynmouth by an open-top double decker, affording magnificent views of the Somerset/N Devon coast.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boscastle also suffered severe flood damage caused by waters heading downwards in a steep-sided valley.

 

[deltic1989]

Cockermouth (stop sniggering at the back ) was also severly damaged by flood water.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Huntingdon was another settlement chosen by the Normans to build a defensive castle after thei invasion.

 

[LE Greys]

Cambridge is also a county town, of a separate county. It really is, so stop trying to pretend otherwise official people!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxford also possesses many notable educational establishments of the highest level.