Settlement Association

[Welshman]

There is still a small Benedictine Community of Nuns at Costock.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bunny is a neighbouring settlement to Costock.

 

[Welshman]

West Bridgford is also in the borough of Rushcliffe, and has Kenneth Clarke as its MP.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster also has a rowing club.

 

[Ivo]

Sunderland was also elevated to City Status during the 20th Century.

 

[Welshman]

Thirsk

location of surgery of veterinarian James Alfred Wright [pen name:- James Herriot], who was born in Sunderland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Yarmouth also has a flat-racing racecourse

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Great hallingbury is also an are beginning with 'Great' and is sort of in the south of England

 

[Johnuk123]

Kegworth is also very near to an aircraft disaster site.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Kenilworht also begins with "Ke" and ends with "worth"

 

[Johnuk123]

Hatfield was visited regularly by Elizabeth 1 also.

 

[Welshman]

Not to be confused with Hadfield, which I don't think was.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashton under Lyne also has an historical connection to the spinning and weaving trades.

 

[Schnellzug]

Ashton under Lyne is under Lyne, but Newcastle under Lyme is under Lyme.

 

[Welshman]

On the other hand, Newcastle-on-Tyne is under nothing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

"Lyme" was the name of the ancient forest which at one time covered the areas of both Ashton under Lyne and Newcastle under Lyme and was occupied by both the Celtic tribes called the Brigantes (in the north part) and the Cornovii (in the south part), but the National Trust adminstered area of Lyme Park near Disley is said to be the ancestral home of the English Mastiff.

 

[Johnuk123]

You will find a "Rams Head" in Barrow-in-Furness too.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Irlam also has a historical connection to the steelmaking industry.

 

[Johnuk123]

Eccleshall also has a football team in the same league as Irlam F.C.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tiverton has a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Cranmere Castle hillfort, as does Eccleshall with the remains of Eccleshall Castle.

 

[Johnuk123]

Guildford is another place that became prosperous from the wool trade.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Halstock in Dorset also lies on the ancient pre-Roman trackway known as Harrow Way

 

[Welshman]

St Juthwara is thought to be have been martyred at Halstock. Her remnants were buried in Sherbourne Abbey and she is now depicted in the Great East Window there. [Her emblem is a round soft cheese -study her life if you wish to know why!]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Juthwara is thought to be have been martyred at Halstock. Her remnants were buried in Sherbourne Abbey

A sad but mystical life history of this virgin-martyr. This was in the times of the Heptarchy, which was the name applied to the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and Wales. Colchester was a major settlement in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Essex, whereas Sherbourne was a major settlement in the Anglo-Saxon kindom of Wessex.

 

[Johnuk123]

Margaret Thatcher was born in Grantham but lived for a long time in Colchester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wolvercote was also the scene of excavated finds of Paleolithic hand tools.

 

[Johnuk123]

Hednesford also has a St. Peters church.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leigh also had a long association with the coal mining industry.

 

[Clip]

As did Horden

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whitehaven also had mining seams extending under the sea.