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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fakenham also lies on the line of the River Wensum

 

[Welshman]

"Fakenham" is Saxon and possibly means "Place on a Fair River"

But for a place on a beautiful marsh you have to go to Beaumaris [beaux marais].

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Caernarfon had a castle constructed on the other side of the Menai Strait.

 

[Johnuk123]

You will find a Black Boy Inn in Bristol too,

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Menai Bridge also has road connections to a suspension bridge.

 

[Welshman]

Ryde

another first settlement you come to when crossing from the mainland to an island.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woolwich also has a pier served by ferry services

 

[Johnuk123]

Henry VIII had the great ship 'Henry Grace à Dieu' built at Woolwich dockyard.

Erith (London one) was where the ship was fitted out.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bromborough is also the scene of a battle fought by the Anglo-Saxons.

 

[Johnuk123]

The launderette in Bromborough was opened by the actress Pat Phoenix who played Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street.

Manchester is where Coronation Street is filmed.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn also has an Anglican cathedral.

 

[dzug2]

Silsden is also on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

 

[Welshman]

Leeds

The first "50 Shilling Tailor" shop was situated in Silsden. It was owned by John Collier Ltd, who were situated in Leeds.

"Eh bah gum - a good neet out - pictures, fish an'chip supper, a new suit and tram home, and still change from a Ten bob note"

Well, not quite. But those 50s. suits were quite some thing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ledsham in West Yorkshire was another settlement in the sub-Brythonic Kingdom of Elmet.

 

[Johnuk123]

Wisbech also has a thriving cricket club.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Caistor St Edmund is another area which had a major settlement by the Iceni tribal people

 

[Johnuk123]

Some of the Iceni tribe were defeated in battle by the Romans at Stonea.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Helsby was also the site of an Iron Age hill fort.

 

[Johnuk123]

Kingsbury is also adjacent to a large oil refinery.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also had a very early manufactory which dealt with aircraft construction.

 

[Welshman]

The composer Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham, and his house there is now a museum to his honour.
His life-long friend, Vaughan Williams, we born in nearby Down Ampney.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tangmere also had an opeational Royal Air Force airfield during the Second World War

 

[deltic1989]

Newark-on-Trent also has an aviation museum located on the site of a former RAF base.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cirencester also lies on the line of the very important Roman road called Fosse Way.

 

[Johnuk123]

Leicester was where the notable furniture designer Ernest William Gimson was born.

Cirencester was where he had a workshop.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lincoln was also one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.

 

[dzug2]

Ford (as in Sussex) is also a type of car

 

[Johnuk123]

Brook (Kent) you may find a Ford there.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Littleborough (the one in Nottinghamshire) also has an 11th century Norman church (dedicated to St Nicholas).....(the church at Brook is dedicated to St Mary)

 

[Johnuk123]

Stromeferry is another place that used to have a ferry although unlike Littleborough it was only scrapped a few years ago.