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Ivo

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Yesterday, October 22nd, was the first anniversary of this Settlement Association thread, and I would like to thank and commend everyone for their continued interest in this thread, and for sharing so much interesting information through it. I am sure we have all learned a substantial amount as a result!

A quick look at the top end of the Top Posters for the thread (there have been 55 posters in all):

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Paul Sidorczuk   1124
Ivo              402
Welshman         393
Johnuk123        212
Class172         185
Schnellzug       159
Eagle            113
deltic1989       78
gg1              55
clip             51

Thank you again to everyone. Here is to the next 12 months! :D

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Mytholmroyd also has a possessive pronoun in its name.
 

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Somersby (Lincolnshire) was also the birthplace of a Poet Laureate Namely, Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

As an aside I am thrilled to be in the top 10. :) I didn't know I had made so many posts on this thread and, my hat is off to Paul a very impressive tally.
 

Xenophon PCDGS

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Bag Enderby in Lincolnshire also has a very old church that is dedicated to St Margaret, with stonework of Spilsby sandstone used in part of its construction.

Thank you Ivo for the table of postings. I am pleased that your idea in launching this thread has reached fruition with so many postings on its first anniversary, as I well remember (more than most) the reasons why you created this quiz in the first place, but I am astonished to find the number of my postings upon it to have been so many.
 

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Mavis Enderby

not only a similar name, but also in the "demand responsive area" of East Lindsey Council's Public Transport scheme.

[Do you realise there was also a double-link between Somersby and Bag Enderby in that Tennyson's father was Rector of Bag Enderby from 1807-1831?]
 

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John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, was elected MP for Buckingham. He was born in Edgware.
 

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A person who is unfamiliar with Hampstead may be tempted to confuse its pronunciation and spelling with that of the much larger Hertfordshire New Town by the name of (Hemel) Hempstead.
 

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Livingston is another example of a New Town that does not have "Primary Destination" status according to the Highways Agency.
 

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Perry also has a sailing club which hosts Topper International Class Association races. I know this because I used to compete in them.
 

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