Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Halifax also has a minster church

 

[High Dyke]

Whose first organist was Frederick William Herschel, a composer and astronomer. He is credited with the discovery of Uranus amongst other important scientific discoveries.

He is buried in the church of St Laurence at Upton near Slough.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Upminster also has a historic church dedicated to St Laurence.

 

[High Dyke]

Cranbrook in Kent also has a surviving Smock Mill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Maidstone was another settlement connected to the Wealden cloth industry.

 

[Welshman]

William Hazlitt, essayist, was born in Maidstone.
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Soho, London.
[He did one or two things in between, too]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Greenwich is also a settlement to have a Royal Park.

 

[High Dyke]

Back to Lincolnshire we go...

Louth is also on the Meridian Line.

 

[Welshman]

The 16th c. composer Thomas Tallis died in Greenwich.
His first professional appointment is thought to have been as organist at Dover Priory in 1530.

EDIT - too late! Farewell Tallis!

 

[High Dyke]

The 16th c. composer Thomas Tallis died in Greenwich.
His first professional appointment is thought to have been as organist at Dover Priory in 1530.

EDIT - too late! Farewell Tallis!

Sorry matey. Though, i agree, alas poor Tallis.

 

[Welshman]

OK - I'll try again!

[I was tempted to say "Sheffield" is also on a Meridian line :roll:]

But I'll settle for this:-

St James' Church, Louth is noted for its fine, tall spire.

St Botolph's Church in Boston is noted for its fine tall tower.

 

[High Dyke]

Kings Lynn was also a Hanseatic League port, and still is.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boxgrove in West Sussex is another settlement where a Benedictine priory was established.

 

[High Dyke]

Banging my own drum here...

High Dyke is also on the route of a Roman Road

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Egremont in Cumbria also has an association to the mining of iron ore in its environs.

 

[High Dyke]

Blyton near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire also has an ice-cream parlour.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wildsworth was another part of the historical Corringham wapentake.

 

[Deerfold]

Felbridge also has a church dedicated to St John the Devine.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanddeusant in Anglesey also has a water mill (Melin Howell)

 

[Deerfold]

That is the last area where red kites still live - others are the result of reintroduction programmes.

Henley Town FC are known as the Red Kites.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cowes also hosts a major British regatta.

 

[Deerfold]

Mousehole also has an animal-inspired name.

Disclaimer: Cowes may not be named after the homonymous animal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pendeen also had a reputation for smuggling activities.

 

[Clip]

Margate Also has a fine history of smugglers and a fine set of caves left behind too

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Farnborough also hosts an air show.

 

[High Dyke]

Is in the Borough of Rushmoor which is twinned with Oberursel (Taunus) in Germany, which itself is twinned with Épinay-sur-Seine in France. This is turn is twinned with Jarrow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sunderland also has a historical connection with the shipbuilding industry.

 

[Deerfold]

Huddersfield also has a football stadium where the popular music combo known as Bon Jovi have played.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Helens also has a top level Premiership rugby league club.

 

[High Dyke]

Brant Broughton in Lincolnshire has a St Helen's Church.