Xenophon PCDGS
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Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire also has laid claim to the title of the exact geographical centre of the island of Britain.
The church contains the 'Flodden Window' which commemorates the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513. It is also known by the alternative name of The Battle of Branxton as it took place at Branxton, Northumberland.Middleton in the Greater Manchester region also has a historical church of great age dedicated to St Leonard.
The well-known poet, writer and social reformer the Revd Percival Stockdale was born in Branxton, and died at nearby Lesbury.
Blubberhouses
It is not often that we find a new clue with no stated association...:cry:
Hedgerley, Bucks. is another area where London Clay was found.
Nicholas Ferrey also designed All Saints' Church, Dogmersfield, Hampshire.
The canal crosses the River Blackwater on a spectacular aqueduct at Ash. Itself a tributary of the River Loddon the Blackwater rises at Rowhill.
Well it was the site of a brickworks so it would be hoped there was settlement within the area. However to save people from 'ossing i've edited the entry to now read as below.
I spent ages "drawing blanks" with my researches about the name of Rowhill, until lateral thinking took over and it would appear that Rowhill is NOT a settlement as such, but a nature reserve, situated in Surrey on the border with Hampshire, between the settlements of Farnham and Aldershot.
The canal crosses the River Blackwater on a spectacular aqueduct at Ash. Itself a tributary of the River Loddon the Blackwater rises at Rowhill Nature Reserve. The river also lends its name to the town of Blackwater