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Cheltenham

[Brook Green borders West Kensington to the east;
Gustav Holst wrote his Brook Green Suite to celebrate his marriage in Brook Green.
Holst was born in Cheltenham].
 
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Uppies and Downies is a medieval ball game. It is a variant of football played throughout Europe which date back to the Middle Ages.

In Scotland another variant called Ba' game (Ball Game) is played. One of the remaining settlements to indulge in this old game is Duns in Berwickshire.
 

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Uppies and Downies is a medieval ball game. It is a variant of football played throughout Europe which date back to the Middle Ages.

In Scotland another variant called Ba' game (Ball Game) is played. One of the remaining settlements to indulge in this old game is Duns in Berwickshire.

What was the link to Workington?
 

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What was the link to Workington?
Uppies and Downies is played in Workington.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-296000-525000/page/7

One of Workington's oldest traditions is the uppies and downies game that takes place annually around the Easter holiday time.The game is very similar to the old football played in Elizabethan times.

The church at Edzell was built in 1818, to replace an earlier church that was structurally unsound. This new church was designed by the architect David Neave. Another of his work, in collaboration with Robert Stevenson, was the design and construction of the High Lighthouse at Tayport in Scotland. This marvellous structure is also known as Tayport West.
 

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Repton
is also the title of an Anglican Suffragan See.

Birkenhead / Chester
Repton / Derby
 

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The Guisborough Helmet is a piece of Roman Cavalry headwear found in 1864. Similar helmets have been found across Britain and Europe. Another Roman cavalry helmet was discovered in Cumbria in May 2010. This is known as the Crosby Garrett Helmet, after the place it was found - Crosby Garrett.
 

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Ticehurst is the administritive headquarters of The Antiquarian Horological Society which exists to promote the study of clocks and watches and the history of time measurement in all its forms.

Established in 1858 also to promote horology, the British Horological Institute's prime purpose today is to provide education. It has its headquarters at Upton Hall, Upton nr Southwell, Nottinghamshire
 
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Kelty Hearts FC play in the Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League alongside a host of teams including Musselburgh Athletic FC who play in Musselburgh, East Lothian.
 

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Yr Wyddgrug [ Mold]

is the administrative centre of Flintshire [Carlisle is Cumbria's equivalent].
 

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Hale Magna [Great Hale], is another of several villages in Lincolnshire which has a drove.
 

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