Settlement Association

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And residents of Ardrossan can say it is 'our drossan' as Arbroathians can say they live in 'our broath'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gourock was another settlement to be declared as a Burgh of Barony.

 

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And because there's a weak link in every chain, Matlock also ends in 'ock'.

 

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Hognaston in Derbyshire is another settlement that was once administered by the Hundred of Wirksworth.

 

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The closed train line to Port Victoria was known as the Hundred of Hoo Railway.

 

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Foryd near to Rhyl is another area where the hulk of a sailing ship was abandoned.

 

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Fordingbridge contains 4 of the first five letters in Foryd as its first four.

 

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Hedge End in Hampshire is another settlement to be coonected with the sailcloth trade.

 

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Forest Gate also has a name related to plants.

 

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Catterick is another settlement where examples of Anglo-Saxon jewelled ornaments were found.

 

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Aldershot like Catterick is place where you find many people in uniform

 

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Whereas Birchwood is also named after a type of tree.

 

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London was another settlement that was visited by Daniel Defoe in his travelling of England.

 

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Cardiff - another capital, this time in Wales.

 

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Mold is another Welsh settlement that has a Crown Court

 

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of course another place with courts is Wimbledon

 

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Bickerton in Cheshire also had an Iron Age hillfort in its environs.

 

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The Bickerton folding bikes were made in Codicote

 

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Tewin is another settlement in the Mimran Valley of Hertfordshire that had early post-Roman settlement by the Angles.

 

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catch the 388 bus to Hertford

 

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Rochester is another settlement whose castle was besieged during the First Baron's War of 1215-1217.

 

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I spent the night in Rochester whilst walking the Pilgrims Way to Canterbury

 

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Aylesford was another settlement that medieval pilgrims visited on their pilgrimage from London to Canterbury.

 

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This 20th Century person started the journey to Canterbury from Winchester catherdral

 

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Worcester was also attacked during the 12th century English Civil War that was known as "The Anarchy"

 

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And has a direct rail link to Hereford, as does Church Stretton.

 

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Ratlinghope is the other side of the Long Mynd

 

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And is a place I've never heard of, as well as...

...Llandyssil, a place I just found on Google Maps when I typed in Montgomery.

 

[Welshman]

Llandyssil gets its name from the 7c little-known St Tysul.

In a similar vein, the 6c St Tudo [pronounced Tidno] gave his name to what we now call Llandudno ["Llan" being an enclosed piece of land usually associated with a Saint].

 

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Cromer also has a pier