Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimsby is another settlement where an early English example of a cold-storage facility was established.

 

[Welshman]

John Whitgift, 16c Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in Grimsby. He was buried in Croydon [giving his name to the Whitgift Foundation, and the modern centre of pilgrimage for those in need of retail therapy -the Whitgift Centre!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackpool also has a tramway network.

 

[deltic1989]

Boston in Lincolnshire is also notable for a rather tall structure, which features the name of the settlement in it's name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire also had trading port status in the Middle Ages.

 

[High Dyke]

In 1847 Barkham Street, a 'London-style' terrace was commissioned by Bethlem Hospital and built to the design of Sydney Smirke and to similar specifications as other Bethlem terraces in Southwark, London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Liverpool also has Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals.

 

[cjp]

There are also docks at Falmouth

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Mawes is another settlement where a Device Fort was constructed under the order of Henry VIII to defend the southern coastline of England....The one at Falmouth is Pendennis Castle

 

[cjp]

St Austell - Saints feature a lot in the SW corner

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Erth also has a SSSI site in its environs.

 

[Welshman]

St Erth may be named after the Irish St Erc.

Little is known of this fascinating saint - what we do know of him is chronicled by William of Worcester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coalbrookdale also has associations with the porcelain industry.

 

[cjp]

Coalville has associations with coal

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whitehaven also has a Male Voice Choir.

 

[deltic1989]

Taxi Driver Derrick Bird, Shot and killed the first of his 12 victims in Whitehaven.
He subsequently turned his gun on himself in Boot.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Allerdale-above-Derwent also lies on the line of the road that negotiates the very steep inclines of the Hardknott Pass

 

[cjp]

Derwent pencils are based in Keswick

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bingham in Nottinghamshire has also hosted a beer festival.

 

[Deerfold]

Radcliffe-on-Trent also lies on the route of the "xpress" bus service to Nottingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Billingshurst also has an angling club.

 

[Deerfold]

Nuneaton also hosts a Dog Training Club.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cannington in Somerset is another settlement that once had a religious house run by Benedictine nuns.

 

[Deerfold]

There are also plans for a bypass for Stubbington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also has an animal shelter.

 

[Deerfold]

The Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society, formerly the Cheltenham & Gloucestershire Permanent Mutual Benefit Building and Investment Association did not open an office in Gloucester untiul 1896, 46 years after it was formed.

Now of course it has been subsumed into the Lloyds Banking Group.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bradford is another settlement that was garrisoned by the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War.

 

[cjp]

Bradford & Bingley together name a building society

 

[Welshman]

Braunston Northamptonshire]

also has some well-known locks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lymington also has a marina.