Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thatcham in Berkshire was another settlement that was affected by the agricultural workers Swing Riots of the 19th century

 

[cjp]

They test locks at Thatcham so I offer Locks Heath

 

[Welshman]

Locks Heath used to be famous for growing strawberries. It had strawberry fields.

Strawberry Field was part of the Salvation Army's home for children at Woolton, Liverpool.

[It is thought to have inspired John Lennon in his song "Strawberry Fields forever]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quenington in Gloucestershire is another settlement where land was once owned by the Knights Hospitallers order of St John of Jerusalem.

 

[Deerfold]

Portland in Dorset also sees outdoor displays of sculpture.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hitchin is another settlement that has been classified as a Royal Manor

 

[cjp]

Enfield also has a small market

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arrington in Cambridgeshire also lies on the line of the Roman road called Ermine Street.

 

[cjp]

Stow on the Wold is on another Roman Road, The Fosse Way

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Duggleby in East Yorkshire also has a Neolithic burial mound within its environs.

 

[High Dyke]

The village of Terrington also lies in the Ryedale district.

 

[cjp]

Yorkshire Lavender have their farm at Terrington
Somerset Lavender are in Faulkland

Lavenders green, Dilly dilly
Lavenders blue, Dilly dilly
When I am king Dilly Dilly you shall be queen etc

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stratton-on-the-Fosse in Somerset was another settlement administered by the Hundred of Kilmersdon.

 

[cjp]

Wedmore is in/on the Somerset levels

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inverness is another settlement where a lunatic asylum was built.

 

[cjp]

Dorchester also has a goal

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Huddersfield also has an Iron Age fort in its environs.

 

[cjp]

Huddersfiled has a choral society, Ebbw Vale has a Male Choir

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Corby also had connections to the steelmaking industry.

 

[cjp]

Corby also had connections to the steelmaking industry.

a corbie is a raven
Ravenscar

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Runcorn also has a long association with the chemical industry.

 

[cjp]

Bradford also has a large tax office

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leeds was another important settlement in the ancient Kingdom of Elmet.

 

[cjp]

Leeds & Holbeck together made a building society

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harrogate is another Yorkshire settlement that has historically noted spa waters

 

[cjp]

Harrow reputedly gets its name from the Old English word for Temple

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eton also has a noted Public School.

 

[cjp]

Dorney is where Eton made their rowing lake by first digging out and selling off at a profit all the gravel they extracted.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Northborough in Cambridgeshire also has a Grade I listed manor house.

 

[cjp]

Northborough in Cambridgeshire also has a Grade I listed manor house.

Southborough