Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Retford also lies on the line of the River Idle.

 

[johnnychips]

Sutton-on-Sea was the poetic destination of a pub trip in his childhood written by Doc Cox/Ivor Biggun, who went to school in Retford.

Search for 'The Charabanc Trip by Ivor Biggun' on You Tube. It isn't too rude, unlike some of his other stuff, and I think it's funny.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ynyslas is another coastal settlement where storm gale action led to the remains of a previously sediment covered prehistoric submerged forest being revealed.

 

[johnnychips]

Formby also has some ecologically significant sand dunes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bampton in Cumbria is another area where red squirrels can still be seen in its woodlands areas.

 

[Darren R]

Shap in Cumbria was also used for shooting some scenes in the classic British film "Withnail & I."

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Robin Hood's Bay is another settlement that lies on the line of the 192 mile long footpath called the Coast to Coast Walk

 

[Darren R]

There is also a church dedicated to Saint Stephen in Bristol.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walsall is another settlement where there is an Orthodox Church that is dedicated to The Nativity of the Mother of God.

 

[cjp]

Bicester also has a ring road

 

[johnnychips]

Braintree also has some 'Freeport' style 'shopping village'.

 

[cjp]

Great Dunmow is also in Essex
(Sorry for the weak link but I know nothing about Braintree except where it is)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Hadham also lies of the line of the Colchester area-routed Roman Road called Stane Street...Not to be confused with the other Stane Street

 

[cjp]

Little Hadham also lies of the line of the Colchester area-routed Roman Road called Stane Street...Not to be confused with the other Stane Street

And if one wants more than a Little Much Hadham is nearby

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flamstead is another settlement to have a church with a Hertfordshire Spike on top of the church tower.

 

[johnnychips]

A hill just above Carsington was also visited by Time Team.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Merthyr Tydfil also has a sailing club.

 

[cjp]

Merthyr is twinned with a Parisian suburb (Clichy-la-Garenne) , Whitwell in Rutland unilaterally declared itself twinned with Paris in 1980. (Paris did not respond to their offer of twinning.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Torrington is another settlement with a church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels

 

[Springs Branch]

Barnstaple also has a pannier market.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coldstream also has an example of a toll-house.

 

[johnnychips]

Gretna Green was also popular for runaway weddings.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Porthmadog is also a settlement that was once served by a toll road.

 

[johnnychips]

Conwy is also another settlement in Wales whose anglicised name is no longer used.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beaumaris also has a ruined castle.

 

[johnnychips]

Richmond (N Yorks) is also a place with French etymology.

 

[cjp]

Richmond on Thames is a long way from Yorkshire

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Long Ditton was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Kingston.

 

[johnnychips]

Long Ditton has a cricket club with a bar. Whoever wrote the Wikipedia entry is very proud of this. I should think most places in the country could boast this, but I'll choose Warmsworth, where I live.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burghwallis is another civil parish in the Doncaster Rural District.