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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashbourne in Derbyshire also has gingerbread connections.

 

[cjp]

Fraxinus excelsior is also to be found in ASHFORD

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wye in Kent also lies on the line of the River Great Stour.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Wye Valley Brewery is based in the village of Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire.

 

[DerekC]

Weobley (disappointing to know that it's pronounced "web-ley") was also held by Walter de Lacy in the 11th Century.

 

[Springs Branch]

Nottingham also has an establishment known as Ye Olde Salutation Inn. 

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loughborough also had framework knitters in the Middle Ages.

 

[cjp]

Dundee also has a University

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Forfar also has historical connections to the production of jute.

 

[cjp]

Interestingly travelling food seller, Maggie Bridie of Glamis is reputed to have invented Forfar bridies rather than them having come from Forfar as most think.

when the county of Angus was called Forfarshire

 

[DerekC]

Macbeth was Thane of Cawdor as well as of Glamis

 

[High Dyke]

Twechar also has a Roman fort.

 

[cjp]

Twechar lies on the Forth & Clyde canal which joins the Clyde at Bowling to the west of Glasgow

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Old Kilpatrick also lies on the line of the Antonine Wall built by the Romans.

 

[cjp]

West Dunbartonshire is run from Dumbarton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lanark also lies on the line of the River Clyde.

 

[Springs Branch]

For those who enjoy the skirl of the bagpipes, Inveraray also has a Pipe Band.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester also hosts an annual musical festival.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The poet and author the Revd. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929), was Vicar of St Paul's Church, Worcester. As an army chaplain in the First World War he would hand out Woodbine cigarettes to men in the trenches, hence his nickname of "Woodbine Willy". He was, though, born in Leeds.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Halifax also lends its name to a building society.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wakefield is also home to one of the founding clubs of the Rugby Football League.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Albans also was the scene of another of the battles that were fought during the Wars of the Roses.

 

[High Dyke]

Colchester is another place associated with the Celtic tribes of pre-Roman Britain.

 

[DerekC]

Abberton was also hit by the Great English Earthquake on 22*April 1884.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Biddenden in Kent also has a decorated village sign.

 

[DerekC]

Dunkerton (Somerset) also has a cider made locally and bearing its name

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Farrington Gurney also once had a mine on the Somerset coalfield.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bashall Eaves also has a popular Farm Shop.

 

[DerekC]

Woodhouse Eaves is also on the edge of an ancient forest - hence the common placename element.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Copt Oak in Leicestershire also has a church that was designed by the architect William Railton.