Settlement Association

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Stevenston is the most easterly of the "Three Towns" of Ayrshire along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats.

In England a similar arrangement of three coastal towns in Dorset is also known as the Three Towns. Poole and Bournemouth along with the most easterly town of Christchurch.

 

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Another Christ Church can be found amongst the colleges in Oxford.

 

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There is also a Martyr's Memorial in Carmarthen, to Robert Ferrar, Bishop of St David's, who suffered martyrdom during the Marian persecutions on 30th March 1555.

 

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Pumsaint was also made mention of in Ptolomy's Geographia as being another settlement of the Demetae tribe.

 

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Dolgellau is another settlement in Wales where gold has been mined.

 

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Dolgellau hosted the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 1960; in 2018, it was held in Builth Wells, Powys.

 

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Abergwesyn also lies on the line of the River Irfon.

 

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In 1740 the curate in the parishes of Llanwrtyd, Llanfihangel Abergwesyn and Llanddewi Abergwesyn, was Wales' most famous hymn-writer William Williams Pantycelyn. William Williams took his name from the farm of Pantycelyn ("Holly Hollow"), which is near the town of Llandovery, Carmerthenshire.

 

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Llandeilo also lies on the line of the River Tywi.

 

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Coldstream also has a Grade II* listed bridge.

 

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Carham also lies on the line of the River Tweed.

 

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The Post Town for Carham is Cornhill-on-Tweed.

 

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Arlington in East Sussex also has a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

 

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Arlington Roman Catholic parish church is dedicated to St Pancras. There is a statue of this saint in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic']Roman Catholic church at Lewes, East Sussex, which is also dedicated to St. Pancras[/URL].

 

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Little Eversden in Cambridgeshire is also passed through by the Prime Meridian.

 

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The Prime Meridian separates Little Eversden from Great Eversden.

 

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Eltisley was also once administered by the Hundred of Longstow.

 

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Eltisley stands on the A428, which is a major road running between the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford. One of the larger towns which it passes through is Rugby.

 

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Harrow also has a noted public school.

 

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Alan Dedicoat, the 'Voice of the Balls' on the National Lottery show and a BBC Radio 2 newsreader, lives in Harrow, but was born in in Hollywood, Worcestershire in 1954.

 

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Cirencester also lies on the line of the A435 road.

 

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Cirencester is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. Hartpury College and Hartpury University Centre, which is situated in the village of Hartpury, Gloucestershire, also offers further education, higher education and professional qualifications in animal, agriculture, equine, sports and veterinary nursing sectors.

 

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Shurdington was also once administered by the Hundred of Dudstone and King's-Barton.

 

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Downend, South Gloucestershire also has a King George V Playing Field.

 

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Sutton Wick was also the scene of a 1957 air crash with casualties.

 

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The plane concerned in the latter crash was a Blackburn Beverley C. Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft, which was on a flight from RAF Abingdon on 5th March 1957.

 

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Cirencester also has the remains of an Iron Age oppidum within its environs.

 

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South Shields also has a museum focusing on the Roman occupation of Britain.

 

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Porthcawl also has a land-based lighthouse.

 

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Rhyl is another previously popular seaside resort in Wales which has seen declining fortunes over recent decades.