Settlement Association

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Brownsover in Warwickshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.

 

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The original hamlet of Brownsover still exists. It is to the west of the A426 "Leicester Road", which runs from the city of Leicester to the market town of Southam in Warwickshire via the towns of Lutterworth and Rugby.

 

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Wigston Magna was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Guthlaxton.

 

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1461 (Wigston) Squadron of the Air Training Corps is located in Tigers Road, South Wigston, and recruits many members from the schools in Wigston. 209 Squadron of the ATC is based in West Bridgeford.

 

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Newton Solney also lies on the line of the River Trent.

 

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St Albans also has a street named "Blacksmiths Lane".

 

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Nicholas Breakspear (c1100 - 1159), who was the only English Pope (as Adrian IV) was born in Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire, and attended the Abbey School, St Albans.

 

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Godmersham in Kent also has a church that is dedicated to St Lawrence the Martyr.

 

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Samuel Pegge became the Vicar of Godmersham in 1731; later in his career he was a Prebendary of Lichfield between 1757 and his death in 1796.

 

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Tamworth was also an important settlement in the Kingdom of Mercia.

 

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Sir Robert Peel was the MP for Tamworth between 1830 and 1850, and served as Prime Minister twice (1834 - 1835 & 1841 - 1845), He was born in Bury in 1788.

 

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Bacup also lies on the line of the River Irwell.

 

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Adlington, in Lancashire, also has a sandwich emporium called The Butty Shop.

 

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Brindle was also once administered by the Hundred of Leyland.

 

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Buttermere also has a church dedicated to St James.

 

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Loweswater is another Cumbrian settlement with a noted Lake District lake and a blanket bog within its environs.

 

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Cockermouth is (unsurprisingly) also along the course of the River Cocker.

 

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Newbury is another settlement where the Normans chose to build a castle after their 11th century invasion of Britain.

 

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Newbury gives its name to the National Hunt's Newbury Racecourse - despite the course actually being located outside the town, in Greenham (of Greenham Common cruise missile fame).

Exeter is another well-known settlement which lends its name to an out-of-town National Hunt racecourse. (Exeter Racecourse is well outside the city of Exeter, in Kennford)

 

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Ottery St Mary in Devon also has an astronomical clock

 

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Worcester also has an educational establishment known as the "King's School", which was re-formed as a grammar school during the reign of King Henry VIII.

 

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The actor Kit Harington (Christopher Catesby Harington), who plays the character Jon Snow in Game of Thrones was born on 26th December 1986 in Acton, Greater London. He lived in Worcester and attended The Chantry School and Worcester Sixth Form College.

 

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Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk is another settlement chosen to be the siting of alms houses.

 

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Dedham in Essex is the location of another St Mary's Church which also appeared in multiple paintings by landscape artist John Constable.

 

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Inworth was also once administered by the Hundred of Lexden.

 

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Inworth is currently a small village in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth, Essex. The parish consists of two small villages; Messing (population 250), and Inworth (population 100).

 

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Whiterashes in Aberdeenshire also has a church that is dedicated to All Saints.

 

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The A947 is a single carriageway road in Scotland that links Aberdeen to Banff via the hamlet of Whiterashes and several towns in Aberdeenshire, including Newmachar, Oldmeldrum, Fyvie and Turriff.

 

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Rosehearty is another Aberdeenshire settlement that became a Burgh of Barony in the 17th century.

 

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Stafford is also at longitude 2° 7' W.