Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Felkirk was also once administered by the Staincross Wapentake.

 

[DerekC]

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, also has a church dedicated to St Peter.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Asthall also lies on the line of the Roman road known as Akeman Street.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Asthall also lies on the River Windrush in Oxfordshire. The River Windrush starts in the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire, and flows for about 35 miles to the River Thames, passing through (among other places) Bourton-on-the-Water.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beaconsfield also has a model village.

 

[John Griffiths]

In the film Brief Encounter, street scenes set in the fictional town of Milford were filmed in Beaconsfield; railway station scenes were filmed at the station in Carnforth.

 

[DerekC]

Celia Johnson starred in Brief Encounter. Her previous film was This Happy Breed, set in Clapham, South London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chichester also lies on the line of the Roman military road known as Stane Street.

 

[John Griffiths]

Chichester has been the seat of the bishop of that diocese since 1075, but before then the bishopric covering Sussex was named after and ruled from Selsey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Silchester was another settlement of the Belgic tribal people called the Atrebates.

 

[DerekC]

Wroxeter, like Silchester, is the site of a Roman city that was abandoned and never reoccupied.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village previously had a football team, Wroxeter Rovers FC. In 2017, the club was renamed as Shrewsbury Juniors FC, in order to provide a senior football team for kids progressing through the club's junior football system to take part in after the age of 16 and 17. The club currently compete in the Shropshire Premier League Premier Division, as does St. Martins Village FC, who play at Overton Road Playing Fields, Oswestry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bersham is another settlement where an ironworks museum was opened.

 

[Springs Branch]

A section of Offa's Dyke earthworks can be seen at Bersham.
End-to-end walkers of the Offa's Dyke long-distance footpath traditionally consider the halfway point of their trek to be at Knighton.

 

[DerekC]

Like Knighton, the nearby town of Presteigne sits just in Wales but with a few outlying houses in England.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hampton Bishop also lies on the line of the River Lugg.

 

[John Griffiths]

Marton, Cheshire, also has a half-timbered church.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Byley was also once under the jurisdiction of the Northwich Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

During the Second World War, Vickers-Armstrong operated a shadow factory at Byley assembling Vickers Wellington bombers. The completed aircraft were towed to the nearby RAF Cranage airfield to be test flown; this was located just to the North of Middlewich, Cheshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shardlow in Derbyshire also lies on the line of the Trent & Mersey Canal.

 

[DerekC]

Shardlow has a pub with the very well known name of the Dog and Duck. Amongst many others, there is a pub of this name in Bognor Regis.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shoeburyness also has the remains of part of a derelict Mulberry Harbour just offshore.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Rest Bay, near Porthcawl on the South Wales coast, is also a Blue Flag Beach.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Shields also has a land-based lighthouse.

 

[DerekC]

Eric Idle, one of the Pythons, was born in South Shields. My favourite Python, Michael Palin, was born in Rawmarsh.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport also has an Anglican parish church that is dedicated to St Mary.

 

[John Griffiths]

Luton was also noted for the manufacture of hats.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sumburgh also has an airport.

 

[John Griffiths]

Stromness is also located on an island named Mainland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.