Settlement Association

[DerekC]

Cheadle Hulme was the site of the first purpose built Waitrose store in northern England, opened in 2007. Their very first store (Waite, Rose and Taylor) was opened in Acton in 1904.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Haddenham in Cambridgeshire also has Neolithic burial site remains.

 

[John Griffiths]

Carrington was also the location of a WWII 'Starfish' decoy site meant to draw German bombers away from urban, industrial and military targets.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Latchford also lies on the line of the Manchester Ship Canal.

 

[DerekC]

Latchford has a Victoria Park. So does Bow in East London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanstead Abbotts also lies on the line of the River Lea.

 

[John Griffiths]

The All Nations Missionary College in Stanstead Abbotts was formerly located in Taplow.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, lived at Taplow Court, although he died on 9th January 1945, aged 89, at Panshanger, Hertfordshire.

 

[DerekC]

A tree grown as a seedling from the Panshanger Oak (reputedly the largest unpollarded oak in Britain) was planted at Speech House, near Ruspidge in the Forest of Dean, in 1861 in memory of the Prince Consort.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blaisdon was also once administered by the Hundred of Westbury.

 

[DerekC]

Blaisdon gave its name to the Blaisdon Red plum. Another geographically named plum variety is the Farleigh Damson, named after East Farleigh in Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tonbridge also lies on the line of the River Medway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The United Kingdom's first speeding fine was handed out by Tonbridge Petty Sessions court in 1896. The guilty driver was Mr Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, who was fined one shilling for speeding at 8 miles per hour in a 2 mph zone in Paddock Wood, in his Karl Benz powered car. Mr Arnold was apprehended by a policeman who had given chase on his bicycle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Plaxtol also lies on the line of the River Bourne.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Plaxtol CC are currently in the Second Division of the Kent County Village League, as are Cudham Wyse CC, who play at the Recreation Ground, Cudham, Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fenstanton in Cambridgeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

 

[DerekC]

Fenstanton rose in support of Hereward the Wake's revolt against the Normans in about 1070, but Hereward's campaign ended with defeat by William the Conqueror's army at Ely.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whippingham on the Isle of Wight also has a church with a lantern tower.

 

[DerekC]

HMS Whippingham was a "ham" class minehunter, built in the 1950s. Next on the class list was HMS Wintringham, named after a village in North Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Helperthorpe was also a part of the Buckrose Wapentake.

 

[John Griffiths]

Filey is also a part of the East Riding that became part of North Yorkshire in 1974.

 

[DerekC]

At the other end of the Cleveland Way from Filey is Helmsley.

 

[Springs Branch]

Chipping Ongar is another settlement where a market has been held since at least the 12th Century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aldingham in Cumbria also is the location where an early 12th century Norman motte and bailey castle was erected.

 

[John Griffiths]

Chester-le-Street was also a temporary resting place for the body of St Cuthbert.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Frosterley in County Durham also lies on the line of the River Wear.

 

[DerekC]

The church at Frosterley is dedicated to St Botolph. Botolph (aka Botwulf) founded a monastery at Iken in Suffolk in about 653AD. The church there is also dedicated to him.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wantisden in Suffolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Plomesgate Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland (Staverton Forest), it shares a parish council with nearby Butley and Capel St. Andrew.

 

[DerekC]

From Capel St Andrew you can catch a No 71 bus to Ipswich - but you will have to get up early because there is only one bus a day, leaving at 07:18.