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[DerekC]

Weston super Mare is home to a helicopter museum. The Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop in Wiltshire also has an extensive collection of helicopters.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Frenchmoor was also once under the jurisdiction of the Stockbridge Poor Law Union.

 

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Frenchmoor is a hamlet and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire. It is roughly equidistant between the larger settlements of East Tytherley and West Tytherley.

 

[DerekC]

East Tytherley claims to be the home of the electric telegraph, in that it was where William Cooke was working when he invented it. This seems doubtful as the technical work was mostly done by Cooke's partner Charles Wheatstone, culminating in a trial in 1837 on the London and Birmingham Railway between Euston and Camden Town.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Camden Town was laid out as a residential district from 1791; it was originally part of the manor of Kentish Town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also has a restored Victorian-period swimming pool.

 

[johnnychips]

West Ham also has a Premier football team called United.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Ilford was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Becontree.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Sri Murugan Hindu Temple is located in Little Ilford.
Another of the UK's Hindu Temples can be found in the West Midlands settlement of Oldbury.

 

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Mick Aston, archaeologist and star of the TV programme Time Team, was born in Oldbury and attended Oldbury Grammar School. He died on 24th June 2013, aged 66, in
Winscombe, Somerset.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Charterhouse-on-Mendip was also once administered by the ancient Anglo-Saxon Hundred of Winterstoke.

 

[Springs Branch]

Combe Martin was also a historic centre for silver mining.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wisborough Green in West Sussex also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter ad Vincula.

 

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The actor and actress, husband and wife James Bolam and Susan Jameson, live in the village. James Bolam was born in Sunderland, County Durham, on 16th June 1935.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster was also elevated to city status in the 20th century.

 

[johnnychips]

In Ian Marchant’s comedy novel The Battle for Dole Acre, the town of Pancester is based on Lancaster. Another of his novels, In Southern Waters, is set in Brighton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also hosts an annual "Pride" event.

 

[Springs Branch]

Glasgow also has a symphony orchestra (the BBC Scottish Symphony)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lanark also lies on the line of the River Clyde.

 

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The Lanark Lanimer celebrations, take place each year for one week in June. Although similar, they are not to be confused with Landemer which is a similar festivity held in the nearby town of Rutherglen, also in South Lanarkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberdeen also has a church that is dedicated to St Mark.

 

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The Royal Aberdeen Golf Club hosted the Senior British Open in 2005; ten years later, in 2015, the competition was hosted by Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandudno also has a church that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

 

[Springs Branch]

Clevedon in Somerset also has a heritage-listed seaside pier.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Knighton also has a clock tower,

 

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Knighton also has a clock tower,

Hay-on-Wye is another town which is situated in both England and Wales.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigtown also hosts a Book Festival.

 

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Although the actor James Robertson Justice was not (as he claimed) born at Wigtown, he did have ancestral links with the area, and in the 1940s lived in the town. He was, in fact, born in Lee, a suburb of Lewisham in South London, in 1907.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mottingham also lies on the line of the River Quaggy.

 

[TrainTube]

Mottingham also lies on the line of the River Quaggy.

Winchmore Hill is also around 9 miles from Charing Cross.