Settlement Association

[Springs Branch]

Dufton in Cumbria is also on the route of the Pennine Way.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wanlockhead also has historical connections with lead mining.

 

[Springs Branch]

The 18th Century saw a rapid increase in the number of public subscription libraries.
One early example of these was at Wanlockhead, another was the Plume Library in the Essex town of Maldon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chelmsford also lies on the line of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chelmsford RFC play at Coronation Park, Chelmsford and currently play in the London 3 Essex Division. One of the teams that they play in that Division is East London RFC, who play at Memorial Park, West Ham, London.

 

[John Griffiths]

Croydon was also a county borough that became part of Greater London in 1965.

 

[DerekC]

The name Croydon is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word croh, suggesting that it, like Saffron Walden, was a centre of crocus cultivation.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rufford also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

 

[Springs Branch]

Fiddlers Lancashire Crisps are manufactured in Rufford.
Burts Potato Chips Ltd is another producer of similar potato-based snacks, based in Devon at Roborough.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sampford Spiney was also once administered by the Hundred of Roborough.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sampford Spiney is on a network of unmarked roads which, to the South West, lead to the A386 at the village of Horrabridge.

 

[johnnychips]

The opening frame in Bagpuss is Horrabridge in 1898. The subsequent shop window frame was actually writer Peter Firmin’s house in Blean, Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Seasalter in Kent was also once under the jurisdiction of the Blean Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

During the 1970s, one-off rock festivals took place at both Seasalter and Bickershaw.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Haydock was also the scene of a Lancashire mining disaster in the 1930s.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Haydock Brass Band was formed in 1861 and is still going strong. They can be seen each year performing the ceremonial fanfares at the start and finish of The Grand National in Aintree.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burscough also lies on the line of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Burscough FC play at Victoria Park, Mart Lane, Burscough and play in the Premier Division of the North West counties League. One of their opponents is Avro FC, who in play at the Whitebank Stadium in the Limeside area of Oldham, Lancashire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport also has a church that is dedicated to the Holy Family.

 

[John Griffiths]

There is also a major road called Lord Street in Liverpool.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inveraray also has a maritime museum.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Bell Tower at Inveraray contains the second-heaviest ring of ten bells in the world.
The world's heaviest ring of ten bells is in the cathedral at Wells.

 

[johnnychips]

Workington also has a bus depot adjacent to the bus station.

 

[Springs Branch]

Large numbers of Leyland National single-deck buses were built in Workington for the National Bus Company.
In the same era, Bristol VRT double-deckers were also bought by the NBC. Many of these had bodies built by Eastern Coach Works (ECW) in Lowestoft.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stratford also was involved in the early development period of the porcelain trade.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist Bryan Forbes CBE was born as John Theobald Clarke on 22nd July 1926 in Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford. He died at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, on 8th May 2013 at the age of 86, following a long illness.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Andrews also has a noted golf course.

 

[High Dyke]

Acton in Cheshire also had a leper hospital.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coole Pilate was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Nantwich.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Travelling in a north westerly direction, the Shropshire Union Canal Main Line passes through Coole Pilate and later through the outskirts of Nantwich.