Settlement Association

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Gresford also has a church that is dedicated to All Saints.

 

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Heath near Cardiff also shares the name of a former prime minister.

 

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Bentley near Doncaster was also the scene of a mining disaster in the 30s.

 

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Sheffield also lies on the line of the River Don.

 

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In the 1980s the largest UK fleet of Dennis Dominator double-deck buses operated in Sheffield.
After SYPTE, the next largest number of this type of bus was operated by Leicester City Transport.

 

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Hinckley also has historical connections to the manufacture of hosiery items.

 

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The singer, songwriter and record producer and co-founder of The Human League, Phil Oakey was born on 2nd October 1955 in Hinckley. His father worked for the General Post Office and moved jobs regularly: the family moved to Coventry when Oakey was an infant.

 

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Ipswich also has a transport museum.

 

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The Ipswich Witches Speedway Club are based at Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich, and compete in the British SGB (Speedway Great Britain) Premiership. In 2019, they were runners up to the Swindon Robins Speedway Club, whose home track is at the Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Blunsdon, Swindon.

 

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Silchester also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Ermin Street.

 

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James Gordon Crowdy (1847 – 1918) was an English cricketer who played for the MCC and Hampshire. He was also an ordained priest in the Church of England, and held posts at Winchester, Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire and Silchester. He died at Winchester, Hampshire on 16th December 1918.

 

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Grewelthorpe in North Yorkshire also has a noted village duck pond.

 

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Grewelthorpe is in the HG4 Postcode District, which also includes the market town of Masham.

 

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Mickley in North Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Ure.

 

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The village of Mickley is within the village and civil parish of Azerley, which is in turn in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire.

 

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Southport also hosts a flower show.

 

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The actor and radio presenter Wilfred Pickles OBE was born on 13th October 1904 in Halifax, and moved to Southport with his family in 1929. He died in Brighton on 27th March 1978, aged 73.

 

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Ozleworth in Gloucestershire also has a church that is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra.

 

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The Church of St Nicolas of Myra is no longer active and is looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust. Another Church looked after by the Trust is St. Michael & St. Martin in the village of Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire.

 

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Eastington in Gloucestershire also lies on the line of the River Leach.

 

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Norton Lindsey in Warwickshire also has a carved stone fingerpost which was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

 

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Great Thurlow in Suffolk also has a windmill.

 

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The River Stour flows through Great Thurlow an onwards to Constable Country, including the Essex village of Dedham.

 

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

 

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The English cartoonist, illustrator and satirist Ray Lowry was born in Cadishead on 28th August 1944. He met The Clash at the Electric Circus in Manchester and struck up a friendship with the members of the band, which led to an invitation to accompany them on their tour of the United States in 1979. From this he created the artwork for the sleeve of their album London Calling. After years of ill health Ray Lowry died, aged 64, at his home in Waterfoot, Lancashire on 14th October 2008.

 

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Radcliffe is another settlement on the line of the Irwell Sculpture Trail.

 

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The Radcliffe Brass Band is based, unsurprisingly, in Radcliffe.
Another Brass Band is the Brighouse and Rastrick, based in the West Yorkshire town of Brighouse.

 

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Cornholme in West Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Calder.

 

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First Halifax's 592 bus service links Burnley and Halifax, passing along its route through Cornholme and Friendly.

 

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Friendly is a settlement which lies on the A646 road in the valley of the River Calder. The river also flows through Luddenfoot, East Yorkshire.