Settlement Association

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Ludlow has a Quaker Meeting House on St Mary's Lane; another example is the Come-to-Good-Friends Meeting House in the village of Kea, near Truro, Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gedling also has a church that is dedicated to All Hallows.

 

[John Griffiths]

Murton, Co Durham, also had a pit (coal mine) that closed in 1991.

 

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Murton Colliery featured in a Picture Post article showing the 'vesting' of the mine at nationalisation in 1947. Picture Post was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957; one of their staff writers was J B Priestley, who was born on 13th September 1894 in Manningham, Bradford.

 

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Hillsborough was also the scene of a football stadium disaster with many fatalities.

 

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Doncaster also has an Interchange with vending machines where you can buy Travelmaster products.

 

[John Griffiths]

Wetherby is also a centre of horse racing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kettlewell also lies on the line of the River Wharfe.

 

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In 1686 Kettlewell and the nearby village of Starbotton were almost destroyed in a flood. Heavy rainfall descended on the adjacent hills and cascaded down into the village demolishing several houses and causing the residents to flee.

 

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Llandegley in Powys also has a Quaker burial ground.

 

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Llandegley lies on the stretch of the A44 road between Leominster and Rhayader, as does the village of Crossgates in Powys.

 

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Llanbadarn Fawr in Ceredigion also has a church that is dedicated to St Padarn.

 

[John Griffiths]

Tan-y-Groes also has a pub called The Gogerddan Arms.

 

[Springs Branch]

Straffan in Co. Kildare also has a small industrial heritage museum featuring steam engines.

 

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Kilcullen in County Kildare also lies on the line of the River Liffey.

 

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On 2nd July 1903 the Gordon Bennett Cup race (the first international motor race to be held anywhere in what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) ran through Kilcullen. Ireland was proposed as racing was illegal on British public roads and, after some lobbying, a number of local laws were changed, and Kildare was chosen as the venue. The route consisted of several loops which passed through (among other places) Kilcullen and Stradbally in County Laois.

 

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Innishannon in County Cork also hosts an annual steam rally.

 

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Innishannon is on the River Bandon, which rises at Nowen Hill (one of the Shehy Mountains), to the north of Drimoleague, County Cork.

 

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Gougane Barra is at the other end of St Finbarr's Pilgrim Path.

 

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The River Lee has its source in the Shehy Mountains near Gougane Barra. From there, the Lee flows from the lake of Gougane Barra as a fast paced torrent, but by the town of Ballingeary, it eases and flows into Lough Allua.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Galway also hosts an Irish language summer school.

 

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The highest honour the City of Galway can bestow is the Freedom of the City. Amongst the names on the Roll of Honour is Michael D Higgins, the current President of Ireland, who was given the honour in 2012. Michael Higgins was born on 18th April 1941 in Limerick, and educated at Ballycar National School, County Clare, and St Flannans's College, Ennis, County Clare.

 

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Clarecastle also lies on the line of the River Fergus.

 

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Clarecastle is a village just south of Ennis in County Clare; from 2008 to 2016 the village saw a significant population increase due to its proximity to Ennis, Shannon, and Limerick.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inverness also has an aviation museum.

 

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Charles Kennedy, the former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, was born in Inverness on 25th November 1959. He died on 1st June 2015 at his home in Fort William, and is buried at his family's cemetery at Clunes, a small hamlet on the west shore of Loch Lochy, in Inverness-shire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grotaig is another small hamlet on the route of the long-distance footpath known as the Great Glen Way.

 

[John Griffiths]

Drumnadrochit is also in the IV63 postcode area.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kingussie also has a shinty team that plays in the Marine Harvest Premiership league.

 

[John Griffiths]

Alnwick is also closely bypassed by European route E15.