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The Barbara Hepworth Museum and her sculpture garden are the responsibility of Tate St Ives. Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10th January 1903 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Field Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde was granted the title 'Freeman of Wolverhampton' on 16th October 1919. He died in London, aged 66, on 29th January 1928 and is buried at Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh in the Scottish borders.
Dryburgh has a monument - The Temple of the Muses - to poet James Thompson, who (it is claimed) wrote the words of Rule, Britannia at The Dove pub in Hammersmith, west London.
The Hammersmith Apollo is a Grade II listed entertainment venue.
Another Grade II listed concert venue is the O2 Apollo in the Manchester district of Ardwick.
The 'twistle' element in Tintwistle's name derives from an Old English term meaning 'confluence', and is also found in Haltwhistle and Twizel, both in Northumberland.
Etal has the only thatched pub in Northumberland. Fortunately for boozers who like grass roofs, there are plenty elsewhere, including the King 's Head in Mablethorpe, Lincs.
The name Appersett derives from Norse and means the 'Shieling by the apple tree'. The suffix "sett", is notable to Wensleydale; another example being the village of Burtersett.
Hannah Hauxwell was a Dales farmer who achieved some media fame as a result of her austere rural lifestyle and agreeable character. Another famous (or so I am informed by the internet) Hannah with a settlement-related surname is English actress Hannah Ware.
The Welsh Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas was born in 1977 in Gorseinon. In 2006, she married Baritone opera singer Robert Davies, and they live in Brighton, Sussex.
Between 1907 and 1956 the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway operated an electric tramway service between Llandudno and Colwyn Bay. An intermediate station was at Rhos-on-Sea.
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