Settlement Association

[EbbwJunction1]

Eastleigh lies on the River Itchen; the river's source is situated just south of the village of Cheriton, Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wiveliscombe is another settlement when a Roman lead coffin has been discovered.

 

[DerekC]

Cheriton is the site of a battle fought on 29th March 1642 in the English Civil War. The battle of Cropredy Bridge in Oxfordshire was fought exactly three months later.

 

[John Griffiths]

Napton also lies by the Oxford Canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Willoughby was also once administered by the Hundred of Marton.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The parish of St Nicholas', Willoughby is now part of a single benefice with the parishes of Flecknoe, Grandborough, Leamington Hastings and Birdingbury.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wasperton was also once under the jurisdiction of the Warwick Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Warwickshire River Avon also flows through Stratford-on-Avon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Street also has a place of worship called the Church of the Holy Trinity.

 

[John Griffiths]

Millfield School is located in Street; its preparatory department, though, is in Glastonbury.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tobermoray also hosts an annual music festival.

 

[David Goddard]

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[johnnychips]

Tobermoray was the name of a Womble, who of course come from Wimbledon Common.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The 1976 Formula One World Champion James Hunt was born on 29th August 1947 in Belmont, Surrey; he died in Wimbledon on 15th June 1993 aged 45.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chelsea also has a site of the Institute for Cancer Research.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

David Lloyd George lived at 10 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. In July 1919, he was made a Freeman of the town of Criccieth, Gwynedd.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bodedern in Anglesey has also hosted the National Eisteddford of Wales.

 

[John Griffiths]

Nefyn was also a borough represented by the former parliamentary constituency of Carnarvon Boroughs (for which Lloyd George was MP).

 

[Springs Branch]

E. T. Jones, Sons & Daughter is the local butcher's shop in Bodedern.
Another town with a butcher trading under the name Jones is Llangollen.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cynwyd in Debighshire also lies on the line of the River Dee.

 

[johnnychips]

East Witton in North Yorkshire also has a Blue Lion pub, rather an unusual name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woodale in North Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Cover.

 

[Springs Branch]

Smethwick in the West Midlands is also located at longitude 1° 58'W.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bedford also has a large Sikh Gurdwara.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Bedford's senior rugby union club is Bedford Blues; a few years ago, I saw them play at Pandy Park, Cross Keys near Newport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Risca also once had coal mining as its major town employment.

 

[John Griffiths]

Hounslow in west London also has a Coptic Orthodox church.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sutton Green was also once administered by the Hundred of Isleworth.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sutton Green has a Par 71 golf course which was co-designed by former world No.1 Laura Davies, who currently lives in Ottershaw, Surrey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lanark also has a church that is dedicated to Christ Church.