Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rumworth was also once administered by the Hundred of Salford.

 

[Calthrop]

Rumworth was the centre of the former parish of Deane, and the location of its parish church. There is another Deane, in Hampshire -- a little way west of Basingstoke.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The B3400 runs from Basingstoke to Andover, passing to the south of Deane; prior to this, it passes through Whitchurch, Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chilbolton in Hampshire also lies on the line of the River Test.

 

[Calthrop]

Todmorden also has an observatory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newton Heath also lies on the line of the Rochdale Canal.

 

[Calthrop]

(A situation comparable to post #19,948's Walloons) -- French Huguenot refugees settled in Newton Heath in the 16th century, creating a presence in the area, of cotton and linen craftsmanship. Another location with significant Huguenot-refugee input in those times, was Barnstaple.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Barnstaple Town FC have been based at Mill Road in the town since 1904 and are currently members of Division One South & West of the Southern League. Bristol Manor Farm FC are currently members of the same League, and play at The Creek, which is near to the Sea Mills area of Bristol.

 

[Calthrop]

In the era of Roman Britain, the location of modern Sea Mills was a -- basically not lasting -- outpost named Portus Abonae. Another place in the southern parts of England with a "Portus" name in Roman times, was present-day Dover [Portus Dubris].

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lydden in Kent was also once under the jurisdiction of the Dover Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

Rodborough is also a place where Adonis Blue butterflies can be seen, in Rodborough's case after a gap of some decades.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lincoln also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

 

[Springs Branch]

Copies of the original Magna Carta are held at the cathedrals in Lincoln and Salisbury.

 

[John Griffiths]

Duns, Berwickshire, is also a settlement that was refounded on its current site having previously occupied a nearby hilltop location.

 

[Calthrop]

Duns, Berwickshire, is also a settlement that was refounded on its current site having previously occupied a nearby hilltop location.

Blarney, Co. Cork, has also had its name (or a slight adaptation) taken into the English language as a "common noun". The Scottish settlement: "dunce" -- from the controversial medieval scholar Duns Scotus, who came from there: his theological opponents derided him and his followers as dimwits. The Irish one -- "blarney" -- supposedly arising from negotiations between the Earl thereof, and Queen Elizabeth I: the Earl came out with torrents of extravagant flattery of the Queen, but refrained from giving her what she politically wanted -- the annoyed Liz commented to the effect of "it's all Blarney".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Blarney United FC are the local football club, and play at O'Shea Park in the town; the senior team competes in the Premier Division of the Munster Senior League. One of their opponents is Leeds FC, who play at Leeds Park, Ballyvolane, a townland and suburb of Cork on the north side of the city.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Navan in County Meath also has a church that is dedicated to St Oliver.

 

[Calthrop]

Navan is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Boyne, and Blackwater; the latter, one of several of that name in Ireland. Lismore, Co. Waterford, lies on another -- rather bigger and better-known -- River Blackwater.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cappoquin in County Waterford also lies on the route of the N72 road.

 

[Calthrop]

Rather convolutedly: "folk poetry" -- there are items of same, containing reference to respective "king's daughters": one, concerning Cappoquin; while the other is the much-loved ballad of Sir Patrick Spens, in which one of the kings concerned, sits in Dunfermline and drinks the blood-red wine.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Elgin also received Royal Burgh status in the 12th century.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Moray RFC play their home games at Morriston Playing Fields, Elgin, and compete in the BT Caledonia 2 North League. Another club in the same league is Ross Sutherland RFC, who are based at the Naval Grounds in Invergordon in Easter Ross, Highlands.

 

[DerekC]

Fred Copeman, a Royal Navy boxer, was one of the leaders of the 1931 Invergordon Mutiny. Born in Beccles, Suffolk, he later joined the Communist Party. He fought and was wounded as a member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and after World War II was awarded the OBE for his part in organising air raid shelters for civilians in deep tube stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Diss in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Waveney.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In March 2006, Diss became the third town in the UK to join Cittaslow, an international organisation inspired by the slow food movement and promoting the concept of "Slow Towns", founded in Italy in October 1999 (although it has since left this initiative). Another early member was Aylsham, a historic market town and civil parish in north Norfolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wood Dalling in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Aylsham Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

Cowfold, West Sussex, also has a road called "Burnthouse Lane"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mevagissey in Cornwall also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[John Griffiths]

Mevagissey was the birthplace c1770 of Andrew Pears, the creator of Pears Soap which, from 1862 to the early 1960s, was manufactured in Isleworth, west London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heston was also once administered by the Hundred of Isleworth.