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[D6130]

Wiki is endlessly educational -- I learn that a Samuel Butler of some fame, was born in Kenilworth in 1774: I'd hitherto known that name only as belonging to the poet and satirist, dates 1613 -- 80, author of Hudibras; and the much later author / thinker (grandson, I learn, of the Kenilworth-born chap), who wrote Erewhon. "Him born in K. 1774" was a classical scholar, latterly bishop, and schoolmaster; most renowned for his headmastership of Shrewsbury School.

Bridgnorth is also on the River Severn.

 

[341o2]

Ivybridge is on the river Erme

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ugborough in Devon was also once administered by the Hundred of Ermington.

 

[Calthrop]

False etymology and tenuous asscociations coming into play: but, Wiki gives no indication as to the origin of Ugborough's name. In the way of these things -- said origin probably nothing to do with things nasty or repellent; as with Ugley, Essex -- which name thought to derive from "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Widdington in Essex was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Uttlesford.

 

[DerekC]

Prior's Hall in Widdington, a 10th or 11th Century Saxon structure, has a claim to be the oldest private house in England, but the title was awarded by "Country Life" magazine to 12th Century Saltford Manor, Saltford, Somerset on the basis that it has always been a house, whereas Prior's Hall was originally a chapel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nempnett Thrubwell was also once administered by the Hundred of Keysnham.

 

[Calthrop]

Wiki says, in its delightfully prim way, "Nempnett Thrubwell's curiously comedic name makes the village something of a famous local attraction". Long ago, the humorist Paul Jennings felt similarly: he included this settlement in a list of bizarrely-named English villages, which also included Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire (near Haverhill).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Horseheath in Cambridgeshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Cambridge Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

According to an unusually well-written wiki article by someone with a nice turn of phrase (surprised it hasn't t been peppered with bossy tags by editors), Horseheath Hall was pulled down in 1777, its iron gates ending up at two Cambridge colleges and the rectory at Cheveley, Cambs.

 

[Calthrop]

The Icknield Way Path also passes through Chalgrave, Bedfordshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tingrith in Bedfordshire was also once under the administration of the ancient Hundred of Manshood.

 

[Calthrop]

Charles Tanqueray, founder in the 1830s of the prominent gin-distilling firm, lived at Tanqueray House in Tingrith. The distilling was actually done in London; the plant there was wrecked by bombing in World War II -- one device therefrom of some kind, called "Old Tom", was more or less unscathed: it is now at the multi-purpose distillery at Cameron Bridge, Fife.

Tingrith in Bedfordshire was also once under the administration of the ancient Hundred of Manshood.

(My italics) -- not to be confused, I take it, with the Hundred of Manhood, south of Chichester -- occurring in the name of the Hundred of Manhood & Selsey Tramway, alias West Sussex Railway .

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glenrothes in Fife also lies on the line of the River Leven.

 

[Calthrop]

Val McDermid's murder-mystery novels set in central Scotland -- most prominent character, the stroppy but diligent and ingenious DCI Karen Pirie -- often feature Glenrothes, with its being an important centre for administration and bureaucracy. Her other principal "mystery" series is set in the fictional West Yorkshire city of Bradfield; but real settlements often show up in said series -- for instance, Todmorden.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Erringden in West Yorkshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Todmorden Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Plans of an estate in Erringden produced in 1761 are the first known work by the land surveyor and engineer Robert Whitworth (1734 – 1799), who went on to become one of the leading canal engineers of his generation. He was born in Sowerby, West Riding of Yorkshire and learnt his trade under John Smeaton and James Brindley.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Sowerby was the destination of a bus missed by The Fast Show character Unlucky Alf, in a sketch filmed in Langley Park, Co. Durham

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bearpark in County Durham also lies on the line of the River Browney.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Sir Bobby Robson Sports Centre is located in the adjoining village of Upshaw Moor.

 

[D6130]

Bearpark in County Durham also lies on the line of the River Bro

Upshaw Moor.

Small typo there....that should be Ushaw Moor!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Small typo there....that should be Ushaw Moor!

Waterhouses in County Durham also lies on the line of the River Deerness.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Paul's Church, Waterhouses, was originally opened as a Chapel of Ease in 1869, being designed by C. Hodgson Fowler and built by R. Sanderson. Among other Churches designed by C H Fowler was St Peter, Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire in 1894.

(Apologies for the spelling mistake!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kirby Grindalythe in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Buckrose Wapentake.

 

[godfreycomplex]

There is also a field centre in East Bergholt, Suffolk

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Westerham in Kent also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village of Bletchingley (historically "Blechingley") is also on the A25 Road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tatsfield in Surrey was also once administered by the Hundred of Tandridge.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The British Grand Prix Motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver John Surtees CBE was born on 11th February 1934 at Tatsfield, Surrey. He died of respiratory failure on 10th March 2017 at St George's Hospital in London, at the age of 83, and is buried, next to his son Henry, at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Lingfield, Surrey.

 

[Calthrop]

Lingfield Park racecourse is one of only six all-weather racecourses in the UK. Another is at Southwell, Nottinghamshire.