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Although very small, Dolgellau is the second largest settlement in Southern Gwynedd after Tywyn.
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The Welsh, the "Saxons", and their conflicting ways of spelling things... Tywyn, Southern Gwynedd (of Talyllyn Railway fame) was for long -- conventionally and officially -- spelt "Towyn". Correct-Welsh-orthography-wise, the "o" has been replaced by a "y". There is, however, a quasi-namesake settlement, in the north of Gwynedd: the village of Towyn (the "o" still correct here), between Rhyl and Abergele.
@EbbwJunction1: should you be (as plenty of people are) a devotee of Conan Doyle's historical novels; I hope not to give offence -- but I derive some amusement from the circumstance that Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes and everything to do with him (tried to kill him off at one stage, but the fans insisted that he be brought back) -- he reckoned the Holmes stories as boring rubbish which he churned out to pay the bills; and that writing historical fiction was what he had really been put on Earth to do. For my tastes -- definitely not everyone's ! -- "Holmes" is deservedly Doyle's best material; and his historical novels which I've struggled through, including The White Company and its sequel are, to me, frankly awful -- kids'-comic stuff. (I'd forgotten all about Edricson's Minstead connection: do recall that he has a chum called John, from Hordle near New Milton.)
ETA: the above, just "chat" -- latest settlement-to-follow-from, is Towyn as per #21,511.
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Llangadfan in Montgomeryshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Cadfan.
Far to the south-east, the A458 road also runs through Enville, Staffordshire.
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There's also a pub named The Cat in the Sussex village of West Hoathly.
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Wartling in East Sussex was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hailsham Poor Law Union.
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Another RAF ROTOR radar station (intended to detect approaching Soviet bombers during the Cold War) was located in Lancashire at St Anne's-on-the-Sea.
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I am a devotee of the Sherlock Holmes novels, although I haven't read too many of the historical ones. It's something that I ought to put right soon, as I know that they're very good.
Moving on, though, Saint Anne's-on-the-Sea is one of the four main areas making up Lytham St Annes; the other three are Lytham, Ansdell and Fairhaven. The comedian Les Dawson, who lived in the town, is remembered by a bronze statue by sculptor Graham Ibbeson, which was unveiled by Dawson's widow and daughter in the ornamental gardens next to St Annes Pier on 23rd October 2008. Les Dawson was born in Collyhurst, Manchester, on 2nd February 1931.
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Horsham in West Sussex also lends its name to a particular type of sandstone.
Oxford, like Horsham, has a central crossroads called (The) Carfax.
I readily admit that concerning fiction, I'm ridiculously hard to please...
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One of the recipients of the Freedom of the City of Oxford is the author Colin Dexter, the creator of the Inspector Morse series. Although mostly associated with Oxford (where he died, aged 86, on 21st March 2017), he was born on 29th September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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Church Gresley in Derbyshire also lies on the route of the National Cycle Route 63.
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The Church of England parish church of Saint George and Saint Mary, Church Gresley was built early in the 12th century. In 1872, the chancel was designed and built by Arthur Blomfield. Another of his projects in the same year was at St James' parish church, Ramsden, Oxfordshire.
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Kirtlington in Oxfordshire also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Akeman Street.
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Polo is also played at Ham, SW London.
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Ham House & Garden is a lavish mansion owned by the National Trust.
Another National Trust property in England is Nether Alderley Mill, in the Cheshire village of Nether Alderley.
Another National Trust property in England is Nether Alderley Mill, in the Cheshire village of Nether Alderley.
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Cambridge was the chosen new location by AstraZeneca when it moved its research laboratories from Nether Alderley.
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You can punt on the River Cam from Cambridge to Grantchester
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After a hard afternoon's punting, you can enjoy a pint or two in The Green Man at Grantchester.
There's also a pub named The Green Man in Derbyshire at Ashbourne.
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Bottisham in Cambridgeshire also has a church where a table tomb can be viewed.
Bottisham church also contains a window and tablet in memory of Colonel Soame Gambier-Jenyns of Bottisham Hall, who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, and survived. The last survivor of the Charge was Edwin Hughes, who died in 1927, aged 96, in Blackpool.
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Great Yarmouth also has a Pleasure Beach.
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Great Yarmouth is the location of one of over a dozen Sea Life Centres in the UK; Hunstanton in Norfolk (Sea Life Hunstanton) is another.
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As well as the world's oldest aquarium, Brighton also has a naturist beach
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Ozleworth in Gloucestershire also has a church that is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra.
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The well-respected chemist and academic Anthony Ledwith was Head of the Chemistry Department at the University of Sheffield from 1998 onwards.
Prior to this, Ledwith's first senior academic post was as Campbell Brown Professor of Industrial Chemistry in the University of Liverpool.
Prior to this, Ledwith's first senior academic post was as Campbell Brown Professor of Industrial Chemistry in the University of Liverpool.
The London Borough of Enfield also has a heraldic-type mythical creature, exclusively or largely associated with the respective settlement concerned. With Liverpool it is, of course, the Liver Bird; with Enfield, the eponymous Enfield: an interesting fox / eagle / greyhound / lion / wolf compound -- sometimes, additionally with wings.