Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

The parish of Sopley contains the historical manor of Avon Tyrell (whose current actual manor house is only a little over a hundred years old). Walter Tyrell, head of the family, was the man who killed with an arrow (accidentally, or otherwise?) King William Rufus during a hunt in the nearby New Forest in 1100 (Tyrell fled immediately afterwards, fearing bad consequences). William Rufus's tomb is in Winchester Cathedral.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sturminster Newton in Dorset also has a still-working watermill

 

[Calthrop]

Sturminster Newton holds an annual Cheese Festival. Another venue with an annual cheese-related event -- in this case, competitive rolling of cheeses down a steep hill -- is Cooper's Hill near Gloucester.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester was a host city for the Rugby World Cup in 1991. Another venue used during that competition was the Cross Green ground in the east of Otley, West Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mirfield in West Yorkshire also hosts an agricultural show.

 

[Calthrop]

Durham also has an Anglican theological college.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also has botanical gardens.

 

[D6130]

Dumbarton also has a castle built on the basalt plug of an extinct volcano.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dingwall was also created a Royal Burgh during the reign of King Alexander II in the 13th century AD.

 

[Calthrop]

Dingwall gets a glancing mention in one of W.S. Gilbert (of "and Sullivan")'s Bab Ballads bonkers-verse offerings. So does Epsom: in the Ballad called Emily, John, James and I -- a tale of improbable doings on Derby Day.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Herne Bay in Kent also has a clock tower.

 

[Calthrop]

One of Herne Bay's oldest buildings is the late-18th-century, appropriately named, Ship Inn. A "mega-inland" place with a hostelry of the same name, is Highley, Shropshire -- in the Severn Valley -- well, river craft, I suppose...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire also lies on the line of the River Severn.

 

[Calthrop]

Another generally "Midland" town mentioned in passing by Shakespeare's anti-hero Sir John Falstaff, in the plays: is Daventry, Northamptonshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Farthingstone in Northamptonshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Daventry Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

Farthingstone has the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle now referred to as Castle Dykes. Scarborough refers to the moat round its much larger and more intact castle by the same name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Shields in County Durham was also attacked by German military during the 1914-1918 war.

 

[Springs Branch]

South Shields has a counterpart, North Shields, physically separated by the River Tyne and historically located within a different county.

Another settlement with a "North" cousin located across a substantial river estuary is Woolwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cinderford in Gloucestershire also has a noted item of sculpture by Antony Dufort.

 

[Springs Branch]

Building materials supplier Travis Perkins also has a branch in the Scottish town of Arbroath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rosemarkie in the Scottish Highlands is another settlement where fine examples of Pictish carved stones can be viewed.

 

[Calthrop]

Ely, Cambridgeshire, is also situated in what is referred to as an "Isle", but is not one in the sense of "cut off by sea from the mainland". The "Black Isle" in which Rosemarkie lies, is in fact a peninsula; the "Isle of Ely" has always been essentially, an inland-waters matter.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whippingham on the Isle of Wight also has a church with a lantern tower.

 

[Calthrop]

Crathie, Aberdeenshire, is another place which is or has been favoured by the Royal Family for church attendance, when in the relevant part of the world.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dinnet in Aberdeenshire also lies on the line of the River Dee.

 

[Springs Branch]

Dinnet is the location of the junction between the A93 and A97 roads. The A97 runs from here to its northern terminus at Banff.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

North Berwick was also created a Royal Burgh by King Robert II in the 14th century AD.

 

[Springs Branch]

St Albans is another British settlement with a Twin Town located in Denmark.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Clarence Park, St Albans plays host to St Albans Cricket Club. The club currently runs four Saturday sides, playing in the Saracens Hertfordshire Cricket League along with West Herts CC. Their main ground is in Watford, but they also play at The Hit or Miss Cricket Club, Penn Street, Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

 

[D6130]

Chesham is also in the same parliamentary constituency....and produced a landslide victory for the Lib-Dems over the Tories in a by-election earlier this year.