Centrally located in Spalding is Ayscoughfee (pronounced "Askafay") Hall: a Grade 1 listed building, now a museum, set in impressive gardens. Name reckoned to be derived from its having belonged in the 16th century to the Ayscough or Ainscough family, originally of Stallingborough, North Lincolnshire. (In that era, the family underwent mixed fortunes under Henry VIII: Sir William Ayscough was knighted by the King for his service in the wars of the time, in France; but his daughter Anne [best known under the name's variant of Askew] was, as directed by the King, burnt alive in 1546: for holding, and trying to share, non-standard religious views .)
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EbbwJunction1
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There are quite a few (30, according to Mr W Pedia) settlements known as Little London in the UK and the Isle of Man. One of these is adjacent to Stallingborough and another is adjacent to Warminster in Wiltshire.
Warminster is located near the line of the River Wylye; also situated thereon, is Stockton, Wiltshire. Can't resist mentioning that Spalding, recently featuring, also has a "suburb" called Little London (I lived for the first decade of my life in Spalding, and found it a lovely place).
EbbwJunction1
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The church of St John the Baptist, Stockton contains an almost full-height carved oak screen designed by George Bodley and Thomas Garner. An earlier work by the partnership is at All Saints' Church, St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, which resulted in a new vestry, new west window in south aisle, reseating and general repairs to roof and walls.
The late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's childhood was spent divided between St. Paul's Walden (the local "big house", St. Paul's Walden Bury, which some believe to have been her birthplace); and Glamis Castle, in the village of Glamis, Angus.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Eassie in Angus also has a noted Pictish stone in its environs.
Eassie's church is dedicated to St. Fergus; who has associations with nearby Glamis, and also with Aberdeen. He is honourably mentioned in the (Catholic) Aberdeen Breviary, the first book to be printed in Scotland (1510). Dare I mention that -- seeing on Wiki, first reference ever encountered by me, to this august book -- heathen ignoramus I, initially misread it as "Brewery"; causing some bafflement.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kilwinning in Ayrshire also has a Mercat Cross.
There is an area of Kilwinning -- once a separate village -- called Bridgend. Gazetteers of road atlases show what was, to me, an almost astonishing number in Great Britain -- especially Scotland -- of settlements called Bridgend or Bridge End. This, over and above the sizeable town in South Wales, and one or two other (semi)-namesakes, which have featured in this game. Most of these settlements seem to be very tiny places indeed -- with a tendency that if they appear on the map, they don't have a Wiki entry; and vice versa. I'll opt for -- as one to connect with from the part of Kilwinning -- Bridge End, County Durham. It's a couple of miles south-east of Stanhope -- and it both has an entry in Wiki, and is shown in the AA Great Britain road atlas: which is very good at featuring tiny, obscure places; sometimes too good !
Xenophon PCDGS
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Is Bridge End actually in Northumberland.....or is that a different settlement?
Mine is, truly, in Durham: the Northumberland one, is indeed a different place. The AA road atlas's gazetteer also lists Bridge Ends in Bedfordshire, Cumbria (two), Devon, Essex, Lincolnshire, and Surrey -- and there's also the one in County Donegal, close to the N.I. border...
Xenophon PCDGS
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Stanhope in County Durham also lies on the line of the River Wear.
Xenophon PCDGS
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St Bees in Cumbria also lies on the route of the Coast to Coast Walk.
St. Bees Head is reckoned the most westerly point of Northern England. One would assume that its most-easterly equivalent, is the easternmost extremity of the "bend" of the Spurn spit / island, close by the village of Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Withernwick in the East Riding of Yorkshire was also once administered by the Wapentake of Holderness.
This is usually your "gig"; but: Coventry also has a church dedicated to St. Alban.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Perth is another settlement that was chosen as a site for a Carthusian religious house.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kintore in Aberdeenshire was also created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.
EbbwJunction1
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The Scottish footballer and manager Andy Beatty was born in Kintore in 1913. One of his clubs was the splendidly named Inverurie Loco Works FC, who play at Harlaw Park, Inverurie.
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We learn that in the earlier days of a systematic postal service, in the 19th century -- also a time before there was a high degree of standardisation of spelling -- there was much confusion affecting delivery of post, both to Inverurie; and to Inveraray in Argyll & Bute -- much post going initially to the wrong town: this exacerbated by many people then, spelling the settlements as "Inverury" and "Inverary" respectively. To remedy this as much as possible, the spellings of both were standardised as those which obtain today.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Newburgh in Fife was also created a Royal Burgh in the 17th century.
Just outside Newburgh are the remains -- only the pedestal is left -- of what was Macduff's Cross; which per legend, marks the spot where the Clan Macduff was granted rights of sanctuary and composition for murder, in return for its chief's services against Macbeth. Also associated with the narrative of Macbeth's ups and downs -- as set out by Shakespeare -- is Birnam, Perth & Kinross.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Perth also lies on the line of the River Tay.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Thame in Oxfordshire has also hosted an Arts and Literary Festival.
johnnychips
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Dermot Morgan, who played Father Ted lived in Sandymount at some point. One of the filming locations was at Ennis in Co. Clare.
DerekC
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Ennis hosted the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All-Ireland Music Festival) in 2016 and 2017. It was cancelled this year but next year will be held in Mullingar, County Westmeath.