Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

Both Manchester; and Stanley, Perthshire; happen to bear the same names as the surnames of two individuals from times past, who were -- among other things -- journalists / authors / sometime members of the military. Respectively: 20th century -- the American William R. Manchester; and 19th century -- the British Henry M. Stanley (he who presumed that it was Dr. Livingstone).

 

[D6130]

Aberfeldy in Perthshire also lies on the line of the River Tay.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Aberfeldy RFC play at Wade Park, and are members of the Caledonia League Midlands Four. Stobswell RFC play at Downfield Park, Dundee and also currently play in the same division.

 

[D6130]

North Queensferry in Fife also lies at the Northern extremity of a lengthy road bridge (now two) crossing a wide estuary (or firth as it would be called in Scotland).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anstruther in Fife also lies on the route of the long-distance footpath known as the Fife Coastal Path.

 

[D6130]

Lossiemouth in Moray also has a fisheries museum.

 

[Calthrop]

Some ten miles south-west of Lossiemouth -- situated on a bay off the Moray Firth -- is Kinloss. The degree of name-similarity would appear to be coincidental; Kinloss is not on the River Lossie which gives Lossiemouth its name.

 

[D6130]

Some ten miles south-west of Lossiemouth -- situated on a bay off the Moray Firth -- is Kinloss. The degree of name-similarity would appear to be coincidental; Kinloss is not on the River Lossie which gives Lossienouth its name.

.....and - purely as an aside - both places have, or had, military air bases.

 

[Calthrop]

.....and - purely as an aside - both places have, or had, military air bases.

That, I didn't know (stores fact under "future ammunition for the game" ).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Some ten miles south-west of Lossiemouth -- situated on a bay off the Moray Firth -- is Kinloss. The degree of name-similarity would appear to be coincidental; Kinloss is not on the River Lossie which gives Lossienouth its name.

Culross in Fife was also chosen as a site for a Cistercian Abbey.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Several motion pictures have used Culross as a filming location, including The 39 Steps in 2008. Another location used for the film was Dumbarton Castle, which sits on a plug of volcanic basalt known as Dumbarton Rock overlooking the town of Dumbarton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dingwall was also created a Royal Burgh by King Alexander II in the 13th century.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ross County FC play all of their home matches in the Scottish Premiership at Victoria Park in Dingwall. Another club in the Scottish Premiership which doed not contain the name of the town that they play in in their name is St Mirren FC; they are based at St Mirren Park, Paisley, Renfrewshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dumbarton was also a large settlement in the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde.

 

[D6130]

Stirling also has a castle built on top of a prominent volcanic 'plug'.

 

[DerekC]

The coat of arms of Louth, Lincolnshire also features a wolf. However Louth's is rampant whereas Stirling's is recumbent on a rock (presumably the volcanic plug)

 

[Calthrop]

Among other British vegetable-growers' associations, the Radish Growers' Association is based in Louth. Feltwell, Norfolk -- east of Thetford -- is a significant centre for the growing of radishes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Methwold in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Thetford Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Among other British vegetable-growers' associations, the Radish Growers' Association is based in Louth. Feltwell, Norfolk -- east of Thetford -- is a significant centre for the growing of radishes.

I got my directions mixed up -- Feltwell lies west, not east, of Thetford.

Methwold in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Thetford Poor Law Union.

Centuries ago, Methwold was quite celebrated for the abundance and excellence of the area's rabbits -- known as "Muel rabbits". Said fare is known to have pleased King James I on at least one occasion. Of a different kind of "rabbit renown" is Sydmonton, Hampshire (north-west of Basingstoke). The village is situated very near the action of Richard Adams's Watership Down, and is mentioned by name a couple of times in the book.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ewhurst in Hampshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Kingsclere.

 

[Calthrop]

Acocks Green, West Midlands, also has a church dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin.

 

[Springs Branch]

Centuries ago, Methwold was quite celebrated for the abundance and excellence of the area's rabbits --

I had planned to "hop in" with a rabbit-based association with the village of Bunny in Northamptonshire, but got distracted.

Moving on . . . .

Acocks Green, West Midlands, also has a church dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin.

Local bus operator National Express West Midlands (NXWM) operates from 10 bus garages, including facilities at Acocks Green and Walsall.

 

[Calthrop]

I had planned to "hop in" with a rabbit-based association with the village of Bunny in Northamptonshire, but got distracted.

You must have heard the one about the devotee of Mr. Adams's works, who went to see the film Rabbit-Proof Fence; and demanded his money back because it contained almost nothing specifically about rabbits ...

Local bus operator National Express West Midlands (NXWM) operates from 10 bus garages, including facilities at Acocks Green and Walsall.

In 1643 during the English Civil War, Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria briefly graced with her presence, Walsall; and also Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire: where she landed from the Continent, bringing help for the Royalist cause.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quarndon in Derbyshire is another settlement with a chalybeate spring water source.

 

[Calthrop]

Henry Royce, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce automobile firm, lived in Quarndon 1908 -- 11. His partner in the enterprise, Charles Rolls: spent a little of his short life in the employ of the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, Cheshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Audlem in Cheshire East was also once administered by the Hundred of Nantwich.

 

[Calthrop]

Alice E. Gillington (1863 -- 1934) -- poet, author and journalist; and an enthusiast for the Romany people, the subject of much of her writing: was born in Audlem. A better-known literary fan of, and writer-about, the same community -- roughly half a century earlier -- was George Borrow (1803 -- 1881): born in Dereham, Norfolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Litcham in Norfolk was also once administered by the Hundred of Launditch.

 

[Calthrop]

Mundesley, Norfolk, also lies on -- is in fact at the seaward end of -- the B1145 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aldeburgh in Suffolk also has a small maritime museum.