Settlement Association

[DerekC]

Stithians had a gunpowder mill, the site of a serious explosion in 1838 said to have been caused by a spark from a basket of roast potatoes! Such explosions (although not usually involving potatoes) seem to have been quite common. Sixteen were recorded at the gunpowder works in Ewell, Surrey, between 1791 and 1872 when production ceased. One was audible as far away as Horsham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tadworth in Surrey was also once administered by the Hundred of Copthorne.

 

[DerekC]

Tadworth possesses a "banjo enclosure" - the remains of an Iron Age compound roughly circular in shape with an elongated straight entrance (hence the name). They are much more common in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. Historic England's informative document on the subject cites one at Gussage St Michael, Wiltshire as an interesting example, the banjo enclosure being contained within a larger outer enclosure.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tadworth possesses a "banjo enclosure" - the remains of an Iron Age compound roughly circular in shape with an elongated straight entrance (hence the name). They are much more common in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. Historic England's informative document on the subject cites one at Gussage St Michael, Wiltshire as an interesting example, the banjo enclosure being contained within a larger outer enclosure.

Apologies, but whilst I have traced a settlement with that name in Dorset, I cannot find one with that name in Wiltshire.

 

[Calthrop]

Tadworth possesses a "banjo enclosure" - the remains of an Iron Age compound roughly circular in shape with an elongated straight entrance (hence the name). They are much more common in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. Historic England's informative document on the subject cites one at Gussage St Michael, Wiltshire as an interesting example, the banjo enclosure being contained within a larger outer enclosure.

Apologies, but whilst I have traced a settlement with that name in Dorset, I cannot find one with that name in Wiltshire.

In the interests of getting things rolling again; might we take it that in @DerekC 's post, Dorset was meant? I find Gussage St. Michael, Dorset, to be near the Wiltshire border. The village is in the Cranborne Chase area -- as is also, a few miles away, Tollard Royal; which is (just) in Wiltshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coggeshall in Essex also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter ad Vincula.

 

[Calthrop]

There is a jest in local lore: to the effect that the people of Coggeshall are, shall we say, not very bright. In the Scottish Borders, the same trait is attributed to the folk of Gordon (Berwickshire).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I award a bonus point for that last posting, as the Gordon (NBR) station featured on the Berwickshire Railway leg of the current journey on the Closed Stations Journey quiz.

 

[Calthrop]

I award a bonus point for that last posting, as the Gordon (NBR) station featured on the Berwickshire Railway leg of the current journey on the Closed Stations Journey quiz.

That line, from the map, has long fascinated me -- I'd love to visit the places which it served.

 

[johnnychips]

Gordon has the self-standing Greenknowe Tower, which reminds me of the similar Cow Tower in Norwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Liverpool also has both Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals.

 

[Springs Branch]

Clerkenwell in London is another settlement in England with a Welsh Presbyterian Church.

The Liverpool church is now apparently disused as a church, but still standing and a local landmark on account of its Heritage List status.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boscobel in Shropshire also once had a priory that was administered by the Order of Augustinian Canonesses.

 

[Calthrop]

Boscobel in Shropshire also once had a priory that was administered by the Order of Augustinian Canonesses.

Not going to mention Chazza II and his wretched oak tree -- I'm tired of that one !

Boscobel is the smallest parish in Shropshire, by population (12 in 2001). Shropshire's smallest parish by area, is Deuxhill near Bridgnorth.

 

[DerekC]

From Deuxhill the B4363 will take you to Cleobury Mortimer

Apologies, but whilst I have traced a settlement with that name in Dorset, I cannot find one with that name in Wiltshire.

My apologies - I read through the Historic England article too quickly. It listed a number of banjo enclosures on "Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire". I should have checked because I know quite well that Cranborne Chase gets into Dorset (and a bit of Hampshire as well, I think).

 

[Calthrop]

From Deuxhill the B4363 will take you to Cleobury Mortimer

And the A4117 will take you onward thence, in a westerly direction, to Angelbank and ultimately to Ludlow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Acton Burnell in Shropshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Atcham Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Limavady, Co. Londonderry, also has a St. Mary's Church.

 

[DerekC]

The name Limavady is an anglicised version of Leim an Mhadaidh which means "leap of the dog". A place with more obvious canine connections for non-Irish speakers is Hound, Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Butlocks Heath in Hampshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Mainsbridge.

 

[DerekC]

On 10th April Butlocks Heath FC play Sarisbury Spartans in the City of Southampton Sunday League.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cyncoed in the north-eastern part of the Cardiff surrounding area with some quite expensive housing also has a church that is dedicated to St Paul.

 

[Calthrop]

The author and poet Gillian Clarke, born 1937, lived for many years in Cyncoed. She was a co-founder of the National Writing Centre of Wales, headquarters the historic house Ty Newydd in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd -- near Criccieth.

 

[DerekC]

Llanystumdwy is well known as the birthplace and burial place of former prime minister David Lloyd George. His grave was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, architect of the Italianate village of Portmeiron, Gwynedd.

 

[D6130]

Most of the buildings in Portmeirion are based on those in Portofino on Italy's Ligurian Riviera. Their architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, was born in Gayton, Northamptonshire in 1883.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abthorpe in Northamptonshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Towcester.

 

[DerekC]

Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, like Abthorpe, is the centre of a rural broadband co-operative set up to bring high quality service to a number of local villages.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rosthwaite in Cumbria also lies on the route of the 192 mile long-distance footpath known as the Coast to Coast Walk.

 

[DerekC]

Rosthwaite How is a good example of a "roche moutonėe" formation, caused by glaciation. The French term is usually translated as "sheepback", but it apparently refers to a shape like that of a wavy hairdo held in place by mutton fat, as was practiced in the 18th Century. There is another at Myot Hill near Denny, Falkirk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glensburgh in the Falkirk Council Area also lies on the line of the River Carron.