Settlement Association

[Springs Branch]

Glensburgh is said to be the birthplace of the mother of William Wallace - the 13th Century Scottish knight and leader during the First Scottish War of independence.

Wallace's father is believed to be from the Renfrewshire village of Elderslie.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling is another Scottish settlement with a Wallace monument.

 

[D6130]

Dumbarton also has a castle built on top of a basalt volcanic plug.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Falmouth in Cornwall also has a maritime museum.

 

[D6130]

Stroud (pronounced 'Strood'), near Petersfield in Hampshire, also has a pub called the Seven Stars.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rode Heath in Cheshire East also has a Mission Church.

 

[D6130]

Rugeley in Staffordshire also lies on the line of the Trent & Mersey Canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St Augustine.

 

[DerekC]

Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, was born in Aintree, Lancashire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Maghull is another Merseyside settlement to historically have benefitted from the accrued land benefits that came from the passing of the Alt Drainage Act of 1779.

 

[DerekC]

Frank Hornby, inventor of Meccano (and, of course, Hornby trains) lived for many years in Maghull. As well as being a successful inventor and entrepreneur he was for a while MP for Everton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Soho in Birmingham also has a church that is dedicated to St John Chrysostom.

 

[DerekC]

Soho was, of course, the location of Boulton and Watt's Soho Foundry. Matthew Boulton is the less well known of the partners but was a man of many talents. He pioneered modern methods of manufacturing coinage for the Royal Mint and was instrumental in getting Parliament to establish an assay office in Birmingham. Before that all products made in the West Midlands and needing to be hallmarked had to be taken to Chester.

 

[D6130]

Chichester in West Sussex also has a cathedral with a detached bell tower.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coldharbour in Surrey also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Stane Street.

 

[Springs Branch]

Coldharbour is claimed to be the highest village in the south-east of England.
The highest settlement in England (although possibly sometimes disputed) is the Staffordshire village of Flash.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Congleton in Cheshire East also lies on the line of the River Dane.

 

[DerekC]

Congleton was notorious for bear-baiting in the early 17th Century, the story being that they spent money collected for a new bible for the church on a new, more aggressive bear instead. The Paris Garden in Southwark was also a well known location. Bear baiting was banned by the Commonwealth government in the Civil War and never really regained popularity again afterwards, being finally prohibited by Act of Parliament in 1835.

 

[D6130]

Rochester in Kent also has a cathedral.

 

[Springs Branch]

Guildford also has a Guildhall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Godalming also lies on the line of the Wey Navigation.

 

[DerekC]

Staying with a watery theme, Godalming on the Wey was once connected to the south coast via the Wey and Arun Canal, which ran across country to Pallingham Lock near Pulborough, West Sussex, where it entered the Arun.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester also holds a Duck Race.

 

[D6130]

Sheffield also has a sauce manufacturer. (Lea & Perrins in Worcester and Henderson's Relish in Sheffield).

 

[johnnychips]

Doncaster also has a suburb called Intake.

 

[D6130]

Halifax also has a minster church.

 

[Springs Branch]

The coat of arms of Halifax features an image of the severed head of John the Baptist.
Another settlement whose coat of arms formerly included John the Baptist's head (until the design was changed in 1934) is Penzance.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Releath in Cornwall was also once administered by the Hundred of Penwith.

 

[DerekC]

Near Releath is the granite boulder formation of "Men-Amber", thought to be a fallen logan or rocking stone. Another logan stone can be found at "Whooping Rock" on Easdon Down near North Bovey, Devon.

 

[Springs Branch]

Amberley in West Sussex also has a castle which has been converted into a luxury hotel in recent times.