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Corringham in Essex is another settlement that refused to pay taxes and were involved with the Peasant's Revolt of 1381.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Thundersley in Essex was also once under the jurisdiction of the Rochford Poor Law Union.
Thundersley's name -- from the Old English meaning "grove or meadow belonging to the god Thunor or Thor" -- is considered historically significant as a survival from England's pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon paganism. There is a parallel -- via different "tribes", and at the other end of the island -- in Thurso, Highland: from the Norse, signifying "place on Thor's River".
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Thurso is the most Northerly town on the British mainland. Lizard in Cornwall is the most Southerly.
Place-names which one might think at first sight to be about "critters" -- most frequently, are not. Lizard's name comes from the Cornish lis = place, and ard = high. The same applies to Ducklington, Oxfordshire -- a little way west of Oxford. That name is reckoned to be from Old English -- a person called Ducca or Ducel; plus ing = people of; and ton = enclosure / homestead / village. As Wiki puts it, "The fact that the village has a duck-pond with a population of ducks is purely incidental".
Xenophon PCDGS
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Wilmslow in Cheshire East also has a church that is dedicated to St Bartholemew.
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Actor William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow in the TV soap opera 'Coronation Street', lives in Wilmslow. He was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Winchester in Hampshire is another settlement that was granted the right to hold a Charter Fair.
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Winchester and Gotham, Nottinghamshire both have cheesy connections. Gotham has a Cheese Hill. Winchester once had a street of the same name, now shortened to Chesil, but still has Cheesefoot Head, a natural amphitheatre in the downs nearby.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Biddulph in Staffordshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Lawrence.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Whitley in the West Midlands also lies on the line of the River Sherbourne.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Fowey in Cornwall is another settlement where almshouses have been built.
Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, spent many holidays in Fowey. While some of the inspiration for his masterpiece is thought to come from Fowey sources; it is generally reckoned that more of such -- particularly involving the River Thames and its tributaries -- is from the area of Cookham, Berkshire, where he lived for a long period.
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Cookham was home to Sir Stanley Spencer, artist, who remained deeply attached to the town of his birthplace. He did however volunteer for service in WW1, spending a year at Beaufort War hospital Bristol, having joined the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps)
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Blackpool also has a zoo.
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Blackpool also has its Tower Ballroom complete with Wurlizer organ, another Wurlitzer is located at Thursford Norfolk, a steam museum which is probably better known today for its Christmas Spectacular
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Corbridge in Northumberland also has the remains of an extensive Roman settlement.
DerekC
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Embleton in Northumberland has a fortified vicarage, for the same reason as Corbridge - a place of safety against raids by border reivers.
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Bridekirk in Cumbria was also once under the jurisdiction of the Cockermouth Poor Law Union.
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The daughter of the Vicar of Saint Bridget's Church, Bridgerule, Emmeline Maria Kingdon (1817 – 1890) went on to be the Headmistress of the Royal School for Daughters of the Officers of Officers of the Army, which was founded in Bath by philanthropist Alfred Douglas Hamilton in 1864.
Apart from a short break between 1874 and 1875, she was at the School until 1882, when she had a stroke and was paralysed, forcing her retirement. She died in West Hampstead, in North West London in 1890.
Apart from a short break between 1874 and 1875, she was at the School until 1882, when she had a stroke and was paralysed, forcing her retirement. She died in West Hampstead, in North West London in 1890.
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Boarshaw in Middleton, Greater Manchester, also has a large cemetery.
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One of the most notable graves at Boarshaw Cemetery is that of Lance Corporal Joel Halliwell VC. He was born in Middleton, Lancashire on 29th December 1881, and served in the Lancashire Fusiliers during the First World War. During the Battle of the River Aisne, Muscourt, France, on 17th May 1918, Lance Corporal Halliwell was captured by the Germans and was a prisoner until he managed to escape. On his way back to the British lines, seeing many wounded comrades lying on the ground, he mounted a stray German horse which he rode back to pick up a wounded man and brought him back to safety, in spite of heavy shellfire. He went on to repeat this process, back and forth, through heavy enemy gunfire, with no thought for his own safety, some ten times, until his horse received a severe wound and he could no longer continue. For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He died in Oldham, Lancashire aged 76 on 14th June 1958.
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Langho in Lancashire also has a church that is dedicated to St Leonard.
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Luddenden in West Yorkshire also has a pub called the Lord Nelson.