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Thomas Smith & Sons (Rodley) Ltd was a manufacturer of steam cranes, back in the day when this type of machinery was in demand.
Another noted maker of steam cranes was Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich.
Another noted maker of steam cranes was Ransomes & Rapier of Ipswich.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Aberdeen also has a Society of Friends meeting house.
Springs Branch
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Linlithgow in West Lothian was also created a royal burgh during the reign of Scotland's King David I.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Winchburgh in West Lothian also lies on the line of the Union Canal.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kelmarsh in Northamptonshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Denys.
The linguists tell us that Kelmarsh's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon for "marsh marked out by poles or posts" -- with a slight touch of Old Norse in the initial "K". The very similar name of Chelmarsh, Shropshire -- just south of Bridgnorth -- is reckoned to have the identical meaning; just with the alternative "Ch" beginning. (General picture got, of the Norsemen having had on the whole, more of a presence further east in Great Britain.)
John Griffiths
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Datchet in Berkshire is also the location of a major reservoir.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Treaddur Bay in Anglesey also has a sailing club.
The annual Anglesey Oyster and Welsh Produce Festival takes place at Trearddur Bay. It has a counterpart on the other side of Britain: the annual North East Oyster Festival, held at Sedgefield, County Durham (a little way inland; but there's no law to say ...)
Xenophon PCDGS
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Cartmel in Cumbria also has a left-handed National Hunt racecourse.
Springs Branch
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Cartmel is the location of L' Enclume - one of the small number of Michelin 3-star-rated restaurants in Britain.
Another Michelin 3-star restaurant (media celebrity Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck) is in the Berkshire village of Bray.
Another Michelin 3-star restaurant (media celebrity Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck) is in the Berkshire village of Bray.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kelmscott in Oxfordshire also lies on the line of the River Thames.
John Griffiths
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The designer and writer William Morris lived at Kelmscott Manor from 1871 until his death in 1896. He also had a London house which he renamed Kelmscott House. It was in the district of Hammersmith. At Upper Mall, also in Hammersmith, he set up a printworks called The Kelmscott Press.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Shadwell is another area of London that once was administered by the Hundred of Ossulstone.
johnnychips
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The war poet Wilfred Owen wrote a poem called “Shadwell Star”. He was born very near to Oswestry.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bersham in Wrexham County Borough also has an ironworks museum.
Springs Branch
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Bersham is regarded as one of the 'cradles of the industrial revolution' on account of its pioneering role in large-scale production of iron.
Another important site in the early industrial revolution - this time for textile manufacture - is Cromford in Derbyshire.
Another important site in the early industrial revolution - this time for textile manufacture - is Cromford in Derbyshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Langley Mill in Derbyshire also is on the line of the Cromford Canal.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Polmear in Cornwall is also a settlement where almshouses were built.
In the case of the Nottinghamshire settlement -- almsburrows, surely
?Polmear lies on the South West Coast Path -- as does Watchet, Somerset.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Rhoscrowther in Pembrokeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Decuman.
Said church at Rhoscrowther is in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches (which might seem to suggest that it has largely lost its congregation?). That body has also recently made possible, major repairs to St. Mary's Church at Mundon, Essex -- just south of Maldon. (Not many weeks ago, I was unaware of the existence of the FoFC. They are certainly proving useful for this game !)
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bawdeswell in Norfolk also has an illustrated village sign.
Bawdeswell's All Saints' Church was destroyed in World War II -- an "own goal", involving an RAF Mosquito bomber's unfortunately crashing into the village in November 1944. A somewhat similar situation affected a church in the same county, earlier in the war: St. Benedict's Church, Norwich, very badly damaged in an enemy air raid in January 1942; only the tower survives.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Sculthorpe in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Wensum.
DerekC
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North Warnborough in Hampshire also possesses restaurant which was originally a water mill. (I can recommend the Hampshire restaurant but haven't been to the Norfolk one)
Xenophon PCDGS
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Mytchett in Surrey also lies on the line of the Basingstoke Canal.