Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Charlwood in Surrey was also once administered by the Hundred of Reigate.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Providence Chapel, a Grade II* Listed building, stands on a lane to the north of the village of Charlwood. The weatherboarded single-storey building was re-erected there in 1816 after being moved from Horsham, where it served as an Officer's Mess during the Napoleonic Wars. It was used as a Nonconformist chapel for almost 200 years but was put up for sale in 2012.In the spring of 2013, the Charlwood Society, a local history and preservation group, became the new trustees of the chapel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Slinfold in West Sussex was also once under the jurisdiction of the Horsham Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

The Western Adur river has its source at Slinfold; that of the Eastern Adur is at Ditchling Common in East Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glenrothes in Fife also has a church that is dedicated to St Margaret.

 

[D6130]

East Kilbride is another of the post-war Scottish new towns

 

[John Griffiths]

Reading also has a museum of rural life.

 

[Springs Branch]

Reading is one of a select few British towns where local buses operate 24 hours per day.

Another settlement with all-night local buses is Brighton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bolton also has a clock tower.

 

[Springs Branch]

Historically, before the town's growth due to the industrial revolution, Bolton was known as Bolton-le-Moors (with several variations in spelling and form also being recorded). This distinguished the district from other settlements with the same name.

Another village which still retains its -le-moors suffix (for the same purpose) is Appleton-le-Moors in North Yorks.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancing in West Sussex also has a religious building incorporating a large rose window.

 

[Calthrop]

Oundle, Northamptonshire, also has a -- if one is being snobbish -- probably second-rank Public School.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cogenhoe in Northamptonshire also lies on the line of the River Nene.

 

[Calthrop]

Cogenhoe in Northamptonshire also lies on the line of the River Nene.

(Pronounced in these parts, "Nen"; as per post last week, re Thrapston .)

Gretton, Gloucestershire (near Winchcombe) has -- as does Cogenhoe -- one of England's innumerable pubs called the Royal Oak.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Malvern in Worcestershire also has a place of worship named Christ Church.

 

[D6130]

Harrogate in North Yorkshire also developed as a popular 'spa' town in the 19th century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ramsey in Cambridgeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The church in Ramsey, Isle of Man, however, is dedicated to St. Paul.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly was also visited in AD986 by Olaf Tryggvason, who later became King Olaf I of Norway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Agnes' Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly parishes; another Church in the Benefice is All Saints', Bryher.

 

[Calthrop]

The settlement -- small village, or hamlet? -- on Bryher, is England's westernmost; its easternmost is Lowestoft, Suffolk.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Kirkley & Pakefield FC are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at Walmer Road, Lowestoft. One of their opponents are Mulbarton Wanderers FC, who play at Mulberry Park, Mulbarton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bracondale in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Norwich Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Bracondale is an area of the city of Norwich; on the south-eastern edge of Cromer in Norfolk is Bracondale House -- built in 1890 by the Lord Mayor of Norwich as a holiday home. It's now a hotel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Port Isaac in Cornwall also has an RNLI lifeboat station.

 

[D6130]

Holmfirth in West Yorkshire was also used as the main filming location for a long-running television series. In the case of Port Isaac, it was Doc Martin and in the case of Holmfirth, Last of the Summer Wine.

 

[Calthrop]

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, also has a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. (This church at Stratford is probably England's most-visited parish church, owing to its containing the grave of William Shakespeare.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Snitterfield in Warwickshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Stratford-upon-Avon Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath between Worcester and Shoreham passes through both Snitterfield and Charmouth in Dorset.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bettiscombe in Dorset also lies on the line of the River Char.