Settlement Association

[DerekC]

Dover Hill in Folkestone was one of the sighting points for the Anglo-French Survey, successfully carried out in the late 18th Century to establish the precise distance between London and Paris. The two cross-channel observation points on the English side were at Dover Castle and Fairlight in East Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Caerphilly in Caerphilly County Borough also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

 

[341o2]

Caerphilly is the name of a Welsh cheese, and the subject of jokes about Welsh cheese lovers doing it Caerphilly.
There is also the Harlech Truckle, which is manufactured in Pontypool

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bilston in the West Midlands was another settlement noted for the high quality of the decorative treatment known as japanning.

 

[341o2]

Bovingdon also has a street market

 

[Calthrop]

Bovingdon had a World War II airfield, bearing the village's name. There was another such, some hundred miles north-west of Bovingdon near Hemel Hempstead; at Bobbington, West Midlands, south-east of Wolverhampton -- similarity of names resulted in confusion for aircrew on at least one occasion: during the course of the war, Bobbington airfield was consequently renamed Halfpenny Green, after a neighboring village; it is now Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Enville in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Seisdon Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Egremont, Cumbria, also has a Cat Inn.

 

[John Griffiths]

Norwich also had a factory owned by the confectionary company Rowntrees.

 

[Calthrop]

The London Borough of Newham is also twinned with a settlement in the German State of Rheinland-Pfalz, Norwich's "twin" is Koblenz; Newham's is Kaiserslautern.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ware in Hertfordshire also lies on the line of the River Lea.

 

[johnnychips]

The actor Brian Wilde was born in Ware. He played Foggy in The Last of the Summer Wine, which was filmed around Holmfirth.

 

[High Dyke]

Walton-on-Thames is also connected to early British film making.

 

[341o2]

Henley on Thames also lies on the south bank of that river

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dartmouth in Devon also hosts a major regatta.

 

[Calthrop]

Chaucer's character the Shipman, in the Canterbury Tales, is mentioned as coming from the West Country; possibly, the author speculates, from Dartmouth. There is a better-known "Tales" character with a native "patch", the identity of which is specified beyond any doubt: namely, the Wife of Bath.

 

[johnnychips]

Gamesley near Glossop also has Roman remains at Melandra Castle.

 

[DerekC]

Buxton also has a hot spring, although at 27degC it might be more accurately described as a warm spring. Bath's spring emerges at a definitely hot 47degC.

Gamesley is on the River Etherow. The first settlement this river passes through on its way to join the Goyt is Tintwhistle, Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Millhouse Green in South Yorkshire also lies on the route of the A628 road.

 

[John Griffiths]

Umbrella frame manufacturers Hoyland Fox - once the largest such company in the world - also had works at Meersbrook in Sheffield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abbeydale in South Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Sheaf.

 

[John Griffiths]

Belbroughton, Worcestershire, was also a place where scythes were manufactured.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kettlewell in North Yorkshire also hosts a Scarecrow Festival.

 

[John Griffiths]

Staveley, Westmorland, is also on the Dales Way long distance path.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ings in Cumbria also lies on the line of the River Gowan.

 

[John Griffiths]

Ambleside in Cumbria also lies on the A591 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ravenglass in Cumbria was also chosen as a location in which to site a Roman fort.

 

[DerekC]

The epic journey of Rowf and Snitter in Richard Adams' book The Plague Dogs ends (almost) when they are driven into the sea at Ravenglass. It starts six weeks earlier, close to the little town of Coniston.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beddgelert in Gwynedd also has historical links to copper mining.

 

[John Griffiths]

Illustrator Alfred Bestall spent much time in Beddgelert, the local scenery influencing his 'Rupert the Bear' strip for the Daily Express, but his main home was in Surbiton, SW London.