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D6130
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne also had a tobacco factory owned by W D & H O Wills.
EbbwJunction1
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Another prominent church in the city centre is the Church of St Thomas the Martyr (known as St Thomas' Newcastle). It is the only parish church in the Church of England without a parish and which is not a royal peculiar, i.e. a church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese and the province in which it lies. The Newcastle architect John Dobson designed and built the church between 1827 and 1830. John Dobson was also responsible for many non-ecclesiastical buildings, one of which was Nunnykirk Hall. This is a 19th-century country house in the civil parish of Nunnykirk in Northumberland, designed by him in a grand style in 1825.
In 1955, Nunnykirk Parish was greatly expanded to take over and include a half-dozen-odd hitherto neighbouring, become thinly-populated, parishes. One of these, was Wingates: thus becoming, I feel, equipped to represent Nunnykirk association-wise. Born in Wingates in seventeen-eighty-two AD, was the missionary Robert Morrison -- who served in this capacity in China; and with his colleague Mr. Milne, complied the first Chinese / English dictionary, and first translated the Christian scriptures into Chinese. Mr. Morrison lived -- briefly, in infancy -- with his family, in Morpeth, Northumberland.
D6130
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Morpeth lies on the River Wansbeck, which has its source in the vicinity of Ridsdale, Northumberland.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Jedburgh in Scottish Borders also lies on the route of the A68 road.
D6130
Established Member
Melrose in the Scottish Borders also has a ruined abbey.
John Griffiths
Member
Architect Joseph Hansom (1803-1882) built the first Hansom cab to his own designs in Hinckley in 1835 - he sold the patent for £10,000 but was never paid owing to financial difficulties of the purchaser. Somewhat unlucky in business matters, he never profited from the journal The Builder, which he established in 1843, through lack of investment capital. He ran several architectural practices, including, between 1847 and 1852, one in Preston.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Dilworth in Lancashire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Preston Poor Law Union.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Ingoldisthorpe in Norfolk also has a post-mounted illustrated village sign.
John Griffiths
Member
Wark shares its name with Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, but one - I think 'on Tyne' - is pronounced to rhyme with 'walk' or 'talk' as pronounced by a southerners, and the other is more like 'Waark', much as a crow might utter the name.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Rochester in Kent also was chosen as a site for the Normans to build a castle in the 12th century.
Springs Branch
Established Member
Evercreech in Somerset also hosts a 'Jack in the Green' ceremony on May Day.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Binegar in Somerset was also once administered by the Hundred of Wells Forum.
Springs Branch
Established Member
Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester also has a pub named The Horse and Jockey.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Audenshaw in Greater Manchester also lies on the line of the defensive linear earthworks known as Nico Ditch.
InkyScrolls
On Moderation
Wells is another town which contains the name of a well known writer.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Over Kellett in Lancashire also has a church that is dedicated to St Cuthbert.
Springs Branch
Established Member
Over Kellet's near neighbour is the village of Nether Kellet, the prefixes historically indicating Upper and Lower.
Other similarly-named villages, these located in Hampshire - and with a Middle in the middle, are Nether and Over Wallop.
Other similarly-named villages, these located in Hampshire - and with a Middle in the middle, are Nether and Over Wallop.
InkyScrolls
On Moderation
Another settlement located near a town named Stockbridge is Craigleith.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Braemar in Aberdeenshire also has a ski cente.
John Griffiths
Member
Ballater in Aberdeenshire also has a pub called The Invercauld Arms.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Potarch in Aberdeenshire also lies on the ine of the River Dee.
John Griffiths
Member
The hotel in Potarch has on display the Dinnie Stones - two heavy stones which strongman Donald Dinnie carried the width [sic] of the bridge over the Dee at Potarch in 1860. Dinnie was Highland Games champion from 1856 to 1876. In later life he ran a fish and chip restaurant in Govan, now a district of Glasgow.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Lanark in South Lanarkshire also lies on the line of the River Clyde.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Cemaes in Anglesey also has a church that is dedicated to St Patrick.