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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flixton in Suffolk also lies on the line of the River Waveney.

 

[Calthrop]

South of Flixton lies an area of ancient woodland called Abbey Wood: a Site of Special Scientific Interest, chiefly botanical. There is of course an area of south-east London, straddling the Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, also called Abbey Wood.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wythenshawe in Greater Manchester also has a community church.

 

[John Griffiths]

Wythenshawe was designed by planner-architect Barry Parker, who worked with Raymond Unwin on the design of Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire also has a Society of Friends meeting house.

 

[341o2]

Fawley also has an oil refinery

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tichborne in Hampshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Fawley.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The case of the Tichborne Claimant was a notorious 19th-century legal case in which an English imposter, Arthur Orton, then living in Australia, claimed to be missing Tichborne family member Sir Roger Tichborne, who was presumed to have died in a shipwreck in 1854. Arthur Orton (also known as Thomas Castro), but usually termed "the Claimant" claimed to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. He failed to convince the courts, was convicted of perjury and served a long prison sentence. Orton was born at Wapping, London, the son of George Orton, a butcher and purveyor of ships' stores. After his release the Claimant continued to press his claim, but gradually lost his following. By the mid-1890s he was impoverished; in 1895, for a fee of several hundred pounds, he published a confession in The People that he was Orton. However, almost immediately he repudiated this confession, and styled himself once again as Sir Roger Tichborne. He died on 1st April 1898 in impoverished circumstances, and was given a pauper's burial.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ratcliffe in London was also once administered by the Hundred of Ossulstone,

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The parish church of Ratcliffe, St. James in Butcher Row, was built in 1838 and was severely damaged during the Second World War. It served the area until 1951, when the parish was merged with St. Paul, Shadwell.

 

[Calthrop]

Captain James Cook, naval officer and explorer, lived in Shadwell when not at sea. His introduction to seagoing work was at Whitby, North Yorkshire; where, aged about 20, he was taken on as a merchant-shipping apprentice.

 

[John Griffiths]

Whitby is known, among other things, for the Synod of Whitby, set up in 664 to reconcile differences between the Celtic and Roman church practices in the English lands. Another noteworthy synod was that held in 1172 in Cashel, County Tipperary. Like Whitby, this sought to bring certain Irish church practices into line with Rome.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick's Rock, Cashel is one of the six cathedrals of the Anglican Bishop of Cashel and Ossory. Another of the six is the Cathedral Church of St Edan in Ferns, County Wexford.

 

[Calthrop]

Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow, also lies on the N11 / M11 road route.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The British journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup was born in Oslo, Norway on 12th November 1962 and moved with her family to Kilmacanogue in 1969 when she was six. After the death of her father in 1977 she moved to London, and now lives near Bruton, Somerset with her husband, human rights lawyer Jason McCue.

 

[341o2]

Netheravon also has a dovecote

 

[Calthrop]

The clergyman, writer and wit Sydney Smith (1771 -- 1845) was briefly, at the start of his clerical career, curate at Netheravon; and was later on, and for a much longer period, rector of Foston-le-Clay, North Yorkshire (between York and Malton).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flaxton in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Bulmer Wapentake.

 

[Calthrop]

Flaxton is in the education catchment area of the primary school of Sand Hutton, a couple of miles away -- also, of course, in North Yorkshire. (Can't resist a bit of fun in naming this settlement, with its associations of the kind which are taboo in this game -- there does seem to be plenty of permitted material concerning it, to latch onto.)

 

[341o2]

Emsworth also has a King's Arms pub

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Warblington in Hampshire was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Bosmere.

 

[Calthrop]

P.G. Wodehouse availed himself with some freedom, of place-names for characters in his writings -- especially for those among the nobility. Examples, are relatives of the porcophile (is that a word?) Lord Emsworth (the name, incidentally, in last post but one): Lady Ann Warblington; and Georgiana, Lady Alcester (Warwickshire).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cofton Hackett in Worcestershire also lies on the line of the River Arrow.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett dates back to the 14th century and was probably built in 1330 by Robert de Leycester as a chapel for the Manor House. It is in a joint parish with St. Andrew's Church, Barnt Green.

 

[Calthrop]

Eaglescliffe (County Durham) is also, in the overall historical context, a new settlement: having come into being when the railways arrived in its area.

 

[Springs Branch]

Tetley Tea operate the largest tea bag factory in the world at Eaglescliffe, producing 18 billion tea bags a year

Also in the realm of hot beverage superlatives, Nestlé produces 35,000 tonnes of coffee a year for the UK, the EU and the rest of the world at its plant located in Hatton, Derbyshire.

 

[Calthrop]

The Salt Box cafe on the A511 road in Hatton, has won awards as the best transport cafe in the UK. Also "well spoken of" on this scene, is the Cedar Transport Cafe on the A1 at Grantshouse, Scottish Borders.

 

[John Griffiths]

The A6112 runs from Grantshouse to Coldstream, passing through the small town of Duns en route.

PS Anyone considering a nosh at the Salt Box cafe should check some its more recent reports on Tripadvisor before setting off.

 

[Calthrop]

Perth is also twinned with a settlement in Poland. Duns's "twin" is Zagan; Perth's is Bydgoszcz.

 

[DerekC]

The "Stone of Scone" was kept in mediaeval times at Scone Abbey, near Perth, and is the traditional coronation seat of Kings of Scotland. Mythology suggests that it was originally at the Hill of Tara, near Skyrne, County Meath, and used in the inauguration of the High Kings of Ireland.