Settlement Association

[John Griffiths]

Wanstead is known, amongst other things, for Wanstead Flats, an area of open space which is the southernmost part of Epping Forest. Another place associated with flats, albeit of a different kind, is Harlow, Essex, home to The Lawn, Britain's first residential 'tower block' (1951).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bournemouth in Dorset also has a church that is dedicated to St Thomas More.

 

[Calthrop]

Bournemouth is relatively new as an actual substantial settlement; the same is true of Fleetwood, Borough of Wyre. The architect Decimus Burton (1800 -- 80) played a considerable role in the planning and creation of both.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exmouth in Devon also has a cross-river ferry service.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir Walter Raleigh sailed on many of his voyages from Exmouth Harbour. He was, of course, a fairly local man, having grown up in the house of Hayes Barton in the parish of East Budleigh, in East Devon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ballyhaise in County Cavan also has an agricultural college in its environs.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Local Link route C1 bus service links Ballyhaise with Cavan and Butlersbridge several times daily Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.

 

[Calthrop]

Butlersbridge has a Catholic church dedicated to St. Aidan. Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire (near Helmsley) had until recently, another such; but it is now out of service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stonegrave in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Rydale Wapentake.

 

[Calthrop]

Herbert Read (1893 -- 1968) -- art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher; political persuasion, anarchist --- lived at Stonegrave for the last couple of decades of his life. He was born only a couple of miles therefrom, at Muscoates, North Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pockley in North Yorkshire also has part of its boundary marked by the line of the River Riccal.

 

[Calthrop]

Pockley is very well-endowed with thatched dwellings. Considerably more renown for this characteristic, is enjoyed by Godshill (Isle of Wight).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Polperro in Cornwall also has a noted model village.

 

[Calthrop]

Polperro has an annually chosen "Lord Mayor" -- a comedy thing: part of the settlement's annual festival, held in June. The Lord Mayor and his-or-her entourage of "Merry Men" engage in various daft doings as part of the festival. In contrast -- Sheffield has a genuine, serious Lord Mayor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also has a modern tramway system.

 

[Calthrop]

Edinburgh's "semi-neighbour and rival" Glasgow, is also twinned with a city in the northern half of Italy. Edinburgh's "twin" is Firenze [Florence]; Glasgow's is Torino [Turin].

 

[John Griffiths]

Dearham in Cumberland also has a church dedicated to St Mungo.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blindbothel in Cumbria was also once under the jurisdiction of the Cockermouth Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

On the East of Blindbothel is the River Cocker, which has it's source is at the head of the Buttermere valley. It flows north through village of Buttermere and ends at Cockermouth, where it joins the River Derwent.

 

[Calthrop]

Buttermere's Buttermere Court Hotel was until a few years ago, called the Fish Inn. Ringwood, Hampshire, still has a pub by the name of the Fish Inn.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ringwood Town FC plays at Long Lane, Ringwood and are members of the Wessex League Division One. Bemerton Heath Harlequins FC won that division in the 2021 / 2022 season and are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division; they play at Moon Park, Salisbury.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wilsford in Wiltshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Underditch.

 

[Calthrop]

England boasts a small assortment of Wilsfords: including in fact, two in Wiltshire -- the abovementioned, near Amesbury; and another Wilsford near Devizes. There is also Wilsford, Lincolnshire, between Grantham and Sleaford. With this village having a bigger population than those of both Wiltshire Wilsfords put together; I'm choosing to let the association be, with it.

 

[John Griffiths]

Like much of Wilsford (Lincs), Norwich Cathedral is built of Ancaster stone.

 

[Calthrop]

There is a particular breed of canary, the Norwich canary: developed from pet birds of the type, introduced by Flemish refugees from Spanish persecution, who settled in the area in the 16th century. Norwich City's football team has the nickname, derived thence, of the "Canaries" -- they play in appropriate yellow and green attire. Another football team with an idiosyncratic nickname is West Bromwich Albion, of West Bromwich (West Midlands) -- called the "Baggies", apparently from associations with baggy nether garments of various kinds, and / or cash bags. West Bromwich Albion also deal in nomenclature of an avian kind: the club's crest is of a song-thrush or "throstle", which bird is a popular mascot for the team.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Warley Wigorn (in a detached part of Worcestershire lying adjacent to a detached part of Shropshire in the main body of Staffordshire) was also under the jurisdiction of the West Bromwich Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

Warley Wigorn (in a detached part of Worcestershire lying adjacent to a detached part of Shropshire in the main body of Staffordshire) was also under the jurisdiction of the West Bromwich Poor Law Union.

Wiki expands on the part in brackets above, to tell us that Warley Wigorn* "is interlaced with the townships of Warley Salop, Langley, Cakemore, and Ridgacre, which all form part of Shropshire". It is tempting, I feel, to sum up this whole situation with the observation, "what a mess !" .

It would seem a not inaccurate comment: that territorial strangenesses between counties, of this sort; are quite often met with in this general part of the country. A less complicated one of such, involves Alderminster, Warwickshire (a little way south of Stratford-upon-Avon); which was in an exclave of Worcestershire until 1931, when it was transferred to Warwickshire.

* I discover that the "Wigorn" part of the name, refers to the settlement's Worcestershire location: the Latin adjective (chiefly used, it would appear, in matters ecclesiastical) pertaining to Worcester, being Wigorniensis. One learns all manner of things through taking part in this game !

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Upton Snodsbury in Worcestershire was also once administered by the Upper Division of the Hundred of Pershore.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

There are eight Anglican Churches dedicated to St Kenelm; one is at Upton Snodsbury, and another is at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.

 

[Calthrop]

Minster Lovell has a pub called the Horse and Radish. Unsurprisingly, a unique hostelry name in the British Isles; however, Wimbledon (London Borough of Merton) had until recently (it's now closed) a Black Radish Restaurant.