Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hythe in Kent also lies on the line of the Royal Military Canal

 

[Springs Branch]

Defensive Martello Towers were built at multiple sites around the British and Irish coast at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Locations included Hythe and Ringaskiddy in Co. Cork.

 

[Calthrop]

In Cork Harbour close to, and well in sight of, Ringaskiddy: is the small Spike Island -- of considerable naval importance in the time of British rule. There is another Spike Island, "this side of the water" -- an urban neighbourhood of Bristol, close by the city's marina.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire was also affected by a 14th century outbreak of a plague.

 

[Calthrop]

Wiki tells us that the "west" suffix was added to the town's name "Haverford" in the 15th century, to mark the distinction from Hereford, far off to the east. One might wonder how necessary this exercise really was; but it would appear to make more sense re "spoken", than "written" -- it seems that locally, the relevant part of the name is pronounced "Harford".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Trefriw in Conwy County Borough also has a pedestrian suspension bridge.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Fairy Falls is a well-known beauty spot on the river near Trefiw.

Another similarly named attraction in the Highland Region of Scotland is The Fairy Glen Falls in the vicinity of the village of Rosemarkie.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arbroath in Angus is also a settlement with finely-carved Pictish stones with its environs.

 

[Calthrop]

Arbroath folk tend to refer to themselves as "Red lichties"; after the navigation-aid red lamp which used to shine from the light-and-foghorn tower at the harbour entrance. Dumfries people's pet name for themselves, is "Doonhamers" -- from "doon hame" = down home.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portland in Dorset also has a church that is dedicated to St George.

 

[Calthrop]

There occurred in 1803 at Easton, Portland -- location on the Isle, of St. George's church (and memorialised by a plaque in the church): an unhappy incident, involving local folk protesting against a visit by a naval press-gang, forcibly recruiting local men -- the accompanying marines over-reacted and opened fire; three people were killed, plus another subsequently dying of wounds. There was a disturbance in the same year, arising from the same cause, at Whitby, North Yorkshire: owing to an attempt to press-gang the entire crew of the Whitby whaling ship The Oak. In this happening, no fatalities; and amongst the commotion, the locals managed to spirit the whalermen away and thwart the would-be impressers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bisham in Berkshire was also chosen as a site in which to erect a Benedictine Abbey.

 

[Calthrop]

Bisham has a Compleat Angler Hotel. This name is a tribute to Izaak Walton (1593 -- 1683), the first prominent -- and probably most renowned -- devotee of fishing as a hobby, and his book on the subject The Compleat Angler. Walton lived for a spell in the 1640s at Shallowford near Chebsey, Staffordshire, a few miles north-west of Stafford: his cottage there being now a museum dedicated to his life and doings.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bishop's Offley in Staffordshire also lies on the line of the River Sow.

 

[Calthrop]

@XenophonPCDGS: this is usually your thing -- but the not-dissimilar-sounding Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire; used also to be under the administration of the Hundred of Pirehill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Croxden in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Uttoxeter Poor Law Union.

I often dream of being on Mastermind ...."and your chosen subject?"....."the Hundreds and Poor Law Unions of England and Wales".....

 

[Calthrop]

Croxden in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Uttoxeter Poor Law Union.

Swineshead, Lincolnshire -- west of Boston -- also used to have a Cistercian abbey.

I often dream of being on Mastermind ...."and your chosen subject?"....."the Hundreds and Poor Law Unions of England and Wales".....

You're also quite a whiz on illustrated village signs ...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Totnes in Devon is another settlement chosen by the Normans to erect a motte and bailey castle in the years following after the Norman invasion of Britain.

 

[D6130]

Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire is another town that has been 'colonised' by hippies, artists, musicians, academics, 'new age' types and practitioners of alternative lifestyles since the 1970s.

 

[Calthrop]

Portsmouth (West Yorkshire -- not to be confused with a better-known coastal settlement down south !) also lies on the A646 road.

 

[D6130]

Mirfield in West Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Calder.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Elland in West Yorkshire also lies on the line of the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

 

[Calthrop]

Petworth, West Sussex, also has a parish church dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Disley in Cheshire East also has a large National Trust country house set in parkland.

 

[Calthrop]

Disley has in common with Washington (Tyne and Wear): the sharing of settlement's name, with the surname of a musician of the switched-on-and-funky kind -- Diz, and Geno, respectively.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glenrothes in Fife was also accorded New Town status in the middle of the 20th century.

 

[Calthrop]

Glenrothes in Fife was also accorded New Town status in the middle of the 20th century.

With Glenrothes being thus, a new settlement as of the mid-20th century: in the then coining of its name, the "-rothes" part came from the area's association with the Earl of Rothes, county of Moray -- of the Leslie family -- said family historically owning much of the land in this corner of Fife (and giving name to the village of Leslie, adjacent to and predating Glenrothes). The "Glen" part was put in front, to avoid confusion with the town of Rothes (Moray): in the aforesaid Earl's primary part of Scotland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kingussie in the Highland region also lies on the line of the River Spey.

 

[D6130]

Kingussie was formerly home to Britain's first open air museum - the Highland Folk Museum - but its site was very restricted and some years ago it was moved to - and expanded at - the nearby town of Newtonmore.

 

[DerekC]

Newtomore Camanachd Club and Kingussie Camanachd have dominated the Shinty Premiership for many years, but in 2017 their joint hegemony was broken by Kinlochshiel Shinty Club, based in Balmacara, neart Kyle of Lochalsh