According to some, cows have long been a theme hereabouts: some scholars claim that Cowbridge is on the site of a Roman settlement called Bovium [=cow-place]. Sometimes (not in this Glamorgan instance) the names which some British settlements bore when the Romans were here, are on the tongue-twisting / jaw-cracking side: for instance, the Roman predecessor of Derby -- Derventio Coritanorum.
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According to some, cows have long been a theme hereabouts: some scholars claim that Cowbridge is on the site of a Roman settlement called Bovium [=cow-place]. Sometimes (not in this Glamorgan instance) the names which some British settlements bore when the Romans were here, are on the tongue-twisting / jaw-cracking side: for instance, the Roman predecessor of Derby -- Derventio Coritanorum.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Gloucester also lends its name to a variety of cheese.
Cheating a little bit; but I learn from the books -- which I love -- by John Lewis Stempel, Herefordshire-dwelling naturalist and organic farmer: that very much the favourite place for trips to the seaside. made by Herefordshire people (this presumably including the residents of the county town); is Borth, Ceredigion (north of Aberystwyth). Presumably because this is, by car, the nearest "seaside" to Herefordshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Llangrannog in Ceredigion also lies on the route of the long-distance footpath known as the Ceredigion Coast Path.
There is, arising from the beach at Llangrannog: a large, un-built-on "hump" of land known as Carreg Brica = "Brica's Rock". According to legend, Brica was a locally-resident giant very long ago: the Rock originated as a tooth of his, which he was forced to spit out onto the beach when suffering a bad toothache. Over in Cornwall, the giant Cormoran legendarily created the island of St Michael's Mount, off Marazion -- by conventional, bringing-and-heaping-up-of-stones methods: no tooth stuff.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Perranuthnoe in Cornwall was also once under the jurisdiction of the Penzance Poor Law Union.
We learn that three places in Cornwall have churches dedicated to our friend St. Piran, who has featured before in the game. Perranuthnoe is one: the others (with "Perran-" prefixes, of course; though there are various other Cornish Perran-prefixed settlements, with churches otherwise dedicated) being Perranzabuloe, and Perranarworthal near Falmouth -- I flipped a coin, and came up with the here-bolded one.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Halifax in West Yorkshire also had a historical iron foundry.
D6130
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Lindley near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, also has a clock tower.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Ashbourne in Derbyshire is another settlement where almshouses were built.
Ashbourne is rather a bugbear for me in the game -- like to think of some new association for places if possible, and tend to get stuck with this one. Hence, bit of slightly "sharp practice": the town has a near-namesake settlement in the US State of Georgia -- Ashburn. Also in Georgia is Douglas: namesake of Douglas, capital of Isle of Man.
Springs Branch
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One of the districts of Douglas I.O.M. is known as 'Little Switzerland'. Based on a quick scan this may be more to do with the characteristic local architecture than scenic mountains.
Another settlement which has been nicknamed 'Little Switzerland' - this time on account of the hilly scenery around the Heights of Abraham - is Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
Another settlement which has been nicknamed 'Little Switzerland' - this time on account of the hilly scenery around the Heights of Abraham - is Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
The British Isles seem to be chock-full of so-called "Little Switzerlands": a number of which would -- as with the Douglas one which you cite above -- logically indeed seem to have to be so-called, for other reasons than the precipitous-scenery kind.
There are in the more northerly parts of England, several rivers with the name Derwent. Matlock Bath and Matlock are situated on one; Elvington, North Yorkshire, is located on another (tributary of the Yorkshire Ouse).
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Duxford, Cambridgeshire, also has an aircraft museum.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Ickleton in Cambridge was also once administered by the Hundred of Whittlesford.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Hemel Hempstead also received bailwick status in medieval times.
Springs Branch
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Hemel Hempstead was one of the first wave of independent 'new towns', intended to help alleviate housing shortages following the Second World War.
Also in this first wave was Bracknell, Berkshire.
Also in this first wave was Bracknell, Berkshire.
M-Train
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Ipswich is one of the few other towns where most public transport is provided either by First or local government.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Hastings in East Sussex also has a Society of Friends meeting house.
Something associative (besides the names) between Stamford Bridge; and the larger settlement -- a full-fledged town -- of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Listed among Stamford Bridge's retail and hospitality establishments, is "a shop specialising in eclectic and unusual items". The Lincolnshire town has Smithers of Stamford -- a shop which sells "quirky unique furniture (Retro / Vintage / Industrial) -- homewares and gifts with a modern twist".
Xenophon PCDGS
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Lincoln was also one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.
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There are four extant original copies of the Magna Carta of 1215. Two are in the British Library in London, the other two are held by the cathedral churches in which they were originally deposited — Lincoln and Salisbury.
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During WW2, after major air raids on Southampton, Salisbury was one location chosen for the manufacture of aircraft components, similar "shadow" factories were created in the surrounding area, including Trowbridge.
Over 2,000 Spitfires were produced and assembled in the area. All very hush hush, not even local people knew what was going on
Over 2,000 Spitfires were produced and assembled in the area. All very hush hush, not even local people knew what was going on
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Dolgellau in Gwynedd also has historical links to the production of woollen cloth.
Before the reorganisation of counties in 1974, Dolgellau was the county town of the up-to-then county of Merioneth. A parallel situation, concerned the up-to-1974 county of Radnorshire; whose (official) county town was -- not New or Old Radnor, but Presteigne (Welsh Llanandras).