Settlement Association

[D6130]

Glasgow also has a 'King's Theatre'.

 

[John Griffiths]

Lanark also lies on the River Clyde.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peebles was also created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.

 

[Springs Branch]

The coat of arms of Peebles feature three salmon on a red shield.

Another settlement whose coat of arms contains three salmon (technically speaking "Azure three Salmon naiant in pale Argent finned and tailed Gules") is Kingston upon Thames.

 

[Calthrop]

The custom which obtains / has obtained in various British towns, Shrovetide football (virtually no rules, unlimited number of players, "pitch" more or less anywhere in town): took place in Kingston upon Thames for many centuries. Wiki tells us that, re Kingston, "the last game was played in 1866, by which time the urban development of the town meant that it caused too much damage and the custom was outlawed". Shrovetide football is still played annually, at appropriate time of year: in Alnwick, Northumberland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whittingham in Northumberland also lies on the line of the River Aln.

 

[Calthrop]

Vowchurch, Herefordshire -- in the Golden Valley -- also has a church dedicated to St. Bartholomew.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ewyas Harrold (also in the Golden Valley) was also once administered by the Hundred of Webtree.

 

[Calthrop]

There grows on Ewyas Harrold's area of common land, the interesting and rather rare in-the-wild plant Colchicum autumnale -- autumn crocus or meadow saffron. Another British Isles location where this plant can be found in the wild, is Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ballyragget in County Kilkenny also lies on the line of the River Nore.

 

[Calthrop]

Durrow, Co. Laois, also lies on the N77 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cloonmung in County Mayo also has the remains of a ring fort within its environs.

 

[Calthrop]

The nearest settlement of any magnitude, to Cloonmung: would seem to be Foxford, Co. Mayo. Association re Foxford: Foxford has considerable historical links with Argentina; as does Aberystwyth, Ceredigion -- especially concerning Chubut province of Argentina, where many Welsh folk settled in the 19th century (Aberystwyth is twinned with Esquel, Chubut Prov.).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Neath in Port Talbot Neath County Borough also was the site of a Celtic hill fort.

 

[Calthrop]

Another settlement in Wales, whose name has a meaning in the English language (rather recondite -- and coincidentally and unrelated-ly) is Mold, Flintshire. Respectively: archaic / poetic variation on "beneath"; and alternative spelling -- particularly, American -- of "mould" in its various significances.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rhuddlan in Denbighshire was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Atiscross.

 

[D6130]

Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire also has a ruined castle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanelli also has connections to the tinplate industry.

 

[D6130]

Pontypool also has a noted Rugby Union team.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abersychan in Torfaen County Borough also lies on the line of the River Llwyd.

 

[Springs Branch]

Prolific Victorian-era architect Decimus Burton designed the offices at the British Iron Company's works in Abersychan.

Another more substantial example of Burton's work was the layout of the new town at Fleetwood, Lancashire.

 

[D6130]

Knott End in Lancashire is connected to Fleetwood by a passenger ferry service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Garstang in Lancashire also lies on the line of the River Wyre.

 

[Calthrop]

Gwaenysgor, Flintshire -- near Prestatyn -- also has a pub called the Eagle and Child. (A pub name quite often met with in Great Britain -- the most renowned of that name, probably the one in Oxford, with sundry literary / dramatic associations.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

 

[Springs Branch]

Newark-on-Trent's Jubilee footbridge was built in 2002 and is named to commemorate Queen Elizabeth 2's Golden Jubilee.

Another settlement with a 'Jubilee Bridge' (this one named for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee) is Barrow-in-Furness.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quernmore in Lancashire also has a church that was built to the design of the Victorian architect E.G.Paley.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Thirlmere Aqueduct passes by Quernside en route from the Lake District to Manchester.

The same aqueduct also passes the village of Hoghton in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tockholes in Lancashire was also once administered by the Hundred of Blackburn.

 

[Springs Branch]

Sutton Cheney in Leicestershire also has a pub named The Royal Arms.