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Xenophon PCDGS
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St Helens in Merseyside also has a place of worship called Holy Cross Church.
John Griffiths
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Last time I was in St Helens it seemed to have a huge number of speed bumps; another bump-happy place - with the largest usage outside London - is the city of Norwich.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kew in the London Borough of Richmond was also chosen in which to build a religious house for the Carthusian Order.
D6130
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Glasgow is another location with botanic gardens.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Cambuslang in Lanarkshire also lies on the line of the River Clyde
The renowned gardener / designer / inventor / botanist / author John Claudius Loudon (1783 -- 1843) was born in Cambuslang. Among his many horticultural designs / plans, was that for the grounds of the acclaimed country house of Ditchley Park, near Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Chadlington.
Springs Branch
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Another settlement along the course of the River Windrush is Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire.
At Bourton-on-the-Water is the Dragonfly Maze: designed by Kit Williams, best-known as the author / creator of the book / large-scale conundrum Masquerade, involving a golden statuette of a hare -- to the location of which, correct interpretation of the text would lead the reader. Williams's hiding-place -- by burial -- of said statuette, was in Ampthill Park, at Ampthill (Bedfordshire). (A number of other creations by Williams involve this kind of thing -- negotiating the Dragonfly Maze includes collecting clues, for eventual reward, as one navigates the labyrinth.)
Xenophon PCDGS
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Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Redbournestoke.
The "Houghton" part of Houghton Conquest is apparently pronounced "how-ton" -- one would reckon that this far south, "hor-ton" is a more common pronunciation of said name. I'd figure that Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, will be "how-ton" spoken-wise (am sure that should that not be so, @John Griffiths will set me right).
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John Griffiths
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It's hoe-ton, actually 
It's hoe-ton, actually
Thanks ! The English, and place-names, and vowels
... a favourite of mine, is a little way north of Bristol; around where relatives of mine used to live. The villages of Olveston, and Alveston, a couple of miles apart: pronounced respectively ool-veston; and ol [to rhyme with "doll"]-veston.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Sorry to be a tad confused, but since no settlement in shown in bold type in the last posting and a choice of two villages is mentioned therein, with what settlement do we make the next connection to?
Sorry -- just back home, after some hours out post- #32803/4: my understanding has been that in those posts, @John Griffiths and I, were just chatting; "connection-appropriate" place, still Houghton-le-Spring?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Lyndhurst in Hampshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
Springs Branch
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Lyndhurst is the place where, according to folklore, a dragon (The Bisterne Dragon) was slayed by a gallant knight, with the body turning into a hill in the vicinity.
Another location in dragon-based mythology (which led via twists and turns to the red dragon on the Welsh flag) is Dinas Emrys, an ancient hill fort close to Beddgelert, Gwynedd.
Another location in dragon-based mythology (which led via twists and turns to the red dragon on the Welsh flag) is Dinas Emrys, an ancient hill fort close to Beddgelert, Gwynedd.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Tremadog in Gwynedd also lies on the line of the River Glaslyn.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Cripps Corner in East Sussex also has a post-mounted cut metal decorative village sign
Xenophon PCDGS
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Ponders End in North London also lies on the line of the River Lee Navigation.
A big favourite on the cryptic-clues scene -- allusion re contemplating one's death... Another answer-settlement beloved by "cryptic" exponents, is Elgin; this one, via assorted and different tortuous-thinking processes.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Forres was also created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Yarnbrook in Wiltshire also lies on the line of the River Biss.
Pubs again -- Yarnbrook has a pub called the Longs Arms And Hungry Horse. South Wraxall (Wiltshire -- seven or so miles north of Yarnbrook) has a -- reputedly haunted -- pub called just the Longs Arms (sharp-set equines not featuring).
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan also has a church that is dedicated to St James.