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Howth in County Dublin also has a transport museum.
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Seals are often seen in and near Howth harbour. Per the ever-entertaining Wiki, "it used to be popular among visitors, to feed the seals; but authorities banned the practice for a variety of reasons". Seal-related tourism is a feature of Hunstanton, Norfolk; whence boat trips are run southwards into the Wash, to view the numerous seals which frequent the inlet's sandbanks (feeding them, or not: is not, so far as is known, of particular relevance on this scene).
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Anmer in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Docking Poor Law Union.
Association here with the militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davidson (1872 -- 1913); who, to bring attention to her cause, walked onto the track during the 1913 Derby race -- was hit; with fatal results to her -- by King George V's horse, named Anmer: one sees west Norfolk connection here, with Anmer village being not quite four miles east of Sandringham. (There's always been a lack of certainty re the details of Ms. Davidson's death -- reckoned probably not to have been premeditated suicide.) Ms. D. is buried in her family's plot in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Morpeth, Northumberland.
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Mitford in Northumberland also lies on the line of the River Wansbeck.
A bit of a variation on the "twinning / namesake" theme; the real Mitford, Northumberland: is -- in the series of Christian novels by the US writer Jan Karon -- supposedly twinned with the fictional settlement of Mitford, North Carolina. Winton, Cumbria (just north of Kirkby Stephen) has a namesake settlement -- which does actually exist ! -- in North Carolina.
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North Berwick in East Lothian is another settlement in which witch trials were held.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent many holidays in North Berwick during his childhood, and as a young man. It appears that the tiny island of Fidra, a little way off North Berwick, gave him inspiration re his novel Treasure Island -- seems a bit odd on the face of it; but, things that go on in the minds of creative geniuses 
... the action of Treasure Island begins, of course, far away from the Lothians -- in England's West Country: the intrepid treasure-seekers commence and finish their voyage, at Bristol.
... the action of Treasure Island begins, of course, far away from the Lothians -- in England's West Country: the intrepid treasure-seekers commence and finish their voyage, at Bristol.
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Meysey Hampton in Gloucestershire also has a church who construction costs were borne by the Knights Templar.
Yet another seemingly slightly daft Wikipedia entry -- or am I getting obsessed re this theme? Among other oddities in the entry for the above-bolded venue, there is the sentence "Eagles have been infrequently sighted in Meysey Hampton since 2022." -- just that. A place which would seem to offer a much better chance of eagle encounters, is the island of Mull. There are in fact run there, guided "Eagle Walks"; whose itinerary includes the settlement of Salen (Argyll and Bute [Mull]).
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Strontian in Highland is also a settlement in the area of the sea loch, Loch Sunart.
A degree of desperation here -- as not altogether infrequent on this scene lately... the above-bolded settlement's local "Big House" was built in the 1720s for a noble gentleman; but was named after another gentleman, one Colonel Horsy -- as often, no doubt all this made sense to those concerned at the time. Much later, this venue became a hotel; but was still referred to as "Horsy Hall", sometimes mis-spelt "Horsley Hall". There is in England, a small handful of settlements called Horsley (and a few more with elaborations on the simple name). I'll plump for Horsley, Gloucestershire -- very near Nailsworth.
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Cwmyoy in Monmouthshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Martin.
Cwmyoy lies under Hatterall Hill, on the Welsh / English border; and across which hill runs the Offa's Dyke Path long-distance walkway -- which further north passes through Llanymynech, (just) in Shropshire, rather than in adjacent Powys.
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Selattyn in Shropshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Oswestry.
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Frampton Mansell in Gloucestershire was also once administered by the Hundred of Bisley.
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The district of Spital Tongues in Newcastle upon Tyne also has a church dedicated to St Luke.
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Llanarthney in Carmarthenshire also has a botanic garden.
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Abergwili in Carmarthenshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Carmarthen Poor Law Union.
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Colwyn Bay in Conwy County Borough also has a church that is dedicated to St Paul.
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Largs in Ayrshire was also created a Burgh of Barony in the 16th century.
The present-day name of Largs, would seem to be a "worn-down" version of the settlement's Gaelic name: An Leargaidh Ghallda -- which apparently means "the slopes". Rather a similar situation re the name(s) of Northern Ireland's second city -- certainly per its "non-Protestant" name of Derry: terse contraction of longer-and-more-flowery version in "the old tongue" -- this settlement is in Irish, Doire Cholm Cille = St. Columba's Oak Grove.
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Coventry in West Midlands has also been awarded the title of UK City of Culture.
I feel that my contributions here are often on the far-fetched side nowadays; but, anyhow... matters of "cathedrals which ceased to be" -- Coventry seems to have been unlucky in the cathedral line. The city's first -- St. Mary's Priory and Cathedral -- was mostly demolished in the course of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries: the only English cathedral to be destroyed in that historical episode. Its successor was historically much later, and short-lived: the Parish Church of St. Michael, elevated to Cathedral status in 1918; and we know what happened in 1940 ... hopefully, third time lucky ! Another cathedral-loss, many centuries earlier, involved North Elmham in Norfolk. That settlement had an Anglo-Saxon timber cathedral between about the 7th century; and 1071, when the episcopal see headquarters concerned, was moved to Thetford.
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Great Ryburgh in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Wensum.
We learn that for Great Ryburgh, and neighbouring Little Ryburgh: the Ryburgh part means, from long-ago parlance, "rye town". Turning thence to Rye, East Sussex: it appears that this name is nothing to do with the grain; but is from the West Saxon ieg = island (Rye and immediate environs were almost one, long ago). I feel that occasional wondering is prompted, as to whether the scholars make all this stuff up as they go along 
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