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[High Dyke]

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire is also associated with boat building.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Byley in Cheshire West & Chester also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Evangelist.

 

[Calthrop]

Byley is popularly termed "the heart of Cheshire" -- from the map of the (whole) county, it does indeed appear pretty much like dead-centre thereof. From an un-scientific look by me, at the atlas -- a counterpart for this role, for Buckinghamshire: would look like Waddesdon, five miles north-west of Aylesbury.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bretherton in Lancashire also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.

 

[Calthrop]

Eccentric material from Wiki, is often useful in this game: as -- "During winterbreak prior to the 2023 Season, Shaun 'Sticky Fingers' Parkinson was stripped of his noticeable [sic] person's title along with the captaincy of Bretherton Cricket Club, theft from wallets being cited as the reason". Sounds like something out of Wallace and Gromit -- which animated-clay heroes reside, as we know, in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sounds like something out of Wallace and Gromit -- which animated-clay heroes reside, as we know, in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

(All enquiries to be submitted to 62 West Wallaby Street)

Appley Bridge in West Lancashire also lies on the lines of both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Douglas.

 

[John Griffiths]

Appleby Bridge was home to the West Lancashire Linoleum Works. Lino factories could also be found in Staines, Middlesex, where the first factory had been established in 1864 by Frederick Walton, who had developed and patented Linoleum over the previous four years.

 

[High Dyke]

The courtroom of Staines Town Hall was used during the production of the film Ghandi. It's director was Sir Richard Attenborough. 'Dicky' as he was known, died in 2014 at Northwood (Middlesex)

NB: Northwood was traditionally in Middlesex, but incorporated into Greater London in 1965.

 

[Calthrop]

Adare, Co. Limerick, also has a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

 

[D6130]

Adare Manor has been much used as a location for films and television series in the past....as has Highclere Castle in Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ecchinswell in Hampshire was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Evingar.

 

[Calthrop]

Sydmonton, Hampshire, is two miles from Ecchinswell. Both are mentioned in passing -- as "human settlements" -- in Richard Adams's Watership Down (said Down -- a real place -- is very near both villages).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also hosts an annual arts festival.

 

[Tetragon213]

Cardiff is also the capital of one of the UK's constituent countries.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mold in Flintshire also has a Crown Court.

 

[John Griffiths]

Aylsham in Norfolk is also a cittaslow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coltishall in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Bure.

 

[Tetragon213]

Douglas Bader was based at RAF Coltishall when he was put in charge of 242 Squadron. He had father famously lost his legs in a crash at Woodley (Berks)

"Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show."

 

[Calthrop]

The River Loddon runs close by Woodley; located on that river further up its course, is Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire -- five miles north-east of Basingstoke.

 

[High Dyke]

Hythe, Kent also has a church dedicated to St. Leonard.

 

[D6130]

The Royal Military Canal extends from Hythe Westwards to Rye in East Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton in Derbyshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

 

[Calthrop]

Rapidly back to the Norfolk Broads river system: the Derbyshire Buxton has a much-smaller Norfolk namesake -- Buxton three miles north-west of #36,947's Coltishall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Barningham in Norfolk was also once administered by the Hundred of South Erpingham.

 

[Calthrop]

Little Barningham in Norfolk was also once administered by the Hundred of South Erpingham.

They don't barn much, but they do erp ...

Clevedon, Somerset, also has a church dedicated to St. Andrew.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Altrincham in Greater Manchester also has a clock tower.

 

[High Dyke]

Altrincham Fair became St James's Fair or Samjam in 1319 and continued until 1895. Fair days had their own court of Pye Powder (a corruption of the French for "dusty feet"), presided over by the mayor and held to settle disputes arising from the day's dealings.

The most recent sitting of a piepowder court was in 1898, in Hemel Hempstead.

 

[John Griffiths]

Like Hemel, Hatton in west London (just SE of Heathrow Airport) has a 'magic roundabout' (more formally known as a 'ring junction').

 

[Tetragon213]

Machynlleth is also a popular site for planespotters.

Hatton is great for planes landing at LHR, Machynlleth is for the RAF's Mach Loop.

 

[John Griffiths]

Owain Glyndwr presided over a parliament of Wales that sat at Machynlleth in 1404. In the same year a parliament of Scotland was held in the royal palace at Linlithgow.