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Castle Combe in Wiltshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.
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Tetragon213
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Silverstone is also home to a motor racing venue
Xenophon PCDGS
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Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael.
D6130
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Ayr also has a pub named the Tam o' Shanter.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Banff in Banffshire was also created a Royal Burgh in the 13th century.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kenmore in Perth and Kinross also lies on the line of the River Tay.
Hamma52
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Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, also has a single carriageway, traffic light controlled bridge over a river.
D6130
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Strathaven in South Lanarkshire also has a ruined castle.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Huntly in Aberdeenshire was also created a Burgh of Barony in the 15th century.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Dunfermline in Fife also has a church that is dedicated to St Ninian.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Cheltenham in Gloucestershire also has a racecourse.
Hamma52
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Cheltenham was a particular favourite of King George III. He first visited the town in 1788 to try and improve his health, having heard about the famous spa here, but would frequent the area regularly in the proceeding years.
Another place often visited by George III was Weymouth, Dorset, a favourite holiday location for the monarch.
Another place often visited by George III was Weymouth, Dorset, a favourite holiday location for the monarch.
D6130
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Redruth in Cornwall also once had a brewery owned by the Devenish family.
High Dyke
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Redruth has been a major centre for Cornish wrestling for centuries. Some Cornish wrestling matches allowed shin-kicking. This was often referred to as "Cornish purring".
Shin-kicking, also known as shin diggings or purring, originated in England in the early 17th century. Shin kicking was one of the most popular events at the Cotswold Olimpick Games from 1612 until the Games ended in the 1850s. When the Games were revived, in 1951, the sport was included as the World Shin-Kicking Championships and remains one of its most popular events, drawing crowds of thousands of spectators. The event is held at Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire.
Shin-kicking, also known as shin diggings or purring, originated in England in the early 17th century. Shin kicking was one of the most popular events at the Cotswold Olimpick Games from 1612 until the Games ended in the 1850s. When the Games were revived, in 1951, the sport was included as the World Shin-Kicking Championships and remains one of its most popular events, drawing crowds of thousands of spectators. The event is held at Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Upper Quinton in Gloucestershire was also once administered by the Hundred of Kiftsgate.
Why am I just a little sceptical about this marvellous -- and entertaining -- recital
? In course of taking part in this game, I quite often chance upon stuff in Wiki articles, varying from unlikely- to crazy-sounding; which I'm convinced gets "sneaked in past the guardians" by frolicsome folk who fancy a laugh ... if the above material is indeed the solemn and sober truth: my sincere apologies.The parish of Upper and Lower Quinton has a church dedicated to St. Swithin; as also has Lincoln.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Derby was also one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.
Hamma52
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Derby is home to the famous Royal Crown Derby porcelain manufacturers, one of the oldest surviving porcelain manufacturer companies in the world.
One of their more well known clients was the White Star line, who these days are known for operating the Titanic and Queen Mary liners. Thus Derby porcelain can still be found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, from the Titanic's tragic sinking.
Another company involved in providing material for these ships was David Colville & Sons, a steel manufacturer who provides the steel hull plates for both liners. They were based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
One of their more well known clients was the White Star line, who these days are known for operating the Titanic and Queen Mary liners. Thus Derby porcelain can still be found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, from the Titanic's tragic sinking.
Another company involved in providing material for these ships was David Colville & Sons, a steel manufacturer who provides the steel hull plates for both liners. They were based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
Xenophon PCDGS
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East Calder in West Lothian also has a church that is dedicated to St Theresa.
150249
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Wesham is also home to a non-league football team formed after World War 2, this being AFC Fylde.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Aberdeen also has a church that is dedicated to St Joseph.
"Baked goods department" -- Aberdeen's speciality in that line, is the rowie or buttery or Aberdeen roll: in the plainish-bread / pastry roll line, but a superior example thereof, with lard featuring prominently in its making: a recipe worked out, so that when supplied to fishermen, the items wouldn't become severely stale during the chaps' couple of weeks out at sea; and the high fat content was a useful immediate energy source. At the other end of Great Britain: the Cornish pasty was devised in response to a corresponding demand -- meeting the specific sustenance needs of folk in a particular arduous trade -- in this case, mining. In Cornwall and adjacent parts of Devonshire, the pasty has at times been called an "oggie" or "tiddy oggie": whence the poignant song in the folk idiom The Oggie Man -- set in Plymouth, just across the water from Cornwall.
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Artist Beryl Cook (1926-2008), renowned for her paintings of jolly Rubenesque ladies out on the razzle, is associated with Plymouth, her home for many years and the place of her death; she was born in Egham, Surrey.
High Dyke
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No need to apologise. It can be most enlightening when you participate in this game. https://olimpickgames.co.uk/shin-kicking/Why am I just a little sceptical about this marvellous -- and entertaining -- recital
Egham was home to a large research centre for Proctor & Gamble. One of their current products is Fairy washing-up detergent. Fairy was originally produced by Thomas Hedley Co (until 1927) at Newcastle upon Tyne, until that company was taken over by P&G.
My thanks ! To be honest, it was the bit about the Cotswold Olimpick Games initiated in 1612, which had me raising my eyebrows; but after all -- although the modern Olympic Games became a real-world event less than a century-and-a-half ago: 17th-century classicists would have known all about ancient Greece's Olympic Games ...
One of my "easy get-outs": Newcastle-upon-Tyne is twinned with Atlanta in the US State of Georgia. The only other twinning between anywhere else in that State, and in the British Isles is -- so far as I can find out -- between Craigavon, Co. Armagh; and La Grange, Georgia.
Hamma52
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Craigavon is at the bottom of the M12 motorway, which is... very short. At only a mile and a half long, it's positively tiny, and exists only as a spur to connect Craigavon to the M1.
Another motorway that is pretty small is the M898, which similarly acts as a spur, this time towards the Erskine Bridge. Originally, the motorway ended at the toll booths for the bridge, just a mile off the M8 junction, yet as these were removed in 2006, it now links the M8 with the A726 junction, which can be used to get to Erskine, Renfrewshire.
Another motorway that is pretty small is the M898, which similarly acts as a spur, this time towards the Erskine Bridge. Originally, the motorway ended at the toll booths for the bridge, just a mile off the M8 junction, yet as these were removed in 2006, it now links the M8 with the A726 junction, which can be used to get to Erskine, Renfrewshire.