Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

Tingwall in Orkney also has a ferry terminal.

The name of Tingley, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire: is akin, derivation-wise. Per the various "old tongues": t(h)ing = legislative or judicial assembly. The Orkney settlement's name means "field of" same; the Yorkshire one's, "mound / hill / burial mound" thereof. (Tingley thus reckoned as the probable meeting place for the Morley Wapentake.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire also has a brass band.

 

[Calthrop]

Hoylake, Merseyside, also has a church dedicated to St. Luke.

 

[John Griffiths]

Joshua Armitage, illustrator, who as 'Ionicus' created the cover illustrations for Penguin's editions of the works of P G Wodehouse in the 1970s, was born in and spent his whole life in Hoylake. Wodehouse was born in Guildford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pyrford in Surrey also lies on the line of the River Wey.

 

[Calthrop]

Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, also has a church dedicated to St. Nicholas.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Croxden in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Uttoxeter Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

The heart of King John is said to have been buried at the abbey in Croxden. The rest of him is at the cathedral in Worcester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Huddersfield in West Yorkshire also has a Meeting House of the Society of Friends.

 

[John Griffiths]

Huddersfield was the birthplace of prime minister Harold Wilson, MP for Huyton, Merseyside.

 

[Calthrop]

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, also has a pub called Crofters.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Urswick in Westmorland and Furness was also once under the jurisdiction of the Ulverston Poor Law Union.

 

[Tetragon213]

Follow the river from the Urswick tarn, and you reach Gleaston (Cumbria)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grizebeck in Westmorland and Furness was also once administered by Lonsdale (North of the Sands) Hundred.

 

[Calthrop]

"Passing the buck" (or pig? -- see onward) -- the only other "Grize..." place-name which I can find in Britain: is Grizedale; also in Westmorland and Furness, south of Hawkshead and eight or nine miles north-east of Grizebeck as above. A notion of my own, not supported by any authority which I can find -- wonder whether the "Grize..." element, might have anything to do with the Scots and North of England dialect word "grice", meaning a young pig. (And also of course, "grice" -- noun and verb, and its amplifications and variants -- is a term in the jargon of our hobby, generally referencing: shall we say. dedicated, railway enthusiasts, and their doings. Have seen assorted theories as to how this expression in this context, came about; but none to the best of my recall, involving young pigs.)

 

[John Griffiths]

Kielder in Northumberland also has an Observatory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Formby in Merseyside is another settlement in which red squirrels still thrive.

 

[D6130]

Alderley Edge in Cheshire is another settlement with a large population of professional footballers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

East Quantoxhead in Somerset also has historical connections to copper mining.

 

[John Griffiths]

East Quantoxhead has been owned by the Pagnall/Luttrell family since circa 1070, with none of the estate being alienated in that time. Downham in Lancashire is also an estate village, owned by the Assheton family (since 1955 the Barons Clitheroe) since 1558.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hythe in Kent also has a church that is dedicated to St Leonard.

 

[D6130]

The Royal Military Canal - built in the early 19th century to counter the threat of Napoleonic invasion - starts just outside of Hythe and finishes just outside of Rye in East Sussex.

 

[Calthrop]

Rye has a namesake settlement in the US State of New Hampshire, with which it is in fact twinned. Newmarket, Suffolk, also has a New Hampshire namesake -- so far as I'm aware, no twinning between them.

 

[John Griffiths]

Oxford also has a type of sausage named after it.

 

[Tetragon213]

Cambridge is also known for its world leading university

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shrewsbury also suffered an outbreak of Sweating Sickness in medieval times.

 

[D6130]

Hurstpierpoint in Sussex also has a renowned public (private) school.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Andrews in Fife also has a church that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

 

[D6130]

Ballycastle in Co. Antrim also has a Lammas Fair every August. (cue a folk song from @Xenophon PCDGS !)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portstewart in County Londonderry also lies on the route of the long-distance trail known as the Causeway Coastal Route.

"Auld Lammas Fair" is a song never featured in my repertoire..........but it is said that "Rose of Allendale" was always well received when I sang it.