Settlement Association

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Footballer Billy Wright was born in Ironbridge, but played most of his football in
Wolverhampton
which also has a statue of him.

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

West Bromwich Albion F.C. have a long established rivalry with Wolverhampton F.C.

 

[DerekC]

West Bromwich suffered badly in the second world cholera epidemic which occurred from 1830 to 1834. It reached Britain via the port of Sunderland in October 1831 and spread rapidly across the nation.

 

[Tetragon213]

Wrexham has also had its football team be the subject of a tv series (Sunderland 'til I Die, and Welcome to Wrexham)

 

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Wrexham was given city status by Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. Seven other locations were also named cities at that point, one being
Douglas
on the Isle of Man.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Kensington in London also has a noted museum.

 

[Calthrop]

Resorting to my old pal W.S. Gilbert: the "Nightmare song" (When you're lying awake with a dismal headache...) in his-and-Sullivan's comic opera Iolanthe, mentions -- among other places -- South Kensington; and Harwich, Essex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swords in County Dublin also has a church that is dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Heaven.

 

[Calthrop]

I'm perhaps being a bit naughty on this game at present: but -- "hack" fiction about old-time combat, frequently goes on about swords and bucklers (= shields). There is in Hampshire, the hamlet of Bucklers Hard: on the Beaulieu River, a couple of miles inland from said watercourse's debouching into the Solent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stromness in Orkney also has a marina.

 

[Calthrop]

John Rae (1813 -- 93) -- surgeon, explorer of far-northerly parts of North America, and highly accomplished "outdoorsman", was born in Stromness. He studied medicine in Edinburgh.

 

[Tetragon213]

Belfast is another capital of a UK constituent country

 

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A one time major employer in Belfast was Shorts, most famous for flying boats such as the Sunderland. However, before being at Belfast, they were at
Rochester
on the River Medway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Weymouth in Dorset also has a Guildhall.

 

[Calthrop]

I know we had the Manx capital only the day before yesterday; but I find this one hard to resist. Douglas (I.O.M.) also has its name as one of two elements in the names of coniferous trees -- Weymouth pine and Douglas fir.

 

[Tetragon213]

St HelierJersey is also the capital of a Crown Dependency

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Strathnairn in Scottish Highland also has a church that is dedicated to St Paul.

 

[PrincesWinsdor]

Invergarry is at the southwest of Loch Ness, which itself is at the southwest of
Strathnairn. These three locations form an acute Δ.

 

[Tetragon213]

Invergarry should not be confused with the similar sounding Invergowrie

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire also lies on the route of the A90 major moad.

 

[D6130]

Peterhead is also a major fishing port on the Buchan coast of Aberdeenshire.

 

[John Griffiths]

The prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is also now a museum.

 

[D6130]

Mitton, near Whalley in Lancashire, also has a pub named The Three Fishes.

 

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Mitton (Great and Little) are by the River Ribble, which gave its name to a one time major bus company headquartred in Preston.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ribchester in Lancashire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Preston Poor Law Union.

 

[D6130]

Ebchester in Co. Durham Is also built on the site of a Roman fort.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberporth in Ceredigion also has a rowing club.

 

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Aberporth has an airfield, at which Qinetiq operate drones on behalf of the MoD. Similar operations used to take place at Llanbedr.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Maentwrog in Gwynedd was also once administered by the Hundred of Ardudwy.

 

[Calthrop]

In Maentwrog is The Grapes Hotel, a 17th-century Grade 2 listed coaching inn. Goosnargh, Lancashire -- a few miles north of Preston -- has a pub also called The Grapes.