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[High Dyke]

Peter Williams (15 January 1723 – 8 August 1796) was a prominent leader of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism in the eighteenth century, best known for publishing Welsh-language bibles and bible commentary.

Williams was born at West Marsh Farm in Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, the son of Owen and Elizabeth Williams. In 1748, he married Mary Jenkins and settled at Llandyfaelog in Carmarthenshire.

 

[DerekC]

Mr Walter Davies, inventor of the "Stepney" spare wheel, once lived in Llandyfaelog.

Early cars did not carry spare wheels. Mr Davies and his brother invented a clamp-on "get you home" device which fitted over the existing wheel.

The technology has moved on, but the name has passed into language on the Indian subcontinent, where a spare wheel is still called a "Stepney".

Oh, and the name has nothing to do with Stepney in London. It refers to Stepney Street in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, where Mr Davies and his brother had their factory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gilwern in Monmouthshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Elli.

 

[D6130]

Mamhilad in Monmouthshire is also situated on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.

 

[High Dyke]

Stowmarket in Suffolk was also the location of a British Nylon Spinners manufacturing site.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Saffron Walden in Essex is also a settlement where a Corn Exchange was established.

 

[High Dyke]

Wing in Rutland also has a Turf maze.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Drayton Beauchamp in Buckinghamshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Cottesloe.

 

[High Dyke]

Burrough Green in Cambridgeshire is also on the route of the Icknield Way long distance footpath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stiffkey in Norfolk also has a post-mounted illustrated village sign.

 

[High Dyke]

Debden, Essex is another location where the local vicar was defrocked for inappropriate behaviour.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arkesden in Essex was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Uttlesford.

 

[Tetragon213]

Heath and Reach (Bedfordshire) is also home to an Axe and Compass pub

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire also lies on the line of the River Ouzel.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

There is also a St Peter and St Paul's Church in Sturton-le-Steeple, near Retford in Nottinghamshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Babworth in Nottinghamshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the East Retford Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

In the early 17th Century the Separatists, a loose grouping of protestants who separated from the Church of England because they didn't believe in state interference in religion, formed a congregation at Babworth with the active support of Richard Clifton, the Rector. In 1605 Clifton was ejected from his position and moved to Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. Several members of the congregation subsequently emigrated to America on the Mayflower.

 

[High Dyke]

Colsterworth in Lincolnshire was also on the route of the Great North Road, though it is now bypassed by the modern A1.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Padiham in Lancashire also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

 

[DerekC]

The Mullard thermionic valve company once had a large factory just outside Padiham. The company was established by Captain Stanley Mullard, who learned the subject while leading research into high power valves for the Royal Navy in WWI. The company was sold to Philips of Eindhoven in the late 1920s but the trade name was still used until the 1980s. These days it is best remembered in the name of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Laboratory at Harlton, near Cambridge.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Harlton contains a memorial to the wood-engraver Gwendolen Mary "Gwen" Raverat née Darwin (1885 – 1957). It is there at the church as family and friends donated to its restoration in her memory; it is believed the wood block print by Raverat, 'Harvest Feast' was based on The Manor Barn in Harlton. Gwen Raverat was born and died in Cambridge, and is buried in the Trumpington Extension Cemetery, Cambridge with her father.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hauxton in Cambridgeshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Thriplow.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The parish church at Hauxton has been dedicated to St Edmund (c841 - 869) since the 15th century, although was probably founded prior to the Norman Conquest. The present building is small and comprises a chancel, nave, and west tower. It has been largely unchanged since its construction in the 12th century, other than the addition of the three-storey tower in the 15th century.[5] The church is Grade I listed. There is some uncertainty about where and when Edmund was killed, but a stone cross at Hoxne in Suffolk marks one supposed location of his death. The monument records that it was built on the site of an ancient oak tree which fell in 1848 and was found to have an arrow head embedded in its trunk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Athelington in Suffolk was also once administered by the Hundred of Hoxne.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The church of St Peter, Athelington is medieval in origin and was majorly restored both internally and externally in 1873 –1874. Three bells hang in the tower, all cast in 1450, by John Magges of Norwich and are currently unringable; the largest weighs approximately 4.5 cwt and has a diameter of 28 inches. These were the lightest bells created by John Magges; the heaviest (weighing 14 cwt) is at All Saints Church, Laxfield, Suffolk.

 

[Tetragon213]

Acton, Suffolk also has a Grade 1 listed All Saints Church

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cuckoo Tye in Suffolk was also administered by the Hundred of Babergh.

 

[DerekC]

Blackbird Leys in Oxfordshire is another settlement named after a songbird.

 

[High Dyke]

Hugh Laurie was born in Blackbird Leys. His comedy partner, Stephen Fry, has connections to the town of North Walsham, Norfolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oswestry in Shropshire also has a Market Cross.