Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yattendon in Berkshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Faircross.

 

[Tetragon213]

Royal Wootton Bassett is also on the M4 corridor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wilmslow in Cheshire East also has a church that is dedicated to St Bartholemew.

 

[DerekC]

Droxford in Hampshire, like Wilmslow, holds an annual scarecrow festival.

 

[High Dyke]

In 1676 William Hawkins, Rector of Droxford Church, married Anne Walton. Her father was Izaak Walton.

In May 1655 Izaak Walton bought Halfhead Farm in Shallowford, Staffordshire which included the cottage where he spent some of his spare time fishing and writing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chebsey in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Stone Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

All Saints Church, Chebsey contains late Victorian stained glass windows by Charles Eamer Kempe (1837 – 1907). Another example of his work can be found in All Saints Church, Leighton Buzzard.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tilsworth in Bedfordshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Manshead.

 

[Tetragon213]

Tilsworth lies on the route of Roman Watling Street, which goes all the way to Wroxeter

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Bolas in Shropshire was also once administered by the Hundred of South Bradford.

 

[DerekC]

Great Bolas is situated close to the River Tern, which flows eventually into the River Severn near Wroxeter, Shropshire.

 

[transportphoto]

Great Bolas is situated close to the River Tern, which flows eventually into the River Severn near Wroxeter, Shropshire.

Impressively, we’ve found two separate associations to Wroxeter in quick succession. A minor technicality which the Rules first set out by @Ivo in 2011 forbids. Shall we try again from Great Bolas?

Great Bolas in Shropshire was also once administered by the Hundred of South Bradford.

 

[Tetragon213]

Great Bolas is under the parish council of Waters Upton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tenby in Pembrokeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St John.

 

[johnnychips]

Whereas Tenby has an Upper and Lower Frog St, Rochdale has a Toad Lane, home of the co-operative movement.

 

[D6130]

Boughton Aluph in Kent also has a pub called the Flying Horse.

 

[DerekC]

Rear Admiral Derek Anthony was a long term resident of Boughton Aluph. His last seagoing command was as captain of HMS Cumberland, based at Devonport, Plymouth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Meavy in Devon was also once administered by the Hundred of Roborough.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 2010, Meavy was one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film War Horse. Another location on Dartmoor was the village of Sheepstor; the village with its prominent church tower features in an aerial shot in the trailer for the film.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exeter in Devon also has a church that is dedicated to St Leonard.

 

[DerekC]

The Exeter Ship Canal was first built in the 1560s, the first substantial artificial waterway to be built in Britain since the Roman occupation. It was extended twice, once in 1677 and again in 1825. It now reaches from Exeter Quay almost as far as Powderham, Devon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St Clement.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir Alex Ferguson was awarded the Freedom of the City of Manchester in 1999; he was born on 31st December 1941 at his grandmother's home on Shieldhall Road in the Govan district of Glasgow.

 

[D6130]

Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire was also once a major centre for the shipbuilding industry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wythenshawe in Greater Manchester also has a Community Church.

 

[D6130]

Steeton in West Yorkshire is also the location of a major hospital.

 

[To the trains]

Yeovil (part of it anyway) is also in the 20th postcode district of its postcode area (BA20, Steeton is in BD20)

 

[High Dyke]

Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire also has a folly within its locality.

 

[DerekC]

Denby in Derbyshire is another place famous for its pottery products (but not for much longer, sadly - the Denby company has gone into administration).

 

[To the trains]

Denby was the birthplace of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. He died in Burstow, Surrey