Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cranwich in Norfolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Thetford Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

St Mary's Church, Cranwich is one of Norfolk's 124 round tower churches. Most such churches are in East Anglia, for reasons that are not understood. There are a few in other areas of England, one such being at Great Shefford in Berkshire (also dedicated to St Mary). There are also about 20 of very similar design in Germany and a scattering in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bagnor in Berkshire also lies on the line of the River Lambourn.

 

[Tetragon213]

Whitchurch (Hants) also lies on the route of the A34

 

[D6130]

Hurstbourne in Hampshire is also noted for the production of watercress.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hurstbourne in Hampshire is also noted for the production of watercress.

QUERY.....

Is that the same settlement as Hurstbourne Tarrant in Hampshire?

 

[D6130]

Sorry.....I was going by my memories of the West of England main line when I worked as a Southern Region (South Western Division) junior train planner. Crossing Hurstbourne viaduct - midway between Whitchurch and Andover - the extensive watercress beds were clearly visible below, as they were to a lesser extent at Whitchurch. Consulting Mapy.cz, I see that there are actually two Hurstbournes.... Hurstbourne Tarrant a couple of miles to the North of the line and Hurstbourne Priors a couple of miles. to the South. As @Xenophon PCDGS has obviously researched the former - and to keep the game flowing - let's therefore go with Hurstbourne Tarrant.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ibthorpe in Hampshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Pastrow.

 

[Tetragon213]

Ludgershall also shares the SP11 postcode

 

[D6130]

Tidworth in Wiltshire also had major military reports.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Much Wenlock in Shropshire also has a church that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

 

[DerekC]

The Wenlock Olympian Games have been held regularly since 1850 and are celebrated as the progenitor of the modern Olympic movement. This year's games are centred on Much Wenlock, but some events are held elsewhere in Shropshire including, for example, rowing at Ironbridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Atcham in Shropshire also lies on the line of the River Severn.

 

[DerekC]

Attingham Park near Atcham is the location of one of the National Trust's regional offices. Another is at Hughenden Manor, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flackwell Heath also lies on the line of the River Wye.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Christ Church, Flackwell Heath includes stained glass designed by the British stained glass artist Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens OBE (1925 – 2021), who was described as "the leading practitioner of stained glass in this country." Another example of his work (created circa 1962 to 1964) can be seen at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire.

 

[Tetragon213]

Great Wyrley (Staffs) is also home to a church of St Marks

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Great Wyrley is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name of Wereleia, and as early as 1086 is said to have been indirectly owned by the Bishop of Chester St John's as part of the "somewhat scattered holdings" of the Church of Saint Chad in Lichfield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Truro in Cornwall also has an Anglican cathedral.

 

[DerekC]

Winchcombe in Gloucestershire also also had an "adulterine castle" - a castle that was built without royal authority during the period of The Anarchy, a civil war in England which lasted from 1138 to 1153.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire also lies on the route of the long-distance footpath known as Cotswold Way.

 

[Tetragon213]

Sutton Common also has a BT Tower

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames also lies on the line of the Pyl Brook.

 

[DerekC]

Kings College London has its sports ground at New Malden. University College, on the other hand, has its sports facilities at Shenley in Hertfordshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Stukeley in Camridgeshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Martin.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Reverend Robert Ashington Bullen FLS FGS FNZ FRAS (1850 – 1912) was an Anglican priest, a geologist and an authority on mollusca. He was the Rector of Little Stukeley in 1898 and 1899 and subsequently Rector and Vicar of Wisley in Surrey between 1901 and 1905.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ockham in Surrey was also once administered by the Hundred of Woking.

 

[DerekC]

William of Ockham was a Franciscan Friar and philosopher born in Ockham in about 1287. He was the first to state concisely the principle of Occam's Razor, that in explaining a phenomenon one should always opt for an explanation in terms of the fewest possible causes, factors, or variables. His principle was supported, restated and used three hundred years later, not least in propounding his law of gravitation to explain planetary motion, by Isaac Newton. Newton was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth in Lincolnshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

William of Ockham was a Franciscan Friar and philosopher born in Ockham in about 1287. He was the first to state concisely the principle of Occam's Razor, that in explaining a phenomenon one should always opt for an explanation in terms of the fewest possible causes, factors, or variables. His principle was supported, restated and used three hundred years later, not least in propounding his law of gravitation to explain planetary motion, by Isaac Newton. Newton was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Costerworth in Lincolnshire.

Is that settlement above another name for Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth ?

 

[DerekC]

Is that settlement above another name for Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth ?

No - it's just that I mistyped it! Now corrected, many apologies!