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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.

Ropsley in Lincolnshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Grantham Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

Ropsley has a pub called the Green Man, a reasonably common name for licensed premises which is commonly believed to be linked to an ancient pagan mythological figure with magic powers. Some suggest that this is untrue, however, as "green man" figures in architecture only started to appear in the 12th Century, and the term "green man" only dates from 1939, when it was coined by Lady Raglan to describe a figure in St Jerome's church, Llangwm, Monmouthshire.

 

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The Church of St Jerome stands in the settlement of Llangwm Uchaf, or Upper Llangwm. it was comprehensively restored and partly rebuilt between 1863 and 1869 by the British architect John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (1827 – 1906). One of his original works was All Saints' Church in Chigwell Row, Essex, which he designed and was built between 1865 and 1867.

 

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Magdalen Laver in Essex was also once administered by the Hundred of Ongar.

 

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The Rev. William Webb Ellis (1806–1872) was Rector of Magdalen Laver in 1855. He was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, he picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the "rugby" style of play. Although the story has become firmly entrenched in the sport's folklore, it is not supported by first-hand evidence, and is discounted by most rugby historians as an origin myth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ufton in Warwickshire was also once administered by the Hundred of Knightlow.

 

[DerekC]

In 2008 Ufton won the "best Village in Warwickshire" competition in 2008, but in 2010 it was won by Marton. So far as I can determine the competition no longer seems to be held.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Long Itchington in Warwickshire also lies on the route of the A423 road.

 

[DerekC]

In 1949 Long Itchington was unexpectedly the site of the first operational use of the Martin Baker ejector seat, when a prototype jet powered "flying wing" developed by Armstrong Whitworth went out of control and crashed. The pilot, one Jo Lancaster, baled out of the aircraft using the seat and landed safely on a manure heap in a farmyard in the parish. The Martin Baker company was and still is based in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taplow in Buckinghamshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Eton Poor Law Union.

 

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Taplow was home to Terry Wogan, who (in)famously set Top Gear's "Star in a reasonably priced car" 2nd slowest ever lap in the Liana, at 2:03.4. The slowest lap was 2:06.0, set by Richard Whiteley of Bradford (Yorks)

 

[DerekC]

On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916, two thirds of the Bradford Pals battalion were killed or injured in the failed attack on the village of Serre-les-Pusieux. In the same attack the Accrington Pals from Lancashire suffered a very similar casualty rate. As a result of these and similar tragedies for local communities the Pals Battalion idea, suggested by General Sir Henry Rawlinson, was abandoned.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sale in Greater Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St Joseph.

 

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Ashton under Lyne is also home to an ATC Squadron

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wakefield in West Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Gabriel.

 

[DerekC]

The sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield in 1903. She spent some time in London, but at the beginning of the Second World War moved to St Ives, Cornwall, where she became a leading member of the group of artists who resided and worked there. She lived and worked in St Ives for the rest of her life and died there in a fire in her studio in 1975.

 

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Combe Martin in North Devon is also on the route of the South West Coast Path, a long-distance footpath.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heanton Punchardon in Devon was also once administered by the Hundred of Braunton.

 

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Barnstaple is also on the line of the River Taw

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Altrincham in Grester Manchester also has a clock tower.

 

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Ashton-under-Lyne also has a terminus of the Manchester Metro link network.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport in Greater Manchester also has a market hall.

 

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Luton in Bedfordshire was also once a major hat manufacturing centre.

 

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Stansted Mountfitchet also has a London Airport

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wendens Ambo in Essex was also administered by the ancient Hundred of Uttlesford.

 

[DerekC]

The second part of Wendens Ambo's name is the Latin for "together", reflecting the fact that the parishes of Great and Little Wenden were merged in 1662. Toller Fratrum in Dorset also has a part-Latin name, the second part meaning "of the brothers", reflecting mediaeval ownership of the manor by the Knights Hospitallers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wynford Eagle in Dorset was also once administered by the Hundred of Tollerford.

 

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Northfield (Birmingham) also has a church to St Laurence

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Salwarpe in Worcestershire was also once administered by the Hundred of Halfshire.

 

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Salwarpe was recorded as Salop in the time of John Leland, and shares this name with Salop (now Shropshire) County Council. They meet in Shirehall in Shrewsbury