Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester is also a county town that lies on the line of the River Severn.

 

[DerekC]

The English Civil War ended with the Battle of Worcester in 1649. The opening engagement seven years earlier was a skirmish less than two miles away at the bridge over the River Severn near Powick, Worcestershire.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

James Piers St Aubyn (1815 – 1895), often referred to as J P St Aubyn, was an English architect of the Victorian era, known for his church architecture and confident restorations. He was born at Powick Vicarage, the home of his maternal grandfather. An early example of his work is Berkeley Cottages, Collingwood Road, Stoke Dameral, Plymouth.

 

[DerekC]

From Devonport in Stoke Damerel parish you can catch the ferry across the Hamoaze to Torpoint in Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Botus Fleming in Cornwall was also once under the jurisdiction of the St Germans Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Mary the Virgin, Botus Fleming, is a member of the Saltash Area Group of Churches, as is St Terninus, St Erney.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tideford in Cornwall also lies on the line of the River Tiddy.

 

[DerekC]

Tideford Cricket Club's ground is two miles away at St Germans in Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Landulph in Cornwall was also once administered by the St Germans Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The hamlet and rural civil parish of Landulph lies on the River Tamar, which forms the county boundary between Cornwall and Devon. Across the river is the Devon parish of Tamerton Foliot.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The West Dartmoor Mission Community includes eight churches, including Saint Mary's Sampford Spiney and St Leonard's Sheepstor.

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Norsworthy in Devon also lies on the line of the River Meavy.

 

[DerekC]

Hmmm - Norsworthy seems to have a bridge and a car park. You would see lots of walkers there and maybe some campers, but I don't see any sign of a settlement!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hmmm - Norsworthy seems to have a bridge and a car park. You would see lots of walkers there and maybe some campers, but I don't see any sign of a settlement!

Were there not some dwellings there in days of yore?

 

[DerekC]

There is what looks like a small farm there on the 1885 map, but only ruins now. There don't seem to be any rules about what counts as a settlement so let's keep the game going:

Norsworthy Bridge is at the head of the Burrator reservoir - the dam at the foot is near the village of Sheepstor, Devonshire.

 

[OxtedL]

There is what looks like a small farm there on the 1885 map, but only ruins now. There don't seem to be any rules about what counts as a settlement so let's keep the game going:

Norsworthy Bridge is at the head of the Burrator reservoir - the dam at the foot is near the village of Sheepstor, Devonshire.

Looks like we recently had this settlement, in post 41472

 

[DerekC]

Norsworthy in Devon also lies on the line of the River Meavy.

As well as a car park and an abandoned farm, Norsworthy has the remains of a "blowing house" - a water powered furnace for smelting tin. There were once many such installations across Dartmoor, but one of the best preserved is near Merrivale, Devon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Horrabridge in Devon also lies on the line of the River Walkham.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Horrabridge's name may have been taken from the 15th-century packhorse bridge which remains the only vehicular route from one side of the village to the other. These were originally intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river (in this case the River Walkham). Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonary arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the panniers borne by the horses. Another example in Devon is at Drewsteignton, where Fingle Bridge crosses the River Teign.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Combeinteignhead in Devon was also once administered by the Hundred of Wonford.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Despite this closeness to the River Teign, the name Combeinteignhead is not derived from it: in the Domesday Book the district contained thirteen manors which totalled an area of ten hides and the whole area was known as the "Ten Hide". This was later corrupted to Teignhead through the influence of the river name. It is one of the longest place names in England, with 16 letters. The name of the nearby village of Stokeinteignhead has a similar derivation.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leyburn in North Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Leyburn in North Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

Do you mean Leyland, Lancashire, please? The Anglican Church in Leyburn is St Matthew's?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheadle Hulme in Greater Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

 

[DerekC]

On 23rd November 1981 the most severe outbreak of tornadoes recorded in European history struck the United Kingdom. Cheadle Hulme was hit around mid day by a tornado passing across the Manchester area. At around 14:00 one of the strongest in the outbreak struck the village of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, causing considerable damage.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exhall in Warwickshire also lies on the line of the River Sowe.

 

[DerekC]

Exhall has a pub called the Lord Raglan. The first Baron Raglan (Fitzroy James Henry Somerset) was the ninth and youngest son of the Duke of Beaufort, and was born at the Duke's seat of Badminton House, Badminton, Gloucestershire.

Lord Raglan had a distinguished military record early in his career but is remembered by posterity mainly as having issued the order which led to the Charge of the Light Brigade during the battle of Sevastopol. He died of dysentery in June 1855, very soon after the British finally acknowledged failure to capture the Sevastopol Citadel. His body was repatriated and buried in the church of his birthplace.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tortworth in Gloucestershire was also once administered by the Hundred of Grumbald's Ash.

 

[DerekC]

Tortworth has a sweet chestnut tree reputed to be about 800 years old and a contender for the title of the largest such tree in the UK, with a girth of about 12 metres. Also in the running is the "Cowdray Collosus" in Cowdray Park near Midhurst in West Sussex, which claims a girth of 12.5 metres but is considerably younger and in better condition.