Settlement Association

[DerekC]

St Oswald's church at Heavenfield near Wall in Northumberland, like St Mary's at Syde, is one of the very few remaining churches in England that still uses gas lighting.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Simonburn in Northumberland was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hexham Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Simonburn lies on a minor un-named road which joins the B6320 near the Nunwick Estate. Travelling North, this road passes through the village of Wark, Northumberland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Broughton-in-Furness in Westmorland and Furness also has a Bronze Age stone circle within its environs.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The poet and artist (and brother of the famous literary sisters) Branwell Bronte, lived in Broughton for six months in 1840. He was born in Thornton, near Bradford, in 1817.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cullingworth in West Yorkshire also lies on the route of the cycleway and footpath known as the Great Northern Railway Trail.

 

[To the trains]

Giggleswick is also part of the BD postcode area

 

[D6130]

St Bees in Cumberland also has a noted 'public' school.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whitehaven in Cumberland alsp lies on the route of the B5345 road.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 1964, Whitehaven was identified as one of 51 "gem towns" by the Council for British Archaeology. This was due to the historic quality of the town environment, and they were historic towns and cities that were thought to be "particularly splendid and precious". Another town to be named on the list was Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gatley in Greater Manchester also has a church that is dedicated to St James.

 

[DerekC]

Gatley used to be a centre of button making. Buttons are still made in the UK by Courtney & Co at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Babbacombe in Devon also has a model village attraction.

 

[DerekC]

The Minack Theatre near Purthcurno in Cornwall, like Babbacombe Theatre, was built gradually on a spectacular coastal site.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ruthvoes in Cornwall also has a holy well within its environs.

 

[DerekC]

The holy well in Ruthvoe was restored in the 1980s. The water from the spring was brought through a pipe to a granite roadside niche built using reused stone from the old Albany school building in Newquay.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Breock in Cornwall was also once under the jurisdiction of the St Columb Major Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The parish church is dedicated to St Briocus (St Breock) and dates back to the 13th century, although it was extensively rebuilt in 1677. The organ was the work of Henry Willis & Sons in 1883. Another Willis organ of the same approximate period can be seen (and heard) at St Mary's Church, Willisham, Suffolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flowton in Suffolk was also once administered by the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon.

 

[Radley]

Rounding to the nearest hundredth, Tankerton, Kent also sits on a longitude value of 1.04 E.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tenby in Pembrokeshire also has a Blue Flag Beach.

 

[Radley]

Newquay, Cornwall also has a small tidal island on its beach.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cradley Heath , in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, also has an Ebenezer Baptist Chapel.