johnnychips
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Tilford also has a Barley Mow pub.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Peasmarsh in Surrey also lies on the line of the River Wey.
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DerekC
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St John the Baptist Maesbury, like St Mary Peasmarsh, is a "tin tabernacle" church made of corrugated iron.
PS - Peasmarsh and Tilford are strictly speaking on the River Wey
PS - Peasmarsh and Tilford are strictly speaking on the River Wey
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kirkintilloch also hosts a canal festival.
Springs Branch
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Edinburgh also has a street named Cowgate.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Dumfries also has a camera obscura.
EbbwJunction1
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Dumfries was the terminating place of the opening stage of the 2011 Tour of Britain; it started in Peebles and lasted 105.8 miles.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Stirling was also created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.
John Griffiths
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Halifax also lent its name to a WWII bomber aircraft.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Hull is also named in the poem and folk song...."The Beggar's Litany"
"From Hull and Halifax and Hell, Good Lord Deliver Us"
"From Hull and Halifax and Hell, Good Lord Deliver Us"
DerekC
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Hull's proper name is Kingston upon Hull, so should have some affinity with Kingston upon Thames.
John Griffiths
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Which has three salmon on its armorial bearings, as does Peebles (a connection I narrowly failed to use earlier this evening).
Xenophon PCDGS
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I regret to say that Peebles was indeed used today at 1301 hours.
johnnychips
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The rules prevent repeating the settlement name from the previous three clues. Peebles was four clues before John G’s post.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Samlesbury in Lancashire also has an operational brewery.
EbbwJunction1
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Samlesbury parish church, like the one at nearby Walton-le-Dale, is dedicated to St. Leonard the Less and was founded in 1096.
John Griffiths
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Surbiton was also the location of a Civil War battle fought in 1648.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bakewell also hosts a food festival.
EbbwJunction1
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Bakewell Mannerians RUFC currently compete in Midlands 3 East (North), as do Belper RUFC.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Bromsgrove also has historical connections with the nail-making industry.
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Alfred Edward Housman, usually known as A E Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems "A Shropshire Lad". He was born on 26th March 1859 in Bromsgrove, and died on 30th April 1936, aged 77, in Cambridge.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kinross also holds a folk festival.
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Lockerbie also has a Wheelchair Curling Club.
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Mid-Annandale FC (nicknamed The Mids), are one of the football clubs from Lockerbie, whereas Upper Annandale FC (nicknamed The Uppers) are from the town of Moffat. Both clubs play in the South of Scotland Football League.
John Griffiths
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Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, born in Moffat, commanded RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain from headquarters at Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Kingsbury was also once administered by the Hundred of Gore.
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Kilburn is also served by TfL's N98 Night Bus on its route to/from Central London.
John Griffiths
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Ian Dury, whose first band was called 'Kilburn and the High Roads', died at Upminster in 2000.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Cranbrook in Kent also has a Smock Mill.
John Griffiths
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Cranford is also named after herons (cranes). Though the name of the River Crane that flows through Cranford across S Middlesex is a backformation, named by derivation from Cranford rather than after the birds. Its earliest recorded name is the rather dull 'The Bourne'.