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Settlement Association
A place with a similar name is Wormley in Hertfordshire, though the name origins differ. Wormley means 'worm (= snake) infested clearing; Wormleighton means 'leek patch (or herb garden) of Wilma', an explanation which to those of us of a certain age conjures images of Fred Flintstone hammering...- John Griffiths
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Settlement Association
Earby is also a settlement transferred from Yorkshire to Lancashire in 1974.- John Griffiths
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Settlement Association
Whitchurch has a Bolbec Castle. Newcastle upon Tyne has a Bolbec Hall.- John Griffiths
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Settlement Association
Calne has a sculpture in bronze of two pigs, commemorating the town's role in commercial pork processing. Bath in Somerset has a sculpture of a pig next to a statue of Prince Bladud in Parade Gardens. Bladud - the father of King Lear - had leprosy, as did his pigs - and he noticed his pigs...- John Griffiths
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Settlement Association
Finchley had a prominent MP from the 60s to the early 80s - name escapes me - but came from Grantham, I believe.- John Griffiths
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Settlement Association
Camberley in Surrey was originally called 'Cambridge Town', after the Duke of Cambridge, the doddering notional head of the British Army (it being a barracky sort of place); the name caused too much confusion and misdirection of post.- John Griffiths
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Post Offices on Stations
There are plenty of WH Smiths on stations - can the Post Offices be far behind?- John Griffiths
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