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[High Dyke]

John Shipp was was born on the 16th March 1784 in North Entrance,
Saxmundham.

John was so fascinated by soldiers, he lied about his age and signed up for an experimental boy-soldier regiment. Thus began one of the most remarkable stories ever, about a penniless, illiterate child soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the most influential men of his day.

The popular television series of the 1990’s, ‘Sharpe’, was inspired by the life and adventures of this extraordinary man. The star of the show, actor Sean Bean, was born in Sheffield.

 

[Radley]

Like Sheffield United, Brentford are another football team who traditionally play in red and white striped shirts.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cosgrove in Northamptonshire also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal.

 

[Radley]

Slade Green in Greater London also is served by a bus route numbered 89.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Horton Kirby in Kent also lies on the line of the River Darent.

 

[Radley]

Rhoose, home to Cardiff Airport, is at the same latitude as Horton Kirby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peebles in Scottish Borders also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[Calthrop]

John Shipp was was born on the 16th March 1784 in North Entrance,
Saxmundham.

John was so fascinated by soldiers, he lied about his age and signed up for an experimental boy-soldier regiment. Thus began one of the most remarkable stories ever, about a penniless, illiterate child soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the most influential men of his day.

The popular television series of the 1990’s, ‘Sharpe’, was inspired by the life and adventures of this extraordinary man. The star of the show, actor Sean Bean, was born in Sheffield.

Not a "game" posting here -- just purely out of interest: there would seem to be a rival theory re the original of the fictional Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe (television series a "follow-on", I take it, from Bernard Cornwell's novels about this character). The "alternative candidate" is one Christopher Ingham: from the Keighley, West Yorkshire, area -- died 1866, buried in Keighley. Ingham belonged to the 95th Rifle Regiment: fought in many Napoleonic Wars battles -- a number in Spain, and at Waterloo. (Not suggesting that you must be wrong, with your guy; just find it interesting that there is another theory re who Mr. Sharpe may have been based on.)

Peebles in Scottish Borders also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

Peebles holds, to mark the beginning of summer, an annual Beltane (ancient, originally Celtic, tradition) Festival. Beltane is also celebrated annually at the Butser Ancient Farm museum at Chalton, Hampshire -- between Petersfield and Havant. (This event is of much more recent date -- inaugurated in 1980s -- than its Peebles counterpart.)

 

[High Dyke]

(Not suggesting that you must be wrong, with your guy; just find it interesting that there is another theory re who Mr. Sharpe may have been based on.)

History can be a mysterious thing.

Peebles holds, to mark the beginning of summer, an annual Beltane (ancient, originally Celtic, tradition) Festival. Beltane is also celebrated annually at the Butser Ancient Farm museum at Chalton, Hampshire -- between Petersfield and Havant. (This event is of much more recent date -- inaugurated in 1980s -- than its Peebles counterpart.)

St Albans is another location that had an Admiralty Telegraph station. It was situated on the Clock Tower. The shutter telegraph style semaphore was part of the 16 station London to Great Yarmouth line,

 

[Tetragon213]

Weymouth also has its local FC in the relegation zone from the National League South tier of football.

 

[Radley]

Greenhill is a suburb of Weymouth. It’s also a suburb of Herne Bay.

 

[Calthrop]

St Albans is another location that had an Admiralty Telegraph station. It was situated on the Clock Tower. The shutter telegraph style semaphore was part of the 16 station London to Great Yarmouth line,

Again -- not a "game" posting, just "foolish thoughts": have difficulty getting head round how historically -- likely enough, often the case today -- "London to East Anglia, can start by going due north; or even north-west" -- initial thought, "there's no way on earth that St. Albans is on the way from London to Great Yarmouth" -- "know with head" that things have often gone / go thus; seem have got into bonce, firmly and erroneously, that the only sane way from London to easterly parts of East Anglia, is the Great Eastern main line route via Ipswich.

 

[Calthrop]

Greenhill is a suburb of Weymouth. It’s also a suburb of Herne Bay.

With nice symmetry: Deal, another settlement in Kent, is also twinned with one in the French departement -- just across the Strait -- of Pas-de-Calais. Herne Bay's "twin" is Wimereux; Deal's is St.Omer.

 

[Radley]

The first pier in Deal, built in 1838, was built by civil engineer Sir John Rennie. He was born in Southwark, London.

 

[High Dyke]

Again -- not a "game" posting, just "foolish thoughts": have difficulty getting head round how historically -- likely enough, often the case today -- "London to East Anglia, can start by going due north; or even north-west" -- initial thought, "there's no way on earth that St. Albans is on the way from London to Great Yarmouth" -- "know with head" that things have often gone / go thus; seem have got into bonce, firmly and erroneously, that the only sane way from London to easterly parts of East Anglia, is the Great Eastern main line route via Ipswich.

It probably made sense to someone, at the time.

The first pier in Deal, built in 1838, was built by civil engineer Sir John Rennie. He was born in Southwark, London.

In Roman times we know that Southwark was a crossing location on the river we know as the Thames. The bridge was possibly fortified during the reign of King Alfred.

This defensive role is highlighted by the role of the bridge in the 1014-1016 war between King Ethelred the Unready and his ally Olaf II Haraldsson (later King of Norway, and afterwards known as St Olaf).

Saint Olaf (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also called Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf the Stout, gives his name to the village of St Olaves, Norfolk.

 

[Calthrop]

Saint Olaf (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also called Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf the Stout, gives his name to the village of St Olaves, Norfolk.

Blo' Norton, Norfolk -- a lot further west (between Diss and Thetford) -- also lies just fractionally on the Norfolk side of the Norfolk / Suffolk border.

 

[Radley]

The River Little Ouse flows alongside Blo’ Norton, which eventually joins the River Great Ouse just north of Littleport, Cambridgeshire.

 

[Calthrop]

Georgeham, Devon (seven miles north-west of Barnstaple) also has -- appropriately enough -- a church dedicated to St. George.

 

[Radley]

Langwith-Whaley Thorns, Derbyshire also has a bus stop involving a turning circle.

 

[Calthrop]

At the risk of being thought obsessed with rhubarb -- and fetching out again, a matter which we had (my post) only a few days ago: near Langwith-Whaley Thorns, is a foundation using therapeutic horticulture to help various disadvantaged folk, which goes by the name of the Rhubarb Farm. Central to Britain's chief rhubarb-growing area -- the so-called Rhubarb Triangle -- is Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

 

[Tetragon213]

Salisbury's cathedral also saw major restoration work under the eye of Gilbert Scott.

 

[Calthrop]

Cheshunt in Hertfordshire also has a pub called the Haunch of Venison.

 

[John Griffiths]

Cheshunt was the former, and Welwyn Garden City the current location of the headquarters of Tesco.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bristol also has a church that was dedicated to St Bonaventure.

 

[Radley]

Tranmere, Merseyside also has a football team who uses the 'Rovers' suffix.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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

 

[Tetragon213]

A planned (but never built) canal extension would have seen Sale connected to Stockport by water.

 

[Radley]

Charlton are also in the play-off positions in EFL League One.

 

[NorthOxonian]

The Thames Barrier is located on the northern boundary of Charlton; another settlement with a similar (though smaller!) flood barrier is  York.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Faxfleet in the East Riding of Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Ouse.