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The town of Dewsbury also has a Minster.

 

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Bingley also had woollen mills erected in the town.

 

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The town of Bingley was once part of the Wapentake of Skyrack in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was split into upper and lower divisions and centred in Headingley, Leeds. The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included the parishes of Adel, Bingley, Guiseley and parts of Harewood, Ilkley and Otley.

 

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Beaumaris on Anglesey also has a toy museum

 

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Saunders-Roe Limited set up a factory at Fryars (the site of the old Franciscan friary to the east) when it was feared that the company's main base on the Isle of Wight would be a target for World War II Luftwaffe bombers.

The main headquarters of Saunders-Roe Limited were at Columbine Works, East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

 

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Bembridge also lies on the line of the long-distance footpath called the Isle of Wight Coastal Path.

 

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Sheringham also has an RNLI station

 

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The Roman Catholic church in Sheringham was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. He also worked on The Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton.

 

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Wellow in Somerset also lies on the line of the River Somer.

 

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On 26th June 1685, the Duke of Monmouth's rebellious forces made their way from Midford to Norton St. Philip after failing to advance into Bristol and Bath. Their exact route is subject to conjecture, but it is widely assumed that they would have taken their heavy cannons via the Wellow and Norton Brook valleys rather than tackling the steep ascent to the village of Hinton Charterhouse.

 

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Fairleigh Hungerford was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Wellow.

 

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Fairleigh Hungerford is on the A366 road, which starts in Trowbridge and ends just outside Kilmersdon. En-route, it passes through the Somerset village of Norton St Philip.

 

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Tellisford also has a church that is part of the Benefice of Hardington Vale.

 

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Shipston-on-Stour was also a place where the antiquarian, William Parry, was a priest.

 

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Alderminster also lies on the line of the River Stour.

 

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Alderminster was one of the film locations of MGM's 1963 horror film The Haunting.

The interiors were shot at the at MGM-British Studios, and the exteriors and the ground shoots were at Ettington Park (now the Ettington Park Hotel) in the village of Ettington, Warwickshire.

 

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Manchester also has a meeting room of the Society of Friends

 

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Westminster is also a city in a county with a 'Greater' prefix

 

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Selby also has an abbey.

 

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Oundle is also associated with boat building.

 

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Aldwincle also lies on the line of the River Nene

 

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The poet and playwright John Dryden was born in Aldwincle Rectory but spent his boyhood in Titchmarsh.

 

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Huish Episcopi also has a church, dedicated to St Mary, that is built in the Perpendicular gothic style.

 

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Stratton-on-the-Fosse was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Kilmersdon.

 

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Stretton-on-Dunsmore also lies on the Fosse Way.

 

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Ashton-on-Mersey also has a church that is dedicated to All Saints.

 

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Lascelles Abercrombie, FBA (1881 – 1938) was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". He was born in Ashton upon Mersey *, and educated at Malvern College, Malvern.

* According to Mr W Pedia, it's the same place!

 

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Harrogate is also a spa town.

 

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Between 2013 and 2015, a poll organised by Rightmove voted Harrogate as "the happiest place to live" in Britain.

However, the latest poll (in October 2017) voted Leamington Spa as "the happiest place to live" in Britain.

 

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Alperton also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal