Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bollington also lies on the line of the Macclesfield Canal.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

David Dickinson, of TV's Bargain Hunt and Real Deal fame, lives in Bollington. He was, however, born (as David Gulesserian) on 16th August 1941 in Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Foggbrook, near to Offerton, is also a district of Stockport.

 

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Foggbrook, near to Offerton, is also a district of Stockport.

With a similar watery name I present Millbrook, Cornwall

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Calstock also lies on the line of the River Tamar.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

As well as Calstock, other settlements in the civil parish of Calstock include Albaston, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Latchley, Metherell, Coxpark, Dimson, Drakewalls, Norris Green, Rising Sun and St Ann's Chapel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lezant was once jointly administered by both the Hundred and the Deanery of East Wivelshire.

 

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Just a vowel away from Lezant is Lelant in Cornwall where there is a pretty church with a tower.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wyke Regis in Dorset also lies on the line of the log-distance footpath known as the South West Coast Path.

 

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Bognor Regis, in Sussex, is miles away from Wyke Regis in Dorset

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shoeburyness also has the remains of a Mulberry Harbour just offshore.

 

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A mulberry tree is the centrepiece of the walled garden in the Gainsborough house and museum in Sudbury

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Braintree is also another settlement that was once settled by Flemish silk weavers.

 

[Coventrian]

Coventry was also famous as a centre for silk weaving, particularly using blue thread.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llangynllo also has an art-deco styled war memorial.

 

[cjp]

The Hoover Building in Perivale was built in the art deco style. Once a factory it is now home to a large Tesco

 

[cjp]

Llangynilo is in Powys which is administered from Llandrindod Wellshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandrindod_Wells

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Strathpeffer also saw development as a spa town.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Strathpeffer is the home of Caberfeidh Camanachd Club who play their home games at Castle Leod. The team currently play in shinty's National Division One. The team have twice won shinty's premier competition, the Camanachd Cup; this was in 1934 and 1939. The 2017 champions are Newtonmore Camanachd, who beat Lovat Camanachd 3-2 in the Final, to claim their 32nd Camanachd Cup. They play at Eilean Bheannchair, AKA The Eilan, Newtonmore.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Fagans also has an open-air heritage and folk museum.

 

[johnnychips]

Tickhill also has a St Mary's church and a castle.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

During the English Civil War, Tickhill Castle's importance as a local centre of resistance led to its ‘slighting’ (intentional disabling) by Parliament after the defeat of the royalist forces there in 1648. Conisbrough Castle, long disused as a fortress by this time, escaped such a fate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Millhouse Green also lies on the line of the River Don.

 

[cjp]

The Old Mill House in Bridport provides quiet B&B accommodation

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Malmesbury is another settlement that was fortified by Alfred the Great against the Danes.

 

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Malmesbury has a fine abbey. Fortrose has what remains of a cathedral which apparently housed an abbey in the 13th century

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stromness is another settlement to have been accorded the status of "burgh".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The solo piano work Farewell to Stromness was composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (1934 – 2016). Sir Peter died on 14th March 2016, aged 81, at Sanday in the Orkney Islands.

 

[johnnychips]

Keswick also has a nine-hole golf course.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eskdale Green also has a church that is dedicated to St. Bega.